Shadowing Practice: Zero Dopamine. Just Raw Truth – No Music. No Edits. No Distractions. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The most important thing is to have a routine, consistency, not obsession.
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Good.
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Don't be like Cristiano, because Cristiano is crazy.
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OK, but 20%, 25% is so much.
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Even my friends say that I'm sick to live that life.
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For me, it's not a big deal.
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I do it in a comfortable way, in a happy way.
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For me, it's not sacrifice.
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You say, yeah, sometimes you don't want to go to the gym.
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Of course, no. But I go because I have a compromise with myself.
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But I'm not so happy every day.
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You think I'm waking up off the bed every day happy or with my wife or with my kids.
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Sometimes I'm not.
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But it's part of the other side.
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We are both the same.
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We feel this every time.
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Make effort in your health.
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If I said to you, you're only going to have one car the rest of your life.
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You can pick any car you want.
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I don't care what it is.
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It could be the most expensive car, the cheapest.
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I don't care.
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Whatever it is.
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But that's the only car you're ever going to have.
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That's it.
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I'm never going to give you a different car.
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You're only allowed one car your whole life.
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You want to bet you would take care of that car?
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You want to bet you would put the best gas there?
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You want to bet you would change the oil all the time?
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You would get it tuned up?
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You would get it cleaned and washed?
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That car would be like brand new in five years still.
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Well, that's your body.
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You only get one body.
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That's it.
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But if there's one message I want you to walk away with today, it's this.
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You have to disappear.
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You stop announcing every move and start building something that speaks for itself.
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Disappearing means doing the work.
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It means doing the work in the dark.
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It means building in private what you don't need to prove in public.
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It means doing the work when no one's watching.
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You stop worrying about what people think and start valuing what you believe.
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Because a life that looks good or sounds good is nothing compared to a life that feels good.
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People only root for others at two times.
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First, when they're at the beginning of the race.
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Second, when they finish.
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Neither is when you need it.
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So you have to master the middle.
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The boring, exhausting, soul-crushing middle.
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That's where the winning happens on your own.
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People will only cheer for you as long as you can't beat them at the game they value most.
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Friendly reminder that every person who doubts you is right until they aren't.
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No good story happens from things going right.
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My granddad always said this.
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The greatest gifts in life are not in the plans.
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They're in the detours.
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There is no way I could plan my way to being on the stage.
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I have failed a lot more and a lot longer than I have succeeded.
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I didn't originally get the role in Top Gun that I auditioned for, and it's worked out better than I could have ever even imagined.
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So if you want your life to be a great story, like a great movie, if you want it filled with adventure, comedy, romance, action, thrills.
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When you go out there and things inevitably don't go according to plan, just remember, that's when your movie's plot is just getting interesting.
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That's when your protagonist is being tested.
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That's when the writers are working overtime to give the audience some nail-biting drama.
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Enjoy things not going according to plan.
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If you knew the ending, it wouldn't be worth the watch.
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No good story happens from things going right.
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Was there is there has there been anything along your journey
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that you've kind of regretted and then how do you deal with regret?
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I Mean individual choices and mistakes.
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Yeah, but ultimately you learn from those So like no
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because like even the regrets the bad things
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or the stupid things you learn not to do bad things
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or stupid things You know those all those things are beneficial in some way if you can get through them,
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you know, you know if you like Did something that recorded that resulted in someone's death or some something horrible like that?
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Yeah, it'd be terrible regret, but I've been very fortunate that that hasn't happened, but The dumb that I've done or the bad mistakes
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that I've made they've taught me You know you learn like that's why failure is
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so important like failing and up and making mistakes It's very important.
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That's how you learn Let's see the bad feeling
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that you get from something that you shouldn't have done or wish you didn't do or wish you did better
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Like especially failing at something where you half-acted it and you just feel like a loser like that just teaches you
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Teaches you to get your together.
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Well you have such a good ability to learn from those
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things some people I think kind of repeat you know it's just like it gets repetitive for some people that's dangerous Yeah, it's dangerous to dwell on past mistakes
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Because people sort of define themselves by the worst moments
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that they've ever had and if that's the case Like some people are stuck in high school, you know, they're stuck in failures that they had like
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when they were first getting jobs And they always think
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that they're a loser and they they don't like the feeling of failure
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So they keep low expectations so that they never have to feel that You gotta get through it.
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You gotta get through bad feelings.
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You got to get through
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You gotta get through failure It's very important
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and you get through it by just picking yourself back up and moving forward and going
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But it's hard for a lot of people because they
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that sting they never get over it the feeling of failure
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And they don't have a good support system like good friends
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like having a good community of friends It's very very important
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because you could feel like down like
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if you've been girl broke up with you And you feel like you're the worst you're like your piece
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But then you go out with your friends
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and you have a few laughs and next thing you know you're laughing and you're like I'm alright We'll be alright
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So if I give you a glass of water and then I piss in it and then I add sugar, it doesn't remove the piss.
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These are both independent things.
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This is what tends to happen.
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This is what we don't understand about trauma.
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Removing the piss requires removing the piss.
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No amount of sugar will take it out of the drink.
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Okay?
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So no amount of – this is mistake number one.
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No amount of building something good will remove something bad.
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Okay?
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Right. So healing.
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And it's also like, you know, if I break a leg, no amount of bench press will heal my leg.
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Like I can build as much as I want to.
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I can fix my hair.
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I can brush my teeth.
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But the leg is broken.
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The leg is broken.
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Same is true of the mind.
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I fell in love with an essay by Strangest Loop, and it is a list of things that are not doing the thing.
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So here is a list of things that are not doing the thing.
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Preparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Writing a banger to the thing.
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Making a to do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Telling people you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Messaging friends who may or may not be doing the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Writing a banger tweet about how you're going to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Hating on yourself for not doing the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Hating on other people who have done the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Hating on the obstacles in the way of you doing the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Fantasizing about all of the adoration you'll receive once you do the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Reading about how to do the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Reading about how other people did the thing isn't doing the thing.
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Reading this essay isn't doing the thing.
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The only thing that is doing the thing is doing the thing.
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If you're going to try, go all the way.
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Otherwise, don't even start.
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If you're going to try, go all the way.
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This could mean losing girlfriends, wives, relatives, jobs, and maybe your mind.
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Go all the way.
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It can mean not eating for three or four days.
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It can mean freezing on a park bench.
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It can mean jail.
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It can mean derision, mockery, isolation.
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Isolation is the gift.
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All the others are a test of your endurance or how much you really want to do it.
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And you'll do it, despite rejection and the worst odds, and it will be better than anything you can imagine.
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If you're going to try, go all the way.
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There's no other feeling like that.
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You'll be alone with the gods and the nights will flame with fire. Do it. Do it.
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All the way.
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All the way.
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You will ride life straight to perfect laughter.
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It's the only good fight there is.
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Remember, only the disciplined ones are free in life.
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Only the disciplined ones are free in life.
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If you are in discipline, you are a slave to your moods.
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You are a slave to your passions.
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The best time to plan a tree was 25 years ago.
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That was the best time to plan a tree.
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The second and the best time is today.
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Plan the tree of self-discipline.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Zero Dopamine. Just Raw Truth – No Music. No Edits. No Distractions”. This video has 168 sentences and 1723 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:56. The speaker talks fast, about 193 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| banger noun | /ˈbæŋ.ə/ | A firework that makes a bang. |
| loser noun | /luzɚ/ | A person who loses; one who fails to win or thrive. |
| isolation noun | /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/ | The state of being isolated, detached, or separated; the state of being away from other people. |
| disappear verb | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | To vanish. |
| heal verb | /ˈhiːl/ | To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure. |
| adoration noun | /ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | An act of religious worship. |
| derision noun | /dɪˈɹɪʒən/ | Act of treating with disdain. |
| detour noun | /ˈdi.toɹ/ | A diversion or deviation from one's original route. |
| fantasize verb | /ˈfæntəˌsaɪz/ | To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy. |
| granddad noun | grandfather | |
| mockery noun | /ˈmɑkəɹi/ | The action of mocking; ridicule, derision. |
| repetitive adjective | /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/ | Happening many times in a similar way; containing repetition; repeating. |
| dwell verb | /dwɛl/ | To live; to reside. |
| protagonist noun | /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/ | The main character, or one of the main characters, in any story, such as a literary work or drama. |
| thrill verb | /θɹɪl/ | To suddenly excite someone, or to give someone great pleasure; to (figuratively) electrify; to experience such a sensation. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| get through verb | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | To overcome; to endure. |
| back up verb | To move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so. | |
| get over verb | To overcome. | |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. | |
| move forward verb | To cause to make progress. | |
| tune up verb | To make adjustments (to an engine or bicycle drivetrain) in order to improve its performance. | |
| wake up verb | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | To stop sleeping; to awake. |
| walk away with verb | To win (a competition or contest) handily or by a large margin. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- For me, it's not a big deal.
- For me, it's not sacrifice.
- I don't care what it is.
- You would get it tuned up?
- You would get it cleaned and washed?
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 | have failed · I've been · I've made |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | person who doubts · friends who may · people who have |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being tested · is broken |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 72 contractions and reduced forms, such as isn't, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/, adoration /ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, derision /dɪˈɹɪʒən/, audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: isolation /ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən/, adoration /ˌæ.dəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, repetitive /ɹɪˈpɛtɪtɪv/, protagonist /pɹəˈtæɡ.ə.nɪst/, inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/
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 banger, loser, isolation.
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.