Shadowing Practice: Unit 11 Gold - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Art and Culture Unit 11 Gold Gold has been a part of many cultures for hundreds of years.
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People made coins and jewelry with gold.
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Gold is a soft metal.
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It is easy to shape into sheets, long wires, or rings.
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People sometimes mix gold with other metals.
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This makes the gold harder.
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Then it can be made into beautiful jewelry.
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Why do we value gold so much?
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It has a special color.
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No other metal is a bright yellow.
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We also value gold because it is rare.
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A rare thing is hard to find.
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Even after hundreds of years, gold is still a precious metal now.
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It is still valued for its beauty.
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It is still rare.
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Today, banks store gold in the form of bars.
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Its value is more than $600 per ounce.
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Gold is more useful now than ever before.
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Art and Culture Unit 11 Gold Gold has been a part of many cultures for hundreds of years.
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People made coins and jewelry with gold.
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Gold is a soft metal.
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It is easy to shape into sheets, long wires, or rings.
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People sometimes mix gold with other metals.
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This makes the gold harder.
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Then it can be made into beautiful jewelry.
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Why do we value gold so much?
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It has a special color.
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No other metal is a bright yellow.
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We also value gold because it is rare.
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A rare thing is hard to find.
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Even after hundreds of years, gold is still a precious metal now.
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It is still valued for its beauty.
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It is still rare.
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Today, banks store gold in the form of bars.
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Its value is more than $600 per ounce.
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Gold is more useful now than ever before.
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Art and Culture Unit 11.
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Gold Gold has been a part of many cultures for hundreds of years.
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People made coins and jewelry with gold.
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Gold is a soft metal.
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It is easy to shape into sheets, long wires, or rings.
42
People sometimes mix gold with other metals.
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This makes the gold harder.
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Then it can be made into beautiful jewelry.
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Why do we value gold so much?
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It has a special color.
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No other metal is a bright yellow.
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We also value gold because it is rare.
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A rare thing is hard to find.
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Even after hundreds of years, gold is still a precious metal now.
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It is still valued for its beauty.
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It is still rare.
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Today, banks store gold in the form of bars.
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Its value is more than $600 per ounce.
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Gold is more useful now than ever before.
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Art and Culture Unit 11 Gold Gold has been a part of many cultures for hundreds of years.
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People made coins and jewelry with gold.
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Gold is a soft metal.
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It is easy to shape into sheets, long wires, or rings.
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People sometimes mix gold with other metals.
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This makes the gold harder.
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Then it can be made into beautiful jewelry.
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Why do we value gold so much?
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It has a special color.
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No other metal is a bright yellow.
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We also value gold because it is rare.
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A rare thing is hard to find.
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Even after hundreds of years, gold is still a precious metal now.
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It is still valued for its beauty.
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It is still rare.
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Today, banks store gold in the form of bars.
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Its value is more than $600 per ounce.
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Gold is more useful now than ever before.
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Art and Culture Unit 11 Gold Gold has been a part of many cultures for hundreds of years.
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People made coins and jewelry with gold.
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Gold is a soft metal.
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It is easy to shape into sheets, long wires
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or rings people sometimes mix gold with other metals this makes the gold harder
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then it can be made into beautiful jewelry why do we value gold so much it has a special color
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no other metal is a bright yellow we also value gold
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because it is rare a rare thing is hard to find
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even after hundreds of years gold is still a precious metal
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now it is still valued for its beauty it is still
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rare today banks store gold in the form of bars its
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value is more than 600 dollars per ounce gold is more useful now than ever before

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Unit 11 Gold”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: gold, metal, rare, value, jewelry. This video has 85 sentences and 706 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:41. The speaker talks at a steady 124 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 87% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
jewellery noun/ˈd͡ʒʊ-/Collectively, personal ornamentation such as rings, necklaces, brooches and bracelets, made of precious metals and sometimes set with gemstones.
wire noun/ˈwaɪɚ/Metal formed into a thin, even thread, now usually by being drawn through a hole in a steel die.
sheet noun/ʃit/A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
coin noun/ˈkoɪ̯n/A piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc, but sometimes polygonal, or with a hole in the middle.
ounce noun/aʊns/An avoirdupois ounce, weighing ¹⁄₁₆ of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.349523125 grams.
yellow adjective/ˈjɛloʊ/Of a yellow hue.
soft adjective/sɔft/Easily giving way under pressure.
bright adjective/ˈbɹaɪ̯t/Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant.
dollar noun/ˈdɑ.lɚ/Official designation for currency in some parts of the world, including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong, and elsewhere…
metal noun/ˈmɛ.təl/Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard…
rare adjective/ɹɛə/Very uncommon; scarce.
hundred noun/ˈhʌn.dɹəd/A hundred-dollar bill, or any other note denominated 100 (e.g. a hundred euros).
bar noun/bɑɹ/A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.
color noun/ˈkʌl.ə/The spectral composition of visible light.
ring noun/ɹɪŋ/A circumscribing object, (roughly) circular and hollow, looking like an annual ring, earring, finger ring etc.

דקדוק בסרטון הזה

המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:

מבנהבסרטון
סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולהcan be made · is still valued
הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיוhas been

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sheet /ʃit/, shape /ˈʃeɪ̯p/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like jewellery, wire, sheet.

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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