Shadowing Practice: Living Things Reproduce - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Living things have different ways to make more of their kind, which we call reproduction.
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For example, plants often make seeds which can grow into new plants.
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An apple tree makes apples and inside each apple are seeds.
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If a seed lands in soil and has enough water and sunlight, it can grow into a new apple tree.
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Animals also reproduce, but they do in different ways.
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Some animals like dogs and cats give birth to live young.
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A baby cat, or kitten, grows inside its mother until it is ready to be born.
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Many animals like birds and frogs lay eggs instead of giving birth to live young.
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A bird will lay eggs in a nest, and after some time, baby birds will hatch from the eggs.
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Smaller animals like spiders and insects reproduce by laying eggs too.
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There are also animals that do a bit of both.
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For example, a platypus, which is a mammal like a dog or a cat, actually lays eggs.
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Living things have many different ways to reproduce, but all of them are doing the same thing, making more of their kind to continue the life cycle.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Living Things Reproduce”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: eggs, animals, apple, reproduce, seed. This video has 14 sentences and 197 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:23. The speaker talks at a steady 143 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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
The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| egg noun | /ɛɡ/ | An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell… |
| reproduce verb | /ˌɹi.pɹəˈdus/ | To produce an image or copy of. |
| seed noun | /siːd/ | Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs. |
| soil noun | /sɔɪl/ | A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth. |
| spider noun | /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ | Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey. |
| nest noun | /nɛst/ | A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young. |
| subscribe verb | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name). |
| sunlight noun | /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/ | All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth. |
| hatch verb | /hæt͡ʃ/ | To emerge from an egg. |
| reproduction noun | /ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌkʃən/ | The act of reproducing new individuals biologically. |
| insect noun | /ˈɪn.sɛkt/ | An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton. |
| kitten noun | /ˈkɪtən̩/ | A young rabbit, rat, hedgehog, squirrel, fox, beaver, badger, etc. |
| mammal noun | /ˈmæməl/ | A vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia, characterized by being warm-blooded, having fur or hair and producing milk with which to feed their young. |
| platypus noun | /ˈplætɪˌpʊs/ | A semiaquatic monotreme from eastern Australia with a bill resembling that of a duck, that has a mole-like body, a tail resembling that of a beaver, a… |
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דבר | seeds which can · platypus, which is |
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | be born |
| הווה ממושך (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing — משהו שמתרחש כרגע או בסביבה הקרובה לזמן הזה | are doing |
| עתיד עם “will” will + verb — החלטה, הבטחה או ניבוי לגבי העתיד | will lay |
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like egg, reproduce, seed.
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