Shadowing Practice: Environmental Science modules part 3 Actual IELTS listening - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Part 3.
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You will hear two students called Jamie and Martha discussing their environmental science course.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 26.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 26.
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Hi, Martha.
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Do you have time to talk?
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We have to submit our evaluations of our course next week, and I thought it'd be useful to discuss what we both think.
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Good idea.
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That would help refresh my memory, especially about things we did in previous years.
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I agree.
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So let's talk about the modules we took.
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What about statistics for environmental research?
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I've always been hopeless with numbers, so I thought that I'd learn a lot.
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But you know, it wasn't at a high enough level for me.
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I actually had to do a lot of reading on my own.
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Me too.
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I had to get an additional reading list from the tutor.
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Now, sewage and drainage systems.
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I wasn't looking forward to that one.
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Not exactly a pleasant subject,
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but you know, the module convinced me that it's an essential topic to understand for both cities and rural environments.
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Right.
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And in the end, not a boring subject.
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Not at all.
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It was quite a revelation.
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The module on agriculture and food security could have been good.
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But the assigned readings were only those ancient government publications.
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And the lecture notes clearly hadn't been updated for years.
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I know.
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What about the module on sustainable energy?
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I really got into the project we had to do to invent something functional.
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I devised a windmill to power my laptop.
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Yep, the projects were great.
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So hands-on, though the personal battery charger I built never really worked.
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Too bad, but I'm sure you learned a lot nonetheless.
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I did, and the government policy module.
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I wish it had included policy in other countries.
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It was a bit inward-looking, I thought, focused just on this country.
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I mentioned that to the lecturer, but she said it was best to concentrate on one country in depth at first.
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Maybe.
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And there was that module called water management.
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I must admit, I got lost in the discussion about the issues of groundwater levels and flood risk management, which weren't that essential.
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You weren't the only one.
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Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 27 to 30.
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Now listen and answer questions 27 to 30.
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Okay.
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I thought some aspects of the course organisation were particularly helpful.
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Can we talk a bit about that? Of course.
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Actually, I was disappointed that I couldn't take any module whenever I wanted.
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That's true.
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But the variety of modules on offer was a strong point and meant I managed to cover a lot of subjects.
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Me too, more than I expected.
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I had wanted to finish the course early by doing an extra module each term, which would have been useful,
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but unfortunately that wasn't allowed.
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I had to wait to do some modules, which I found hard to schedule,
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And I think more assigned reading for the modules would have made the lectures easier to follow.
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That would have been good.
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But I was pleased that the course organisers were able to provide modules focusing on real-life issues, which we can apply later when looking for jobs.
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True.
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And I would have hated it if it had all been theory.
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What about the written paper we had to do for Dr. Brown?
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Are there any things we could suggest to improve the way that's handled?
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Well, I got lots of help from Dr. Brown and his assistant in narrowing down what I wanted to write about.
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Yes, they stopped me from doing something too ambitious.
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But choosing a topic right at the beginning of the module was difficult.
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Maybe he could postpone the decision until halfway through the term.
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Good idea.
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I was happy with the word limit for the assignment, though.
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Well, as usual, I could have written on and on, but the limit made me refine my thoughts, so it was okay in the end.
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I wish I could have had a session with Dr. Brown after he'd marked my written paper.
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I know it would be time-consuming, but it would have been really useful.
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Actually, I was satisfied with Dr. Brown's written feedback.
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It was amazingly detailed, so I don't think I needed more.
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But I wish they could arrange sessions where students get together and help each other before submitting their written work.
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Good idea.
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If they provided time for that, it would be quite convenient.
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Right.
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Now that we've almost finished our course, it's time to think about our career prospects.
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What type of organization do you hope to work for?
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That is the end of part three.
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You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to part three.
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Part 4
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Environmental Science modules part 3 Actual IELTS listening”. Las palabras que más se repiten: module, written, reading, questions, useful. Este vídeo tiene 85 frases y 816 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:57. El hablante habla despacio, unas 103 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
module sustantivo/ˈmɑd͡ʒul/módulo
assign verbo/əˈsaɪn/asignar
lecture sustantivo/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/aleccionamiento, lectivo
devise verbo/dɪˈvaɪz/concebir, inventar
groundwater sustantivoagua subterránea
inward adjetivo/ˈɪnwəd/interior
postpone verbo/pəʊstˈpəʊn/posponer, postponer
refine verbo/ɹɪˈfaɪn/refinar
windmill sustantivo/ˈwɪn(d).mɪl/molino de viento
sewage sustantivo/ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ/aguas residuales, agua cloacal
invent verbo/ɪnˈvɛnt/inventar
charger sustantivo/ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɚ/cargador, recargardor
amazingly adverbio/əˈmeɪzɪŋli/asombrosamente
refresh verbo/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/refrescar
tutor sustantivo/ˈtjuːtəː/tutor, protutor

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
get together verboreunir, juntar
look forward to verbono ver la hora de, quedar a la espera de

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Do you have time to talk?
  • I wasn't looking forward to that one.
  • You weren't the only one.
  • Can we talk a bit about that?
  • Brown after he'd marked my written paper.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como wasn't, weren't, couldn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, sustainable /səˈsteɪnəbəl/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: devise /dɪˈvaɪz/, invent /ɪnˈvɛnt/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, convenient /kənˈviː.niənt/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: devise /dɪˈvaɪz/, amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: module /ˈmɑd͡ʒul/, sewage /ˈsu.ɪd͡ʒ/, charger /ˈt͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒɚ/, drainage /ˈdɹeɪnəd͡ʒ/, arrange /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como module, assign, lecture.

¿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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