Shadowing-Übung: RE2 Unit 12B - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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Track 24.
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Reading 12b.
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Dark Descent.
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It's August 2004.
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Caver Sergio Garcia Dils de la Vega kisses his girlfriend goodbye at the entrance of Krubera Cave.
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Krubera, in the western Caucasus Mountains, is the deepest known cave in the world.
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It will be weeks before he sees her again.
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A member of an international team of 56 cavers from seven countries, Garcia Dilsa's mission was to explore Krubera.
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The team also hoped to be the first to reach a depth of 2,000 meters, a feat compared to conquering the North and South Poles.
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One team member even described descending into Krubera as like climbing an inverted mountain,
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Like climbers making their way up that famous peak, the cavers descended slowly.
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They climbed down ropes through huge tunnels and crawled through tight passages known as squeezes.
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Bringing over five tons of equipment and other necessities with them, they established underground camps along the route.
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At each camp they stopped to rest, eat, sleep, and plan the next part of the journey.
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Some days they worked for up to 20 hours at a time,
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and each day they left miles of rope behind them to ease their return ascent
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and phone lines to communicate with people above.
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In the third week they reached 1,775 meters, the deepest point achieved by cavers so far.
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Here, progress was blocked by a sump, a passage filled with water.
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The cavers had only a few options.
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They could empty out all the water, dive through, or go around it.
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Jannati Samokin dove to the bottom but was disappointed.
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No chance to get through, he said.
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Searching for a way around the sump, Garcia Dills risked entering a cascade of near-freezing water.
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The water was so cold, I lost the feeling in my fingers, he said.
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He, too, was unsuccessful.
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Finally, the team found a way around the sump through a tight passage they called the way to the dream.
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At first, they were thrilled.
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However, it soon led to yet another sump at 1,840 meters.
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After a short test dive, Samokin emerged smiling.
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There was a promising passage, he reported.
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Sadly, it would have to wait.
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After nearly four weeks underground, with supplies running low, the team was out of time.
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They would have to return to the surface.
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Four weeks later, following the path opened by Garcia Dils' team,
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a team of Ukrainian cavers reached the sump at 1,840 meters relatively quickly.
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After much searching, they discovered a pit, an area of a cave that falls straight down, named Millennium Pit.
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It allowed them to pass the 2,000 meter depth pits
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and passages led them to 2080 meters a spot they named game over
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but the caving game is never over in 2009 jenady samokin
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returned to krubera this time he reached a depth of 2191 meters then In 2012,
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he broke his own record, diving to a point 6 meters deeper at a total depth of 2,197 meters.
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And so, the game goes on, with deeper and deeper caves calling out to be explored.

Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion

Dieses Video enthält 43 Sätze und 496 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 4:19. Der Sprecher spricht gleichmäßig mit etwa 115 Wörtern pro Minute – ein angenehmes Tempo fürs Shadowing. Nur 74 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen, der Wortschatz ist also anspruchsvoll.

Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video

15 weniger häufige Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

  • meter /ˈmitəɹ/ (Substantiv) — Messgerät. A device that measures things.
  • passage /ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/ (Substantiv) — Passus. A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
  • cave /keɪv/ (Substantiv) — Höhle, Grotte. A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
  • dive /daɪv/ (Verb) — tauchen. To swim under water.
  • underground /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/ (Adjektiv) — unterirdisch, Untegrund-. Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
  • explore /ɪkˈsploɹ/ (Verb) — erforschen. To examine or investigate something systematically.
  • climb /ˈklaɪ̯m/ (Verb) — klettern, steigen. To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
  • rope /ɹoʊp/ (Substantiv) — Seil, Tau. Thick strings, yarn, monofilaments, metal wires, or strands of other cordage that are twisted together to form a stronger line.
  • descend /dəˈsɛnd/ (Verb) — hinuntergehen. To pass from a higher to a lower part of (something, such as a flight of stairs or a slope); to go down along or upon.
  • finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (Substantiv) — Finger. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
  • establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ (Verb) — feststellen, etablieren. To make stable or firm; to confirm.
  • compare /kəmˈpɛɚ/ (Verb) — vergleichen, komparieren. To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it…
  • disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ (Adjektiv) — enttäuscht. Defeated of expectations or hope; experiencing disappointment; let down.
  • discover /dɪˈskʌvə/ (Verb) — entdecken. To find or learn something for the first time.
  • entrance /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ (Substantiv) — Eingang, Einfahrt. The action of entering, or going in.

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

  • Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, necessity /nɪˈsɛsəti/

So übst du mit diesem Video

  1. Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
  2. Sprich Satz für Satz in normaler Geschwindigkeit nach und wiederhole jeden, bis dein Rhythmus zum Sprecher passt.
  3. Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie meter, passage, cave.

Was ist die Shadowing-Technik?

Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.

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