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Shadowing English | TANGLED: Rapunzel on Taking Chances and Exploring the World (lesson #76)

English shadowing practice · 172 sentences · 11:59 long · 977 words

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This page turns the YouTube video “Shadowing English | TANGLED: Rapunzel on Taking Chances and Exploring the World (lesson #76)” into an English shadowing exercise. The recording is split into 172 short sentences that you can play one at a time, repeat after the speaker and record your own version for automatic pronunciation scoring.

The speaker talks at about 113 words per minute, a moderate pace, with an average of 5.7 words per sentence. That makes it suitable for intermediate learners who want natural, everyday speech.

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1. Play the first sentence and listen while reading the transcript. Notice the stress, the pauses and where the intonation rises or falls.
2. Replay it and speak along with the speaker, copying the rhythm rather than reading word by word.
3. Record yourself straight after the original. ShadowEcho scores each word for accuracy, fluency and completeness.
4. Compare your recording with the original, retry the words marked in red, then move on to the next sentence.
5. Practise 10–15 minutes a day. Coming back to the same video after a few days is an easy way to measure progress.

Transcript (English)

1. 0:05 Welcome home, mother.
2. 0:08 Welcome home, mother.
3. 0:10 Welcome home, mother.
4. 0:14 Rapunzel, how you managed to do that
5. 0:16 every single day without fail.
6. 0:27 Rapunzel, how you managed to do that
7. 0:29 every single day without fail.
8. 0:40 Rapunzel, how you manage to do that
9. 0:43 every single day without fail.
10. 0:52 >> It looks absolutely exhausting, darling.
11. 0:55 Oh, it's nothing.
12. 1:02 >> It looks absolutely exhausting, darling.
13. 1:05 >> Oh, it's nothing.
14. 1:12 >> It looks absolutely exhausting, darling.
15. 1:14 >> Oh, it's nothing.
16. 1:21 >> Then I don't know why it takes so long.
17. 1:26 Then I don't know why it takes so long.
18. 1:30 Then I don't know why it takes so long.
19. 1:35 [laughter]
20. 1:36 Darling, I'm just teasing.
21. 1:41 Darling, I'm just teasing.
22. 1:45 [laughter]
23. 1:46 Darling, I'm just teasing.
24. 1:50 All right. So, mother, as you know,
25. 1:53 Tomorrow is a very busy day.
26. 1:55 >> Look in that mirror.
27. 2:02 >> All right. So, mother, as you know,
28. 2:06 tomorrow is a very busy day.
29. 2:08 >> Look in that mirror.
30. 2:15 >> All right. So, mother, as you know,
31. 2:18 tomorrow is a very busy day. Have a
32. 2:20 >> look in that mirror.
33. 2:28 You know what I see? I see [music] a
34. 2:30 strong, confident, beautiful young lady.
35. 2:41 You know what I see? I see [music] a
36. 2:44 strong, confident, beautiful young lady.
37. 2:55 You know what I see? I [music] see a
38. 2:58 strong, confident, beautiful young lady.
39. 3:09 >> Oh, look. You're here, too. I'm just
40. 3:12 teasing. Stop taking everything so
41. 3:14 seriously.
42. 3:22 Oh, look. You're here, too. I'm just
43. 3:25 teasing. Stop taking everything so
44. 3:27 seriously.
45. 3:35 >> Oh, look. You're here, too. I'm just
46. 3:38 teasing. Stop taking everything so
47. 3:40 seriously.
48. 3:48 So, mother, earlier I was saying
49. 3:50 tomorrow was a pretty big day.
50. 3:54 So, mother, earlier I was saying
51. 3:56 tomorrow was a pretty big day.
52. 4:00 So, mother, earlier I was saying
53. 4:02 tomorrow was a pretty big day.
54. 4:06 And you didn't really respond. So, I'm
55. 4:07 just going to tell you it's my birthday.
56. 4:10 Tada.
57. 4:15 And you didn't really respond, so I'm
58. 4:17 just going to tell you it's my birthday.
59. 4:19 Tada.
60. 4:25 And you didn't really respond, so I'm
61. 4:26 just going to tell you it's my birthday.
62. 4:28 [laughter]
63. 4:29 Tada.
64. 4:35 No, no, no. Can't be. I distinctly
65. 4:37 remember your birthday was last year.
66. 4:46 No, no, no. Can't be. I distinctly
67. 4:48 remember your birthday was last year.
68. 4:56 No, no, no. Can't be. I distinctly
69. 4:59 remember your birthday was last year.
70. 5:07 That's the funny thing about birthdays.
71. 5:09 They're kind of an annual thing.
72. 5:14 That's the funny thing about birthdays.
73. 5:16 They're kind of an annual thing.
74. 5:21 That's the funny thing about birthdays.
75. 5:23 They're kind of an annual thing.
76. 5:28 Mother, I'm turning 18 [music] and I
77. 5:32 wanted to ask
78. 5:39 Mother, I'm turning 18 and I wanted to
79. 5:42 ask,
80. 5:49 "Mother, I'm turning 18 and I wanted to
81. 5:52 ask.
82. 5:59 I want to see the floating lights."
83. 6:02 >> What?
84. 6:07 I want to see the floating lights.
85. 6:10 >> What?
86. 6:15 I want to see the floating lights.
87. 6:18 >> What?
88. 6:23 Oh, well, I was hoping you would take me
89. 6:26 to see the floating lights.
90. 6:32 Oh, well, I was hoping you would take me
91. 6:35 to see the floating lights.
92. 6:41 Oh, well, I was hoping you would take me
93. 6:44 to see the floating lights.
94. 6:50 >> Oh, you mean the stars.
95. 6:54 >> That's the thing.
96. 7:01 Oh, you mean the stars. That's the
97. 7:05 thing.
98. 7:12 >> Oh, you mean the stars. That's the
99. 7:16 thing.
100. 7:24 I charted stars and they're always
101. 7:26 constant.
102. 7:31 I've charted stars and they're always
103. 7:34 constant.
104. 7:38 I've charted stars and they're always
105. 7:41 constant.
106. 7:45 But these they appear every year on my
107. 7:48 birthday. mother only on my birthday.
108. 7:56 But these they appear every year on my
109. 8:00 birthday, mother. Only on my birthday.
110. 8:08 But these they appear every year on my
111. 8:11 birthday, mother. Only on my birthday.
112. 8:20 And I can't help but feel like [music]
113. 8:21 they're they're meant for me.
114. 8:30 And I can't help but feel like they're
115. 8:33 they're meant for me.
116. 8:41 And I can't help but feel [music] like
117. 8:43 they're they're meant for me.
118. 8:53 I need to see them, mother. And not just
119. 8:56 from my window in person.
120. 9:05 I need to see them, mother. And not just
121. 9:08 from my window, in person.
122. 9:17 I need to see them, mother. [music] And
123. 9:19 not just from my window, in person.
124. 9:29 I have to know what they are.
125. 9:35 I have to know what they are.
126. 9:41 I have to know what they are.
127. 9:47 You want to go outside?
128. 9:49 Why Rapunzel?
129. 9:56 You want to go outside?
130. 9:58 Why Rapunzel?
131. 10:05 You want to go outside?
132. 10:08 Why Rapunzel?
133. 10:16 >> Welcome home, mother.
134. 10:18 >> Rapunzel, how you managed to do that
135. 10:21 every single day without fail? It looks
136. 10:24 absolutely exhausting, darling.
137. 10:26 >> Oh, it's nothing.
138. 10:29 >> Then I don't know why it takes so long,
139. 10:32 darling. I'm just teasing. All right.
140. 10:35 So, mother, [music] as you know,
141. 10:37 tomorrow is a very busy day.
142. 10:39 >> Have a look in that mirror. You know
143. 10:40 what I see? I see a [music] strong,
144. 10:43 confident, beautiful young lady.
145. 10:47 Oh, look. You're here, too. I'm just
146. 10:49 teasing. Stop taking everything so
147. 10:51 seriously.
148. 10:53 >> So, mother, earlier I was saying
149. 10:55 tomorrow is a pretty big day, and you
150. 10:56 didn't really respond. So, I'm just
151. 10:57 going to tell you it's my birthday.
152. 11:00 Tada. No, no, no. Can't be. I distinctly
153. 11:04 remember your birthday was last year.
154. 11:06 >> That's the funny thing about birthdays.
155. 11:08 They're kind of an annual thing. Mother,
156. 11:11 I'm turning 18 and I wanted to ask. I
157. 11:16 want to see the floating lights.
158. 11:18 >> What?
159. 11:19 >> Oh, well, I was hoping you would take me
160. 11:22 to see the floating lights.
161. 11:24 >> Oh, you mean the stars?
162. 11:27 >> That's the thing. [snorts]
163. 11:30 I've charted stars and they're always
164. 11:32 constant. But these they appear every
165. 11:35 year on my birthday, mother. Only on my
166. 11:38 birthday. And I can't help but feel like
167. 11:40 they're they're meant for me.
168. 11:44 I need to see them, mother. [music] And
169. 11:47 not just from my window in person. I
170. 11:50 have to know what they are.
171. 11:53 >> You want to go outside?
172. 11:56 Why, Rapunzel?

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