Shadowing Practice: We Bare Bears out of context (Season 1) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,
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ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah,
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ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah Look at these abs!
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Are these the abs of a villain?
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This is the best thing to happen to Ice Bear.
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So, did you want to buy some cookies?
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Oh my gosh!
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Ice Bear knows CPR.
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Ice Bear thinks you're precious.
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Ice Bear woke up like this. But why?
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Little bones!
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I got it!
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No!
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Not even people tripping can heal my wounds.
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Where were you guys living before?
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The cardboard box.
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What's funny?
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FBI!
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I didn't know you cared so - Don't ditch Ice Bear.
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Panda?
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Oh, hey, Lucy, what's up?
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Hey, give it back.
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Yes!
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Tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet, tweet.
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I can play basketball again, Grizz!
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Ah!
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Welcome back to the team, bro!
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Ice Bear overwhelmed with welcome back emotion.
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Ice Bear's tired of staring at this guy's butt.
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Ice Bear hates butts.
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POO!
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Uh...
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Ice Bear will not bless you. Is this a bill?
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No, it's just a credit card application.
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Probably save it for later, you know.
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Do we save any of our bills?
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Do we pay our bills?
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Uh, do you want to see the alligator?
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Uh, Pan -Pan, do you still need napkins?
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I need nothing!
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Ice Bear will shush.
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Unshushable.
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Someone in Japan married their bowl of ramen.
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That was so unpleasant.
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Whoa!
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Say cheese, buddy!
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Ice Percy's bunnies How does it feel to be a monster?
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Paris!
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Yeah, I have no idea what Paris looks like I can see that Help me!
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Help me, Mickey -chan.
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I'm the mayor.
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What's up, mayor?
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Not much, man.
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Here's the key to the city.
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Thanks.
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All Ice Bear's friends are future enemies.
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Any last words?
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Accept your fate.
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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Ah!
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All right, thank you.
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Hey, girl with the pretty eyes in the club, don't you realize?
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I think the party's going well.
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Everyone's having a great time.
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Huh?
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Cupcake.
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Cupcake.
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Cupcake.
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Gryz, come on man, it wasn't that bad.
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Yes it was.
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Everyone was laughing at me and making fun of me in Korean.
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I'll take this book and everything in here, please, to go.
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Ice Bear has ninja stars.
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It's a bunch of dance class coupons?
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What if everything we are is just a figment of someone else's imagination?
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I mean, if what I see isn't real, am I even real?
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You know?
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if only that day was today
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hi i'm from the epa elephant pie activity Cows on in my mind, yeah, get it?
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Cows on in my mind.
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Well, at least we taste great.
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Mm.
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High five, friend.
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Uh.
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Huh?
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Oh, shh.
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And here we have the deluxe industrial refrigerator.
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Bears have lots of feelings, and that's a beautiful thing.
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Ice Bear wants justice.
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Stay back!
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I'm gonna dance in my mouth! so
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “We Bare Bears out of context”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: tweet, Ice, Bear, cupcake, bill. This video has 98 sentences and 580 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:29. The speaker talks slowly, about 89 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 23 of its 98 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 |
|---|---|---|
| tweet noun | /ˈtwiːt/ | The sound of a bird; any short high-pitched sound or whistle. |
| butt noun | /bʌt/ | Body; self. |
| bone noun | /boʊn/ | A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates. |
| buddy | /ˈbʌdi/ | A person far removed from the conversation. |
| fate noun | /feɪt/ | The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events. |
| wound noun | /ˈwund/ | An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. |
| imagination noun | /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/ | The image-making power of the mind; the act of mentally creating or reproducing an object not previously perceived; the ability to create such images. |
| emotion noun | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. |
| bless verb | /blɛs/ | To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify. |
| heal verb | /ˈhiːl/ | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. |
| elephant noun | /ˈɛlɪfənt/ | A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia. |
| cookie noun | /ˈkʊki/ | A small, flat, baked good which is either crisp or soft but firm. |
| stare verb | /stɛɚ/ | To look fixedly (at something). |
| ditch noun | /dɪt͡ʃ/ | A trench; a long, shallow indentation, as for irrigation or drainage. |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| stay back verb | /steɪˈbæk/ | To remain (at work, school, organisation, country, etc.) after normal hours |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Where were you guys living before?
- Do we save any of our bills?
- Do we pay our bills?
- Hey, girl with the pretty eyes in the club, don't you realize?
- I mean, if what I see isn't real, am I even real?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, didn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, shush /ʃʊʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, refrigerator /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/, alligator /ˈæl.ɪ.ɡeɪ.tɚ/
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 tweet, butt, bone.
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.