Shadowing Practice: Wayne Rooney Interviews Michael Carrick | Inside Carrington: Ep 30 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I was thinking what to call you when I come in here.

I was driving in before and I was thinking what you love. Is it Caras?

Havoc? Or Michael?

So I was thinking Noah,

we're doing an interview so I better call you Michael.

And then, do you remember ten years ago?

Tomorrow?

Do you remember what it was?

Only because you told me before.

I can't believe it's 10 years old.

It's madness.

The 135th FA Cup final.

Mooney driven wide, gets it across towards Mullaney.

Up he goes, the volley, equaliser!

Drills it across towards Marcelles, and then the volley!

What a goal!

Jesse Lingard!

United win the FA Cup!

I've gone from the two of us listening to the FA Cup together to you becoming the manager of Man United.

I think what's even more strange is that I'm actually interviewing you.

Because I never thought I'd be doing this,

but how do you feel?

To be honest, it feels pretty natural.

It feels big on the outside,

but when you're in it, it just feels...

Even though it's different, the building's different,

some of the people are different,

it's just kind of what you get used to for 12 to 20 years ago since our sign.

So, it's all I've kind of known really.

So, it's a bigger role than what I've had before,

but actually it just feels like a natural step to be fair.

So, it's nice to be,

a lot of responsibility, but it's good.

I'm really enjoying it.

The last six months, well,

just under six months, it must be crazy.

Obviously, we were in Barbados together and I don't even remember.

I said you'll be in there soon.

At that stage, I didn't even think of it,

but it's mad to be thinking we're on that beach, isn't it?

I know.

Johnny as well, yeah.

Yeah, yeah.

Johnny was sprinting along the beach.

Racing car.

The pictures were funny, mate.

Yeah, I remember you said that.

You did say that.

Yeah, you said it, yeah.

And I was like, nah.

And it was literally about three weeks later.

Well, I've been quite vocal,

as you know, and I felt you were right for it.

And could you imagine that it could have gone as well as it was?

I didn't really know what to expect.

The biggest thing, I probably came in with a belief that we can make it better,

we can improve things.

But I kind of came in and took it step by step.

Obviously came in on the Tuesday,

started with the players on the Wednesday,

played to City on the Saturday early.

City was obviously a big one,

the Arsenal one was a big one,

and they'd kind of just snowballed from there.

And then before you know it,

we're kind of right in the mix.

And it happened pretty quickly, to be honest.

To then finish the season in third,

I think, is a really good achievement from the players,

to be fair, they need a lot of credit for that.

Yeah, you wouldn't have thought that.

I wouldn't have thought that when you come in,

even being honest in terms of finishing third.

I remember I was doing my podcast and there was speculation whether you were going to come in or not.

I remember the set, I said,

I'd wait for two games.

I had City and then Arsenal,

I was thinking that's a tough start.

Do you think that helped win them two games?

I think it helped, it could go both ways, couldn't it?

I think it helped in terms of the buzz,

the natural lift, that first game, City and then...

I don't know if did you go to that game, the atmosphere was...

I was doing all the matches today and I remember watching it and I was thinking,

please win because obviously obviously we're pundit you've got to you've got to speak honestly

and what you're thinking i'm thinking come on win the game

but then to win that

and then the arsenal was better for me yeah backing it up i think

because that was the biggest challenge of um you know what i said

when you're it's one-off games is all right it's good

but actually backing it up and going again um

and for the lads to feel that going going there and winning like we did and

and it just snowballed a little bit from there.

But you could have looked at it both ways.

You could have looked at it as a negative of a tough start or actually getting a good start,

probably catapulted, or even if that was two other games,

you wouldn't have got that feeling and the big belief that we ended up getting.

The players just took that on, really.

kind of just kept ticking over from there.

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So bringing Johnny in as well,

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I think it's big and then obviously Woody and Steve Holland,

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how did, especially Steve and Johnny,

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Jonathan Woodgate, how did they adapt to it?

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Because they've obviously never been here,

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never seen it, Johnny knows the place well,

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but how did they react?

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Did he feel wow?

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Wow.

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I think there was a natural buzz.

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Steve's been a massive United fan,

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so from when he was a kid, massive United fan.

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Going to the Cup Finals,

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he talks about a lot,

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the history and the past of going to the Cup Finals.

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So it felt natural for him to be here,

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he'd love to be here.

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What have you been close to at Middlesbrough?

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It's hard to tell anyone until you get here,

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isn't it,

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what it feels like people are probably sick of us trying to say until you get through the doors

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and you can explain it as much as you want.

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But to get that feeling of once you're here,

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and they've all said the same thing,

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once you're here, it's different,

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you realise what it's all about.

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And I think that's part of it for the players as well,

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some of the younger players,

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to then go through the season and just learn to get that natural feeling of being here.

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I think you can see with some of the players through the season,

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you can see them just feeling at home and getting used to it

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and on the back of that you can kind of kick on and be yourself and tell your player.

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So I think there's a bit of freshness to the staff,

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unbelievable the coaching staff to come together.

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We didn't know each other as a group before then,

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so to come in an office,

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you need to really click to be in that kind of tight environment.

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They've been unbelievable, the coaches and then the players have responded.

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So everyone's kind of feeling more at home as the days go by.

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Any players surprise you?

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No one put you on the spot.

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No, that's a good question.

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I wouldn't say surprised, I wouldn't say naturally surprised.

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I'd say you hope to see good people, don't you?

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Of willingness to do well,

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the intentions, love and being here,

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the intentions to do the right thing.

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And probably surprised of how good a group it is in terms of wanting to do well for each other.

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We've been part of all sorts of different dressing rooms and it can quite easily go different directions,

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but that was probably the biggest thing

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that I felt straight away was these are really in it together

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and they want to do well and listen and learn and

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so that's probably the thing that stands out which is probably give us the chance of being consistent since we come in.

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It must be so good,

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obviously before you were going to Middlesbrough and then obviously you're based here.

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Yeah, it makes a difference.

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I think you're the most adopted mank I think I've ever seen.

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I think obviously with your kids going to games,

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I've seen you in the away stands.

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That must be mad, being in the away and then to be stood there on touchline as manager.

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That must be like...

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No, I know, but that's the thing about it.

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It doesn't actually feel that...

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it's not until you mention it and you step back a little bit.

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When you're in it, you just kind of...

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But then I think because you're attached to it and you understand it,

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I think that helps to then deal with everything, to be honest.

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But literally, I'm in the bubble of the training ground.

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I'll go home and be with Lisa and the kids.

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Next year's a different challenge,

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more games and that side of things.

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But it's where we want to be,

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so it's definitely not a negative side.

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How are they?

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I know how proud they are of you with your playing career.

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What you've done up to now as manager,

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they must be buzzing, they must be proud.

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Yeah, they're buzzing, you know what they're like.

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I think it's probably more now than when I was playing because of the age of the kids who are, 18, 16.

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Obviously, they've just seen it all.

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I've seen a change a little bit in the academy.

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Obviously, before you come in here,

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we've been stood there watching the games and stuff.

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And it's so nice.

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We used to see it when we were here as players with the gaffer then.

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It's so nice to see the first team staff over there watching the games.

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And that's not just at Old Stafford where,

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obviously, there's pictures come out and stuff.

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That's here at the train grounds and that to be there,

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you to be there is so...

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For the players, it gives them such a...

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It's them young lads to see the manager of Manchester United stood there watching the games.

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I think the attachment and being connected with it and understanding there's a link and that's actually where,

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as young players, that's what they want to try and get to.

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And generally care about how the younger teams are doing,

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how the players are doing,

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how the coaches are doing and trying to create that feeling through.

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When you see young players come up and train with us,

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for me, we needed a chance,

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didn't we, when you come through through so you need to try

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and give as many opportunities as you can so to create

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that feeling and connect through the club is exactly what this club's built on we've known it for

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so long and it was long before us so i think it's a responsibility anyway how's your relationship with

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jason and omar that's obviously how's it been and how important is

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that moving forward right from the start um it's been a really good place to come

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and work anyway the atmosphere and the way the the building is and the relationships.

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I think it's about relationships and building it with people and straight away there's a wavelength,

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there's an understanding, there's a what's the reality,

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where do we want to get to,

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how does it look like

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and I know it was initially till the end of the season

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but you're kind of always part of them conversations of where you want to take the club

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and how it should look so they've been really open

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and listening and building a relationship as time goes on

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and gets to the stage now where we want to kick on

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and we want more and we want to make things better

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so I think that relationship is crucial if we haven't got

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that relationship then it filters down so that needs to be strong

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and it's it's it certainly is recruitment as well is really important in there

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and obviously being in the champions league next year as well

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you'd be looking i'd assume you'd be looking to to try

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and strengthen your squad and maybe a few players well obviously we know casimero is leaving as well So,

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have they been underway before this announcement or are they starting now?

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Yeah, I said it when I came in,

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was it to be honest?

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I said I can't come in and do this just with eyes on.

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It might be the summer,

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it might be past the summer, it might not be.

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There's no way I was just making decisions just for the short term, I think.

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It was always a case of trying to make things better in the future

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but it's certainly been an element of planning from my side and eyes on what it could look like.

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So it's an important summer.

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I think it's where we've got to and where we want to get to.

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We want to make a big step if we can,

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so it's an important summer.

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There must be a buzz back around the place,

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being back in the Champions League.

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Obviously, when we were playing,

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most of the time we were in it,

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but to not be in it last year,

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to be back there and back competing at the highest level,

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there must be a buzz around the place,

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not just the players but obviously the staff?

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I think everyone, yeah.

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It's easier when you have success or you're in Champions League.

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You don't take it for granted because you just roll on,

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roll on, roll on.

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When you don't get it,

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you realise what it's like to be in them big games,

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big moments, end of season,

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challenging for things, and it's definitely where we need to be.

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Again, I can't stress it enough it enough,

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I think the lads need so much credit for the consistency to then put a run of games together.

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It's easy to get two or three games but to go 16 games

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and I think we're probably top of that league in the 16 games,

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that's some consistency from the players to then give them the confidence to do

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that next season and they've definitely earned the place

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and have been in the Champions League and then but not settling for it,

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I mean that's the important thing,

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you know we're used to not settling for things here until you really achieve something.

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So what did you do then to

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get them to enable that the players can give that consistency

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and get results even at games where you know they weren't the best

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but still grant that win out

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or the result out to be honest the first thing the main thing

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when we came in was trying to create that um

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that spirit that togetherness that connection all the best teams will be part of you always had

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that summit where you look after each other um

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and i knew there was an element of you can change tactics you can do technical things

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and technical things or whatever but i'll take you so far

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but we need something with real substance um and that wasn't necessarily over coaching to start with it was more just

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speaking to the lads a lot about what what it means

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to play for the club how it is what the ups

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and downs are what it takes to keep winning i'm just trying to share them experiences to be honest

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and then um as time ticks by you try and improve performance

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but it wasn't the case of coming in and trying to change the whole thing put was put a system together,

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be really clear with it and the lads grow as well

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and feel it and trust each other and trust is massive isn't it,

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when you can trust each other and knowing what you're going to get from someone,

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someone's going to look after you,

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all them type of things goes along with.

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Now you are Manchester United manager, what are your expectations?

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I think keep pushing forward and improving,

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I think understanding it's good to make steps and and it's good to get in Champions League,

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it's good to finish third from coming from below that.

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But making this place better, I think, is...

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I must admit, I think on Sunday in the stadium,

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there was a feeling, felt a little bit different.

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It felt really...

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I don't know, there was a real togetherness,

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there was a real kind of enjoyment from everyone,

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which for me standing there is quite powerful,

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to be honest, to then see that going through the whole stadium.

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The supporters feeling that and being excited about coming back.

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I think we want to come to the stadium wherever that is,

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supporting Manchester United, looking forward to what can happen.

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It's always been like that,

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it always should be like that.

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Keep pushing forward to bring success here for sure.

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How much would you love to reward them fans?

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Because they've been through a tough time, haven't they?

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Probably over the last ten years.

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How much would you love to reward them with a big trophy, a major trophy?

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That's the drive, isn't it?

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I have to say credit to the supporters because within stadiums I've been to a lot of home games,

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I've been to some away games and the supporters,

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when it's been a bit challenging at certain times,

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still won trophies,

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I think there's almost a pride in the fan base that's

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supporting in them times to then get the success at the back of it.

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Hopefully that success is the time that's going to come they couldn't have done much more.

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That's why it's a game on Sunday when you feel that

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and they feel that they're proud to be there and they want to be there and they enjoy being there,

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for us to be able to reward that would be pretty special.

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So pre-season is a really important time obviously for managers,

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for coaches, for players getting to know each other and meet each other.

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New players coming in, so you're going to Scandinavia.

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How much are you looking forward to?

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Yeah, we're looking forward.

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I think it's like you said pre-season,

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it's massive for different reasons.

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I think going to Finland,

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Sweden, Norway, going to Dublin.

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For us, the supporters to get a chance to see the boys close up,

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some of them travelling a lot,

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so they get their old-traffered,

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and how they get everywhere is incredible.

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And I think the boys come in always,

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when you speak to the lads that are coming from other clubs,

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it blows their mind when we travel and how the fan base has spread so far.

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And then we go to Scandinavia and feel that love and the noise and the atmosphere in the stadium.

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that's part of coping and learning about Manchester United and what it means to so many people.

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So it's an important time and obviously you want to start the season strong.

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I was looking before and I couldn't see anyone else who'd done it.

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And I was thinking, if,

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and hopefully you do, no pressure,

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go and win the Premier League,

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if I'm right you could be the first person to ever do it as a player and manager.

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I mean, I'll take that right now.

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I'll take that right now.

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But that's what you could be looking at, isn't it?

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That's going to be the target.

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That's the goal in the end,

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and I think you've got to believe it.

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That's what we've got to aim for.

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It's where we want to be as a club,

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and it's not even so much for me.

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It would be an incredible thing for me to be able to do,

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but just to see this club lifting trophies and winning leagues and challenging for Champions League,

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that's the buzz.

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That's what gets us out of bed every morning

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and enjoy the grind of the summer and come back strong for next season.

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We know what it takes.

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I know what it takes and hopefully I can give

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that experience a little bit to the players and they can feed off it and we can keep pushing for more.

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Michael?

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Michael!

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Congratulations again.

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Good luck for all behind you.

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Thanks, mate.

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Thank you.

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About This Lesson

In this lesson, learners will engage in shadow speech exercises based on a captivating interview between Wayne Rooney and Michael Carrick. This interactive practice will enhance your listening skills, improve your pronunciation, and build your confidence in spoken English. By focusing on conversational exchanges, learners will experience real-life dialogues that reflect natural intonation and rhythm used in everyday English. This lesson is ideal for those looking to learn English with YouTube while gaining insights into the world of football.

Key Vocabulary & Phrases

madness - something that seems unbelievable or unbelievable in intensity.
natural step - a progression that feels like a normal or expected development.
responsibility - the state of having to take care of something or someone.
crazy - something that is surprising or hard to believe.
what a goal! - an expression of excitement, typically used in sports to describe a remarkable score.
driven wide - a term often used in sports indicating the pathway of movement away from the center.
remember - to have a recollection of past events.

Practice Tips

To maximize your speaking skills with this lesson, consider using a shadowing app to facilitate your practice. As you listen to the interview, try to mimic Rooney and Carrick's rhythm and inflection. The speed of their conversation provides a fantastic opportunity to hone your ability to engage in spontaneous dialogue. Here are some specific tips:

Start Slow: Play the video at a reduced speed to catch the nuances of their speech.
Focus on Intonation: Pay attention to the rise and fall of their voices, which convey emotions and emphasize key phrases.
Repeat and Replay: Don’t hesitate to pause and repeat lines to practice your pronunciation and fluency.
Shadowing Technique: Try to speak simultaneously with the speakers to better integrate sounds and rhythms into your speech.

By effectively using these techniques, you can greatly improve your speaking skills through shadowspeak, making it easier for you to hold conversations in English as you progress in your learning journey.

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	I've gone · I've had · I've been
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	be stood · we've been stood · being connected
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	out which is · kids who are
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past	was thinking · was driving · was sprinting

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →