Shadowing Practice: The Simpsons - SHE IS A FALLEN STAR (S29E03) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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BAMER BAMER BAMER
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BAMER BAMER BAMER BAMER wake up please I can't sleep I'm having friends over tomorrow Luann Van Houten Backstabber
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And Helen Lovejoy I was going to ask you if you could watch Maggie Oh yeah of course Isn't it great?
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Daddy Baby Alone Time!
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Where's Daddy Peekapoo?
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Where's Daddy Peekapoo?
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Mwah Oh come on nothing Babies love Michael Caine.
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Whatcha do, whatcha do.
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Mags, I'll level with you.
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I love you, kiddo.
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But we are in two completely different worlds.
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Ooh, ooh, ooh.
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More lemonade, ladies?
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No, thank you.
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So, we've been asked to redecorate the schoolroom where the kids wait when the ride is late.
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I have some ideas.
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Marge, you have many wonderful talents, but your sense of style is, uh...
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One of them?
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I'm afraid not.
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Purple and orange cupboards.
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Oh, corn cob curtains.
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Well, since you don't like my style, maybe I should show you the door.
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You mean the brown door, next to the hot pink walls.
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Just like at the circus.
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Well, an elephant does live here.
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What the...? Is it that bird?
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Where is that whistling coming from?
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Maggie?
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It is you!
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It's so odd.
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I'm a terrible whistler.
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Whistler, there must be a reason you were given this gift.
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It's to make people think I can whistle.
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I do, too, have taste.
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I'm afraid not.
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Corn cob curtains.
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Mom, what's wrong?
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I'm just feeling sorry for myself, but I'll show them.
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I'll make a late pickup room like that school has never seen.
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What do you think of my light pickup ring?
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It's wonderful.
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Well, maybe you can fool the Hibberts, but to me, this is a work of a...
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Genius.
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Salud.
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Well, gee.
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Listen, I recently purchased the old post office to renovate.
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Would you like to be my interior decorator?
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Well, ladies, looks like someone appreciates me.
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Now do it backwards.
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Now sideways.
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Well, well, well.
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Seems like my no-telling son can suddenly whistle.
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Tell me, Homer, how'd you trill that high C with your lips in second position?
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She's got my whistling gene all right, which unfortunately skips a generation.
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I hope it works out better for you than it did for me.
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I was booked on the top whistling show on radio.
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Our next act is a swell kid from right here in Springfield.
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Let's hear it for little Abraham Simpson.
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Then I got cocky.
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Tried a little stunt called the Triple Windy.
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Blew out the ligaments in my lips.
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Had to hire guys to kiss my girlfriend.
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It was a good deal.
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I'd pay for five minutes, but it would go on for hours.
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But this little magpie, she's got my gift.
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And now she's going into showbiz.
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Couldn't showbiz screw her up?
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Oh, please, son, do this for me.
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Dad, you should not live your life through your granddaughter.
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You poor guy.
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She'll do it.
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Okay, Maggie.
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Time to learn a happy tune from these imprisoned birds.
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This is my new property.
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The original Springfield Post Office.
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Jewel of the implosion district.
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They'll definitely want to try to keep the original facade.
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Yes, indeed.
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I'm all about keeping up facades.
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Is it okay if I take some foundation measurements? Of course.
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You're gonna love this, baby.
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She whistles.
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This I gotta hear.
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Not because I'm looking forward to it, but because it is my job.
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Fantastic talent.
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Now move along.
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I have a heart attack at 4 o'clock.
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Can you picture this water feature at the back wall of the foyer?
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My sainted mother shared your gift.
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We would have to rip out some walls.
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Done.
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You won't be seeing those walls no more.
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What's that whistling?
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Marge, how would you feel if I kept a big secret from you?
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How would you feel if I kept a big secret from the home?
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Good night.
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Good night.
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This little piggy went to Broadway.
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This little piggy worked with Stallone.
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I'm a great father.
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Tonight on Hollywood Nightmares.
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Three months old, Skylar Green could already patty cake.
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By age one, she was the opening act for Frank Sinatra Jr. Jr. III.
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But after a disastrous Super Bowl halftime show that left Jacksonville's Everbank Field in ruins, Skylar's life would spin out of control.
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She began a downward spiral, woke up too many mornings with stuffed animals whose names she didn't know, and she was arrested twice for former cuteness under the Scott Baio law.
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Pattycake, pattycake, baker's man, bake me a trainwreck just as fast as you can.
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Oh my god, am I doing this for you or because it makes me feel good?
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A showbiz kiss.
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There's nothing more sincere than that.
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We'll do it!
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Marge, I love what you've done here.
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It certainly was a challenge.
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So many bedrooms.
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You must be expecting a lot of sleepover guests.
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Is she one of the...
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No, no. She's the decorator.
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Dim lighting, hunky-tonk piano.
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Anthony D'Amico, what is the repute of this house?
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Eww.
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Why is everyone being so weird?
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Is it principal call?
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So listen, I'm gonna take Maggie out for a walk.
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Tonight, see Maggie Simpson, the Unborn Comic, the Umbilical Cores, and the Pixie Chicks.
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You had lunch, didn't you?
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I gave you a 2 a.m curfew for a reason.
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Shut up.
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Ugh, where's denial when you need it?
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Maggie, this is no place for you.
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Oh, I've created a monster.
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I've placated a monster.
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Marge Simpson, are the rumors true?
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Did you corncob a cat house?
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I never thought someone could sink this town lower, this town lower but you have you lie to me you might scare these guys
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but to me you're just a big fat liar in the
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old country only two were allowed to speak truth to the don his capo
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and his interior decorator you are lucky now please leave well
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anthony not knowing what i was designing for there's something i
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didn't tell you your mother had a post office box at this office Looks like a letter from the Pope.
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You have surrounded a blessed letter to your mother with a bordello.
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That's it.
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Shut it down.
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So what are you going to do with my work?
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A little Italian lightning for insurance purposes.
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And that is the last question of yours we will ever answer.
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Goodbye, Mrs. Simpson.
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Now put your hands together for the one who's going to win.
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Whoops, that's supposed to be a secret.
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Nothing I can do.
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In one moment, Maggie will stop being my little baby and belong to the world.
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Time for the greatest glory there is.
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Reflected.
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Aww.
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She's got a tooth coming in.
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That's the kiss of death for a whistler.
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That baby is naught but an overly dramatic, boring windbag.
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What?
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They're booing my Maggie?
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This is the sweetest little girl in the world.
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This little angel never makes a fuss.
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She always shares her baby food, and she makes even a despicable show like this seem sweet.
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The only thing that's been worth it about this experience is that I got to spend time with this little girl.
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Good night, my little star.
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And if you have another amazing talent, for the love of God, don't tell anybody.
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Nighty night.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “The Simpsons - SHE IS A FALLEN STAR”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Maggie, bamer, baby. This video has 164 sentences and 1209 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:19. The speaker talks at a steady 145 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 30 of its 164 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| bam | /bæm/ | Representing a loud noise or heavy impact. |
| whistle noun | /ˈwɪs(ə)l/ | A device designed to be placed in the mouth and blown, or driven by steam or some other mechanism, to make a whistling sound. |
| margarine noun | /ˈmɑɹ.d͡ʒ(ə.)ɹɪn/ | A spread, manufactured from a blend of vegetable oils (some of which are hydrogenated), emulsifiers etc, mostly used as a substitute for butter. |
| decorator noun | /ˈdɛkəˌɹeɪtɚ/ | Someone who decorates. |
| showbusiness noun | /ˈʃoʊˌbɪznɪs/ | The entertainment industry. |
| whistler noun | /ˈʍɪslə(ɹ)/ | Someone or something that whistles, or who plays a whistle as a musical instrument. |
| facade noun | /fəˈsɑ(ː)d/ | The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation. |
| pattycake noun | /ˈpætikeɪk/ | A children's game in which two people alternately clap their own and each other's hands, often to the accompaniment of the nursery rhyme "Pat-a-cake… |
| piggy noun | /ˈpɪɡi/ | A pig (the animal). |
| litter noun | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. |
| curtain noun | /ˈkɜɹt(ə)n/ | A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light. |
| lip noun | /lɪp/ | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the opening of the mouth. |
| corn noun | /ˈkɔːn/ | Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region. |
| bordello noun | /bɔː(ɹ)ˈdɛləʊ/ | A brothel. |
| corncob noun | /ˈkɔɹn.kɑb/ | The central cylindrical core of an ear of corn (maize) on which the kernels are attached in rows. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| blow out verb | To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially by means of a strong current of air or another gas. | |
| keep up verb | To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling. | |
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. | |
| move along verb | To continue without being distracted; to keep going. | |
| rip out verb | To remove by ripping | |
| shut up | /ʃʌt ʌp/ | Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)… |
| work out verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | To calculate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What do you think of my light pickup ring?
- Would you like to be my interior decorator?
- Is it okay if I take some foundation measurements?
- You had lunch, didn't you?
- Ugh, where's denial when you need it?
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | we've been asked · has never seen · you've done |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | we've been asked · were given · was booked |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should show · should not live |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the greatest · the sweetest |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 36 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, didn't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: showbusiness /ˈʃoʊˌbɪznɪs/, implosion /ɪmˈpləʊʒən/, measurement /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/
- Long words — get the stress right: decorator /ˈdɛkəˌɹeɪtɚ/, despicable /dɪˈspɪkəbəl/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bam, whistle, margarine.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.