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The Matrix [ 4K - HDR ] - Neo Meets Morpheus, Blue Pill or Red Pill (1999)

English shadowing practice · 94 sentences · 5:19 long · 439 words

About this practice session

This page turns the YouTube video “The Matrix [ 4K - HDR ] - Neo Meets Morpheus, Blue Pill or Red Pill (1999)” into an English shadowing exercise. The recording is split into 94 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 122 words per minute, a moderate pace, with an average of 4.7 words per sentence. That makes it suitable for intermediate learners who want natural, everyday speech.

How to practise with this video

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. 0:07 why didn't i take the blue pill
2. 0:10 [Music]
3. 0:29 [Music]
4. 0:31 this is it
5. 0:35 let me give you one piece of advice
6. 0:39 be honest
7. 0:42 he knows more than you can imagine
8. 0:53 at last
9. 0:56 welcome to you
10. 0:58 as you no doubt have guessed
11. 1:00 i am morpheus
12. 1:02 it's an honor to meet you
13. 1:05 no
14. 1:06 the honor is mine
15. 1:09 please
16. 1:10 come
17. 1:11 sit
18. 1:26 i imagine
19. 1:28 that right now you're feeling
20. 1:30 a bit like alice
21. 1:33 tumbling down the rabbit hole hmm
22. 1:36 you could say that
23. 1:38 i can see it in your eyes
24. 1:41 you have the look of a man who accepts
25. 1:43 what he sees because he is expecting to
26. 1:46 wake up
27. 1:48 ironically this is not far from the
28. 1:50 truth
29. 1:52 do you believe in fate
30. 1:55 no
31. 1:56 why not
32. 1:57 because i don't like the idea that i'm
33. 1:58 not in control of my life
34. 2:01 i know exactly what you mean
35. 2:08 let me tell you why you're here
36. 2:12 you're here because you know something
37. 2:14 what you know you can't explain
38. 2:16 but you feel it
39. 2:18 you felt it your entire life
40. 2:21 that there's something wrong with the
41. 2:22 world you don't know what it is but it's
42. 2:24 there
43. 2:25 like a splinter in your mind
44. 2:28 driving you mad
45. 2:31 it is this feeling that has brought you
46. 2:32 to me
47. 2:36 do you know what i'm talking about
48. 2:40 the matrix
49. 2:43 do you want to know
50. 2:46 what it is
51. 2:50 the matrix is everywhere
52. 2:52 it is all around us
53. 2:54 even now in this very room
54. 2:57 you can see it when you look out your
55. 2:58 window
56. 2:59 or when you turn on your television
57. 3:02 you can feel it when you go to work
58. 3:06 when you go to church
59. 3:08 when you pay your taxes
60. 3:11 it is the world
61. 3:13 that has been pulled over your eyes to
62. 3:15 blind you from the truth
63. 3:18 what truth
64. 3:24 that you are a slave neo
65. 3:27 like everyone else you were born into
66. 3:29 bondage born into a prison that you
67. 3:31 cannot smell or taste or touch
68. 3:34 a prison
69. 3:36 for your mind
70. 3:44 unfortunately no one can be
71. 3:47 told what the matrix is
72. 3:53 you have to see it for yourself
73. 4:04 this is your last chance
74. 4:07 after this there is no turning back
75. 4:09 you take the blue pill
76. 4:11 the story ends
77. 4:13 you wake up in your bed and believe
78. 4:15 whatever you want to believe
79. 4:16 you take the red pill you stay in
80. 4:18 wonderland
81. 4:21 and i show you how deep the rabbit hole
82. 4:23 goes
83. 4:33 remember
84. 4:35 all i'm offering is the truth nothing
85. 4:37 more
86. 4:44 have you ever had a dream neo that you
87. 4:46 were so sure was real
88. 4:48 what if you were unable to wake from
89. 4:50 that dream
90. 4:51 how would you know the difference
91. 4:52 between the dream world
92. 4:54 and the real
93. 5:07 [Music]
94. 5:17 you

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