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Speaking Practice.
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Why is traffic congestion more serious in big cities?
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Well, I think the main reason traffic congestion is so severe in major cities
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is the rapid urbanization that far outpaces infrastructure development.
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Every year, there's a massive influx of people moving to urban areas in search of better job opportunities and education.
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This population explosion leads to a skyrocketing number of private vehicles like cars and motorbikes on the road.
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Meanwhile, the road network can't be expanded fast enough to accommodate the sheer volume of traffic.
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On top of that, public transport systems in many cities are still inadequate, which doesn't really encourage people to commute by bus or train,
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So, when millions of commuters hit the road at the exact same time during rush hour, gridlock is pretty much inevitable.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Why is traffic congestion more serious in big cities?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cities, traffic, road. This video has 9 sentences and 133 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:54. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
congestion noun/kənˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/An accumulation or buildup, the act of gathering into a heap or mass.
commuter noun/kəˈmjuːtɚ/One who commutes (etymology 1).
gridlock noun/ˈɡɹɪdˌlɑk/A condition of total, interlocking traffic congestion on the streets or highways of a crowded city, in which no one can move because everyone is in someone…
motorbike verb/ˈmoʊtɚˌbaɪk/To ride a motorbike; to travel by motorbike.
outpace verbTo go faster than; to exceed the pace of.
skyrocket verb/ˈskaɪˌɹɒk.ɪt/To rise or increase suddenly and extremely; to shoot up; to surge or spike.
urbanization nounThe process of the formation and growth of cities.
commute verb/kəˈmjuːt/To exchange substantially; to abate but not abolish completely, a penalty, obligation, or payment in return for a great, single thing or an aggregate; to cash…
influx noun/ˈɪnˌflʌks/A flow inward or into something; a coming in.
inadequate adjective/ɪnˈædəkwɪt/Not adequate; lacking in quality or quantity required; insufficient for a purpose.
sheer adjective/ʃɪɚ/Very thin or transparent.
accommodate verb/əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
inevitable adjective/ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/Impossible to avoid or prevent.

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Pronunciation to watch

  • Long words — get the stress right: inadequate /ɪnˈædəkwɪt/, accommodate /əˈkɑməˌdeɪt/, inevitable /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/

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 congestion, commuter, gridlock.

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쉐도잉(Shadowing)은 원래 전문 통역사 훈련을 위해 개발된 언어 학습 기법으로, 다언어 학자인 Dr. Alexander Arguelles에 의해 대중화된 방법입니다. 핵심 원리는 간단하지만 매우 강력합니다: 원어민의 영어를 들으면서 1~2초의 짧은 지연으로 즉시 소리 내어 따라 말하는 것——마치 '그림자(shadow)'처럼 화자를 따라가는 것입니다. 문법 공부나 수동적인 청취와 달리, 쉐도잉은 뇌와 입 근육이 동시에 실시간으로 영어를 처리하고 재현하도록 훈련합니다. 연구에 따르면 이 방법은 발음 정확도, 억양, 리듬, 연음, 청취력, 말하기 유창성을 크게 향상시킵니다. IELTS 스피킹 준비와 자연스러운 영어 소통을 원하는 분들에게 특히 효과적입니다.

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