Shadowing Practice: Basic Ielts Listening - 63 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Exercise 11.
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The News.
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Listen to the news and tick the three items which are mentioned in the headlines,
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and then fill in the gaps by writing no more than three words in the spaces provided.
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This is the 6 o'clock news for Thursday, and first the headlines are...
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A powerful earthquake rocked the U.S.
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Northwest on Wednesday.
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Frightened people ran into the streets of Seattle.
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Earthquake officials said British Columbia felt the shock but escaped any serious damage.
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Transport workers are on strike in Vancouver over a pay claim, and the strike looks set to spread to all of B.C.
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In Moscow, Russian officials gave the green light on Wednesday to California millionaire Dennis Tito to become the first tourist in space.
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Now here's the news in detail.
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A strong earthquake hit Seattle at 1054 a.m on Wednesday.
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According to the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden,
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the magnitude 6.8 quake was centered 125 kilometers southeast of Victoria and 56 kilometers southwest of Seattle.
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About 250 people were reported injured in Seattle and Olympia.
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At least three of them are in serious condition in Victoria the earthquake caused buildings to sway
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and shook pictures off walls
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but damage was minimal said K Smith who was on the
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eighth floor of a downtown Victoria office building I thought the building was going to sway
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and topple over yet But others didn't feel a thing.
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A spokesman said that at least two local people had hospital treatment for minor injuries.
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Russian officials gave the green light to California millionaire Dennis Tito to become the first tourist in space,
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despite reservations from Nassau.
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Tito, 60, the founder of an investment firm, took his final exam.
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The Interdepartmental Committee, which routinely approves cosmonauts for spaceflight,
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included Tito in the primary crew set to launch on April 28th on a mission to the International Space Station.
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Tito will reportedly pay $20 million U.S dollars for the flight.
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He will spend about a week on the station,
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despite objections from Nassau, who felt that an amateur on board could jeopardize safety if there were an emergency.
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Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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