Shadowing Practice: A student discussion - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This recording is from the British Council.
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So you've got a few minutes to discuss with your partner.
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So, as far as I know, the main similarity between Mars and Earth is that they can both support human life.
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Yeah, but do we know that's actually true?
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I mean, Mars is much colder than Earth, isn't it?
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It says here it's about minus 55 degrees most of the time, whereas on Earth, only places like Antarctica get that cold.
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True.
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Well then, I suppose you could say both planets are a similar distance from the Sun.
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No way!
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Mars is much further away.
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It says here it's about 228 million kilometers, while Earth is about 150 million.
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Yes, but in space that's not that far.
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Jupiter is like almost 780 million kilometers.
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That's why we use astronomical units when we talk about distance in space.
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Earth is one astronomical unit from the Sun and Mars is 1.3.
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The difference doesn't sound so big when you look at it that way.
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I see what you mean.
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Jupiter is 5.2 astronomical units, so I guess you're right.
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What other similarities are there between the two planets?
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Let's see.
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Not the colour, obviously.
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Yeah.
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Earth is called the blue planet and Mars is called the red planet for pretty obvious reasons.
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Their sizes are pretty different.
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Mars is about half the size of Earth.
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What about this?
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It looks like the days on both planets are almost the same length.
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Earth's day is 24 hours, but Mars' is about half an hour longer.
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You're right.
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Okay.
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Any other things they both share?
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Um, I suppose you could say they have water in common. Could you?
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How?
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Well, Earth is 70% water, and Mars probably had huge oceans in the past.
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It's just that most of the water there now is probably frozen.
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Ah, I see.
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I don't think we can say the air is the same, though.
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Most of Earth's air is nitrogen and oxygen. But Mars...
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Mars doesn't really have air, not compared with Earth.
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It's got about 1% as much air as Earth.
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Right, and it's mostly carbon dioxide.
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Gravity is another difference.
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I didn't know this, but Mars has higher gravity than the Moon.
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But it's much less than on Earth, of course.
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Oh, yes.
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It says Mars has about 38% of Earth's gravity.
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Okay, let's see what you've found.
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This recording is from the British Council.
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To find more activities to practice your English, visit www.britishcouncil.org.
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¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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