Shadowing Practice: Why Is Everybody So Angry Now? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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has anybody else noticed how angry people seem lately?
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Like, think about it.
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I'm not talking about somebody like having a bad day.
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People are entitled to have a bad day, but I'm talking about the amount of anger that people express,
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the amount of anger that people show.
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It's next level, man,
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because it's almost like people don't have patience no more like people's tolerance levels people's patient levels are are thin very thin
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and you look around there's all types of people riding around
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with road rage people cutting people off in traffic people jumping
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out of cars ready to to unalive you like drawing weapons
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or ready to fight people going at it online people having disagreements
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and the disagreements turn to just people dropping locations and it's wild man it's like nobody has patience
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think about it you ever seen somebody go to a restaurant
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and say the cashier the clerk get the order wrong a
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person will walk back in a restaurant throw food on the clerk make a whole scene for something simple
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that can just be a simple fix.
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Simple fix.
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Get a refund or just have them remake the order.
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People be ready to straight lose it over the smallest thing.
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Families ain't speaking no more.
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Friendships.
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I've seen long -term friendships end over the smallest little things.
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Relationships.
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It's people angry.
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just upset in their relationships.
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And the sad part about it is that nobody knows how to really communicate no more
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or just come to some kind of resolve where everybody go their way
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and we come back later and talk about it like adults.
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Nobody knows how to communicate.
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Nobody knows how to communicate.
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And I think a lot of it is that a lot of people are dealing with things internally.
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And when you deal with stuff internally,
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it could spill out to somebody that has nothing to do with nothing that you got going on.
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It spills out to people that's probably trying to be nice or trying to make your day a little bit better.
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Like real talk.
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It's almost like people don't have grace towards each other either.
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People will, they refuse to extend grace.
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there's some people walking around angry or upset
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or mad they don't even know why they mad they just mad mad at the world mad at they self
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or whatever it is they just mad go to bed mad
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wake up mad ready to cuss everybody out first thing they do grab a blunt in the morning
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and just be mad and people wear that that madness like a badge of honor
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I don't know if it's a defense mechanism to keep people off of them or I don't know what it is.
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It just seemed like we live in an angry world, an angry world, man.
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We really do.
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And I talked about the wickedness I see, but I see a lot of anger.
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And a lot of anger resorts to people making drastic decisions,
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life -altering decisions that can cost you years in penitentiary or it can cost you your life.
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People are walking around upset
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and the anger that they hold can cause somebody to make a split decision that can alter their life,
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an innocent person's life and other people's lives around the people that they're expressing their anger towards.
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I was looking at the Tupac trial
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and this is this goes with this topic i was looking at the tupac trial and everything that
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led up to him meeting his demise
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and i heard the backstory don't know how true it is but i heard the backstory that somebody pointed
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one of the individuals out to tupac and said hey somebody paid him to unalive you so tupac went on this rampage,
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just pacing through it.
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And this went on a mission through this casino,
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through the MGM Grand, this crowded place with an entourage of people following behind him.
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Keep in mind, Tupac the ticket.
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He the meal ticket.
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He's the main attraction for Death Row at the time.
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But he had so much time.
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So much time to redirect his steps and just say, you know what?
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This ain't worth it.
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I got my movie career going on.
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I got my music career going on.
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I got so much going on.
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I could just let this go or, you know, just separate myself from the situation.
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but that situation led to somebody getting jumped
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and it led to people getting give back
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and it led to one of the greatest rappers in the music industry losing his life
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and that trickled down to the neighborhoods where it was an all -out war in California
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and it may have resulted in Notorious B .I .G., one of the other greatest rappers alive, losing his life and this is what I'm saying,
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even today I heard the story of it was a rapper out of Chicago I think his name was Bloodhound something,
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Bloodhound 50 or something I can't remember the name
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but I looked at him being at the gas station getting into the car
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and he had a couple guys run up and unloading the car anger
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like nobody has grace nobody has humility no humility at all no regard for human life because it's a lot of anger
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people in relationships angry not happy with what they mate or their significant other they with
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and they're just tolerating it tolerating this person
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and it makes them angry with life period
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angry at the sight of the individual they with angry in their presence going to bed angry
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and this anger can result in domestic violence it can result
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in a lot of toxic manipulation tactics a lot of toxic behavior because you angry
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you mad sometimes you don't even know why you mad
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or maybe y 'all has been going through it and y 'all have failed to communicate
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what it is that you need from each other
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so you've expressed anger in order to get a reaction or in order to have, that's your form of communication is to lash out.
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And that's the wrong form of communication.
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You got people and families that are, that are angry, holding long, long grudges.
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I mean, just long drawn out this drag, this dragging the grudge out.
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refuse to speak refuse to sit down like like adults it'd
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be blood family members siblings uncles aunts cousins brothers whatever refuse to sit down
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and talk their differences out but will hold long grudges
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or take their business to the internet
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and be ready to tear each other head off can't be in the same room with each other
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and a lot of it be over something petty or a lot of times you just don't know why.
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It'd be family members that don't know why they're upset with each other.
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Or it could be a miscue.
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And they had all these long grudges.
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And then when one of them passed away, then the other family member, man, I should have made it up, man.
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You know, man, it wasn't even worth this and that.
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love on y 'all family members while you can.
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It's not worth this.
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It's not worth that.
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But that anger that anger held them family members back from coming together and just talking their differences over.
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People are mad with themselves
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because they feel like they're not where they should be in life because they're looking at the world standards.
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What social media tell you how you should look
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and how you should dress and what you should be driving it
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and just the social the just the way the world's set
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up oh you should have a house you should have a
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the nicest car you should have these type of clothes you
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should be married you should have this type of woman you
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should have this type of man they should be making this amount of money
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and when you fall short according to their standards
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you walk around mad because you feel like you ain't living up to what the world tell you
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and how the world tell you you should be living.
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Your credit score ain't right.
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Oh, I should have at least a 650 or 700.
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You mad.
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Because you ain't where you want to be financially.
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When it shouldn't even be about that.
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You should be...
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Thankful and be grateful for what you have.
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I was listening to Ringo TV.
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He reacted to my one video.
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And he mentioned that.
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Being grateful and being thankful for what you have.
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And that resonated.
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Because there's a lot of people out here. That aren't thankful. For the small things.
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They look at what the world and what the social media telling you how you should live and how you should be.
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And if they're not living up to what social media and what the world and what reality TV,
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what the rapper's saying, what the entertainer's saying, and just what people in general are saying, they upset.
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When you could just live your life and be grateful for being in good health, be grateful for having to woof over your head.
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It might not be the most luxurious place or whatever, but you have a roof over your head.
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You might not eat five -star meals every night, but you're eating.
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You might have to oodle and noodle it for a couple weeks, but you're eating.
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I'm telling you, you might not be driving the nicest whip.
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You might be driving a 2010 or a 2011, but you got wheels.
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You're able to get from point A to point B.
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I don't drive the most luxurious wheels I got some nice car
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But it's nothing luxurious I'm getting from point A to point B And I'm content with that
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It's a blessing To be able to get from point A to point B Transport your kids
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And get to your appointments And go to the grocery store
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I got wheels I'm happy I'm not worried about having the biggest house
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Or the nicest this That's what the nicest is that I'm content
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because you can't take none of this stuff with you when you're gone.
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But it's a lot of people walking around just angry.
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Mad at the world.
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Mad at they self.
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Disappointed in they self.
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Feeling like they've let they self down.
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Sometimes we can be our own worst critics.
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All we got to do is just lock in and keep working at it until you get it.
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stuff don't happen overnight but the generation and the era we live in
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is telling you you should be this you should have
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that you should have this you should have that like who the hell is making up all these rules
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live your life focus on the most high God almighty creator focus on your relationship with Jesus Christ
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and work on building yourself up constantly pouring to yourself.
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Do things to make you happy.
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Don't do things to be trying to seek validation of the world and what social media is saying, what your followers are saying,
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or what a man is saying, or what a female is saying.
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Just do you.
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Be your authentic self.
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I always tell people, just be your authentic self.
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it takes so much energy to be angry it takes so much energy to to to harbor resentment
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takes so much energy to to have beef
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and in this to to just be in a negative state of mind it takes
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so much energy to be frowned up all the time where you can just smile
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and relax and love on yourself
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and love on everybody else man love on the people around you
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if you don't want to love on the body around you, just leveling yourself.
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Plain and simple.
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You having a bad day, you know, take a few minutes and sit with yourself.
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Guiding your thoughts, take a deep breath and push through.
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No need to be out here and taking your anger out on everybody else.
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It's people who have a bad day and come in the house, take it out on the kids.
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Take it out on the dog.
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Take it out on a lady.
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Ladies take it out on the old man Make you just sit with yourself For a little while And gather yourself
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And go and make a dude what to do
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 183 sentences and 2086 words to shadow. The speech runs for 14:25. The speaker talks at a steady 145 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 87% 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 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
- anger /ˈæŋɡə/ (noun) — A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm…
- refuse /ɹɪˈfjuːz/ (verb) — To decline (a request or demand).
- grateful /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ (adjective) — Of a person or their actions, feelings, etc.: expressing gratitude or appreciation; appreciative, thankful.
- communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ (verb) — To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
- rapper /ˈɹæpɚ/ (noun) — The knocker of a door.
- thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/ (adjective) — Showing appreciation or gratitude.
- luxurious /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/ (adjective) — Very fine in quality and comfortable.
- meal /ˈmiːl/ (noun) — Food that is prepared and eaten, usually at a specific time, and usually in a comparatively large quantity.
- thin /ˈθɪn/ (adjective) — Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/ (noun) — The condition of being friends.
- toxic /ˈtɒk.sɪk/ (adjective) — Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities.
- patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/ (noun) — The quality of being patient.
- authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/ (adjective) — Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
- clerk /klɝk/ (noun) — One who occupationally provides assistance by working with records, accounts, letters, etc.; an office worker.
- spill /spɪl/ (verb) — To drop something so that it spreads out or makes a mess; to accidentally pour.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
- look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
- walk around (verb) — To walk with no planned destination; to meander.
- deal with (verb) — To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.
- live in (verb) — To reside on the premises of one's employer (used especially of domestic staff such as nannies, cooks, maids, etc.)
- sit down (verb) — To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
- sit with (verb) — To consider (something) slowly and carefully, to reflect on.
- talk about (verb) — Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 48 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/, thin /ˈθɪn/, authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, breathe /bɹiːð/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: luxurious /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/, manipulation /məˌnɪp.juˈleɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, luxurious /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/, internally /ɪnˈtɜːnəli/, disagreement /dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt/, humility /hjuːˈmɪlɪti/
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 anger, refuse, grateful.
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 seen · have failed · you've expressed |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are entitled · be frowned |
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.