Shadowing Practice: Whoever sticks it out to the end will win#shorts - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Why would you dump trash out the window?
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Why do you put the caps from your beer bottles behind the couch below?
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I just...
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I get sleepy.
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You get an allowance to keep your room clean.
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And that includes taking your trash outside.
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My room is clean, and the trash is outside.
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Can I overreact now?
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Before you pop a vein, you might want to see what's in Emmy's closet.
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Whoa!
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Emmy, what is in your shoe organizer?
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Is that broccoli?
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Yes, it is.
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I put it in there so you think I ate it.
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Keeping your room clean and eating your broccoli are the two things you're supposed to do for your allowance.
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I don't like broccoli.
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You make me eat it, this is what happens.
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This is very, very bad, Emmy.
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It's not as bad as what's in Kate's room.
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That's the queen of the hive.
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What are you doing?
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Why are your old wet shower towels at the bottom of your bed?
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Every night, I get in bed with a towel on my hair.
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Eventually it falls off and I just kick it to the bottom.
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And you never change your sheets?
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I thought you just changed them every seven years.
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That's the mattress, Kate.
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How can you not smell that?
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I smell it.
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I'm just used to it.
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It got good to me.
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From now on, if you don't do your chores, you don't get your allowance.
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Not one cent.
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We'd like a moment to discuss.
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What do you mean?
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If we give in now, our free ride is over.
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Won't they get mad?
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I've been lowering their expectations for years.
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I will not let you mess it up for me.
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We've discussed your offer.
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Take it or leave it.
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We've decided to leave it.
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No, there's no leaving it.
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You have to take it.
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We know you love us too much to stop giving us money.
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You're good people.
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Your mother and I have realized that we made a mistake with this whole chore situation.
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Told ya.
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We've been too soft on you.
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Uh-oh.
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Until you agree to start pulling your weight around here, we're going on strike.
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You're gonna do the dishes, the laundry, keep the kitchen clean, and, and, you're gonna do it all for free!
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We trusted you!
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We've only been on strike three days, and it looks like somebody took our house and shook it like a snow globe.
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There's no place to sit.
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You guys are really okay with this mess?
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Doesn't bother us if it doesn't bother you.
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No, it doesn't bother us!
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You wish it bothered us!
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It bothers me so much, Andy!
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I can't take it anymore.
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What are you talking about?
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It's gross in here!
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
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You can't give up!
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Think of all the battles that we've quit on.
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And all because we never stick with it.
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This is where we draw the line.
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Look how clean it is in here.
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Stick with me, kid.
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Oh my God!
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That is the sweet sound of victory.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Whoever sticks it out to the end will win”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: clean, bother, broccoli, allowance, trash. This video has 72 sentences and 514 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:19. The speaker talks fast, about 223 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 13 of its 72 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 |
|---|---|---|
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| bother verb | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
| trash noun | /tɹæʃ/ | Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. |
| allowance noun | /əˈlaʊəns/ | Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting. |
| broccoli noun | /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/ | A plant, Brassica oleracea var. italica, of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae; especially, the tree-shaped flower and stalk that are eaten as a vegetable. |
| towel noun | /ˈtaʊ̯əl/ | A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath. |
| gross adjective | /ɡɹoʊs/ | remarkably great, big, vast in an often unpleasant way; (of behaviour) Highly or conspicuously offensive. |
| sheet noun | /ʃit/ | A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper. |
| shake verb | /ˈʃeɪk/ | To cause (something) to move rapidly in opposite directions alternatingly. |
| globe noun | /ɡloʊb/ | The eyeball. |
| shoe noun | /ˈʃu/ | A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of… |
| dish noun | /dɪʃ/ | A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle. |
| couch noun | /ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/ | An item of furniture, often upholstered, for the comfortable seating of more than one person; a sofa. |
| closet noun | /ˈklɑzɪt/ | A small room within a house used to store clothing, food, or other household supplies. |
| dump verb | /dʌmp/ | To release, especially in large quantities and chaotic manner. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fall off verb | To become detached or to drop from. |
| give up verb | To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone). |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Why would you dump trash out the window?
- Emmy, what is in your shoe organizer?
- How can you not smell that?
- You guys are really okay with this mess?
- What are you talking about?
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 | We've discussed · We've decided · have realized |
| Verb + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form | stop giving · start pulling |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | are you doing · we're going · are you talking |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | Won't they get · will not let |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 24 contractions and reduced forms, such as we've, you're, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: trash /tɹæʃ/, sheet /ʃit/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, shoe /ˈʃu/, dish /dɪʃ/
- Long words — get the stress right: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, organizer /ˈɔɹɡənaɪzɚ/, overreact /ˌoʊ.vəɹ.ɹiˈækt/
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 whoa, bother, trash.
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.