शैडोइंग अभ्यास: Sometimes size does matter #stem #map #perception - वीडियो के साथ अंग्रेजी बोलना सीखें

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This is the new world map, and only one nation voted against it.
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Most people have known that the current map, the Mercator, is not to scale.
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It was designed in the 1500s by Gerardus Mercator to help European sailors navigate the world.
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That's why Europe is in the middle, and Africa, which is about 14 times bigger than Greenland, looks about the same size.
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Now, to be fair, squeezing a 3D shape onto a 2D surface does require sacrifices regardless.
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If you pulled the sticker off a globe and tried to lay it flat on a table, there would be a lot of gaps.
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The Mercator map was designed to preserve angles and shapes, which helped sailors plot a course, for example, in a straight line with a compass.
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If you stretch some of these nations, then the distance of travel isn't as accurate.
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Basically, either the nations are true to size or true to shape.
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You can't have both.
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But we don't travel like this anymore.
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So in 2018, a group of cartographers created what they call the Equal Earth Projection.
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But it wasn't until a vote yesterday that the UN approved it.
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164 nations voted in support, six were abstained, but only one voted against it.
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The US's argument was that we should focus on other things, and implementing it will be hard.
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Correcting the map is important because it shapes people's perceptions of the world.
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Spatially speaking, we could use this map, or this one, or this one where China's in the middle.
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But we don't, because deep down we know that perception matters.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Sometimes size does matter”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: map, shape, nation, Mercator, voted. This video has 18 sentences and 265 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:14. The speaker talks fast, about 215 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 84% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
sailor noun/ˈseɪ.lɚ/A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.
perception noun/pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/The organisation, identification and interpretation of sensory information.
abstain verb/əbˈsteɪn/Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.
cartographer nounOne who makes maps or charts.
spatially adverbWith reference to space or arrangement in space.
navigate verb/ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course.
sticker noun/ˈstɪkə/Something or someone that sticks (pierces, or adheres).
compass noun/ˈkʌmpəs/A magnetic or electronic device used to determine the cardinal directions (usually magnetic or true north).
squeeze verb/skwiːz/To apply pressure (to something) from two or more sides at once.
approve verb/əˈpɹuːv/To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
preserve verb/pɹəˈzɝv/To protect; to keep from harm or injury.
implement verb/ˈɪmpləmənt/To bring about; to put into practice; to carry out.

इस वीडियो का व्याकरण

वक्ता जिन संरचनाओं का सबसे अधिक प्रयोग करता है, वीडियो के असली शब्दों के साथ:

संरचनावीडियो में
Passive voice be + past participle — ज़ोर इस पर कि क्या होता है, न कि कौन करता हैwas designed · were abstained
Present perfect have/has + past participle — बीता हुआ काम जिसका असर अभी भी हैhave known
Relative clauses who / which + उपवाक्य — व्यक्ति या वस्तु के बारे में अतिरिक्त जानकारीAfrica, which is

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, can't, isn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like sailor, perception, abstain.

शैडोइंग तकनीक क्या है?

शैडोइंग (Shadowing) एक विज्ञान-समर्थित भाषा सीखने की तकनीक है जो मूल रूप से पेशेवर दुभाषिया प्रशिक्षण के लिए विकसित की गई थी। विधि सरल लेकिन शक्तिशाली है: आप मूल अंग्रेज़ी ऑडियो सुनते हैं और तुरंत इसे ज़ोर से दोहराते हैं — जैसे वक्ता की छाया 1-2 सेकंड की देरी से। शोध से पता चलता है कि यह उच्चारण सटीकता, स्वर, लय, जुड़ी हुई ध्वनियाँ, सुनने की समझ और बोलने की प्रवाहशीलता में काफ़ी सुधार करता है।

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