Shadowing Practice: Why I Left Classic Firearms & Big UPDATE - Learn English Speaking with Video
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welcome back to the channel guys i hope you guys are doing great
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i apologize for not making content on this channel for quite some time i was pretty busy
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which i'm here to update you guys on what's going on with my life
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but rest assured there's going to be content coming through your
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way on this channel whether that's gun stuff gun reviews tactical training commentary stuff
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you guys like frankly i like making them so stay tuned for
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that one in fact
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if you guys don't subscribe please subscribe to the channel
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you'll be supporting the channel tremendously at the same time being
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the new whenever the content drops anyways let's get to the main topic of this video
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which is why i left classic firearms
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and also a big update about my life what's next for me
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and that's going to be revealed later in this video
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but first things first why i left classic firearms most of
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you guys probably know me from classic firearms youtube channel
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which i spent nearly three and a half years over there creating content for you guys
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and uh yesterday was my goodbye video was announced over there
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which a lot of you guys sent me lots of messages on why left
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which i truly appreciate the support i mean
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there's a lot of good good comments over there uh really tremendously appreciate every single one of you
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but anyways you guys wanted to know why left
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and what is next for me in fact some of you guys even asked
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i you should go solo with your own youtube channel
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which i do actually this is my youtube channel copper kaya
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so again subscribe if you guys like it and what's next for me
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which i'm going to get to anyway simply put wildlife classic firearms busy schedule
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but let me dissect that for you guys uh october 2022 is
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when i started with classic just most recently ended
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that spent i don't know probably created over a thousand ish whatever content uh videos over there probably maybe 2000
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i don't know but a lot of videos
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and uh i'll tell you this as much as i love
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that channel love every single person i worked over there with it was taking a toll on me
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because I didn't just do that.
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If Classic was the only thing I did when it comes to professional career stuff, oh my God, I'd have easily handled that in my sleep.
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But I have multiple things going on in my life.
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Now, quickly put, I have this channel which I really wanted to focus on.
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I tried to, but I just couldn't get to because I was just so busy with Classic and other stuff.
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And it was bothering me.
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I really wanted to focus on this channel more at the same time my Turkish channel
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which I have a Turkish speaking commentary type critical incident survival
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type tactical stuff a little bit gun content over there pretty good following pretty active channel
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and I realized that I was just slowly kind of falling behind on creating content there
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which was also bothering me because that channel is my little baby
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so I needed to focus on
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that channel at the same time I had other involvements like consulting
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and all that stuff other companies and
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which is actually another revelation like another the second part of this video is going to come up right now
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which is t sauce the company uh turkish manufacturer t sauce
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making really good handguns offered me basically two positions right in
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fact three different contracts let's just say consulting them on their product development business development
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and also making a specific hang on polymer hang on is what i'm making with them right now
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which is going to be revealed at Chacho 2027.
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You guys get the drop net right now.
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That's all I'm going to reveal.
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It's going to be good, good stuff.
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You guys are going to like it.
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Making that gun ground up myself.
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I have an R &D team with me, and they're helping me with that.
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At the same time, T -Sauce USA.
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I have been offered to be the CEO of T -Sauce USA, and I was honored with that.
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I took that position.
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And with being the CEO of T -Sauce USA,
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also developing products and like consulting them on product development business development at the same time developing
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that specific product with them
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that i'm working on also this channel also my turkish youtube channel
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and through my turkish youtube channel like collaborations that i do in turkey
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which i go there all the time i was having a hard time to keep up doing all of
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that and go to classic firearms full -time through the office four days a week
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and also traveling sometimes eight nine days like it just was taking a toll on me
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i was having a hard time i keep it up with everything
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and it was really unfair to me and my businesses
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that i run also unfair to classic firearms to be able to give my 100 to them
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which they absolutely deserve and i want to go ahead
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and give tell you guys this real quickly i have seen
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this on the comment section
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sometimes about the people question the credibility of cross classic firearms honesty integrity of classic firearms
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and i'll tell you right now i got no dog in the fight right
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now i left already one of the most honest people
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i've ever worked with the company is a retailer of course right they sell guns naturally some people thought
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that we were being biased we're selling guns to you guys in a way yeah of course
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but that's not what we were doing yeah of course through what we were telling you guys.
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You guys are probably buying stuff, and I'm really happy.
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you guys were doing that
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but we were just trying to educate
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you guys with our honest opinion in fact the executive management
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was had a they gave a really long leash to the uh creative team
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we were kind of doing whatever we wanted top fives uh i don't know like comparisons
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and just individual gun reviews accessories part reviews we all did them ourselves we would just sit there
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and be like hey what should we do let's do this let's do
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that and we would just do if we knew the stuff right then
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and then we do it
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or we do research on you on the whatever content
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we're going to create we would try to give you guys the most updated most honest information
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sometimes we get wrong of course that happens to everybody
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but the information was honestly given to you guys
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so i just want you guys to know this just
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because we weren't shitting all over a specific product didn't mean we were shilling for a certain company
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or we're just being on like biased
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It's just I don't believe in crapping all over any products because there's a lot of effort behind it,
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especially now that I'm involved with T -Sauce making products.
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Holy crap, it's not easy.
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And if something is not good, we would just, in the most respectful way, say that we don't like this and that,
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and these are our reasons.
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Take that to the bank.
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It's subjective, whatever you think.
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There's another thing that people are complaining about is the giveaways every two weeks.
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Oh, that's fake, whatever.
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Guys, it is 100 % real.
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I've done many of them.
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I've personally sent multiple giveaways to personally involved in sending to those lucky people who got them.
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So everything is great.
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I've never witnessed a single dishonest moment over at Classic Firearms.
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The executive management, everybody, good people, a true supporter of Second Amendment, the media creative team or marketing team offsite,
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everybody, just good, honest people.
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If you spend any time with them, you guys will see they're just one of the boys good people
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so the reason i left it was
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because i really couldn't keep up with everything
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and i needed to make a hard decision to leave classic
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which i really didn't want to to be able to focus on these projects
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and you guys will see me ceo of t sauce usa holy crap
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now we're really running drinking from a fire hose right now i'm having a hard time keeping up with
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that thing alone and barely had a time uh to make this video right now
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so anyways on top of that obviously got married my wife over here we're living together
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and uh want to spend some time with her
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and just everything came at once it was time to kind of make some real big adjustments in my life
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but stay tuned for another big development guys another big development
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which i'm not going to reveal in this video
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but it's going to come across come to you guys pretty soon but t sauce usa out of Beaufort,
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Georgia, under the official name of T -Sauce Arms Corp, will be exclusively importing the goods from T -Sauce Turkey,
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which is the best metal gun, like 1911 slash 2011 gun manufactured in Turkey by far.
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Put any other metal guns against T -Sauce products in Turkey, T -Sauce is going to come out on top.
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In fact, the reason I got on board with them is because I really loved their products and they're good people.
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So here we are.
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I'm just trying to give them a different perspective different vision
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in the u .s market to hopefully take them to the next level
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and i'd appreciate you guys's support over there as well
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and that's it guys this is why i left classic firearms
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and this is what's happening in my life one more one more update
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which will be on probably next video sometime soon as always guys
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i really appreciate your support whether there wherever else i really do
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and um i learned a lot from you guys
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so continue to leave your comments in the comment section let's have a discussion
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there the more you guys type the more i learn from you guys
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so i appreciate you and i'll see you guys in the next video take care
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Why I Left Classic Firearms & Big UPDATE”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: classic, sauce, firearms, gun, product. This video has 144 sentences and 1736 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:46. The speaker talks fast, about 198 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.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| firearm noun | /ˈfaɪəɹˌɑː(ɹ)m/ | A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead. |
| reveal verb | /ɹɪˈviːl/ | To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden. |
| anyways adverb | /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/ | Anyway, anyhow, in any case. |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
| consult verb | /ˈkɑnsʌlt/ | To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise. |
| bother verb | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for. |
| tune noun | /tjuːn/ | A melody. |
| commentary noun | /ˈkɑ.mənˌtɛ.ɹi/ | A series of comments or annotations; especially, a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of some other work. |
| bias noun | /ˈbaɪ.əs/ | Inclination towards something. |
| unfair adjective | /ʌnˈfɛɚ/ | Not just. |
| tactical adjective | /ˈtæktɪk(ə)l/ | Of or relating to tactics. |
| giveaway noun | Something that is given away or handed out for free. | |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| naturally adverb | /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ | In a natural manner. |
| survival noun | /sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/ | The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| keep up with verb | To manage to remain beside or just behind someone or something that is moving away from one. | |
| come across verb | To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition. | |
| come through verb | To come into a room or other space through a door or passageway. | |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. | |
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| keep up verb | To maintain; to preserve; to prevent from deteriorating or falling. | |
| work over verb | To improve a prototype, or first draft. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- That's all I'm going to reveal.
- It's subjective, whatever you think.
- I've done many of them.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if something is not good, we would just |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be revealed · was announced · have been offered |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have been offered · have seen · i've ever worked |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past | was taking · was bothering · was also bothering |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 40 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, we're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, assure /əˈʃʊɹ/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, leash /liːʃ/, shilling /ˈʃɪlɪŋ/
- Long words — get the stress right: commentary /ˈkɑ.mənˌtɛ.ɹi/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, exclusively /ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/, integrity /ɪnˈtɛɡɹəti/
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 firearm, reveal, anyways.
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.