Shadowing Practice: ๐ฌ๐ง Think Feeding Wildlife is Harmless Think Again!. Model Answer B2/C1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video โ๐ฌ๐ง Think Feeding Wildlife is Harmless Think Again!. Model Answer B2/C1โ. This video has 13 sentences and 157 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:16. The speaker talks at a steady 124 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 78% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| encourage verb | /ษชnหkสษน.ษชdอกส/ | To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit. |
| wildlife noun | /หwaษชldlaษชf/ | undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild. |
| harm noun | /hษหm/ | Physical injury; hurt; damage. |
| pet noun | /pษt/ | An animal kept as a companion or otherwise for pleasure, rather than for some practical benefit or use. |
| helpful adjective | /หhษlp.flฬฉ/ | Furnishing help; giving aid; useful. |
| rarely adverb | /หษนษษษนli/ | Not occurring at a regular interval; seldom; not often. |
| conservation noun | /หkษnsษ(ษน)หveษชสษn/ | The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. |
| aggressive adjective | /ษหษกษนษs.ษชv/ | Characterized by aggression; highly combative; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking (especially if unjustly) or arguing. |
| rely verb | /ษนษชหlaษช/ | To trust; to have confidence in; to depend. |
| artificial adjective | /หษห.tษชหfษชส.ษl/ | Man-made; made by humans; of artifice. |
| actively adverb | /หรฆktษชvli/ | In an active manner. |
| attract verb | /ษหtษนรฆkt/ | To pull toward without touching. |
| depend verb | /dษชหpษnd/ | To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition |
| deer noun | /dษชษน/ | A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactylaโฆ |
| consequence noun | /หkษn.sษช.kwษns/ | An effect; something that follows a cause as a result. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The โshโ and โzhโ sounds: conservation /หkษnsษ(ษน)หveษชสษn/, artificial /หษห.tษชหfษชส.ษl/, punish /หpสnษชส/
- Long words โ get the stress right: conservation /หkษnsษ(ษน)หveษชสษn/, artificial /หษห.tษชหfษชส.ษl/, territorial /หtษษน.ษหtษษน.i.ษl/, ecosystem /หikoสหsษชstษm/, biodiversity /หbaษชoสdษหvษsษti/
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 encourage, wildlife, harm.
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