Shadowing Practice: Should fluoride be in our water? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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This is the New York City tap water that I drink.
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And for every liter of it, there is 0 .8 milligrams of fluoride in it.
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Fluoride is essential for our oral health.
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It protects us from cavities, which is why it's also in lots of toothpaste and mouthwash and in treatments we get at the dentist.
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And for about 63 % of Americans, it's also why it's in our drinking water.
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Now someone with a lot of views on public health not
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supported by science is being considered to lead one of the country's top public health agencies.
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And one thing he believes is that we should advise all U .S water systems to remove fluoride from public water.
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Putting fluoride in the water has long fueled conspiracy theories.
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But it turns out the science is still evolving.
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And some of it emerged even as we made this video.
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And it's causing some scientists to take another look at this practice and wonder: Do we still need fluoride in our water?
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And if so, how much is safe?
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Fluoride protects us from cavities by remineralizing enamel on our teeth.
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It acts as a protective barrier against the acid that bacteria in our mouths produce.
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When we drink fluoride in water, about half of it sticks around in our bodies.
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Some of it binds to our bones, and some reaches our teeth through our saliva.
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Fluoride occurs naturally in soil and air, and some regions have naturally occurring fluoride levels in their water.
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Almost 100 years ago, dentists figured out that high naturally occurring levels of fluoride in the water was staining children's teeth.
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But it was also preventing tooth decay.
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In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan and Newburgh, New York were among the first communities to start fluoridating water artificially.
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and observed that the rate of tooth decay declined by more than 60%.
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So other communities started adopting the practice too.
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And eventually it got added to toothpaste which works topically.
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The goal of adding it to water was to make sure that everyone had access to fluoride's protection, regardless of whether they used fluoridated products or had access to dental care.
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One way to figure out how well the fluoride in our
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water is still working is to look at what happens in communities who have stopped adding it.
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Supporters of water fluoridation point to studies like this one that looked at what happened in Calgary, Canada after they stopped fluoridating their water in 2011.
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The rate of tooth decay in children's baby teeth was already on the rise, but after they took the fluoride out of the water, that rate spiked.
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that added fluoride to their water, and could only determine that it may have led to a slight reduction in tooth decay.
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The study authors found that prior to 1975, there was a clear and important effect on prevention of tooth decay in children due to water fluoridation.
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But because of the increased availability of fluoride in toothpaste since then, it is unlikely that we will see this effect in all populations today.
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So fluoride in the water did help us have healthier teeth in the past.
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And it still might in some communities.
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But because of how widespread topical fluoride is, the effect might not be as dramatic as it was historically.
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And in recent years, a handful of scientists have been looking into another question: how much fluoride is safe?
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Fluoride as an additive to water is usually in the form of liquid fluorosilicic acid,
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and the World Health Organization recommends a dosage no higher than 1 .5 milligrams per liter of water.
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you To put that in perspective, that's about one gallon for an Olympic swimming pool amount of water.
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The CDC recommends 0 .7 milligrams per liter of water, or a little less than a half gallon per swimming pool.
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Municipalities set their own fluoride doses, and most set it around this amount, like my New York City tap water.
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This CDC recommendation is solely based on an amount
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that balances the protection from tooth decay while limiting the risk of dental fluorosis, the mostly harmless tea staining first observed in communities with high natural fluoridation.
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But scientists studying these dosages today are looking at how fluoride affects developing brains, both in utero and as young children, primarily by measuring IQ.
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What we've learned about the developing brain is it's probably one of the most sensitive indicators of toxicity.
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And so we typically begin there.
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Bruce Lamphere is a professor of health sciences at Simon Fraser University in Canada and studies environmental neurotoxins like lead, pesticides and mercury.
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Some of the first studies to show a link between fluoride intake
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and IQ were from villages in China with high natural amounts of fluoride starting in 1989 through the 2000s.
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that children who grew up in a village where the water had high levels of fluoride and compared them to villages
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Without high levels of fluoride.
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They measured levels as high as 2 .3 gallons per swimming pool of water.
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These early studies had plenty of issues, but they did raise a big red flag.
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And what they found is comparing the high versus the low populations, they saw about a seven IQ point difference.
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When it's that large, it's hard to sort of just dismiss.
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For the average person, a few points difference in IQ doesn't have a huge impact, and it might not even be measurable.
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The former director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences explained this to me using lead as an example.
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Thanks.
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You can't prove that in an individual, but you look at a population.
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And we know that if you shift the population's IQ, You have more people needing special services, you have fewer geniuses.
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The results of those early studies inspired some researchers to try
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and find out whether the neurological risk from high fluoride levels could also occur at lower levels, like the WHO maximum of 1 .5 milligrams per liter,
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or even at the lower levels we fluoridate our water in the U .S.
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Over the years, some studies have found an association between IQ and lower fluoride levels.
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Some haven't.
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Leaving scientists, particularly in the dental and epidemiological communities, divided on the issue. But
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while we were working on this video, U .S federal scientists published a rigorous analysis of 74 of the studies on childhood IQ and fluoride.
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In it, a small number of high -quality studies from outside the U .S found an association between lower IQ
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and water fluoride levels below 1 .5 milligrams per liter.
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But the small number of studies meant
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that they weren't able to draw conclusions about the levels that we fluoridate water in the U .S.
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I called Bruce Lanphier back up to make sense of the results.
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Hello again.
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The meta -analysis is really a way to synthesize
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and quantify the high -quality studies and the low -quality studies and try to make sense of it.
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Because otherwise, what you're left with is, well, these studies, which are my favorite studies, said this, and that confirms my belief.
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And these studies, which did that, don't confirm my belief, and clearly they're wrong.
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below 1 .5 milligrams per liter were associated with lower IQ,
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translating to a loss of 1 .6 IQ points per 1 milligram per liter of fluoride in urine.
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the totality of exposure that people have.
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And that's how we measure risk.
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From total exposure, not from one isolated source.
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Bruce explained that the fluoride we put in our water is just the minimum amount of fluoride we all consume.
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Black and green tea leaves have high fluoride content.
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A variety of food like potatoes and canned shellfish has fluoride in it.
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The pesticides on our food can have fluoride in it too.
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We consume fluoride if we accidentally swallow toothpaste or mouthwash.
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And the levels of fluoride we add to water also doesn't capture the roughly 3 million Americans, primarily in the southwest, that use groundwater
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that has natural fluoride concentrations even higher than 1 .5 milligrams
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per liter you Experts were particularly concerned about infants who drink formula.
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Almost their entire diet is fluoridated water and dry formula that can have fluoride in it too.
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And about pregnant people who can pass all of this fluoride intake to a fetus.
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We oftentimes see exposures that exceed 1 .5, and in some cases in pregnant women during the third trimester.
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We saw levels much higher.
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So what do we make of all of this information?
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First of all, topical fluoride is essential for keeping our teeth healthy.
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And for non -pregnant adults, there is no evidence that ingesting fluoride is harmful.
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There is some evidence that pregnant people, babies, and young children should be aware of their overall fluoride intake.
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to feed their babies to make it with water that doesn't have fluoride on it.
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But if we're trying to figure out whether we still need to keep fluoridating our water, or whether it's safe to do so as is, the science still isn't conclusive.
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So it's a confusing time for understanding these risks and benefits.
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I am a believer in the precautionary principle, which does not say you act in the absence of evidence.
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It says you act in the presence of concerning evidence.
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And my reading of the literature is that there is enough data to say there is concern.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “Should fluoride be in our water?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: fluoride, studies, levels, liter, milligram. Este vídeo tiene 104 frases y 1551 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:57. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 156 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 79 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| fluoride sustantivo | /ˈflʊɚˌaɪd/ | fluoruro |
| milligram sustantivo | /ˈmɪlɪɡɹæm/ | miligramo |
| litre sustantivo | /ˈli.tɚ/ | litro |
| decay sustantivo | /diˈkeɪ/ | descomposición, deterioración |
| tooth sustantivo | /tuθ/ | diente, leva |
| toothpaste sustantivo | /ˈtuθpeɪst/ | crema/pasta dental/dentaria/dentífrica, pasta de dientes |
| gallon sustantivo | /ˈɡælən/ | galón |
| intake sustantivo | /ˈɪnteɪk/ | ingesta |
| mouthwash sustantivo | colutorio, enjuague bucal | |
| pesticide sustantivo | /ˈpɛstɪsaɪd/ | pesticida, plaguicida |
| topical adjetivo | /ˈtɑ.pɪ.kəl/ | tópico, temático |
| dosage sustantivo | /ˈdəʊsɪd͡ʒ/ | posología |
| cavity sustantivo | /ˈkæv.ɪt.i/ | cavidad |
| stain sustantivo | /steɪn/ | mancha, lamparón |
| dentist sustantivo | /ˈdɛntɪst/ | dentista, odontólogo |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| figure out verbo | averiguar, captar |
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse |
| turn out verbo | resultar |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | cavities, which is · children who grew · studies, which are |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have stopped · we've learned · have found |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | being considered · were associated · is fluoridated |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como doesn't, can't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: tooth /tuθ/, toothpaste /ˈtuθpeɪst/, synthesize /ˈsɪnθəsaɪz/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: measurable /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/, shellfish /ˈʃɛl.fɪʃ/, trimester /ˈt(ʃ)ɹaɪ.mɛs.təɹ/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: measurable /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/, neurotoxin /ˈn(j)ʊɹoʊtɑksɪn/, totality /toʊˈtælɪti/, neurological /nɝəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/, toxicity /tɑkˈsɪs.ə.ti/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stain /steɪn/, swallow /ˈswɑ.loʊ/, spike /spaɪk/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: cavity /ˈkæv.ɪt.i/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/, additive /ˈæd.ɪ.tɪv/, conclusive /kənˈkluːsɪv/, saliva /səˈlaɪvə/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: observe /əbˈzɜːv/, oftentimes /ˈɔf.ənˌtaɪmz/, synthesize /ˈsɪnθəsaɪz/, confuse /kənˈfjuːz/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como fluoride, milligram, litre.
¿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.