Shadowing Practice: Yc07DkB8sDA - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to the White House, the most secure building in the world, and I have to sneak inside.
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Now you're probably wondering why I'm dressed like this.
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I am trying to deliver this bad boy to the Oval Office.
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I'm doing this because every 1 million subscribers I go up on this channel, I have to do whatever the top comment says, which is this.
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Thanks, guys.
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I'm gonna try to just walk it.
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There's so much security.
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Alright, let's see if we can get in here.
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how's it going I got a delivery for it's that I'm on the list here you go
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please last four is up thank you oh my gosh now
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I should just have to get the visitors pass hey how's it going here you go
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all right thank you oh my gosh oh my gosh oh
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my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh how's it going
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that's right are you a piece of delivery i am okay
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because i'm like you look oddly familiar and i just can't I'm having a weird trip right now.
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You look freaking awesome by the way.
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Oh my gosh.
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Oh my gosh.
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Somehow I had finally made it into the most secure place on earth.
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Oh my gosh.
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We are inside the White House complex.
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But I wasn't stopping there.
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This pizza still had to make it into the Oval Office.
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Alright, I don't know where we are right now.
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I don't know if I should go down
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that hallway i just need to find the oval office somewhere oh my gosh okay bro this place is insane
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everyone is looking at me i need to lay low all
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right there's a bathroom right here there's a bathroom right here come on come on Hey,
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are you filming?
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Oh, I didn't know you couldn't film in the White House.
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You can film in the White House.
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You just can't film in the women's restroom.
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You got an ID? For sure.
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Breach!
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Breach!
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Breach!
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Move!
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Move!
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Move!
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Leave it at your target!
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Oh, no. I knew this was a bad idea.
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So over for me.
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We've got a breach.
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what do we have on this guy youtuber 63 used to
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wet the bed until he was 13 he ugly too how do they know
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that you smell pizza where's the office please don't blow up the earth please please i'll do anything you want
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Okay, GTA 6.
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I want a copy.
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That game's never coming out.
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Hey, someone up there.
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Okay, fellas.
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Who do we have winning the Super Bowl next year?
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Oh, my God.
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I don't know.
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The Cleveland Browns?
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What?
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All right, let's start a war.
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It's the Oval Office.
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It's right there.
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We're here.
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I knew aliens were real.
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All right, I have made it into the - Hands up!
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Don't move!
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Drop the camera.
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Cover me.
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I'm checking the bag.
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What do we got here?
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It's just pizza.
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This isn't just pizza It's magic It's the single greatest thing I have ever tasted It is,
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it's pretty good, right?
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Guys, you gotta try this I'm okay, yeah, I'm down So am I free to go, or?
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That's delicious I'm bricked up All right, we're out of here guys.
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This is kind of my way of letting you guys know that I
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Working on sneaking into the White House for the past year
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So all of this is real footage of me sneaking around in the White House complex.
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I made it as far as the Eisenhower building bathroom Where finally I was stopped and escorted off property.
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I'm a big pizza fan So yeah, I failed or at least Eric failed, but luckily I'm no longer Eric
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I Didn't want all this footage to go away
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So I decided to make this little movie to show you guys one more thing
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that I've been hiding come with me come on this way All right, I would like to formally introduce you guys to
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Against the grain if you guys know me you know
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that I love pizza
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and after years of waiting I am finally launching real delicious pizza delivered to you guys in just 15 minutes.
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Our first product against the grain pizza poppers are available now in three flavors.
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They're like the Totino's pizza rolls we all grew up on, but you don't have to feel bad about eating them and they actually taste good.
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The proof?
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Totino's is made with 40 chemical ingredients and what they call imitation cheese.
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What is that, Totino's?
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My pizza, Against the Grain, is made with real delicious mozzarella with half the ingredients.
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We're making our pizza in an actual bakery with love.
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Here's a video of me personally packing them.
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And even Gordon Ramsay approves.
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I mean, hold on.
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It's a no -brainer.
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Against the Grain has 7 grams of protein, no added sugar, no artificial preservatives, none of that.
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And because I truly believe that you guys are going to love this pizza, the first bag is on me.
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That's right, I've teamed up with GoPuff to give you guys free bags with a minimum order.
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All you have to do, Mafia, is scan this QR code on screen
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or click the GoPuff link in the top of my description to open the app, and Pizza Poppers will be at your door faster than you can say I'll never buy Totino's again.
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That's pretty much it.
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12, 11.
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Wait, what's that?
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10, 9, 8, 7.
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The world's about to explode right now.
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Click the link.
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Oh, my God, I'm all gonna pay, yeah.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
The speaker keeps coming back to these words: pizza, gosh, oval, breach, grain. This video has 104 sentences and 925 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:50. The speaker talks at a steady 118 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pizza noun | /ˈpi.tsə/ | A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables. |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. |
| grain noun | /ɡɹeɪn/ | The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice. |
| breach noun | /ˈbɹiːt͡ʃ/ | A gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall, fortification or levee / embankment; the space between the parts of a solid body rent by violence. |
| oval noun | /ˈoʊvəl/ | A two-dimensional one. |
| delicious adjective | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty. |
| sneak verb | /sniːk/ | To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen. |
| footage noun | /ˈfʊtɪd͡ʒ/ | An amount of film or tape that has been used to record something, or the content of the recording. |
| ingredient noun | /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ | One of the substances present in a mixture, especially food. |
| ugly adjective | /ˈʌɡli/ | Displeasing to the eye; aesthetically unpleasing. |
| insane adjective | /ɪnˈseɪn/ | Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad. |
| introduce verb | /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ | To cause (someone) to be acquainted (with someone else). |
| brick noun | /ˈbɹɪk/ | A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building. |
| artificial adjective | /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ | Man-made; made by humans; of artifice. |
| approve verb | /əˈpɹuːv/ | To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| blow up verb | To explode or be destroyed by explosion. | |
| come out verb | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | To be discovered; to be revealed. |
| go away verb | To depart or leave a place. | |
| go down verb | To descend; to move from a higher place to a lower one. | |
| hands up | /hæn(d)ˈzʌp/ | Put your hands up (if you wish to participate). |
| team up with verb | To associate with another in a joint enterprise. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'm gonna try to just walk it.
- Alright, let's see if we can get in here.
- Alright, I don't know where we are right now.
- You just can't film in the women's restroom.
- What do we got here?
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 made · have ever tasted · I've teamed |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was stopped · is made |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should just have · should go |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the most secure |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 39 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: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, imitation /ɪmɪˈteɪ̯ʃən/, mozzarella /mɑt.səˈɹɛl.ə/, preservative /prɪˈzəːvətɪv/
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 pizza, gosh, grain.
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.