Shadowing Practice: RE3 Unit 5B - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Track 10, Reading 5B, The Perfect Beach.

In pursuit of the perfect beach, travel writer Stanley Stewart heads to Brazil, where he discovers some of the world's most beautiful sandy escapes.

I'm standing on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach, one of Brazil's and the world's most famous stretches of sand.

As I watch life go by here in all its varied forms, I've come to realize that any understanding of Brazil really begins on its beaches.

In this vibrant, multicultural country, the beach is not just a place, it's a state of mind, a way of thinking and living.

Rio alone, I'm told, has over 70 beaches, each with its own community.

Some are for bodybuilders, others are for senior citizens.

Still others are popular with parents and children.

But Rio's beaches are just the starting point for my exploration of Brazil's Atlantic coastline,

which, at more than 8 ,000 kilometers and with more than 2 ,000 beaches, is the longest in the world.

Every Brazilian has his or her own ideas of the perfect beach and is eager to tell you where to find it.

I'm happy to take people's advice, but my ultimate goal is to find my own dream beach.

I head to a place said to have some of Brazil's best coastline, the state of Bahia in the northeast.

Portuguese settlers established themselves at Bahia's present -day capital, Salvador de Bahia, in 1549.

Over the centuries, people of many races have arrived and intermarried here.

creating a distinctive cultural mix.

This mix influences Bahia's language, religion, cuisine, music and dance.

I've been told that one of Bahia's best beaches, Praina, lies just south of Salvador, near the town of Itacare.

On arriving at Praina's beach, I discover its golden sand lined by a row of perfect palm trees moving softly in the ocean breeze.

Under the moon, silver waves roll onto the sand.

As I enter the water, I have the feeling of swimming through moonlight.

Priner's beauty is magnificent.

Its perfect curves and graceful lines are like something you might see in a postcard.

But for me, it's a little too perfect.

The beach I'm searching for needs to be a little wilder.

I continue my search heading north to one of Brazil's legendary beaches, Jericoacoara.

Twenty years ago, only a handful of people were living in Jeri, as it's nicknamed.

Today, it's an international destination, considered one of the best beach hangouts in the world, especially if you like windsurfing.

It attracts visitors from Tokyo to Toronto and has grown from a small village into a lively little town.

Despite the changes, Jerry hasn't been spoiled by tourists, mostly because of its isolated location.

It's at least five hours from any airport.

Everyone in Jerry rents a beach buggy, which comes with a driver.

I tell my driver to take me as far along the coast as he can.

We drive for three hours, finally arriving at Maseo, a fisherman's beach.

Boats lie on their sides while nets hang out to dry on lines between fishermen's houses.

We eat on the beach and later rest in hammocks near the table.

It's a great day on an amazing beach.

How can it possibly get any better, I wonder?

But I have one final place to visit.

Of the many beach destinations in this country, there is one that all Brazilians hold in high regard.

The islands of Fernando de Noronha.

More than a dozen beautiful beaches ring the island of Fernando alone, three of which rank among the top ten in Brazil.

The islands of Fernando de Noronha lie a few hundred kilometers out in the Atlantic.

For years, people were prohibited from visiting these islands because they were used as a prison and later by the army.

Today, the islands are a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site rich with bird and sea life.

I visit a number of beaches on Fernando, but I leave the best one for last.

The beach at Praia de Leo is the perfect balance of sand, sea, and sky.

The water is pale blue and warm, alive with colourful fish, turtles, and other marine life.

The sand is the colour of honey, and in the rock formations and strong winds that occasionally come in from the Atlantic,

there is that hint of wildness I was seeking.

Finally, I found the beach of my dreams.

I dig my toes in the sand deeply and imagine I can hold on to this place forever.

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RE2 Unit 10A

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

The speaker keeps coming back to these words: beach, beaches, perfect, sand, island. This video has 52 sentences and 748 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:34. The speaker talks at a steady 134 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 76% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
coastline noun		The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)
destination noun	/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/	The place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
bodybuilder noun	/ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dəɹ/	A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
graceful adjective	/ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/	Having or showing grace in movement, shape, or proportion.
hammock noun	/ˈhæmək/	A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends.
hangout noun		A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place.
intermarry verb	/ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmæɹi/	To marry a member of another group, social stratum, or religion.
multicultural adjective	/ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/	Relating or pertaining to several different cultures.
postcard noun	/ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/	A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.
settler noun	/ˈsɛt.lɚ/	Someone who settles in a new location; especially one who takes up residence in a previously uninhabited place.
wildness noun	/ˈwaɪld.nəs/	The state or quality of being wild.
windsurfing noun		A marine sport in which one stands on a floating board (typically 2 - 3 meters in length) to which a sail is attached. The board is steered by tilting the sail…
prohibit verb	/pɹəˈhɪbɪt/	To forbid, disallow, or proscribe officially; to make illegal or illicit.
colourful adjective		British standard spelling of colorful.
isolate verb	/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/	To set apart or cut off from others.

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	I've come · have arrived · I've been told
סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה	I've been told · been spoiled · were prohibited

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I've, hasn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, exploration /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, bodybuilder /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dəɹ/, intermarry /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmæɹi/, multicultural /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/, magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/

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 coastline, destination, bodybuilder.

מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?

שאדואינג היא טכניקת למידת שפה מבוססת מדע שפותחה במקור להכשרת מתורגמנים מקצועיים ופופולרית על ידי הפוליגלוט ד"ר אלכסנדר ארגואלס. השיטה פשוטה אך עוצמתית: אתה מקשיב לאודיו באנגלית ילידית וחוזר עליו בקול רם מיד — כמו צל העוקב אחרי הדובר עם עיכוב של 1–2 שניות בלבד. בניגוד להאזנה פסיבית או תרגילי דקדוק, שאדואינג מכריח את המוח והשרירים בפה לעבד ולשחזר דפוסי דיבור אמיתיים בו זמנית. מחקרים מראים שזה משפר משמעותית את דיוק ההגייה, האינטונציה, הקצב, הדיבור המחובר, הבנת השמיעה ושטף הדיבור — מה שהופך אותו לאחת השיטות היעילות ביותר להכנה לIELTS Speaking ולתקשורת באנגלית בעולם האמיתי.

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