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MLP FIM Season 1 Episode 1 - Friendship is Magic (Part 1)

English shadowing practice · 469 sentences · 22:02 long · 2457 words

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This page turns the YouTube video “MLP FIM Season 1 Episode 1 - Friendship is Magic (Part 1)” into an English shadowing exercise. The recording is split into 469 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 129 words per minute, a moderate pace, with an average of 5.2 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. 0:00 [Music]
2. 0:04 once upon a time in the magical land of
3. 0:07 equestria
4. 0:08 [Music]
5. 0:09 there were two regal sisters who ruled
6. 0:12 together and created harmony for all the
7. 0:14 land
8. 0:15 to do this the eldest used her unicorn
9. 0:18 powers to raise the sun at dawn the
10. 0:20 younger brought out the moon to begin
11. 0:23 the night
12. 0:24 thus the two sisters maintain balance
13. 0:26 for their kingdom and their subjects all
14. 0:28 the different types of ponies but as
15. 0:31 time went on the younger sister became
16. 0:33 resentful
17. 0:35 the ponies relished and played in the
18. 0:37 day her elder sister brought forth but
19. 0:39 shunned and slept through her beautiful
20. 0:41 night
21. 0:42 one fateful day the younger unicorn
22. 0:45 refused to lower the moon to make way
23. 0:46 for the dawn the elder sister tried to
24. 0:49 reason with her
25. 0:50 but the bitterness in the young one's
26. 0:52 heart had transformed her into a wicked
27. 0:54 mare of darkness nightmare moon
28. 0:58 she vowed that she would shroud the land
29. 1:00 in eternal night
30. 1:03 reluctantly the elder sister harnessed
31. 1:05 the most powerful magic known to pony
32. 1:07 them
33. 1:08 the elements of harmony
34. 1:11 using the magic of the elements of
35. 1:12 harmony she defeated her younger sister
36. 1:15 and banished her permanently in the moon
37. 1:19 the elder sister took on responsibility
38. 1:21 for both sun and moon and harmony has
39. 1:24 been maintained in equestria for
40. 1:26 generations since
41. 1:28 [Music]
42. 1:30 hmm elements of harmony
43. 1:33 i know i've heard of those before
44. 1:36 but where
45. 1:40 [Music]
46. 1:51 until you all share this magic with me
47. 1:54 big adventure tons of fun a beautiful
48. 1:56 heart faithful and strong sharing
49. 1:58 kindness it's an easy feat and magic
50. 2:01 makes it all complete you have mine
51. 2:04 do you know you are my very best friend
52. 2:14 [Music]
53. 2:18 there you are twilight
54. 2:20 moondancer is having a little
55. 2:21 get-together in the west castle
56. 2:22 courtyard you want to come
57. 2:24 oh sorry girls i got a lot of studying
58. 2:28 to catch up on
59. 2:29 [Music]
60. 2:32 does that pony do anything except study
61. 2:35 i think she's more interested in books
62. 2:37 than friends
63. 2:38 i know i've heard of the elements of
64. 2:40 harmony
65. 2:44 [Music]
66. 2:54 spike spike
67. 2:57 spike
68. 2:58 there you are
69. 3:01 quick find me that old copy of
70. 3:02 predictions and prophecies
71. 3:04 what's that for
72. 3:07 well it was a gift for moon dancer but
73. 3:11 oh spike you know we don't have time for
74. 3:13 that sort of thing but we're on a break
75. 3:20 [Music]
76. 3:21 no
77. 3:22 no no no no no
78. 3:26 it's over here
79. 3:39 elements of harmony see mayor in the
80. 3:42 moon
81. 3:43 mirroring the moon but that's just an
82. 3:45 old ponies tale
83. 3:47 mayor mayor aha
84. 3:49 the mayor in the moon myth from old and
85. 3:51 pony times a powerful pony who wanted to
86. 3:54 rule equestria defeated by the elements
87. 3:56 of harmony and imprisoned in the moon
88. 3:58 legend has it that on the longest day of
89. 4:00 the thousandth year the stars will aid
90. 4:02 in her escape and she will bring about
91. 4:04 nighttime eternal
92. 4:05 spike do you know what this means no
93. 4:12 take a note please to the princess oh
94. 4:15 dokie
95. 4:16 my dearest teacher my continuing studies
96. 4:19 of pony magic have led me to discover
97. 4:21 that we are on the precipice of disaster
98. 4:23 hold on person
99. 4:26 chrissy threshold
100. 4:32 a brink
101. 4:36 that something really bad is about to
102. 4:38 happen
103. 4:40 before you see the mythical mayor in the
104. 4:42 moon is in fact nightmare moon and she's
105. 4:45 about to return to equestria and bring
106. 4:47 with her eternal night something must be
107. 4:49 done to make sure this terrible prophecy
108. 4:51 does not come true
109. 4:53 i await your quick response your
110. 4:55 faithful student twilight sparkle
111. 4:58 twilight
112. 5:00 spark
113. 5:02 got it great send it
114. 5:04 now of course
115. 5:06 uh i don't know twilight princess
116. 5:08 celestia is a little busy getting ready
117. 5:10 for the summer sun celebration and it's
118. 5:12 like the day after tomorrow that's just
119. 5:14 its spike the day after tomorrow is the
120. 5:17 thousandth year of the summer sun
121. 5:18 celebration it's imperative that the
122. 5:20 princess is told right away
123. 5:22 [Music]
124. 5:29 okay okay
125. 5:34 it's on its way
126. 5:36 but i wouldn't hold your breath oh i'm
127. 5:39 not worried spike the princess trusts me
128. 5:41 completely in all the years she's been
129. 5:43 my mentor she's never once doubted me
130. 5:49 i knew she would want to take immediate
131. 5:50 action
132. 5:53 my dearest most faithful student
133. 5:55 twilight you know that i value your
134. 5:58 diligence and that i trust you
135. 6:00 completely
136. 6:01 but you simply must stop reading those
137. 6:03 dusty old books
138. 6:08 my dear twilight there is more to a
139. 6:10 young pony's life than studying so i'm
140. 6:13 sending you to supervise the
141. 6:14 preparations for the summer sun
142. 6:16 celebration in this year's location
143. 6:19 ponytail
144. 6:21 and i have an even more essential task
145. 6:23 for you to complete
146. 6:25 make some friends oh
147. 6:28 look on the bright side twilight the
148. 6:30 princess arranged for you to stay in a
149. 6:32 library doesn't man make you happy
150. 6:35 yes yes it does you know why because i'm
151. 6:37 right i'll check on the preparations as
152. 6:39 fast as i can then get to the library to
153. 6:41 find some proof of nightmare moon's
154. 6:43 return then when will you make friends
155. 6:45 like the princess said she said to check
156. 6:48 on preparations i am her student and
157. 6:50 i'll do my royal duty but the fate of
158. 6:52 equestria does not rest on me making
159. 6:53 friends
160. 6:57 thank you sirs
161. 6:59 maybe the ponies in ponyville have
162. 7:01 interesting things to talk about
163. 7:04 come on twilight just try
164. 7:08 uh
165. 7:09 hello
166. 7:11 [Applause]
167. 7:14 well that was interesting all right
168. 7:19 summer sun celebration official
169. 7:22 overseers checklist number one banquet
170. 7:25 preparations sweet apple acres
171. 7:30 [Music]
172. 7:37 let's get this over with
173. 7:39 good afternoon my name is twilight
174. 7:42 sparkle
175. 7:43 well how'd it do miss twilight a
176. 7:45 pleasure making your acquaintance i'm
177. 7:47 applejack we here at sweet apple acres
178. 7:49 sure do like making new friends friends
179. 7:52 actually
180. 7:53 i am so what can i do you for
181. 8:00 well i am in fact here to supervise
182. 8:02 preparations for the summer sun
183. 8:03 celebration and you're in charge of the
184. 8:05 food we sure as sugar are would you care
185. 8:07 to sample some well as long as it
186. 8:09 doesn't take too long
187. 8:13 soup song everypony
188. 8:20 [Music]
189. 8:21 now why don't i introduce y'all to the
190. 8:23 apple family
191. 8:25 thanks but i really need to hurry this
192. 8:27 here's apple fritter
193. 8:29 apple bumpkin
194. 8:30 red gallon red delicious golden
195. 8:32 delicious caramel apple apples noodle
196. 8:34 apple tart baked apples apple frias
197. 8:36 apple cinnamon crisp
198. 8:38 big macintosh apple bloom i am
199. 8:41 granny smith
200. 8:43 up and down granny smith we got guests

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