Shadowing Practice: Tom Cruise & Cameron Diaz Compete for Best Lap | Interview & Lap | Top Gear - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Obviously, you came here.
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Yes.
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To see how fast you could drive our reasonably -priced car around our track.
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Absolutely.
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You're 33 films, you're 30.
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I think this is the peak of your career now.
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I'm thinking of maybe...
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Cameron's lap, first of all.
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Yeah?
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Ladies first, good idea?
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Yeah.
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So, we're off, and that's a good start.
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That's a good look How do you manage to suit a helmet?
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Nobody looks good in a helmet.
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She looks great in a helmet.
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She does look great in a helmet. So Fat, pretty.
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That's perfect.
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I mean, basically They're Korean actually,
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to be well honest, they're Korean Sorry, Stig, totally f*ing it up.
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He's never heard that word.
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He doesn't know it exists.
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Now, this is the...
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Can you keep it in the lines?
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The lines.
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Poetry, in essence.
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Me!
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Corner.
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Some of this is broadcast. And then...
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was that flat out through there were you flat out you didn't lift off no it's flat out flat out
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and then that's a beautiful line through there the traditional c apostrophe d understeer and there we are across the line
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I think we'll look at Tom's lap for us, do we?
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Who wants to see Tom's lap?
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Let's have it on.
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Nice start.
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And coming up now to the first corner.
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That's a serious -looking face.
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Yeah, I'm going, is this third here?
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That's what I kept doing.
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That's quite an interesting line through there.
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The Formula One driver's come out really wide, but that was, I think, thinks that's right.
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Let's see if I get this turn right.
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Let's have a look.
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Ooh, that's...
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That's kind of a lesson in how to do it.
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It's very nice.
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Now, Hammerhead, this is the hardest corner of the lot.
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If you stay in the lines like Cameron did...
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No. No, you see, Cameron, you can grin there.
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Yeah.
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Now, we're flat out here, right away to the end, yeah?
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What is that?
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Nice gearbox.
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What is that?
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What care am I in?
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Flat through there.
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Yeah, and flat through the next bit.
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That's so much fun, right, though?
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It is good.
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And this one's really fun, too. And then...
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This is awesome.
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You've got it right that time.
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Holy cow!
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What a quarter!
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What if we've killed you?
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE What if we'd actually killed you?
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I felt the wind come underneath it.
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I was feathering the throttle, I was like, this is like a kite here, you know, on two wheels.
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Well, thank God you managed to get it back on all four wheels again.
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It's great fun.
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So, what do we think?
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Fastest man's a wizard, look, Rupert Grint at 1 .45 .5.
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Slowest of the dry laps, and you both did it in the dry, Nick Robinson, who is a political editor for the BBC, He did it in 1 .49 .9.
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So, Cameron, ladies first.
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This is the piece of paper.
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The time's on it.
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Excuse me.
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Thanks, buddy.
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Cameron Dears.
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You did it in 1...
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..40...
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..5...
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..2...
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Oh, what an amazing face!
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE Well done, you!
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That's so worth it.
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Now, that's a very magnanimous face, but let's be honest, you're quietly crapping yourself up. Because, look at it.
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145 .2, I don't.
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Oh, just give it over.
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Just give it over.
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Give it to him.
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Even Tom Cruise leans...
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I'm not interested, I'm not interested, I'm not interested.
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Mmm...
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Tom Cruise!
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Yes, yes.
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You did it in what?
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40. OK.
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I did you live in one year, two.
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Four.
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LAUGHTER Four.
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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE You Americans!
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I was on two wheels, I thought.
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I don't know what's going to happen.
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But two wheels is obviously the fastest.
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I mean, you are a man who likes racing, but that's quick.
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When the two wheels were going through, I thought, you know what? because I'm not gonna come off
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and they said this is it so I was thinking
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if I go through there's a time on the side is
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a time I was a breathtaking thing my whole day is
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just about such an honor to meet you Tom I mean
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thank you for making me feel sick oh you are
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so welcome it's my pleasure thank you so much thank you thank you tom cruise
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Tom Cruise & Cameron Diaz Compete for Best Lap”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: flat, wheels, helmet, lap, Cameron. This video has 109 sentences and 708 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:33. The speaker talks slowly, about 108 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 17 of its 109 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 |
|---|---|---|
| helmet noun | /ˈhɛlmɪt/ | A hard, protective head covering, typically part of armour. |
| cheer verb | /t͡ʃɪɹ/ | To gladden; to make cheerful; often with up. |
| cruise noun | /kɹuz/ | A sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure. |
| apostrophe noun | /əˈpɑs.tɹə.fi/ | The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts. |
| gearbox noun | /ˈɡɪəbɒks/ | An enclosed gear train. |
| magnanimous adjective | /mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/ | Noble and generous in spirit. |
| throttle noun | /ˈθɹɔ.tl̩/ | A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls its speed; a similar valve that controls the air… |
| understeer noun | The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing… | |
| kite noun | /ˈkiːtɛ/ | A bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. |
| grin noun | /ɡɹɪn/ | A smile in which the lips are parted to reveal the teeth. |
| breathtaking adjective | /ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/ | stunningly beautiful; amazing |
| feather noun | /ˈfɛðə/ | A branching, hair-like structure that grows on the bodies of birds, used for flight, swimming, protection and display. |
| wizard noun | /ˈwɪzɚd/ | Someone, usually male, who uses (or has skill with) magic, mystic items, and magical and mystical practices. |
| reasonably adverb | /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/ | In accordance with reason. |
| essence noun | /ˈɛsəns/ | The inherent nature of a thing or idea. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. | |
| come off verb | To become detached. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| lift off verb | Synonym of take off (leave the ground and begin flight). |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Can you keep it in the lines?
- Yeah, I'm going, is this third here?
- That's what I kept doing.
- What care am I in?
- You did it in what?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 22 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: throttle /ˈθɹɔ.tl̩/, breathtaking /ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/, feather /ˈfɛðə/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
- Long words — get the stress right: apostrophe /əˈpɑs.tɹə.fi/, magnanimous /mæɡˈnæn.ɪ.məs/, reasonably /ˈɹiː.zən.ə.bli/
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 helmet, cheer, cruise.
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.