Shadowing Practice: ZOOTOPIA Movie Clips Compilation (2016) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Well, I was hoping you could run a plate for us.
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We are in a really big hurry.
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Sure.
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What's the.. plate?
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29...
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Number.
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29 THD03.
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Two...
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9. THD03.
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T. HD03.
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H. D03.
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D. Mm -hmm.
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Zero three.
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Zero.
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Three!
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Hey, Flash, want to hear a joke?
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No!
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Sure.
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What do you call a three -humped camel?
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I don't know.
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What do you call a three -humped camel?
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Three -humped camel.
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Pregnant.
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Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
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ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Oh, no!
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Yes?
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Flash?
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What do you call?
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A three -humped camel?
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Pregnant!
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Okay, great, we got it!
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Humped?
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Arrgh!
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Listen, I don't know what you're doing skulking around during daylight hours, but I don't want any trouble in here.
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So hit the road.
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I'm not looking for any trouble either, sir.
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I simply want to buy a jumbo pop for my little boy.
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You want the red or the blue, pal?
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Oh.
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I'm such a...
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Oh, come on, kid.
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Back up.
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Listen, buddy, what?
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There aren't any Fox ice cream joints in your part of town?
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Uh, no, no. There are.
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There are.
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It's just my boy, this goofy little stinker, he loves all things elephant.
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Wants to be one when he grows up.
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Is that adorable?
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Who the heck am I to crush his little dreams, huh?
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Look, you probably can't read, Fox, but the sign says we reserve the right to refuse service to anyone, so beat it.
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You're holding up the line.
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Hello?
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Excuse me.
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Hey, you're gonna have to wait your turn like everyone else, meter maid.
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Actually, I'm an officer.
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Just had a quick question.
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Are your customers aware they're getting snot and mucus with their cookies and cream?
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What are you talking about?
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Well, I don't want to cause you any trouble, but I believe scooping ice cream with an ungloved trunk is a Class III health code violation.
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Which is kind of a big deal.
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Of course, I could let you off with a warning if you were to glove those trunks and, I don't know, finish selling this nice dad and his son a...
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What was it?
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A jumbo pop.
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Please.
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A jumbo pop.
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$15.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you.
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Oh, no. Are you kidding me?
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I don't have my wallet.
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I'd lose my head if it weren't attached to my neck.
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That's the truth.
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Oh, boy.
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I'm sorry, pal.
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Gotta be about the worst birthday ever.
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Please don't be mad at me.
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Thanks anyway.
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Keep the change.
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Officer, I can't thank you enough.
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So kind, really.
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Can I pay you back?
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Oh, no. My treat.
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It's just, you know, it burns me up to see folks with such backward attitudes towards foxes.
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I just want to say you're a great dad and just a...
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a real articulate fella.
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Oh, well, that is high praise.
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It's rare that I find someone so non -patronizing.
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Officer...
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Hops.
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Mr...
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Wilde.
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Nick Wilde.
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And you, little guy.
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You want to be an elephant when you grow up?
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You'd be an elephant, because this is Utopia.
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Anyone can be anything.
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Oh!
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Sorry, coming through.
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Excuse me.
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Excuse me, pardon.
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Bon voyagey, flat foot!
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Hey, stop right there!
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Have a donut, copper!
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Oh my god, did you see this leopard print jegging?
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Nooo!
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Oh!
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I love your hair.
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Thank you.
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Come to papa.
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Excuse me?
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Down here?
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Hi.
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Oh.
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M. Goodness.
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They really did hire a bunny.
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What?
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I gotta tell you, you are even cuter than I thought you'd be.
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You probably didn't know, but a bunny can call another bunny cute, but when other animals do it, it's a little...
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I am so sorry.
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Me, Benjamin Klawhauser.
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The guy everyone thinks is just a flabby donut -loving cop, stereotyping you.
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It's okay.
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Oh, you've actually got...
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There's a...
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A what?
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In your neck, the fold, the...
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Oh, there you went, you little dickens!
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I should get to roll call so
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which way do i oh bullpens over there to the left great thank you oh
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that poor little buddy's gonna get eaten alive
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so fluffy she'd never let me get this close you can't
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just touch a sheep's wall it's like cotton candy where to uh rainforest district vine
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and tohunga there traffic camps for the whole city Well, this is so exciting, actually.
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I mean, well, you know, I never get to do anything this important.
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But you're the assistant mayor of Zootopia.
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Oh, I'm more of a glorified secretary.
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I think my lion heart just wanted the sheep vote.
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But he did give me that nice mug.
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Oh.
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Hmm.
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Feels good to be appreciated.
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Smell weather!
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Ah, that's a fun little name he likes to use.
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I called him Lion Fart once.
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He did not care for that.
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Let me tell you, it was not a good day for me.
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Yes, sir?
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I thought you were going to cancel my afternoon.
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Oh, dear.
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I better go.
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Let me know what you find.
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It was really nice for me to be...
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While we're young, Smellweather.
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You think when she goes to sleep, she counts herself?
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Oh, shush.
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Thank you.
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Never let them see that they get to you.
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So, things do get to you?
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No, I mean, not anymore, but I was small and emotionally unbalanced like you once.
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Har -har.
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No, it's true.
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I think I was eight or maybe nine, and all I wanted to do was join the junior ranger scouts.
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So my mom scraped together enough money to buy me a brand new uniform because, by God, I was going to fit in.
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Even if I was the only predator in the troop, the only fox.
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Okay, Nick.
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I was going to be part of a pack.
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Ready for initiation?
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Yeah.
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Pretty much born ready.
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I was so proud.
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Okay, now raise your right paw and deliver the oath.
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I, Nicholas Wilde, promise to be brave, loyal, helpful, and trustworthy.
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Even though you're a fox.
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What?
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No!
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No!
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What did I do wrong, you guys?
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No!
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Please tell me what did I do wrong!
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What did I do?
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If you thought we would ever trust a fox without a muzzle, you're even dumber than you look. Is he gonna cry?
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I learned two things that day.
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One, I was never going to let anyone see that they got to me. And two?
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If the world's only going to see a fox as shifty and untrustworthy, there's no point in trying to be anything else.
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Nick, you are so much more than that.
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I'll keep on making those new mistakes
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I'll keep on making them every day Those new mistakes
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh I'm Giselle.
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Welcome to Zootopia.
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All right, everybody sit.
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I've got three items on the docket.
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First, we need to acknowledge the elephant in the room.
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Francine, happy birthday.
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Number two, there are some new recruits with us I should introduce, but I'm not going to because I don't care.
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Finally, we have 14 missing mammal cases.
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All predators, from a giant polar bear to a teensy little otter.
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And City Hall is right up my tail to find them.
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This is priority number one.
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Well, now, wait a minute.
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Polar bear fur, rap pack music, fancy cup.
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I know whose car this is.
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We gotta go.
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Why?
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Whose car is it?
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The most feared crime boss in Tundra Town.
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They call him Mr. Big, and he does not like me, so we gotta go.
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I'm not leaving.
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This is a crime scene.
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Well, it's gonna be an even bigger crime scene if Mr. Big finds me here, so we're leaving right now.
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Oh, God!
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Raymond!
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And is that Kevin?
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Long time no see.
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And speaking of no see, how about you forget you saw me?
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Huh?
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For old time's sake?
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That's a no.
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What did you do that made Mr. Big so mad at you?
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I, um, I may have sold him a very expensive wool rug that was made from the fur of a skunk.
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S -butt.
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Oh, sweet cheese and crackers.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “ZOOTOPIA Movie Clips Compilation”. This video has 237 sentences and 1627 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:27. The speaker talks at a steady 131 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 42 of its 237 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
camel noun/ˈkæm(ə)l/A mammalian beast of burden, much used in desert areas, of the genus Camelus.
elephant noun/ˈɛlɪfənt/A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
bunny noun/ˈbʌni/A rabbit, especially a juvenile one.
doughnut noun/ˈdəʊnʌt/A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, usually mixed with various sweeteners and flavors, often made in a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape flattened sphere shape…
predator noun/ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
polar adjective/ˈpoʊlɚ/Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles.
trunk noun/tɹʌŋk/The usually single, more or less upright part of a tree, between the roots and the branches.
bullpen nounAn enclosed area used to hold bulls.
cracker noun/ˈkɹækə(ɹ)/A dry, thin, crispy baked bread (usually salty or savoury, but sometimes sweet, as in the case of graham crackers and animal crackers).
docket noun/ˈdɒk.ɪt/A short entry of the proceedings of a court; the register containing them; the office containing the register.
excite verb/ɪkˈsaɪt/To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
flabby adjective/ˈflæb.i/Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; lacking firmness; flaccid.
glorify verb/ˈɡlɔːɹɪfaɪ/To exalt, or give glory or praise to (something or someone).
jeggings noun/ˈd͡ʒɛɡ.ɪŋz/Denim leggings, or very skinny jeans.
mammal noun/ˈmæməl/A vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having fur or hair and producing milk with which to feed their young.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
grow up verbTo mature and become an adult.
back up verbTo move backwards, especially for a vehicle to do so.
come through verbTo come into a room or other space through a door or passageway.
hold up verbTo wait or delay.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • What do you call a three -humped camel?
  • You want the red or the blue, pal?
  • What are you talking about?
  • Can I pay you back?
  • What did I do wrong, you guys?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 48 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “th” sounds: untrustworthy /ˌʌnˈtɹʌstˌwɜː(ɹ)ði/, trustworthy /ˈtɹʌst.wɜː.ði/, oath /ˈoʊθ/
  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shifty /ˈʃɪfti/, initiation /ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/, violation /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, crush /kɹʌʃ/
  • Long words — get the stress right: stereotype /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/, untrustworthy /ˌʌnˈtɹʌstˌwɜː(ɹ)ði/, initiation /ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/, articulate /ɑːɹˈtɪk.jə.leɪt/, emotionally /ɪˈməʊʃənəli/

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 camel, elephant, bunny.

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.

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