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Practice Shadowing with Dwayne Johnson Telling A Movie Story | American accent | Shadowing Exercise

English shadowing practice · 158 sentences · 9:13 long · 932 words

Practice Shadowing with Dwayne Johnson Telling A Movie Story | American accent | Shadowing Exercise

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This page turns the YouTube video “Practice Shadowing with Dwayne Johnson Telling A Movie Story | American accent | Shadowing Exercise” into an English shadowing exercise. The recording is split into 158 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 143 words per minute, a moderate pace, with an average of 5.9 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. Yeah, so right now with Mark Kerr's life
  2. we're
  3. Yeah, so right now with Mark Kerr's life
  4. we're
  5. Yeah, so right now with Mark Kerr's life
  6. we're
  7. Our movie takes place um in about a
  8. 3-year period.
  9. Our movie takes place um in about a
  10. 3-year period.
  11. Our movie takes place um in about a
  12. 3-year period.
  13. And it was at a time where Mark at that
  14. time
  15. And it was at a time where Mark at that
  16. time
  17. And it was at a time where Mark at that
  18. time
  19. Like Mike Tyson at his height
  20. Like Mike Tyson at his height
  21. Like Mike Tyson at his height
  22. He was undefeated and he was the
  23. greatest MMA fighter on the planet.
  24. He was undefeated and he was the
  25. greatest MMA fighter on the planet.
  26. He was undefeated and he was the
  27. greatest MMA fighter on the planet.
  28. And he was and he never lost until this
  29. moment which you'll see in this scene.
  30. And he was and he never lost until this
  31. moment which you'll see in this scene.
  32. And he was And he never lost
  33. until this moment, which you'll see in
  34. the scene.
  35. He was
  36. He was widely feared. He was completely
  37. dominant.
  38. He was
  39. He was widely feared. He was completely
  40. dominant.
  41. He was
  42. He was widely feared. He was completely
  43. dominant.
  44. But he also the anchor of his life was
  45. the love of his life.
  46. But he also the anchor of his life was
  47. the love of his life.
  48. But he also the anchor of his life was
  49. the love of his life.
  50. is Don Staples with his girlfriend
  51. played by the great Emily Blunt.
  52. Don Staples with his girlfriend played
  53. by the great Emily Blunt.
  54. is Don Staples with his girlfriend
  55. played by the great Emily Blunt.
  56. And they had this volcanic relationship
  57. and
  58. And they had this volcanic relationship
  59. and
  60. And they had this volcanic relationship
  61. and
  62. And we've all been there. We all know.
  63. And we've all been there. We all know.
  64. And we've all been there. We all know.
  65. You get behind closed doors with your
  66. loved ones.
  67. You get behind closed doors with your
  68. loved ones.
  69. You get behind closed doors with your
  70. loved ones.
  71. Things can change instantly.
  72. Things can change instantly.
  73. Things can change instantly.
  74. And you have these
  75. very raw fights as Emily and I did, as
  76. Mark and Don did in their life, and
  77. And you have these
  78. very raw fights as Emily and I did, as
  79. Mark and Don did in their life, and
  80. And you have these
  81. very raw fights as Emily and I did, as
  82. Mark and Don did in their life, and
  83. And And you guys will see in the in this
  84. clip, he's he's fighting uh his big
  85. fight in Japan.
  86. And And you guys will see in the in this
  87. clip, he's he's fighting uh his big
  88. fight in Japan.
  89. And And you guys will see in the in this
  90. clip, he's he's fighting uh his big
  91. fight in Japan.
  92. And his girlfriend Don shows up and he
  93. and he invited her, but um
  94. And his girlfriend Don shows up and he
  95. and he invited her, but um
  96. And his girlfriend Don shows up and he
  97. and he invited her, but um
  98. Like a lot of fighters when they get in
  99. that zone,
  100. like a lot of fighters when they get in
  101. that zone,
  102. like a lot of fighters when they get in
  103. that zone,
  104. it's hard for them to break out of it.
  105. It's hard for them to break out of it.
  106. It's hard for them to break out of it.
  107. And unfortunately, sometimes when you
  108. get in that zone,
  109. and unfortunately, sometimes when you
  110. get in that zone,
  111. and unfortunately, sometimes when you
  112. get in that zone,
  113. you treat people who love you the most,
  114. you treat them the worst.
  115. >> And that's what happens.
  116. You treat people who love you the most,
  117. you treat them the worst.
  118. >> The worst.
  119. >> And that's what happens.
  120. You treat people who love you the most,
  121. you treat them the worst.
  122. >> The worst. And that's what happens.
  123. Yeah, so right now with Mark Kerr it's
  124. like we're
  125. Mark our movie takes place
  126. in about a 3-year period and it was at a
  127. time where Mark at that time
  128. like Mike Tyson at his height, he was
  129. undefeated and he was the greatest MMA
  130. fighter on the planet and he was and he
  131. never lost until this moment which
  132. you'll see in this scene and
  133. he he was
  134. he was widely feared, he was completely
  135. dominant but he also the anchor of his
  136. life was the love of his life is Dawn
  137. Staples with his girlfriend played by
  138. the great Emily Blunt
  139. and they had this volcanic relationship
  140. and and we've all been there. We all
  141. know you get behind closed doors with
  142. your loved ones
  143. things can change instantly and you have
  144. these
  145. very raw fights as Emily and I did as
  146. Mark and Dawn did in their life and
  147. and and you guys will see in the in this
  148. clip he's he's fighting his big fight in
  149. Japan and his girlfriend Dawn shows up
  150. and he and he invited her but
  151. like a lot of fighters when they get in
  152. that zone
  153. it's hard for them to break out of it
  154. and unfortunately sometimes when you get
  155. in that zone you treat people who love
  156. you the most, you treat them the worst
  157. and that's what happens.
  158. >> Oh, gosh it's

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