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Hey, Dale!
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Everybody stay calm!
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Just a normal day, just a normal dinner.
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Can I eat in front of the TV?
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No, you can eat in front of Sheldon's friend.
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Aw, fudge.
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I know what fudge means, and you are right on the edge, Hump Lady.
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Welcome!
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So, uh, Tam, what kind of name is that?
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Vietnamese, sir.
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Sure.
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You don't want to spend a little time over there.
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Army.
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Your mom's name isn't Kim Lee, is it?
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No, sir.
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Good.
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I mean, yeah.
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It's a small country.
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Mary, how's that food coming?
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Almost.
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So Vietnam, like in Rambo.
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Yes.
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That's a cool movie.
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Yes.
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Are you in it?
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No. Why would you think you knew his mom?
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All right, Tam.
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I decided I was going to make you a real Texas dinner.
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Barbecue chicken and brisket.
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Thank you.
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Well, I figured you were probably tired of stuff wiggling around on your plate.
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Okay, let's say, Grace.
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Now, Tam, when I say Jesus, feel free to say the word Buddha in your head.
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I'm actually Catholic.
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Oh!
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Well, that's too bad.
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Thank you, God, for this food and bless the hands that prepared it.
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And thank you so much for Sheldon's new friend.
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Amen.
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So, Tam, tell us about your family.
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What brings you all to Texas?
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Well, after the American War.
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You mean the Vietnam War?
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We call it the American War.
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Anyway, after the war, my father was sent to a re-education camp because he fought on the wrong side.
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You mean our side?
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I was trying to be nice.
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So for many years, my mother and my sisters and I were very poor and very often didn't have much to eat.
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Then, when he was released...
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What they teach him at the re-education camp?
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How to be a communist.
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Cool.
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Like in Rambo.
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When he was released, we escaped on a small boat
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and spent many weeks at sea dodging Cambodian pirates until we reached Thailand.
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Oh, that's supposed to be a beautiful country.
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Lovely beaches.
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I wouldn't know.
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We were forced to live in a refugee camp where the only thing we had to eat were pigeons and rats.
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Ha, that's a job for hot sauce.
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Finally, we were allowed to come to the United States and start over in Galveston.
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My father saved money and bought his own shrimp boat.
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There's a happy ending, huh?
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See, kids, when the going gets tough, America provides.
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It did, until the Ku Klux Klan burned our boat and chased us away.
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You gonna put a good spin on that one?
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So we came to Manford and opened up a convenience store.
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My parents work 16 hours a day, seven days a week, for very little money.
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Well, that was depressing.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Tam Meets Sheldon's Family”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Tam, eat, boat, camp. This video has 69 sentences and 463 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:06. The speaker talks at a steady 149 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. 12 of its 69 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
fudge noun/fʌd͡ʒ/A type of very sweet candy or confection, usually made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
brisket noun/ˈbɹɪskɪt/The chest of an animal.
wiggle verb/ˈwɪɡəl/To move with irregular, back and forward or side to side motions; to shake or jiggle.
pigeon noun/ˈpɪ.dʒɪn/One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.
shrimp noun/ʃɹɪmp/Any of many swimming, often edible, crustaceans, chiefly of the infraorder Caridea or the suborder Dendrobranchiata, with slender legs, long whiskers and a…
depressing adjective/dɪˈpɹɛsɪŋ/Causing depression or sadness.
dodge verb/dɑd͡ʒ/To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
amen/(ˌ)ɑːˈmɛn/At the end of a religious prayer: so be it.
pirate noun/ˈpaɪɹət/A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
convenience noun/kənˈvinjəns/The quality of being convenient.
rat noun/ɹæt/Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than…
bless verb/blɛs/To make something holy by religious rite, sanctify.
communist noun/ˈkɑ.mjə.nɪst/An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
open up verbTo open.

Sentences worth repeating

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

  • Your mom's name isn't Kim Lee, is it?
  • Mary, how's that food coming?
  • Are you in it?
  • Why would you think you knew his mom?
  • You gonna put a good spin on that one?

Pronunciation to watch

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

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 fudge, brisket, wiggle.

Phương Pháp Shadowing Là Gì?

Shadowing là kỹ thuật học ngôn ngữ có cơ sở khoa học, ban đầu được phát triển cho chương trình đào tạo phiên dịch viên chuyên nghiệp và được phổ biến rộng rãi bởi nhà đa ngôn ngữ học Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Nguyên lý cốt lõi đơn giản nhưng cực kỳ hiệu quả: bạn nghe tiếng Anh của người bản xứ và lặp lại to ngay lập tức — như một "cái bóng" (shadow) đuổi theo người nói với độ trễ chỉ 1–2 giây. Khác với luyện ngữ pháp hay học từ vựng bị động, Shadowing buộc não bộ và cơ miệng phải đồng thời xử lý và tái tạo ngôn ngữ thực tế. Các nghiên cứu khoa học xác nhận phương pháp này cải thiện đáng kể phát âm, ngữ điệu, nhịp điệu, nối âm, kỹ năng nghe và độ lưu loát khi nói — đặc biệt hiệu quả cho người luyện IELTS Speaking và muốn giao tiếp tiếng Anh tự nhiên như người bản ngữ.

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