Shadowing Practice: Level 3 Book 1 B9 The Monkeys and the Fish - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Story 9.
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The Monkeys and the Fish.
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It began to rain in the rich and fertile valley.
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The rain came pounding down and did not stop for more than fifteen days.
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The rivers and the lakes were swollen and all the animals headed to the mountains seeking safety.
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The monkeys were not as worried as the other animals,
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for they had good brains and could easily make their way uphill to safety if they need to.
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For now, they were perched high in the trees overlooking the flooded lands.
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One monkey noticed fish swimming in the water, Swimming and leaping and having a great time.
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Fish, you know, love water, and they welcomed the floods with pleasure.
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In fact, it made them quite happy.
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And that was why they were leaping out of the water.
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The monkey said to his friends, Look there.
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What are those strange creatures doing?
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Can you see them in the water?
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They appear to be in danger.
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His friends looked too, and they all agreed with him.
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Perhaps we should go and save them, offered one monkey.
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After all, we are the smartest in the jungle.
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Everyone agreed.
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So the monkeys approached the edge of the flood waters and began to catch the fish and bring them safely to land.
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The fish were difficult to catch.
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One monkey even commented
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that it seemed a shame these animals without legs did not appreciate what the good monkeys were doing for them.
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Soon enough, all the fish were caught and piled and on land.
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They lay there motionless.
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Not a move from them at all, observed a monkey.
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See, we were right to save them, said a wise monkey.
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They were tired, and now they are resting.
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Surely they will sooner wake up and thank us for our efforts.
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And with that, the monkeys headed to the hills to see what else they could do.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Level 3 Book 1 B9 The Monkeys and the Fish”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: monkey, fish, animals, land. This video has 31 sentences and 317 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:21. The speaker talks at a steady 135 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
monkey noun/ˈmʌŋki/A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails…
flood noun/flʌd/An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water.
swim verb/swɪm/To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
leap verb/ˈliːp/To jump.
pound noun/ˈpaʊ̯nd/A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
safely adverb/ˈseɪfli/In a safe manner; without risk; using caution above all else.
fifteen noun/ˈfɪf.tiːn/An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.
pile noun/paɪl/A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
jungle noun/ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/A large, lush, undeveloped, humid forest, especially in a tropical region, thick with vegetation and wildlife; a tropical rainforest.
observe verb/əbˈzɜːv/To notice or view, especially carefully or with attention to detail.
swell verb/swɛl/To become larger, fuller, or rounder, or expand in size or shape, usually as a result of pressure from within.
fertile adjective/ˈfɝːtəl/Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive.
overlook verb/ˈoʊ.vɚˌlʊk/To offer a view (of something) from a higher position.
motionless adjective/ˈmoʊʃənlɛs/At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.
perch noun/pɝt͡ʃ/Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
wake up verb/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/To stop sleeping; to awake.

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:

מבנהבסרטון
סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולהwere swollen · were perched · were caught
עבר ממושך (Past continuous) was/were + -ing — פעולה שהייתה בתהליך בזמן מסוים בעברwere leaping · were doing

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like monkey, flood, swim.

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