Shadowing Practice: READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 4A LIVING TREASURES - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 4 are living treasures, are the Tower of Pisa, Machu Picchu, the Taj Mahal.
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You probably know them as famous UNESCO World Heritage Sites, structures and monuments of great cultural value.
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But what about the Mediterranean Diet, the Beijing Opera, or the art of pizza making in Naples?
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What do these have in common?
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B traditions like these are known as intangible cultural heritage.
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In contrast to UNESCO World Heritage Sites, Intangible Heritage does not include buildings like palaces and temples.
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Instead, it includes traditional art forms such as music,
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dance and craft making, living traditions that are an important part of a place's culture.
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See UNESCO began to identify cultural traditions in 2008.
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Among the first on their list were the Puppet Theatre of Sicily and Mexico's Day of the Dead Festival.
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By 2017, UNESCO had approved more than 300 diverse practices.
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These include cultural events like the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, performing arts including Spanish flamenco,
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martial arts such as Brazilian capoeira and Korean tequion, and handicrafts like Japanese washi papermaking.
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In 2010, UNESCO also began to include important regional cuisines, starting with French and Mexican food.
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Several other types of food and drink have since been added, such as Korean kimchi and Croatian gingerbread.
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Arabic coffee was included in 2015.
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The sharing of coffee has been an important aspect of Arab hospitality for centuries, according to UNESCO, and is a symbol of generosity.
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Protecting cultural roots.
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E-cultural rituals are an important part of the UNESCO list.
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An example is the Tlemcen wedding ritual in Algeria.
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The ritual begins in the bride's parents' home, where friends and female relatives help the bride prepare for the ceremony.
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The bride is first dressed in a golden silk dress.
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Symbolic henna square designs are applied to her hands.
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Before leaving the house for the ceremony, her face is wrapped in a golden silk veil.
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Later, during the wedding feast, the bride removes her veil, ready to be married.
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The tradition has passed from one generation to the next and marks the community's cultural identity.
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F. Some of the cultural items on the list are dying out and in need of protection.
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An example is al-Sadu, traditional weaving in the United Arab Emirates.
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The tradition was once widely practiced by communities of desert Bedouin women.
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However, many Bedouin have now moved to cities, and so the practice has begun to disappear.
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Today, al-Sadu is mostly practiced by older women whose numbers are declining.
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The main goal of UNESCO is to promote peace through respect for the world's varied cultures and common humanity.
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It hopes that by bringing attention to cultural traditions such as Al-Sadu, they will be more likely to survive.
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Cultural traditions are important to fight for, says Cécile Duvel of UNESCO so.
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The more globalized the world becomes, she says, the more important it is not to lose these traditional roots.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 4A LIVING TREASURES”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cultural, Unesco, tradition, heritage, include. This video has 37 sentences and 483 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:40. The speaker talks at a steady 132 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ritual noun | /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.u.əl/ | A rite; a repeated set of actions, especially in religious contexts. |
| bride noun | /bɹaɪd/ | A woman in the context of her own wedding; one who is going to marry or has just been married. |
| intangible adjective | /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/ | Incapable of being perceived by the senses; incorporeal. |
| veil noun | /veɪl/ | Something hung up or spread out to hide or protect the face, or hide an object from view; usually of gauze, crepe, or similar diaphanous material. |
| silk noun | /sɪlk/ | A fine fiber excreted by the silkworm or other arthropod (such as a spider). |
| capoeira noun | /kɑpəˈwɛɹə/ | A martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements. |
| flamenco noun | /fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/ | A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain. |
| gingerbread verb | /ˈd͡ʒɪn.d͡ʒɚˌbɹɛd/ | To decorate or embellish in an ornate or intricate way. |
| globalize verb | /ˈɡloʊ.bə.laɪz/ | To internationalize to a worldwide or near-worldwide degree. |
| handicraft noun | /ˈhændɪkɹæft/ | A trade requiring skill of hand; manual occupation; handcraft. |
| papermaking noun | The craft of making paper. | |
| weave verb | /wiːv/ | To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another. |
| generosity noun | /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɑ.sə.ti/ | The trait of being willing to donate money, resources, or time. |
| cuisine noun | /kwɪˈziːn/ | A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin. |
| symbolic adjective | Pertaining to a symbol. |
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | are known · been added · was included |
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | has been · has passed · have now moved |
| הווה ממושך (Present continuous) am/is/are + -ing — משהו שמתרחש כרגע או בסביבה הקרובה לזמן הזה | are living · are dying · are declining |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: martial /ˈmɑɹʃəl/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/
- Long words — get the stress right: intangible /ɪnˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/, capoeira /kɑpəˈwɛɹə/, generosity /ˌd͡ʒɛn.əˈɹɑ.sə.ti/, hospitality /ˌhɑ.spɪˈtæl.ə.ti/, humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/
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 ritual, bride, intangible.
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