Shadowing Practice: August 27, 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Fire Under the Earth Volcanoes can be quiet for hundreds of years.
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Then suddenly, boom!
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They can erupt with great force.
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Lava gushes out like a giant fountain.
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A cloud of gray and black smoke forms over the top.
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How does all this happen?
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Deep inside the Earth, it is so hot that rock melts.
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We call this melted rock magma.
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Think of it as liquid fire.
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Sometimes magma is pushed up to the surface.
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A volcano erupts when magma pushes out from deep inside the Earth.
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Once magma is forced out to the surface, we call it lava.
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Lava can run down the sides of a volcano.
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Sometimes it will reach a nearby town.
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When this happens, the people in the town have to leave.
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Lava is very hot and dangerous.
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It can easily start a fire.
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When lava cools, it turns back into rock.
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Some volcanoes are active.
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This means they have erupted recently and will again soon.
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Kilauea in Hawaii is the most active volcano in the world.
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It has erupted 61 times.
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Do you know when the last time it erupted was?
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It's erupting right now.
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Kilauea erupted on January 3, 1983, and has not stopped.
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Will the volcano ever be dormant again?
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Scientists don't know.
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Maybe it will erupt forever.
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Ancient people didn't know why volcanoes erupted.
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One German astronomer thought the Earth was crying.
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Even now, there is still much to learn about them.
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Some of the volcanoes we thought would never erupt again have become active once more.

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