Shadowing Practice: Touching Card | Max Amini | Stand-up Comedy - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Can I give you this?
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Sure, give it to me.
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Oh, thank you.
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Have you made a change in my life?
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Thank you so much.
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Oh, thank you.
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How did I make a change in your life?
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Well, through my health difficulties, I found that I'm not doing well.
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And by accident, I click on one of your videos and I heard myself laughing, which was new.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Oh, man, you wrote a letter, huh?
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Is it okay if I read this out loud?
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My dear Max, I wanted to take a moment to express my heartfelt gratitude for your positivity,
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laughter, you brought into my life during some of the hardest times in my life.
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I'm battling with a chronic illness.
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I want you to be the ice cream man in my life.
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I like popsicles.
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My mom is here.
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It has affected my ability and life tremendously
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because I think about you every night before I go to bed and every morning when I wake up.
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Around month of June, when I started watching your videos, my nipples got hard every time.
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I cannot read this in front of everybody in here.
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Give her a big round of applause.
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I'm going to read this later.
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I love you.
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I love you.
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This means the world to me.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Touching Card”. This video has 37 sentences and 240 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:01. The speaker talks at a steady 119 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 84% 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
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| illness noun | /ˈɪl.nəs/ | An instance (episode) of a disease or poor health. |
| difficulty noun | /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/ | The state of being difficult, or hard to do. |
| chronic adjective | /ˈkɹɑ.nɪk/ | Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time. |
| laughter noun | /ˈlæftɚ/ | The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound. |
| gratitude noun | /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ | The state of being grateful. |
| applause noun | /əˈplɔːz/ | The act of applauding; approbation and praise publicly expressed by the clapping of hands, stamping or tapping of the feet, acclamation, huzzas, or other… |
| litter noun | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. |
| heartfelt adjective | /ˈhɑːɹt.fɛlt/ | Believed or felt deeply and sincerely. |
| nipple noun | /ˈnɪp.əl/ | The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female therian mammals, milk is secreted. |
| popsicle noun | /ˈpɑp.sɪ.kəl/ | Frozen fruit juice, flavored sugar water, or the like on a stick. |
| positivity noun | /ˌpɑ.zɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/ | The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism; optimism. |
| tremendously adverb | Greatly; enormously |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Can I give you this?
- Have you made a change in my life?
- How did I make a change in your life?
- Is it okay if I read this out loud?
- I'm battling with a chronic illness.
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 you made · has affected |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | I'm not doing · I'm battling |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, positivity /ˌpɑ.zɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
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 illness, difficulty, chronic.
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.