Shadowing Practice: The View Tried to Corner Stephen A. Smith. It Backfired. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Well, again, among those who are suffering from Trump derangement syndrome are the ladies of The View.
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Here is Stephen A.
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Smith on with the ladies of The View.
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There's so many people that have this mentality.
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Why even waste time talking to them?
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Whether you like it or not, he's the president of the United States of America.
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He's not going away until 2028, at least.
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He's not going away.
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And so because of that.
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Well, he may get impeached and convicted.
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It doesn't matter.
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Hold on.
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Wait a minute.
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He's been impeached twice.
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Not convicted.
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He's been impeached twice.
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Well, again, you're going to have a situation where I think the Republicans are going to maintain the Senate.
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They'll probably lose the House.
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So you'll get folks to impeach him.
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But then they'll step in and they'll save him.
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And it'll be an ongoing, continuous thing.
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And don't get me started with that because I get disgusted with all that pomp and circumstance.
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I'm so sick and tired of us acting like that's going to do something.
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He's not going away until 2028 until 2028,
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he has the power of the pen of the executive office as the commanding in chief of the United States of America.
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You're going to have to deal with them.
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And when it comes to getting things done,
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I'm all about exhausting every means and every measure to try to do what's in the best interest of our community.
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I'm not apologizing for that to anybody.
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Good for you.
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Okay.
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So, um, you know, again, you can see that some of the ladies here are very, very upset about this.
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How dare Stephen A.
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Smith say this very obvious thing that he's the president of the United States.
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So you meet with him because if you want to get something done, you probably should talk to him.
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And Stephen A says, you know, there are a lot of people voted for Trump and you might want to note that.
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People think about him.
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That's not what I think about.
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I also think about the 77 million people who voted for him.
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And the reality is, is that a lot of times when we're talking, so many people get so disgusted with him,
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they ignore the reasons why he was supported.
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Again, he happens to be right.
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But the ladies of The View, they do have a strategy for the upcoming election.
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That is that they're going to sing to you.
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Whoopi Goldberg is going to sing to you.
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I know you didn't want it.
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I know you're begging me not to do it.
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But all of your pleas are falling on deaf ears, which, frankly, I wish I had right now.
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Deaf ears.
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Because here we go.
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Ladies and gentlemen, a message from Jennifer Lewis and her friends.
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I don't care who you are or where you work.
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Get your ass out and vote.
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This ain't the election to sit home and learn.
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Get your ass out and vote.
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Get your ass out and vote.
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Get your ass out and vote.
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Get your ass out and vote Legitimately, that's Lyrically a little empty
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Also, why show in the bathroom?
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Vote, vote, vote
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That's gonna do it
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That's gonna do it
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That's a turnout machine right there
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That little ad from Whoopi Goldberg and company
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Guys, if you're actually gonna put together a little choir, shouldn't you at least take one second to figure out your harmonic dispositions?
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Like really like figure out where you're supposed to be in the harmony or even what the tune is going to be.
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Oh boy.
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Well, this is what American politics has come to.
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You need the best at your company, which is why we use ZipRecruiter.
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We've been using it here at the Daily Wire for years.
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Our awesome producers who, you know, they're constantly citing when it comes to awkward subjects.
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Those producers, many of them came here through ZipRecruiter.
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Our editors and pretty much everybody here, we use ZipRecruiter all the time because, again, they help us get all of our hiring done.
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It can help you get that done, too.
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Right now, you can try ZipRecruiter for free at ZipRecruiter .com slash Daily Wire.
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It's not just a sort of job board.
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They help you actually filter your candidates and find the best candidates faster.
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Four out of five employers who post on ZipRecruiter will get a quality candidate within the very first day.
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You can try it for free at ziprecruiter .com slash dailywire.
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Again, at ziprecruiter .com slash dailywire.
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And there are a lot of different places where people post their resumes, but ZipRecruiter helps you filter them.
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It has an automated system that helps you narrow things down, make sure that you're getting the best candidates for your job,
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which is what you need.
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Meet your match on ZipRecruiter.
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That's ziprecruiter .com slash dailywire.
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Ziprecruiter .com slash dailywire.
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Now, we've been talking about, you know, the asylum, but there are other sorts of inmates out there.
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We do have some updates from Andrew Tate, some deep thoughts from Andrew Tate.
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So Andrew Tate is still in prison awaiting extradition.
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And he's tweeting again, quote, there is a paint blob on the wall of our cell, which I say looks like a fox's face.
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And Tristan said looks like a lobster man.
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Tristan has warned me to accept that it's lobster man or I will regret it when the lobsters come.
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After 10 days or so of deep and important conversation about this topic, I woke one morning to see Tristan had been awake all night.
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He had sketched the shape of Lobsterman on pieces of paper and stuck them to the wall with toothpaste, at least 100 of them.
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I guess he didn't sleep all night.
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He kept saying, I told you this would happen.
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I told you this would happen.
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As if I should give a bleep.
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We had a room inspection the same morning.
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Of course we did.
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And the guard lost his bleep.
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It was actually embarrassing.
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I've never seen a full grown man so mad.
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He was screaming like someone murdered his children.
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It's paper. Who cares?
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We were dragged out of our cell and thrown into a new one.
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Me, happy now?
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Tristan looks at me, says nothing.
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Gets a piece of paper and begins to draw the lobster man again.
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Hmm.
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Send them to Britain, man.
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Also, why would it take you all night to draw a lobster?
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Is Tristan either the greatest artist or the slowest drawer in the history of humanity?
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It's weird.
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Don't worry, it gets weirder.
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Quote, every morning, Tristan holds out his open palms and says, don't worry, Andrew, your destiny is right here in my hands.
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I will take care of you.
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And he walks across the cell and trips to drop my imaginary destiny into the toilet.
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He then stares at me while flushing the toilet 15 times in a row, laughing manically.
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I have to say that if Andrew Tate were this entertaining outside prison as he were inside prison, this would be a TV show worth watching.
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The prison comedy with Tristan and Andrew Tate flushing their destinies down the toilet.
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I'll admit it's a little funny, but he has some deep thoughts.
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Okay, you thought those aren't the deep thoughts.
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Okay, those are just stories.
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Those are just jailhouse stories with weird people.
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Here are some deep thoughts.
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Quote, a seed fears neither the light or the dark as it uses both to grow.
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Now, technically, a seed doesn't fear anything because it doesn't have a brain. But, okay.
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I assume that in this situation, the seed is Andrew Tate.
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Quote, in jail, you have food.
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You are not on fire.
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You are bored, but you are okay.
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So why are you suffering?
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The only torture comes from your own mind.
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This isn't just jail.
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This is life.
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Control your thoughts or suffer.
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Okay, Mandela.
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Calm down there.
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Calm down.
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Okay, well, I'm sure there'll be many more deep thoughts from Andrew Tate from prison.
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What an amazing video you just watched.
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Wasn't that amazing?
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Well, you know, if you think so,
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head on over to dailywire .com slash subscribe to watch the full show ad free or check out this crazy story here.
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Professor.
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Let me out!
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You will remember your duty.
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This isn't heroism!
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You useless sot.
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You sit there and shake because you're dependent on drink.
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Your sick is all over you.
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Have you ever seen a child starve to death, Professor?
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No. I have.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “The View Tried to Corner Stephen A. Smith. It Backfired”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: ziprecruiter, Andrew, vote, Tristan, Tate. This video has 154 sentences and 1437 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:20. The speaker talks at a natural 172 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| lobster noun | /ˈlɑb.stɚ/ | A crustacean of the Nephropidae family, dark green or blue-black in colour turning bright red when cooked, with a hard shell and claws, which is used as a… |
| suffer verb | /ˈsʌfɚ/ | To undergo hardship. |
| toilet verb | /ˈtɔɪ.lət/ | To assist another (a child, etc.) in using a toilet. |
| destiny noun | /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/ | That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will. |
| producer noun | /pɹəˈdjuːsə/ | An individual or organization that creates goods and services. |
| ear noun | /ˈɪə̯/ | The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea. |
| filter noun | /ˈfɪltɚ/ | A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from… |
| deaf adjective | /diːf/ | Unable (or partially able) to hear. |
| flush verb | /ˈflʌʃ/ | To cleanse by flooding with generous quantities of a fluid. |
| disgust noun | /dɪsˈɡʌst/ | An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty. |
| convict verb | /ˈkɑnvɪkt/ | To find guilty, as a result of legal proceedings, or (informal) in a moral sense. |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| ignore verb | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. |
| hire verb | /ˈhaɪɹ/ | To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment. |
| narrow adjective | /ˈnæɹəʊ/ | Having a small width; not wide; having opposite edges or sides that are close, especially by comparison to length or depth. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. |
| calm down verb | To become less excited, intense, or angry. |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). |
| hold out verb | To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward. |
| put together verb | To assemble, construct, build, or formulate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- You're going to have to deal with them.
- I'm not apologizing for that to anybody.
- That's not what I think about.
- That is that they're going to sing to you.
- I know you didn't want it.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | We've been using · we've been talking |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | He's been impeached · has come · has warned |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | been impeached · was supported · were dragged |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | those who are · people who voted · company, which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 42 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: flush /ˈflʌʃ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, inspection /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/, disposition /ˌdɪs.pəˈzɪʃ.ən/
- Long words — get the stress right: humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, imaginary /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪˌn(ɛ)ɹi/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like lobster, suffer, toilet.
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.