Shadowing Practice: Akeelah and the Bee - Leave the Ghetto Talk Outside - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The You're
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late.
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You didn't answer the door.
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That's because you're late.
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Come in.
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Come, come, come.
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So, do you want to learn how to spell?
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I know how to spell.
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Spell Staphylococci.
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Um, S-T-A-F...
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There is no F.
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It's derived from the Greek, so there can't be an F.
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Staphylococci.
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S-T-A-P-H-Y-L-O-C-O-C-C-I.
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Winning word, National Spelling Bee, 1987.
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The first thing most serious spellers do is learn all of the winning words and their origins.
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Well, maybe I ain't that serious.
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Maybe neither am I.
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So why you home due today?
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Ain't you got a job?
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Do me a favor.
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Leave the ghetto talk outside, all right?
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Ghetto talk?
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I don't talk ghetto.
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Ain't you got no job?
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You use that language to fit in with your friends.
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Here, you will speak properly or you won't speak at all.
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Understood?
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Yeah.
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Whatever.
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You can leave now.
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Excuse me?
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I said you can leave.
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How come?
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Because I don't have time to waste on insolent little girls.
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Insolent?
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I ain't insolent.
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I mean, I'm not insolent.
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It's just the first thing you do is start dogging on...
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...criticizing the way I speak.
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I thought this was just about spelling words.
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Well, then fine.
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You know what?
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When I put my mind to it, I can memorize anything.
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And I don't need help from a dictatorial, truculent, supercilious gardener.
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I'm sorry to be so insolent.
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Lymphometonic, LY, laboratory, LA, preglation,
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IR, erythroplasm, ERY, FH, O, E.
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Hey, baby, what are you still doing up?
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Gotta learn more words.
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You gonna come see me in a District B this Saturday?
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What, is that at your school?
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No. No. Beverly Hills.
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Beverly Hills?
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Look, you got other homework.
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You need to focus on that.
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I don't want you spending all your time on this game.
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It ain't a game.
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Are you going to come see me in it?
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You know I work at the hospital on Saturday.
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Maybe Kiana can go with you.
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As long as she don't bring in that wild new baby.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Akeelah and the Bee - Leave the Ghetto Talk Outside”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: insolent, word, ghetto, spell, speak. This video has 62 sentences and 354 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:32. The speaker talks slowly, about 100 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 74% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 16 of its 62 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
spell noun/spɛl/Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
spelling noun/ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
laboratory noun/ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.
homework noun/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
criticize verb/ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/To find fault (with something).
derive verb/dɪˈɹaɪv/To obtain or receive (something) from something else.
insolent adjective/ˈɪn.sə.lənt/Insulting in manner or words, particularly in an arrogant or insubordinate manner.
dictatorial adjective[dɪktəˈtɔːɹɪəɫ]of or pertaining to a dictator
memorize verb/ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
speller noun/ˈspɛ.lə(ɹ)/A person who spells.
supercilious adjective/ˌsu.pɚˈsɪ.li.əs/Arrogantly superior; showing contemptuous indifference; haughty.
truculent adjective/ˈtɹʌk.jə.lənt/Cruel or savage.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
do up verbTo fasten (a piece of clothing, etc.); to tighten (a nut etc.)

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • Ain't you got a job?
  • Ain't you got no job?
  • Hey, baby, what are you still doing up?
  • What, is that at your school?
  • Are you going to come see me in it?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 19 contractions and reduced forms, such as ain't, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • Long words — get the stress right: laboratory /ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/, dictatorial [dɪktəˈtɔːɹɪəɫ], supercilious /ˌsu.pɚˈsɪ.li.əs/

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 spell, spelling, laboratory.

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Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.

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