Shadowing Practice: When Your Life Sucks. This is The Move. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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very useful to not ignore keeping yourself on the path
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because once you say oh this doesn't apply to me i don't need
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that whatever i don't know so yeah good tip there all right first question i'm writing
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because i i need advice
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and don't have anyone else to turn to your podcast played
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a major role in changing my life after my daughter was born in 2023
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and getting me on the path including starting jujitsu i have a two -year -old daughter her mother
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and i have had a volatile relationship from the beginning early on i was wrong
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and became physical during arguments later she had people come to our home
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and assault me resulting in hospitalization and a year -long protection order
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that caused me to miss my daughter's early life we've tried to make it work for two years
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but now i believe the relationship is destructive
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and must end i'm 26 living with toxic parents buried in debt facing possible court again without a car
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and afraid of losing time with my daughter i feel trapped
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and overwhelmed what guidance would you give me to move forward and take responsibility without collapsing
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well it's not you just made like a noise of like
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um um you know oh no right it's a lot what are we gonna do it's a lot right
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but but in my mind i think of the uh the quote of like hey
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we're surrounded good now we know where the enemy is right
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so that's where you are right you're you're just surrounded on all sides
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so what you have to do is you have to begin
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to square your situation away right this means you have to fix your immediate world
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that you are in now to start off here with your
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daughter's mom um i would be professional don't be emotional be polite
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but you have to make a little bit of distance
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because you guys have got bad bad blood right there's bad
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there's bad emotions there it's not good we you have to
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say hey listen i don't want to bother you anymore um
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i i wish you the best you may not even want
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to verbalize those things you just start to act this way because
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if you say hey i don't want to bother you what
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do you mean you don't bother be you want to just
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be like just start to be more professional non -emotional
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and create a little bit of distance then what you have
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to do is you have to get a job you have
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to work hard you have to get a job I don't care
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if you get a job at Wendy's I worked at Wendy's right
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and if you work at Wendy's
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and you work hard you will move up the chain of command
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if you go to Home Depot
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and you get a job you work hard you move up
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the chain of command you start making more money you like
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this will happen don't buy anything stupid save your money uh
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you in order to save money i hate to say this
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you're probably gonna have to continue to live with your what you call your toxic parents
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i would just you know again don't be overt about it
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but just isolate yourself as much as you can with them from them right
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so you don't want to get caught up in their toxicity
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but you want to live there cool go to your room try
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and spend time out you know don't spend a bunch of
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time there spend job working overtime spend your time working overtime
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right you got no 40 hours a week what you can
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work you can work 80 hours a week you can easily
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work 80 hours a week get overtime get two jobs whatever
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you got to do don't spend time in the house go
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to there to sleep isolate from them a little bit uh
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and in a little bit of time you're going to have
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enough money to get a dirt place you know the dirt
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cheap place to live that's fine let's like rent a room from somebody for a few hundred bucks
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or something like that during this time you're going to talk to your daughter you know like
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when you can well i don't know what kind of legal
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situation you're in with her whether you're allowed to visit her
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but you're going to follow the rules you're going to stay
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positive no negativity not to say anything negative about her mother
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not going to say anything negative about life you concentrate on her you know what does she care
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that you don't have money that you don't have problems or
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that you have problems that you have this you don't have does she care about any of
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that uh not as much as she cares about the fact
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that you know she's uh got crayons
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and this you know she's coloring a flower
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and you can help her color flowers man that's what you
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focus on with her you do kid stuff with her let her world be bright
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and beautiful you shelter her from the misery
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and the darkness of the world that's what you do that's
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where that's what dads do continue your job at Wendy's or Home Depot or wherever you're working
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find some kind of a trade that you're interested in electrician plumber welder carpenter you find one of those things, which one you're interested in.
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They're all cool jobs.
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It's all very gratifying to wire a place, to put plumbing in a place, to weld something together, to build a house or whatever.
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And then once you figure out which one you're slightly interested in, you find one of those companies that does that and you go and get job there.
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So you're going to take a minimum wage pay, whatever you're getting paid at Wendy's, you're getting paid at home Depot.
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You're going to say, listen, I will do, I will, I will be labor for you.
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I'll do whatever you need me to do.
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for minimum wage, and then you're going to bust your ass, and you're going to keep saving money, and you're going to, you know, you're trying to pay off debts.
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I don't know if you're going to have enough money yet to pay off debts.
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Learn whatever skill it is.
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Electrician, you're going to start to learn that.
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You're going to watch YouTube.
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You're going to read books about this stuff.
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You're going to go to the library, read books about being an electrician.
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Again, you're maintaining a positive relationship with your daughter because that's what we bring to our daughters.
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Positivity and good and light and kid stuff and flowers and rainbows.
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That's what we bring to our kids our daughters pure positivity
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eventually you figure out where you what qualifications you need to
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be an electrician what do you got to do what's what do you need to do to get
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that piece of paper that says you're an electrician you're going to go to that school
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because you saved your money that's what you're saving your money
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for you're continuing to work hard you're not wasting any money you're continuing to pay your debts
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and you look up and in three years
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and it's gonna be a long hard three years
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but in three years you're gonna be in a relatively good
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situation you're gonna have a steady job you're gonna have an employer
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that appreciates you that you show up early that you stay late
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that you work hard that you're clean
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that you do what you're supposed to do you do it
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on time you take the extra initiative you you're gonna have some money from
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that you're gonna have a marketable skill because you went
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and got that whatever
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that certification is you're gonna find a place to live you'll have bought a $2 ,800 vehicle that's fairly reliable.
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And now your daughter's five.
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She's not two anymore.
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And by the way, when she's between two, three, four, five, she's not going to remember a lot of that stuff.
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So that's why I'm not too worried about it.
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Look, you're a loving dad.
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You bring the light when you can.
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But by the time, three years from now, she's going to be five and that's when she'll actually know
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and she'll remember and appreciate your interactions with her
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and then you're slowly with the permission of her mom you're
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going to get a little bit more integrated with her
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and you're going to continue again you're going to be always
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be professional you're you're in a business relationship with you with
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her mom that's what you are professional business relationship with her not no emotions no crazy no
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That is a little excerpt of what we are doing on the Jocko Underground podcast.
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Strengthen this legion of troopers that are in the game with us.
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Just email assistance at JockoUnderground .com and we'll get you taken care of.
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Until then, we will see you mobilized underground.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “When Your Life Sucks. This is The Move”. This video has 132 sentences and 1602 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:03. The speaker talks fast, about 199 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| flower noun | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | A reproductive structure in angiosperms (flowering plants), often conspicuously colourful and typically including sepals, petals, and either or both stamens… |
| bother verb | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
| overtime noun | /ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/ | Working time outside of one's regular hours. |
| wage noun | /weɪd͡ʒ/ | An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour. |
| skill noun | /skɪl/ | A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate. |
| underground adjective | /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/ | Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth. |
| interaction noun | /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/ | The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence. |
| dirt noun | /dɝt/ | Soil or earth. |
| toxic adjective | /ˈtɒk.sɪk/ | Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. |
| 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. |
| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
| surround verb | /səˈɹaʊnd/ | To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions. |
| isolate verb | /ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/ | To set apart or cut off from others. |
| ignore verb | /ɪɡˈnɔː/ | To deliberately not listen or pay attention to. |
| assault noun | /əˈsɔlt/ | A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| move up verb | To promote, put onto a higher level. | |
| pay off verb | To bribe, especially to deter oversight. | |
| look up verb | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | To have better prospects. |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. | |
| show up verb | To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. | |
| start off verb | To begin. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'll do whatever you need me to do.
- Electrician, you're going to start to learn that.
- You're going to read books about this stuff.
- Look, you're a loving dad.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 90 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, initiative /ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/, shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, certification /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, initiative /ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/, certification /ˌsɜː.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, toxicity /tɑkˈsɪs.ə.ti/
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 flower, bother, overtime.
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.