Shadowing Practice: Transformers: Prime | S01 E01 | FULL Episode | Cartoon | Animation | Transformers HQ - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The End The End The End

The End So there I am on the lookout when out of nowhere these high beams light up my rear view.

And then it hits me.

I'm illegally parked.

Another parking ticket?

Better.

The boot.

Big metal tire clamp impossible to remove.

Bingo!

So the local police do their thing, and I let them get all the way down the block.

That's when I kick off my new shiny shoe and bang!

New York's finest soil themselves.

You know me, RC.

Mess with Cliffjumper.

And you get the horns.

Not sure how that complies with Autobot rule number one.

Keep a low profile.

What can I say?

Patrolling for Energon out here in Dullsville gets lonesome.

Almost makes me miss the Decepticons.

Like Jasper, Nevada's a party?

We're alone wherever we travel on this rock cliff.

I'm getting a signal.

Need backup?

Do I ever need backup?

I just found a whole lot of Energon.

Decepticons.

RC.

About that backup.

The End

Fair warning boys, I'll put a few dings in ya.

R.O.C to Optimus.

The cons are back.

Cliff might be neck deep in scrap.

Understood.

Ratchet, do you have Cliffjumper's coordinates?

I'm locked on his signal, Optimus.

But our team is scattered across time zones.

R.C., Bulkhead, Bumblebee.

Rendezvous back at base and prepare to ground bridge.

Mr. Fett!

You want the horns?

You got em.

The energon

is worthless to me now.

Scream.

It's been a while. So, where's your master?

Never mind him.

I am my own master.

Any more questions?

Clean that up

The End The first Decepticon activity in three years.

That we know of.

If they're scouting for Energon, they may be preparing for his return.

No. Ratchet, can you track his position?

No. Cliffjumper's life signal just went offline.

Soundwave!

What is it?

Like Jasper Nevada's a party?

We're alone wherever we travel on this rock cliff.

The one called Arcee.

Why slay just one Autobot when we still have the advantage of surprise?

We must not allow our anger over the loss of Cliffjumper to impair our judgement.

As of today, only we five Autobots remain on this Earth.

We owe it to ourselves, to the memory of Cybertron,

to any Autobots in any galaxy seeking safe harbor, to humankind.

And we owe it to the memory of our fallen comrade to survive.

R.C.

If Cliff's gone, standing around here sulking won't bring him back.

So unless anyone minds, I think I'll get back to protecting humankind.

Optimus, helping humans will only result in more tragedy.

Your opinion is noted.

Welcome to KO Drive-In, where every patty's a knockout.

May I take your order?

Uh, two super combos, extra fries.

Okay, dos numero twos.

Anything else?

Yeah, some advice.

How do I get an awesome job like yours?

So that's two we're not as funny as we think we are combos with a side of bite me.

What'd you say?

Five fifty-nine, sir.

At the window.

Hey!

I have to pay for that!

Twins.

Take five, Sadie.

Hey, Mom.

I just got off.

No, I'm not going to the dance.

Experience suggests I should never cut a rug.

Unless I'm installing carpet. Be careful.

Seriously?

This is Jasper.

I love you.

Yeah, I love you too, Mom.

I gotta run.

Hello, beautiful.

Where have you been all my life?

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Nice.

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It may take a few KO paychecks, but I am gonna own a ride like you someday.

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Are you talking to your motorcycle?

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My motorcycle?

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No, I mean, yes, yes, it's mine, but no, I'm not talking to...

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Well, to you, I am.

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How's things, Sierra?

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Take you for a spin sometime?

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Come on, Smooth Operator.

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Wrap it up.

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You know my name?

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We're in homeroom together.

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I'm Jack.

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Jack Darby?

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Scrap.

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Hey!

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Whoa!

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WOOOOO!

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WOOOOO! Do not let go!

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Who said that?!

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Commander Starscream, target sighted, accompanied by a human youth.

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Destroy them both!

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What are you?

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I don't exist.

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Tell anyone about me and I will hunt you down.

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Scrap!

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I don't even know her!

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Come on!

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Whoa!

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Why are those guys shooting at us?

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There's no us, kid.

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And there are no guys.

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Friend of yours?

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Family.

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Hi, Mama.

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Racing.

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Right up the street.

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K, just five more minutes?

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Whoa.

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Aaaaah!

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Whoa!

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You have no idea.

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This ends here, Khans.

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What are they?

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Talking cars that turn into robots.

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Or the other way around.

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This is Thor Clip!

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No problem.

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Really?

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Leave him alone!

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Please?

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Bad call.

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Come on, come on!

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Keep moving!

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Thank you.

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Don't look back!

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What did we just see?

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No idea, and I'm not sure I want to find out.

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Who's ready to rumble?

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What took you?

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Traffic.

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And the cons would have been scrap metal if I hadn't been distracted by the human.

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Human?

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Two boys.

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Two boys.

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I guess a second one caught us in action.

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I don't know.

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Was a little busy at the time.

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If the Decepticons are targeting us, anyone perceived as our ally will be at grave risk.

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Raph, hey Look, let's just keep this between us and forget anything ever happened, okay?

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Jack!

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Oh, not again It wants us to get in No, just me.

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How do you know that?

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It said so.

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What?

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Yours is over there.

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Look, I really don't think that...

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How's it going?

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Raph?

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Wait!

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Stop!

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Coolest bike ever.

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Post parents?

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Ignore.

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Uh!

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Relax.

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I just want to talk to you.

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Don't you mean you and your new friend?

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Kid, there's a lot you don't understand.

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I get it, I get it.

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The first rule of Robot Fight Club is you don't talk about Robot Fight Club.

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What you need to understand is

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that I don't want a bunch of crazy talking vehicles following me around trying to get me killed!

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Look, Jack, is it?

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Your personal safety is exactly why Optimus Prime has requested your presence.

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Wait, Optimus who?

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You may be in danger because you are one of the few, one of the only who have ever seen us.

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Dude, what are you waiting for?

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Go with!

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Scrap.

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Woohoo!

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And why exactly are we taking her?

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Rules.

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Hey, what?

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Whoa!

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I thought

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there were too.

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Haven't you heard?

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Humans multiply.

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I'm Raph.

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I'm Miko.

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Who are you?

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Boakhead.

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Are you a car?

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I bet you're a truck.

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A monster truck.

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Do you like heavy metal?

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How much do you weigh?

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Ever use a wrecking ball for a punching bag?

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So if you guys are robots, who made you?

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Please.

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We are autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron, also known as Autobots.

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Why are you here?

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To protect your planet from the Decepticons.

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The Jokers who tried to bump us off last night?

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Okay, why are they here?

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A fair question, Jack.

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In part, they are here because our planet is uninhabitable.

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ravaged by centuries of civil war.

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Why were you fighting a war?

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Foremost, over control of our world supply of energon, the fuel and lifeblood of all Autobots and Decepticons alike.

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The combat was fierce and endured for centuries.

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In the beginning, I fought alongside one whom I considered a brother.

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But in war, ideals can be corrupted.

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And it was thus that Megatron lost his way.

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Is there gonna be a quiz?

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So what does Megatron, or any of this, have to do with us?

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Megatron has not been seen nor heard from in some time.

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But if his return is imminent, as I fear, it could be catastrophic.

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Those transmissions are emanating from deep space.

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I would hate to waste the energon, unless you are absolutely certain.

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Unlock on transmission coordinates and activate the space bridge.

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Deceptacons!

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I have returned.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Transformers: Prime”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Autobot, Decepticon, energon, Optimus, scrap. This video has 243 sentences and 1295 words to shadow. The speech runs for 21:20. The speaker talks slowly, about 61 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 77% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 61 of its 243 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
scrap noun	/ˈskɹæp/	A (small) piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete portion.
whoa	/woʊ/	Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
backup noun	/ˈbækˌʌp/	A reserve or substitute.
cliff noun	/klɪf/	A vertical (or nearly vertical) rock face.
transmission noun	/tɹænsˈmɪʃən/	The act of transmitting, e.g. data (signals) or electric power.
con verb	/kɑn/	To trick, lie or defraud, usually for personal gain.
wherever	/(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/	Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
robot noun	/ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/	An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
horn noun	/hɔɹn/	A hard growth of keratin that protrudes from the top of the head of certain animals, usually paired.
motorcycle noun	/ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/	An open-seated motor vehicle with handlebars instead of a steering wheel, and having two (or sometimes three) wheels.
coordinate verb	/koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/	To place in the same order or rank.
combo noun	/ˈkɒmbəʊ/	A small musical group.
ignore verb	/ɪɡˈnɔː/	To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
alongside	/əˌlɔŋˈsaɪd/	Side by side with.
ideal adjective	/aɪˈdi(ə)l/	Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
find out verb	To discover, as by asking or investigating.
get back to verb	Return to (an activity)
get off verb	To move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
kick off verb	To make the first kick in a game or part of a game.
light up verb	To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
look back verb	To think of (past events) in retrospect (in hindsight).
stand around verb	To stand without doing anything; to do nothing productive; to waste time.

Sentences worth repeating

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

Do I ever need backup?
Ratchet, can you track his position?
May I take your order?
How do I get an awesome job like yours?
Don't you mean you and your new friend?

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	It's been · have you been · has requested
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is scattered · is noted · been distracted
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	might be · may be · may take
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now	I'm getting · they're scouting · I'm installing

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 34 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: transmission /tɹænsˈmɪʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/
Long words — get the stress right: motorcycle /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, coordinate /koʊˈɔɹ.dəˌneɪt/, illegally /ɪˈliːɡəli/, autonomous /ɔˈtɑnəməs/, accompany /əˈkʌm.pə.ni/

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 scrap, whoa, backup.

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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Key vocabulary in this video

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Sentences worth repeating

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?