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Shadowing Shia LaBeouf

"Just Do It" Motivational Speech — One intense minute of short, shouted sentences — a fun warm-up for beginners. Original video on YouTube: Shia LaBeouf — "Just Do It" Motivational Speech.

Shia LaBeouf — "Just Do It" Motivational SpeechStart from the beginning
  • Level: A2
  • Accent: American
  • Length: 1 min · 14 lines to practise
  • Speed: about 99 words a minute (slower than most talks)
  • Words: about 90
  • Timing: Sada measures how far behind the speaker you are on every line

What to focus on in this talk

Short, shouted phrases — the easiest page here for beginners. Copy the force of “Just do it” and “Don’t let your dreams be dreams”, then try the longer “Yesterday you said tomorrow, so just do it”.

What this talk trains

Shia LaBeouf speaks for about 1 minutes: roughly 90 words in 14 caption lines. Overall it is the slowest talk on Sada. Phrases that fast speech often shortens come up again and again: “going to” (2 times).

A line from later in the talk, and what it trains

One line from later in the talk. Press a line to open it in Sada, ready to record. “Linking” marks words that run together: a word ending in a consonant sound joins the vowel that starts the next one.

  1. 0:47 just do it if you're tired of starting over

    Linking: say “it if”, “tired of”, “starting over” without a break between the words.

How the talk opens: press any line to practise it

  1. 0:03 do it just do it don't let your dreams be dreams
  2. 0:11 yesterday you said tomorrow so just do it make your dreams come true
  3. 0:18 just do it some people dream a success while you're going to wake up and work hard at it nothing is impossible
  4. 0:30 you should get to the point where anyone else would quit and you're not going to stop there
  5. 0:36 no what are you waiting for do it just do it yes you can

How to practise this talk

  1. Start with the opening lines above.
  2. Then take the chosen line above: linked words.
  3. On each line, press Record and say it after Shia LaBeouf (Repeat) or along with them (Shadow), then open Compare and go again until every word is green.
  4. At one minute a day you finish the whole talk in about 1 day, and Sada shows your first try against your latest.

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