Shadowing Practice: OU 3MT 2018 Finalist: Subhashini Gamagedara - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Competitor number one, Subhashine Harith Gamageyadara,
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is a master's student in landscape architecture whose presentation is titled,
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Holistic Compassion, An Interdisciplinary Approach to Improving Human and Environmental Health.
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Imagine if you were to wake up one day and find out
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that the water available for you is not safe enough for consumption.
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This is the sad reality for many communities around the world, and you and I may not be far away from perhaps facing a similar situation.
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In fact, the number one cause of stream pollution in Oklahoma is the presence of harmful bacteria and viruses.
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Even more, Spring Creek, which drains into the city of Edmond's main source of water supply,
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has been affected by bacteria for the past 10 years.
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How do these pollutants get there?
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Stormwater.
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Stormwater carries pollutants into our water phase from diffuse sources spread all over the landscape, such as animal feces.
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This diffusion makes not only preventing pollution, but also purifying stormwater, very difficult at a large scale.
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In nature, water is purified as it moves through layers of soil and plants.
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This process can be replicated successfully using newer design solutions like rain gardens and bioswales.
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They are much environmentally healthier than traditional practices that mostly use concrete and steel.
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Based off my research, healthier solutions to water pollution need to function as a network in the landscape, which is very difficult to be accomplished.
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Therefore, a recently developed method in geographic information systems is very useful in this situation.
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This method considers factors like the directions of stormwater flow
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and the ability of soil to absorb water to determine the most optimal locations for implementing these design interventions.
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My approach is to design these solutions like rain gardens
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and bioswales to blend seamlessly into our neighborhoods and streets to create valuable green space for urban residents,
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to create hands -on learning experiences for children while also reducing atmospheric heat,
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recharging groundwater, and providing habitat for urban wildlife.
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However, none of these solutions will be effective if we do not change our thinking and behavior.
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This is why I will also conduct a sample workshop at
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an elementary school in Edmond where I will help young children to create digital stories
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that will capture their thoughts and ambitions on caring for our streams that are ailing.
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I want our future generations to know that if our streams die, we all die.
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Therefore, I want this vision, holistic compassion, to reach the tables where decisions are made about our future.
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Thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 31 frases y 419 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:24. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 123 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 77 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

  • landscape /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/ (sustantivo) — paisaje, terrazo. A portion of land or territory as defined by its landform, its geographical (and architectural) features.
  • pollution /pəˈluʃən/ (sustantivo) — polución, contaminación. Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
  • soil /sɔɪl/ (sustantivo) — suelo, tierra. A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
  • compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/ (sustantivo) — compasión. Deep awareness of the suffering of others that people have to the point of them being motivated to relieve such states.
  • successfully /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/ (adverbio) — exitosamente. In a successful manner; with success; without failing.
  • concrete /ˌkɑnˈkɹit/ (adjetivo) — concreto. Real, actual, tangible.
  • architecture /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/ (sustantivo) — arquitectura. The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
  • capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ (verbo) — capturar. To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
  • virus /ˈvaɪ.ɹəs/ (sustantivo) — virus. A submicroscopic, non-cellular structure that consists of a core of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat, that requires a living host cell to replicate, and…
  • layer /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ (sustantivo) — capa, tongada. A single thickness of some material covering a surface.
  • resident /ˈɹɛzɪdənt/ (sustantivo) — residente, habitante. A person, animal or plant living at a certain location or in a certain area.
  • consumption /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/ (sustantivo) — consumo, consumición. The act of eating, drinking or using.
  • elementary /ˌɛləˈmɛntəɹi/ (adjetivo) — elementario. Relating to the basic, essential or fundamental part of something.
  • wildlife /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/ (sustantivo) — fauna, vida silvestre. undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild.
  • presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/ (sustantivo) — presentación, exposición. The act of presenting, or something presented.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • find out (verbo) — averiguar, anoticiarse. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
  • wake up /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ (verbo) — despertarse, recordar. To stop sleeping; to awake.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: pollution /pəˈluʃən/, compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, consumption /kənˈsʌmp.ʃən/, presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: successfully /səkˈsɛs.fə.li/, architecture /ˈɑː.kɪˌtɛk.t͡ʃə/, elementary /ˌɛləˈmɛntəɹi/, intervention /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/, atmospheric /ˌætməsˈfɛɹɪk/

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 landscape, pollution, soil.

¿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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