Shadowing Practice: This Villain is Bugging Megamind! | MEGAMIND RULES! now on ITVX - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Easy does it.
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Grab the can, save the day.
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Almost.. got it!
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Hey!
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My Walker Nose!
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Chou!
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What are you doing?
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I'm not doing this!
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Can't feel like you're doing it!
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Who shall say, monkey do?
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Foul beast!
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This is madness!
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Stop me if you dare!
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Just reach out your hand and sweat me away.
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Come on.
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Swat, you cowardly paw.
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Swat!
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Do this and I promise to start moisturizing.
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Swat!
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So much for Metro City's greatest hero, eh?
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Time to pop up the volume.
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Whoa!
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Don't let me go!
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Whoa!
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I'm afraid that's impossible!
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Rochelle will act into my main phrase!
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How do we stop it?
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The override button on the main console!
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Of course it's way down there!
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I'm going to dance this monkey right over the edge!
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Okay, Rochelle, you wanna know why I'm afraid of cockroaches?
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Yes, tell me, tell me!
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I was but a child growing up in prison.
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I didn't have much, but I was a highly resourceful young lad, repurposing whatever I could find around the cell block.
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One day, I decided to craft a comfy beddy-by pillow out of a bag of discarded ham sandwiches.
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That night, the ham-scented pillow attracted every roach in the prison.
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I awoke to find the bugs using my face as a dining hall at a nightmarish, all-you-can-eat ham sandwich buffet!
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Sometimes I can still feel their tiny roach feet dancing all over my face!
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The horror!
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So you are the famous hen boy!
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For generations, cockroaches have told the tale of a boy who did something
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so stupid that it led to the greatest feast our people have ever known.
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And here you are.
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Still that scared, stupid little ham boy.
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Such a tragic story.
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Also a distractingly long one.
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Huh?
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All right!
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Die!
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You did it!
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I'm rebooting!
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Oh, sorry!
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Ah!
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Huh?
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Ah!
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Rebooted!
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Thanks.
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That's one mess I'm glad I didn't make today.
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The cat is ours!
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Ha-ha-ha-ha!
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Your distraction was all for naught.
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We've won!
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And it all sends to your pathetic fear!
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Well done, my kinder roaches.
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Now who needs a boost.. of intelligence?
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What is the value proposition here?
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A bouquet really brightens up a foyer.
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I love math.
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Welcome to the next phase in roach evolution.
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Yesterday, we were living off humanity scraps.
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Tomorrow, they will be living off of ours.
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Yes, that's my answer!
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When we control the food, we control the world!
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Gotta hand it to her.
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That's a pretty airtight evil plan.
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No notes.
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This is all on me.
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None of this would have happened if I wasn't such a slob.
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To be fair, I'm the one who grabbed the wrong spray.
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You tried to warn me, but I didn't listen.
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You were right.
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I was jealous.
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Aw, come on.
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The last thing I want to do is replace you.
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I admire you.
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You and Megamind have been together, like, forever.
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That's why I feel like I need to prove myself.
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Otherwise, I'm just a third wheel.
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I think you've proved today you're not a third wheel, Keiko.
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You're a kickstand.
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Huh?
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Because without you, we would have fallen right over.
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Aww.
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Kudos you two for working out your differences,
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but there's still the whole end of the world thing to deal with. So many roaches!
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I'm sorry, what were we just talking about?
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Roaches?
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Yes, of course.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “This Villain is Bugging Megamind!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: ham, roach, roaches, swat, boy. This video has 98 sentences and 569 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:33. The speaker talks at a steady 125 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 75% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| sandwich noun | /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/ | A dish or foodstuff where at least one piece, but typically two or more pieces, of bread serves as the wrapper or container of some other food. |
| monkey noun | /ˈmʌŋki/ | A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails… |
| pillow noun | /ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈpʰɪɫ.ö̞] | A soft cushion used to support the head in bed. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| reboot verb | /ˈɹiːbuːt/ | To execute a computer's boot process, effectively resetting the computer and causing the operating system to reload, commonly after a system failure. |
| horror noun | /ˈhɒɹ.ə/ | An intense distressing emotion of fear or repugnance. |
| boost verb | /buːst/ | To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up. |
| evolution noun | /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/ | A manoeuvre of troops or ships. |
| humanity noun | /hjuˈmænɪti/ | Humankind; human beings as a group. |
| dare verb | /dɛ(ə)ɹ/ | To have enough courage (to do something). |
| craft noun | /ˈkɹæft/ | Ability, skillfulness, especially skill in making plans and carrying them into execution; dexterity in managing affairs, adroitness, practical cunning… |
| phrase noun | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | A short written or spoken expression. |
| beast noun | /biːst/ | Any four-footed land mammal. |
| tale noun | /ˈteɪl/ | A rehearsal of what has occurred; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. |
| jealous adjective | /ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/ | Suspecting rivalry in love; troubled by worries that one might have been replaced in someone's affections; suspicious of a lover's or spouse's fidelity. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| live off verb | To depend on financially. | |
| pop up verb | To come up with a "pop" sound. | |
| reach out verb | To extend one's hand(s) forward; to reach for something. | |
| work out verb | /ˌwɝk ˈaʊt/ | To calculate. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- What are you doing?
- Can't feel like you're doing it!
- How do we stop it?
- That's one mess I'm glad I didn't make today.
- I'm sorry, what were we just talking about?
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 | have told · have ever known · We've won |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm not doing · you're doing · I'm rebooting |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | will act · will be |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 22 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, didn't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, pathetic /pəˈθɛtɪk/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: evolution /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/, proposition /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/, distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/, chou /ʃuː/
- Long words — get the stress right: evolution /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/, humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, proposition /ˌpɹɑpəˈzɪʃən/
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 sandwich, monkey, pillow.
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.