Shadowing Practice: Phrasal verb prepositions: DOWN part 07: DOWN means SECURE / NOT MOVE - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hi everyone and welcome back.
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Today we're going to take another look at the preposition down and what it can mean when it's used with phrasal verbs.
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So in a previous video we saw that down can mean low position
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and we can extend this to get the idea of secure or not moving.
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So why is this?
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Well, when an object is in a lower position, it tends to be more secure and less likely to move than one that's in a higher position.
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Therefore, we can think of down as meaning secure or not move.
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So let's take a look at some examples of phrasal verbs with down, in which down means secure or not moving.
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How do you think we could describe this?
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Here a man clamps the wood to prevent it from moving.
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So we can say the man clamps down the wood. would.
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Clamps means clamp, and down means not move.
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So the sentence means, the man clamp, not move, the wood.
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Which just means, the man clamps the wood so it doesn't move.
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Alright, let's try another one.
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How do you think we could describe this using a phrasal verb with down?
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Here, a man uses straps to secure a canoe to the roof of his car.
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So we can say, the man straps down the canoe.
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Straps means use straps and down means secure.
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So the sentence means the man uses straps to secure the canoe.
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Alright, let's try one more.
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How do you think we could describe this?
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Here, a man bolts a bench to the ground to prevent it from moving.
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So we can say, the man bolts down the bench.
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Bolts means use bolts, and down means not move.
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So the sentence means, the man uses bolts, not move, the bench.
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Which just means, the man uses bolts so the bench won't move.
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So I hope this helped you understand the preposition down a little bit better
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and why it can sometimes mean secure or not move.
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And we'll see you next time.
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Cheers.

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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.