Shadowing Practice: Training Day | Kill Roger, Take the Evidence | Warner Bros. Rewind - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Mmm.

All right.

Nice, nice, nice.

What's up, Lonzo?

You got two picks and shovels?

You're in the truck.

Wanna dig a ditch?

Nah, you are.

That's a nice suit you got on there.

That's what I said.

What up, killer?

I can't call it.

What's up with you?

I've been hearing a lot of shit out here on these streets, man.

You all right?

It's all good.

I talk to the three wise men.

Everything is lovely.

Shit, if you say we can get away with it, I'm with you.

Know what I'm saying?

Who the fuck is this?

Jay Coy, this is my first day in the unit.

I'm from valet patrol.

You a long way from Starbucks, homie.

Man, why the fuck is he in on this?

Hmm.

Gotta get his cherry pop sometime.

Look, man, stay the fuck out of my way, all right?

It's just for the big dogs.

Feel me?

Here it is, dog.

It's all good, legit.

Signed by the judge, okay?

Thanks to the Sandman.

Now, listen up.

Safety is first.

He gives us shit, boom, we're giving him lead.

Let's do this right so we can all go home and do the wife or the girlfriend thing, all right?

Let's suit up, ladies.

Time to punch in.

I don't know.

Freeze up!

Down on the floor, motherfucker!

Get down, motherfucker!

What are you clowns doing here?

Hey, new guys, watch him.

He moves, cap his ass.

Yeah, I'm on it.

Do you know what you're doing, son?

Drop what's in your hands before zero.

Five, four, three, two.

Boom.

Give me a reason.

I'm gonna be there.

Lonzo's gonna have you all's ass.

What's up, Roger?

What's going down, brother?

Oh, it's all good, baby.

It's all good.

That's for you.

What am I supposed to do to this, wipe my ass?

Bad news, dawg.

You don't mind if I have some of your $300 glass shit there, will you?

Please.

Had lunch with the wise men today.

They said you gotta render under Caesar.

Fucking vampires won my pension.

Nah, it's nothing like that.

They just want to tax you a little bit.

You know, they got their boats and mistresses and, you know, house payments.

Nothing I can do about it, you know?

They're making me do it.

I'm just a lowly civil servant.

Ah, you're their bitch.

What happens to me?

I got your back, bro.

I promise you, you'll never have to go back to prison.

You ain't gonna miss what we take.

I'm sorry.

Orders is orders, dawg.

No, you ain't cop.

Tim, Jeff, Jake, we're gonna work in the kitchen.

Grab the tools.

Give me the bitch.

You guys, hold them down.

Who's paying for my floor?

The city.

Right here.

Ow!

Whoa.

That's it.

That's what I'm talking about.

What's in here, Coke?

Don't worry about it.

You'll see.

Grab that hammer right there.

It's not this lock -all.

Yeah.

One, two...

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Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

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That's a quarter of a million dollars you're holding right there in your hand.

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Over four million in here.

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First day on the job, you hit a $3 million seizure.

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Wait, he said four.

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Ah, taxation without representation, brother.

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Nothing's free in this world, you lucky first -day motherfucker.

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Buy your wife a minivan with that, I put the kids through college.

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Give me that back.

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Nah, you know.

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The only checks I cash say, uh, LAPD on them, right?

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Somebody in sleep do ethics, did they?

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What's the matter?

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You don't want a piece of this?

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Huh?

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Well, I...

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No. Right?

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No, like this.

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I mean, no. No?

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Right, right.

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Okay.

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First time, you're not comfortable.

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I'll hold it for you.

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OK?

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What about you?

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You comfortable?

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Oh, I'm comfortable.

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How's your comfort level?

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I'm very comfortable.

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Come on.

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Let's wrap this up.

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Don't touch your thing.

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Evidence.

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Oh, so what are those assholes thinking?

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I'm really gonna stand still and let him horsefuck me.

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Couldn't put you out of your misery.

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Hey, Jake, here.

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Hey, come sit down.

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Sit down.

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Hey.

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I'll tell you a secret.

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When you kill someone on duty, they have to be a slave in the afterlife.

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There you go.

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Start an entourage.

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You want me to shoot him?

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Yeah.

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Go on, kid.

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Give me a favor.

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Come on. Do yourself a favor.

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Hit him.

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Are you serious?

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Hey, close the blinds.

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All right, I'll shoot him.

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Go.

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Pow!

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Boom!

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Shoot him.

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No, man.

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Youngsters these days, huh?

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You not gonna shoot him?

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All right, give a d.

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Brookies.

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Yeah, you wanna get shit done, you gotta get it done yourself.

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Holy shit!

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Come on, breathe.

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Breathe, there you go.

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Just let it go.

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Breathe, dog.

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Yeah, he's finished.

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Where's the stinger?

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It's right here.

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All right, Jeff.

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You took fire coming through the door.

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I need some time off, but...

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OK, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, OK?

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Lots of shades.

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All right.

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OK.

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All right, you ready?

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Kiss me, baby.

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One.

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Yeah?

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You all right?

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Yeah.

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All right, I gotta give you one more, though. Do it.

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Fuck!

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All right, listen, it's not what you know, it's what you can prove, okay?

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Here's a scenario.

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Mark and Paul, you kick the door.

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Jeff's the first one through.

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Roger opens fire, hits

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Jeff twice, right?

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Fuck!

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Yeah, fuck.

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What's the matter, wanna go through?

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Shit!

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Yeah, man, you shot him.

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You fucking shot me, man!

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All right, all right, you'll get a medal.

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Don't worry about it.

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Give me an ambulance.

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Hey, hey, hey, hey!

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You wanna go to jail or you wanna go home?

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All right, here's the scenario, all right?

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Let me quarterback this thing.

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Mark, Paul, you kick the door in.

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Jeff's the first one through.

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Roger opens fire, bang, bang.

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It's Jeff twice.

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Our new guy Hoyt, he's in second.

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Drops Roger with some fine shotgun work.

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Who shot Roger?

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New guy, came in spraying.

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Paul.

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Boot shot him.

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What'd you guys see?

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Hoyt blasted him.

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Yeah, fuck Hoyt, okay?

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Ambulance time.

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Done.

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Paul, call him up.

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1149 -998.

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Shots fired.

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Officer down, repeat.

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Officer down, 5951 Baxter Street.

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Congratulations, son.

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You're gonna get a Medal of Valor for this.

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I didn't shoot a room full of cops said you did.

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But I didn't.

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You did.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Training Day”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Roger, shoot, shot, Jeff, comfortable. This video has 228 sentences and 1054 words to shadow. The speech runs for 10:04. The speaker talks slowly, about 105 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 52 of its 228 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
whoa	/woʊ/	Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
boom verb	/bum/	To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
breathe verb	/bɹiːð/	To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
medal noun	/ˈmɛdəl/	A stamped metal disc used as a personal ornament, a charm, or a religious object.
bang noun	/ˈbæŋ/	A sudden percussive noise.
scenario noun	/sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/	An outline or model of an expected or supposed sequence of events.
ambulance noun	/ˈæmbjᵿl(ə)n(t)s/	An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
killer noun	/ˈkɪlɚ/	One who or that which kills.
comfort noun	/ˈkʌm.fət/	Contentment, ease.
congratulations	/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/	Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
cop noun	/kɑp/	A police officer or prison guard.
representation noun	/ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/	That which represents something else.
blast noun	/blæst/	A violent gust of wind (in windy weather) or apparent wind (around a moving vehicle).
punch noun	/pʌnt͡ʃ/	A hit or strike with one's fist.
slave noun	/sleɪv/	A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition…

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
sit down verb		To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
come through verb		To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
get away with verb		To get away, or escape, taking (something) with one.
get down verb	/ɡɛt ˈdaʊn/	To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
go back to verb		To stem from; to originate in.
go down verb		To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one.
go through verb		To travel from one end of something to the other.
listen up verb		To listen closely; to pay attention.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

You got two picks and shovels?
What's up with you?
Do you know what you're doing, son?
Who's paying for my floor?
You don't want a piece of this?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 56 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, gonna, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: breathe /bɹiːð/, ethics /ˈɛθ.ɪks/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, representation /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/, pension /ˈpɛnʃən/, shade /ʃeɪd/, shotgun /ˈʃɑtɡʌn/
Long words — get the stress right: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, representation /ˌɹɛp.ɹə.zɛnˈteɪ.ʃən/

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 whoa, boom, breathe.

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.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?