Shadowing Practice: You’re Playing This Roblox Obby WRONG… - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Noob!
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Noob.
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What?
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Play my obi now!
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Nooo!
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Now!
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No!
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Yes?
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No. Are you serious, my brother?
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A few moments later.
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Wait, what?
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Please, I have family.
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Play my obi or die!
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Okay, fine.
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What is this?
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This is trash.
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What did you say about me you little- Oh no!
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Okay fine it good.
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I sorry, sorry.
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Please.
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Okay.
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Beat OBI or die!
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Okay okay okay.
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Bye have a great time.
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Wait come back, wait.
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This OBI will shock the rocks out of your socks.
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No it won't.
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Bruh.
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Oh, hello there!
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I mean it will, haha.
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April Fools. That was easy.
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What is that?
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Ayo, what the- What?
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My socks are shocked with rocks.
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What?
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Ignore the checkpoint, it just bug-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha.
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Total- Um...
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Bruh laughed.
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Oh, it's Troll Lobby, so you step on red.
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Hack!
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Hack!
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Wait a minute!
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Easy!
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What did you think?
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I mean hard.
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This lobby is so majestic.
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Stop the cow!
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Phew.
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What is it?
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What the hell is even that?
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Rabbit?
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Freebowbox?
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Brollo, I'm smart cause I'm in 4th grade.
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This is so easy.
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Mwah.
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Mwah say.
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This is big brain time.
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So big brain, is it moving?
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It moving.
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Vibrarygidru.
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First try low.
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How?
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What was that?
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Oooooh!
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What is going on here?
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Huh?
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Oof!
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AAAAAAAA!
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How is this posable?
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Wait wait wae wae wae wae wae wae wae.
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Oh, shkjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjja aaaaakka.
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Ewwww, it tickles my brand.
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Lol, this is gonna be so easy.
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HOLYSHIMIHJJJJJJjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj Jija Jija IONANANERA
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IONAN I I N I K I S I M T
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I K I M T T I M C I don't know what I'm doing!
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I hack.
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Easy!
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What?
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Hint it mirror.
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Oh, easy.
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I see you.
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I have her.
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Oh, hello there!
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What?
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Hey, dude.
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Okay.
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Super short tunnel.
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Let's do this.
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The next day.
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Two thousand years later.
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Wait a minute!
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Bruh Why am I not mo- Tunnel hack This is big brain time
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LOL GET TROLED NOB Why you bully me?
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Yes. Where is the obby? Did I beat it?
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I beat it!
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I beat it!
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What?
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What is that?
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I see path.
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Me smart.
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Nope.
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You win, noob!
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OMG.
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Easy!
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Easy!
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Lol noob!
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All that effort!
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You must die!
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Sleep!

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 110 sentences and 375 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:24. The speaker talks slowly, about 69 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 69% 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:

WordPronunciationMeaning
shock noun/ʃɔk/A sudden, heavy impact.
tunnel noun/ˈtʌn(ə)l/An underground or underwater passage.
lobby noun/ˈlɑ.bi/An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.
sock noun/sɑk/A knitted or woven covering for the foot.
ignore verb/ɪɡˈnɔː/To deliberately not listen or pay attention to.
mirror noun/ˈmiɹɚ/A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
trash noun/tɹæʃ/Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse.
nope/noʊp/No.
hint noun/hɪnt/A clue.
rabbit noun/ˈɹæbɪt/A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares)
bully noun/ˈbʊli/A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or…
majestic adjective/məˈd͡ʒɛstɪk/Having qualities of splendor or royalty.
mwah/mwɑ/The sound of a kiss, to indicate blowing a kiss to someone.
checkpoint noun/ˈt͡ʃɛkˌpɔɪnt/A point or place where a check is performed, especially a point along a road or on a frontier where travellers are stopped for inspection.
noooElongated form of no.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
come back verbTo return to a place.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shock /ʃɔk/, trash /tɹæʃ/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like shock, tunnel, lobby.

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