Shadowing Practice: Wattie Buchan (The Exploited) interviewed by Luke Black (EXIT 2024 Chronicle) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Well, it is such an honor to finally meet you and talk to you.
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I watched your performance was in one of the front rows. And I loved it.
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My favorite is of the night, Defo, maybe of the entire festival.
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That's good, then.
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How are you doing?
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Doing good. So alive.
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Hot.
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It's very hot.
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Yeah, I know.
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Scotland, it's like a desert.
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In Scotland, we never get weather like this.
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I know.
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It's quite nice there.
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Like, I got suntan.
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Yeah.
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Sweaty.
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Nobody will believe you they've been in Serbia.
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Serbian?
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I've been to Serbia.
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Many times I've been to Serbia.
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I was in Serbia when I used to be Yugoslavia.
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I got arrested in Ljubljana.
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You did?
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I got arrested for having police handcuffs.
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Oh.
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I got arrested on the train.
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Put me in a room.
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Covered in shit.
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What did you do?
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I had police handcuffs.
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I swapped to undercover policemen.
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Handcuffs and the handcuffs were inscribed.
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Inscribed so that only the police could have them.
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This is where it was Yugoslavia.
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And so I got arrested there for hours.
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It's quite punk what that is.
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I've been arrested all over the world.
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Actually, I think it's really amazing that you're keeping the punk culture alive in its original form, I would say.
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I don't know what you what is your opinion on like
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I know the music today saturated were like loads of other genres
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but like what is punk for you in today's talk for me.
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Punk's got the only music where the actual lyrics mean something yeah
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we actually mean something it's not like love songs
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and crap oh oh the exploits songs against the government
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it's against war against injustice against poverty as long as there's that going on
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you know punk will always be here and I'm dead punk will still be here
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why the exploitative lasted so long back in the day I was a
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now I'm dead quiet and quite normally reserved
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but back in the day I was a total nut job what I done was do drugs
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and fight and smash and chaos that's what I done I thought that was normal but I was But back then,
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when punk started, we had Margaret Thatcher, the Tories, and there's so much poverty, so much poverty back in the UK,
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that's why punk got so big.
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It was angry music, and it was music for the working class.
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It gave us a voice to get our anger against the government.
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But it's been It's been like 20 something years since we last wrote an album.
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But I've actually got loads of songs written that I can do an album tomorrow. Do it.
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But I'll do it when I want to do it.
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Yeah.
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I should do one.
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I've got loads of good songs.
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But I've had loads of health problems and loads of shit in my life and that's...
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I don't know, a new record wasn't the most productive thing in my life.
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I'm looking forward to hearing those things.
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We've got loads of good songs, Ron.
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Thank you so much for the talk tonight.
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It was one of the best performances I've seen.
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Thank you for getting the crowd out.
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Come on!
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Representing.
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Thank you so much.
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You're welcome.
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Punk's still dead.
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Punk's still dead.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Wattie Buchan (The Exploited) interviewed by Luke Black”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: punk, loads, arrested, songs, handcuffs. This video has 73 sentences and 557 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:29. The speaker talks at a natural 160 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| punk noun | /ˈpʌŋk/ | A passive or effeminate homosexual man. |
| poverty noun | /ˈpɑːvɚti/ | The quality or state of being poor; lack of money |
| anger noun | /ˈæŋɡə/ | A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm… |
| desert noun | /ˈdɛz.ɚt/ | A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland. |
| lyrics noun | /ˈlɪɹ.ɪks/ | The words to a song (or other vocal music). |
| chaos noun | /ˈkeɪˌɑs/ | The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony. |
| productive adjective | /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ | Capable of producing something, especially in abundance; fertile. |
| genre noun | /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/ | A kind; a stylistic category or sort, especially of literature or other artworks. |
| smash verb | /smæʃ/ | To break (something brittle) violently. |
| swap verb | /ˈswɑp/ | To exchange or give (something) in an non-normal exchange (for something else). |
| exploit noun | /ˈɛksplɔɪt/ | A heroic or extraordinary deed. |
| injustice noun | /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/ | Absence of justice; unjustice. |
| undercover adjective | /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/ | Performed or happening in secret. |
| policeman noun | /pəˈliːsmən/ | A police officer, usually a male. |
| saturated adjective | Full; unable to hold or contain any more. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| look forward to verb | To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure; to be excited or eager to. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- How are you doing?
- What did you do?
- I've been arrested all over the world.
- I've got loads of good songs.
- I'm looking forward to hearing those things.
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 | they've been · I've been · I've been arrested |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | were inscribed · I've been arrested |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: genre /ˈ(d)ʒɑnɹə/, smash /smæʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: undercover /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/, exploitative /ɛkˈsplɔɪtətɪv/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like punk, poverty, anger.
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.