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1. The Food Smart City Central School They see that the more developed a city is,
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the more food people throw away.
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They suggest carrying out a project which turns food waste into energy.
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Students would sort their leftovers at school canteens.
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A nearby farm would come to take the food waste and process it into biogas biogas.
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2. The Teen-Friendly City Bookworm Team This team feels that many public amenities,
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particularly the city library, are not teen-friendly.
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They suggest a list of changes so that the library can attract more teens.
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Some of them include designing lively learning spaces for teens and having teens' favourite desserts in the cafeteria.
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3. The Street Safe City Helena Wilson Helena realises that there are too many vehicles around school gates.
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This is unsafe for children who walk to school.
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She suggests that the city authorities not allow cars at school gates at drop-off and pick-up times.
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In addition, they should not let motorbikes park on the pavement near school gates.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

The speaker keeps coming back to these words: teen, gates, suggest. This video has 13 sentences and 169 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:23. The speaker talks at a steady 122 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% 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
biogas nounA mixture of methane and carbon dioxide, produced by anaerobic digestion of organic waste matter, used as a fuel.
cafeteria noun/ˌkæ.fə.ˈtɪ(ə).ɹi.ə/A restaurant in which customers select their food at a counter then carry it on a tray to a table to eat.
canteen noun/kænˈtin/A water bottle, flask, or other vessel, typically used by a soldier or camper as a bottle for carrying water or liquor for drink.
leftover adjectiveRemaining; left behind; extra; odd; in reserve.
motorbike verb/ˈmoʊtɚˌbaɪk/To ride a motorbike; to travel by motorbike.
amenities noun/əˈmɛn.ə.tiːz/Synonym of pleasantries.
pavement noun/ˈpeɪvm(ə)nt/A paved surface; a hard covering on the ground.
unsafe adjective/ʌnˈseɪf/Not safe (various senses); dangerous.
dessert noun/dɪˈzɝt/The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
lively adjective/ˈlaɪv.li/Full of life; energetic, vivacious.
attract verb/əˈtɹækt/To pull toward without touching.
realise verbNon-Oxford British standard spelling of realize.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
carry out verb/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/To hold while moving it out.
drop off verbTo fall asleep.
pick up verbTo lift; to grasp and raise.
throw away verbTo discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.

この動画の文法

話し手がよく使っている文型を、動画の実際の表現とともに紹介します。

文型動画での表現
関係詞節 who / which + 節 — 人や物について情報を加えるchildren who walk
「should」による助言 should + 動詞 — したほうがよいことを伝えるshould not let
動詞 + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — 後ろに-ing形が続く動詞suggest carrying

Pronunciation to watch

  • Long words — get the stress right: cafeteria /ˌkæ.fə.ˈtɪ(ə).ɹi.ə/, amenities /əˈmɛn.ə.tiːz/

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 biogas, cafeteria, canteen.

シャドーイングとは?英語上達に効果的な理由

シャドーイング(Shadowing)は、もともとプロの通訳者養成プログラムで開発された言語学習法で、多言語習得者として知られるDr. Alexander Arguelles によって広く普及されました。方法はシンプルですが非常に効果的:ネイティブスピーカーの英語を聞きながら、1〜2秒の遅延で声に出してすぐに繰り返す——まるで「影(shadow)」のように話者を追いかけます。文法ドリルや受動的なリスニングと異なり、シャドーイングは脳と口の筋肉が同時にリアルタイムで英語を処理・再現することを強制します。研究により、発音精度、抑揚、リズム、連音、リスニング力、そして会話の流暢さが大幅に向上することが確認されています。IELTSスピーキング対策や自然な英語コミュニケーションを目指す方に特におすすめです。

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