Shadowing Practice: Vietsub Family Guy - Funny Moments #1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hey, Lois, I'd like you to meet our new friend-- Jerome?

Luce Lois.

What?

You guys know each other?

Know each other?

Peter Jerome is an old boyfriend of mine.

What?

Oh, sorry I was out of it.

Wait, are we being robbed?

All I'm saying is that you just need to find an activity that you and Stewie can share.

Oh, Peter, can you reach that box of rice?

Ow!

Oh, sorry, Lois.

Oh, that rice got you, bitch.

Hey, Stewie's laughing.

Hey, you think that's funny?

Hey, you like that?

Hey, Lois, you want some beans with that rice?

Ow!

Oh, I misjudged you, fat man.

Damn it!

Peter, what's wrong with you?

Wait, wait, wait, Lois, Lois, don't move.

Stewie's loving this.

See if she's got any cash on her.

Okay Stewie, get the camera ready.

*Screams

Screams Screams Screams Screams Screams *

*Screams

Screams Screams Screams Screams Screams *

*Screams

*Gunshot

Gunshot Gunshot Gunshot Gunshot Gunshot Gunshot Gunshot Gunshot *

Ridiculous.

I'll talk to him as soon as he gets home.

What the hell is that?

*cough

cough cough cough cough cough *

*cough

cough cough cough cough cough *

*cough

cough cough cough cough cough *

*cough

cough cough cough cough cough *

* Your plane set my lawn on fire!

Yeah, that ought to cover it.

Peter, I don't want your money!

Well, fine then.

Have a box of Jeremy Irons cereal.

If you're looking for a prize at the bottom, there is none.

Only more cardboard.

Here we are, Brian.

Safe and sound.

Peter, I don't need to be in a wheelchair.

No, no, no arguments, Brian.

I already went through the trouble of borrowing this ramp from Joe.

I'll see you, honey.

I'll be back in a while.

Joe, are you all right?

Don't help me up.

I need to retain my independence.

You need anything from the market?

Sir, will you please stop staring at me?

Where's the rest of ya?

So listen, Chris is pretty upset about what happened.

Would you mind if I had a word with you, son?

Not at all.

He's up in his room.

Hey there, Kyle.

Hey, I'm Chris Griffin's father.

Now that's not very nice.

I don't sound like that at all.

You're making me sound like Michael Stipe.

Listen, I just want you to know what you did the other day was wrong.

What you did the other day was wrong.

You're not making this easy, Kyle.

My name's Peter Griffin.

I'm a big, fat, dumb butt face.

Shut up, Kyle.

I'm Peter Griffin.

I'm a dorky, fat, numb nuts.

Kyle, I said shut up.

You're a poop nose.

I'm sorry.

You sure you're not too tall for this?

Nah, it's gonna be great!

Yay!

Ow!

Who kicked me?

Sorry!

What the hell?

My bad.

Now, who's doing that?

It's that jerk up there.

It's Slenderman!

Kill yourselves!

Let's go!

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No, guys, we'll never make it on foot.

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We gotta steal that kid's jet ski.

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Peter, the boat's right there!

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We'll totally make it!

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It's the only way, guys!

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Peter, we're now literally standing on the boat.

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That's how close the boat is.

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Made it!

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You wanted to ride the jet ski.

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I wanted to ride the jet ski.

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Why do you keep a sleeping baby in your time machine room?

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I don't know, my decorator's terrible. Where are we?

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Ford's Theater, April 14th, 1865.

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Oh, Valentine's Day!

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How romantic!

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Uh, yeah, sure, you know me.

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Oh my god, the president's been shot!

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If you ask me, the president's the lucky one.

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How's that?

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He doesn't have to sit through the rest of the show.

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The frame is crashing to the ground, not quite to the mooring mass.

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Oh, the humanity and all the passengers screaming around here.

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And just when you thought it couldn't get any worse, there's a dog having sex with a woman.

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Oh, I know I said, oh, the humanity before, but seriously, oh, the humanity even more right now.

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I mean, come on!

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So that's what restaurants were like before desegregation.

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It was quiet.

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It was quiet.

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Wow, Brian, you've had quite a string of female guests spend the night lately.

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Yeah, whatever you're doing, it's working.

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You should see the way I have to pick up chicks.

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Hi.

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Ah -ha, sea breeze!

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Yeah!

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Come on, go, go, go, go, go!

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Oh...

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- Oh, my God.

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What's Brian doing?

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Oh my god!

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He's violating Sea Breeze!

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No, no, he's just awkwardly positioning himself.

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Now he's violating Sea Breeze.

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Bye you guys, have fun at school.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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Oh, Peter, stop pouting.

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All you gotta do is finish third grade and you'll get that promotion.

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Ugh, this is gonna be a bigger pain in the ass than getting into a last clap contest with Cleveland.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the Quahog Men's Chorus.

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Hey, hey, hey!

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Clap one more time, you're not coming on my birthday. Who did that?

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Diggity!

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Here's a pile of stamps carefully culled from swap meets and garage sales.

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And look at this.

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It's a Bolivian airplane.

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Now, it says it's worth eight cents, but really...

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It's worth 12.

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See that?

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Already ahead.

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Came right out of the blocks with a winner here, Chris.

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Now we'll just paste this very carefully into the book.

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And that's where it belongs.

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Now this is a loaded handgun.

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And what we're gonna do now is kill ourselves because this is horrible.

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Couldn't we just stop philatel -ing?

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Too late.

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That was sensational.

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We're gonna be the biggest thing since Edison harnessed electricity.

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Look at Edison over there with his damn electricity.

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Hey Edison!

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How about sharing some of those light bulbs, huh?

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Hey, figure it out for yourself, man!

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We're freezing our asses off over here!

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Hey man, how do you think I feel?

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You know, you get to look at my great house, I gotta look at that dark thing.

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Oh, that's pretty sweet.

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Yeah, that's okay.

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We're freezing over here.

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We have none of my family's taking a bath in a month.

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We stink.

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It stinks over here, you jerk.

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I can't hear you over my central.

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Hey, what do you go to hell, Edison?

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Hey, bite me, man.

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Hey, you guys seen The Office?

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Oh, no. I guess you haven't because you don't have a TV.

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Hey, how about I come over there and kick your ass?

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Ooh, yeah.

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Come on over.

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Hungry eyes...

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I feel the magic between you and I...

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Ooh, I'm hungry for you, baby.

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Come on, walk with me, talk with me.

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Peter you get down from that tree this instant.

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No, you're gonna yell at me.

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You're damn right.

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I'm gonna yell at you You beat up a 13 year old boy.

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He called me names.

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You're 43 and you just assaulted our neighbor's child.

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This is a very serious situation Well, maybe you should have just had an abortion Lois would that make you happy if I was never born what oh?

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I'm going to prison, aren't I?

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Ah, that feels.. that feels better.

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You sure that stuff is okay?

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All I know is the guys who made it are dead.

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Why is there no hole in this wall?

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Mom, let me look!

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Meg, stop shoving!

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You wouldn't even know what to do with it.

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He's closer to my age, you cow!

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What the hell is this?

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Oh, nice, Stewie.

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We were just leaving.

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I say, what the devil is all the fuss about?

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I don't get it.

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What's in there?

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Bing bong!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Vietsub Family Guy - Funny Moments”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cough, Screams, gunshot, Peter, Lois. This video has 215 sentences and 1333 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:38. The speaker talks at a steady 138 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 74% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 40 of its 215 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
cough verb	/kɔf/	Sometimes followed by up: to force (something) out of the lungs or throat by pushing air from the lungs through the glottis (causing a short, explosive sound)…
gunshot noun	/ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/	The act of discharging a firearm.
clap verb	/klæp/	To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
breeze noun	/bɹiːz/	A light, gentle wind.
humanity noun	/hjuˈmænɪti/	Humankind; human beings as a group.
stink verb	/stɪŋk/	To have a strong bad smell.
violate verb	/ˈvaɪəˌleɪt/	To break or disregard (a rule or convention).
yell verb	/jɛl/	To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
freeze verb	/ˈfɹiːz/	Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature.
scream verb	/skɹiːm/	To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or extreme pain; to screech, to shriek.
awkwardly adverb		In an awkward manner; with discomfort or lack of coordination.
desegregation noun		The act or process of eliminating segregation.
diggety adverb	/ˈdɪɡəti/	A general intensifier.
handgun noun	/ˈhændˌɡʌn/	A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand.
misjudge verb		To make an error in judging, to incorrectly assess.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
shut up	/ʃʌt ʌp/	Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)…
beat up verb		To give a severe beating to; to assault violently with repeated blows.
come on over verb		to visit someone's home or other location.
come over verb		To affect in a sudden, unprecedented or surprising manner; to overwhelm a person's ordinarily contrary impulse.
go through verb		To travel from one end of something to the other.
pick up verb		To lift; to grasp and raise.
sit through verb		To unwillingly stay seated until the end of an event.

Sentences worth repeating

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

You guys know each other?
Hey, you think that's funny?
Peter, what's wrong with you?
Couldn't we just stop philatel -ing?
I'm going to prison, aren't I?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	being robbed · been shot · was never born
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	president's been shot · you've had
Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form	stop staring · stop pouting · stop shoving
Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea	should see · should have

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 59 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gunshot /ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/, sensational /sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/, shove /ʃʌv/, abortion /əˈbɔɹ.ʃn̩/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/
Long words — get the stress right: humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, sensational /sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/

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 cough, gunshot, clap.

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?