Shadowing-Übung: The Underground House | IELTS LISTENING TEST | SECTION-4 - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video

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Section 4.
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You will hear part of a lecture about an experimental design for a house.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.
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Thank you.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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Good morning.
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In the last few lectures, I've been talking about the history of domestic building construction.
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But today, I want to begin looking at some contemporary experimental designs for housing.
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So, I'm going to start with a house which is constructed more or less under the ground.
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And one of the interesting things about this project is that the owners, both professionals but not architects, wanted to be closely involved,
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so they decided to manage the project themselves.
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Their chief aim was to create somewhere that was as environmentally friendly as possible.
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But at the same time, they wanted to live somewhere peaceful.
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They'd both grown up in a rural area and disliked urban life.
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So the first thing they did was to look for a site, and they found a disused stone quarry in a beautiful area.
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The price was relatively low, and they liked the idea of recycling the land, as it were.
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As it was, the quarry was an ugly blot on the landscape, and it wasn't productive any longer either.
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They consulted various architects and looked at a number of designs before finally deciding on one.
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As I've said, it was a design for a sort of underground house,
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and it was built into the earth itself, with two stories.
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The north, east, and west sides were set in the earth,
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and only the sloping south-facing side was exposed to the light.
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That was made of a double layer of very strong glass.
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There were also photovoltaic tiles fixed to the top and bottom of this sloping wall.
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These are tiles that are designed to store energy from the sun,
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and the walls had a layer of foam around them too to increase the insulation.
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Now, what is of interest to us about this project is the features which make the building energy efficient.
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Sunlight floods in through the glass wall, and to maximize it, there are lots of mirrors and windows inside the house.
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That helps to spread the light around.
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So that's the first thing.
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Light is utilized as fully as possible.
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In addition, the special tiles on the outside convert energy from the sun and generate some of the house's electricity.
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In fact, and it is possible that in future the house may even generate an electricity surplus,
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and that the owners will be able to sell some to the national grid.
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As well as that, wherever possible, recycled materials have been used.
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For example, the floors are made of reclaimed wood,
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and the owners haven't bought a single item of new furniture.
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They just kept what they already had.
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And then there's the system for dealing with the waste produced in the house.
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This is dealt with organically.
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It's purified by being filtered through reed beds, which have been planted for that purpose in the garden.
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So the occupants of the house won't pollute the land or use any damaging chemicals.
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It's true that the actual construction of the house was harmful to the environment,
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mainly because they had to use massive amounts of concrete, one of the biggest sources of carbon dioxide in manufacturing.
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And, as you know, this is very damaging to the environment.
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In total, the house construction has released 70 tons of carbon dioxide into the air.
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Now that's a frightening thought.
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However, once the initial debt has been cleared, and it's been calculated that this will only take 15 years,
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this underground house won't cost anything, environmentally I mean, because unlike ordinary houses,
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it is run in a way that is completely environmentally friendly.
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So, eco-housing like this is likely to become much more...
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That is the end of section 4.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.

Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion

Dieses Video enthält 53 Sätze und 658 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 6:05. Der Sprecher spricht langsam, etwa 108 Wörter pro Minute, sodass genug Zeit bleibt, jeden Laut nachzuahmen. 84 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen.

Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video

15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

WortAusspracheBedeutung
tile Substantiv/ˈtaɪ.əl/Kachel, Fliese
layer Substantiv/ˈleɪ̯ɚ/Lage, Schicht
underground Adjektiv/ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/unterirdisch, Untegrund-
experimental Adjektiv/ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/experimentell
generate Verb/ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/generieren
lecture Substantiv/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/Vorlesung, Vortrag
architect Substantiv/ˈɑɹ.kɪˌtɛkt/Architekt, Architektin
dioxide Substantiv/daɪˈɑksaɪd/Dioxid
quarry Substantiv/ˈk(w)ɔɹ.i/Steinbruch
mirror Substantiv/ˈmiɹɚ/Spiegel
carefully Adverb/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/vorsichtig
concrete Adjektiv/ˌkɑnˈkɹit/konkret, bestimmt
efficient Adjektiv/ɪˈfɪʃənt/effizient
ordinary Adjektiv/ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/gewöhnlich, normal
ugly Adjektiv/ˈʌɡli/hässlich, häßlich (pre-1996)

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

Der Sprecher verwendet 8 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel I've, won't, haven't. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.

  • Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, insulation /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/
  • Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, experimental /ɪkspɛɹəˈmɛntəl/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, insulation /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/, organically /ɔːˈɡænɪkli/

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 tile, layer, underground.

Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

StrukturIm Video
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tutis constructed · was built · were set
Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig istI've said · have been · haven't bought
Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sachehouse which is · beds, which have

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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