Shadowing Practice: Our Brains Are Not Special. But Why Are We? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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13 משפטים
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Our brains are not special, but humans are.
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Why?
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Human brains are smart, but they're built the same way as all the other mammalian brains, from mice to whales.
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In fact, our human neurons are so similar to rats' neurons, they can fit right into their brains.
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What we do have is a lot of neurons for our body size, like a supercharged V8 engine squeezed into a hatchback.
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That's what evolution did with our heads.
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Humans make full use of that advantage to get the most thinking neurons possible on board.
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There are bigger brains with even more neurons like in elephants.
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They have three times more neurons than us, but 97 .5 % of those neurons are simply needed to handle their large bodies.
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We get to use our neurons for thinking instead.
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So our intelligence is simply the result of having a lot more thinking power.
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A resource we've learned to use well, But nothing more special.
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That's both fascinating and humbling.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Our Brains Are Not Special. But Why Are We?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: neurons, brains, thinking. This video has 13 sentences and 162 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:48. The speaker talks fast, about 203 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| evolution noun | /ˌiːvəˈluːʃ(ə)n/ | A manoeuvre of troops or ships. |
| resource noun | /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ | Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel. |
| mouse noun | /maʊs/ | Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail. |
| rat noun | /ɹæt/ | Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than… |
| humble adjective | /ˈhʌmbəl/ | Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming. |
| elephant noun | /ˈɛlɪfənt/ | A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia. |
| whale noun | /ˈweɪl/ | Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises. |
| squeeze verb | /skwiːz/ | To apply pressure (to something) from two or more sides at once. |
| neuron noun | /ˈn(j)ʊɹɑn/ | A cell of the nervous system, which conducts nerve impulses; consisting of an axon and several dendrites. Neurons are connected by synapses. |
| fascinate verb | /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ | To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone. |
| hatchback noun | /ˈhæt͡ʃˌbæk/ | A car with a sloping, hinged rear door that opens upwards. |
| mammalian adjective | /məˈmeɪl.jən/ | Of, or pertaining to, mammals. |
| supercharge verb | To increase the power of an internal combustion engine (either Otto or Diesel cycle) by compressing the inlet air with power extracted from the crankshaft. |
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | we've learned |
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | are simply needed |
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like evolution, resource, mouse.
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