Shadowing Practice: 03 OMEGA FILE 451 Loch Ness, Scotland - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Omega File 451 Loch Ness,
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Scotland I want you to take the next plane to Scotland, said Arla.
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Then get up to Loch Ness.
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Oh, great, said Hawker.
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Are we looking for the Loch Ness monster?
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Old Nessie?
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Jude laughed.
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Don't laugh, said Arla.
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You are looking for a monster.
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Oh, come on, Arla, Jude said.
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You don't mean that.
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this photo came by email from edinburgh said alla look he turned to his computer
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and opened a file it's a nighttime photo and not very good hawker
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and jude stared at the photo on the computer screen They could see water and something big and grey,
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half in and half out of the water.
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It's got arms and a head, said Hawker. But what is it?
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It kills sheep, cats, and dogs, Arla said.
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and perhaps small children next.
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People in Fort Augustus are screaming at London, and London is screaming at us.
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Go and find it.
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What do we do with it when we find it? asked Jude.
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"'Kill it,' said Arla, "'before it kills you.'" Hawker and Jude waited for a minute,
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but Arla turned away and began to read his emails.
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"'Are you telling us everything, Arla?' asked Hawker.
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"'Of course!' Arla put his hands on the table.
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There were only two fingers on his left hand.
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I always tell you everything.
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You know that.
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Ha! said Jude.
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They took a plane to Inverness, then drove along the side of Loch Ness to Fort Augustus.
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It was a gray November day.
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Grey sky, grey water, grey hills.
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Hawker looked across the lock.
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It's easy to believe in monsters here, he said.
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Lock Ness is about 200 meters deep.
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The third deepest lake in Europe. Did you know that?
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A hundred monsters could live down there.
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How are we going to find this thing? asked Jude.
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Talk to people in Fort Augustus first, Hawker said.
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Then take it from there.
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They talked to people in their hotel and to people in the streets in Fort Augustus.
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everybody had a lot to say it killed mrs. Fraser's dog
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said one woman she has a house down by the water
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the monster came into her garden one night her little dog went to look and the monster
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killed him just like
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that killed six of my brother's sheep said a
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man called Dougal he's very angry about it can we meet your brother asked Jude ask him some questions?
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Dougal's brother, Archie, lived at Invermoriston, about nine kilometers up the lock.
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He was a big man, with black hair and blue eyes.
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He was not very friendly at first.
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Who are you? he asked Are you army people?
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No, said Hawker Why do you ask that?
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There's an army laboratory in the hills above the lock
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Lots of strange people there And lots of boats on the lock at night coming and going.
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Hmm, interesting, said Jude.
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But tell us about the Loch Ness Monster and your dead sheep.
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It wasn't Nessie.
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Nessie doesn't kill sheep, Archie said.
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This thing broke their necks.
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Did you see it? asked Horker.
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Well, I saw something big.
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But it moved very fast.
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It was back in the lock in seconds, and it was nearly dark.
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Right, said Hawker.
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Now, we'd like to look at your dead sheep, please, and then we need a boat.
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Where can we get a fast boat, Archie?
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What do you want a boat for?
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We're going to catch this thing, said Jude, and stop it killing your sheep.
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For the next four days, Hawker and Jude went up and down Loch Ness in Archie Campbell's boat.
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They talked to everybody around the lock.
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When you see this monster, please ring us, any time, day or night.
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Our mobile phones are always turned on.
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They slept a little in the day, and were out most of the night in the boat,
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with their guns, cameras, mobile phones, a big flashlight, and litres of hot coffee.
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Once they thought they saw the monster just north of Invermoriston.
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Another night a call came from a little place called Foyers.
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They got there at six in the morning.
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It was dark and cold, and everything was very quiet.
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They sat in the boat, looking up and down the lock.
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Look, whispered Hawker, down there, by the trees.
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Fifty meters away, there were some tall trees by the side of the lock.
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There were some sheep under the trees, and something big and dark.
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Suddenly, the sheep began to run.
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"'Start the engine,' said Hawker.
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"'Let's get down there.' When they got to the trees,
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they found five sheep with broken necks, but no monster.
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It just kills and goes away again, said Jude.
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Horrible!
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The next night, they were near Urquhart Castle, when they saw two other boats.
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It was three in the morning.
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Those boats again, said Hawker.
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We heard their engines last night and the night before.
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Who are they?
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Let's go and see.
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Quietly, their boat moved nearer.
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There were four men in each boat, men in grey, young men with hard faces.
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They watched Hawker and Jude and said nothing.
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Hello, said Jude, with a friendly smile. Who are you?
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A tall man in the nearest boat answered.
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Army, he said.
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Who are you?
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What are you doing out here at this time of night?
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We're visitors, said Jude Looking for Nessie, of course What are you doing?
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There's no monster in this lock,
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said the tall man Go back to your hotel and go to bed The two army boats moved away down the lock
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Nice, said Hawker very friendly Allah phoned them every morning get on with it he said
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before this thing kills someone we can't get near it Jude told him this lock is 36 kilometers long
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and 2 kilometers across There are only two of us, and we're not getting any sleep.
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You can sleep later, said Arla.
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Just catch this thing.
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We met some army people last night, Jude said.
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What are they doing here?
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What do they do at their laboratory?
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The phone went quiet, then what laboratory the army laboratory in the hills
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above loch ness the phone went dead well well jude said to hawker he doesn't know or he's not telling
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The monster came out of the lock and killed sheep nearly every night.
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Everybody around the lock wanted to help Hawker and Jude,
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and their mobile phones never stopped ringing.
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A lot of people thought the monster was Nessie, but Archie knew it wasn't.
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Nessie never killed anything in fifteen hundred years, he said.
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This is something different, and it's going to start killing people soon.
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Look, you need some sheep Sheep, said Hawker Do you mean sleep?
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He was very tired after ten nights on the lock Of course,
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said Jude Clever Archie Can you get us some old sheep then?
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Or perhaps we can use Hawker "'He's nearly an old sheep by now.' "'Oh, shut up,' said Hawker.
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"'They found a good place between Invermorriston and Urquhart Castle, "'with some trees by the water,
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"'and took their six old sheep there.
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"'For three nights they watched, "'but no monster came.
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The men in grey were out every night too.
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They were never far away from Hawker and Jude, but never came to speak to them.
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On the fourth night, Hawker and Jude arrived at their sheep place later than usual.
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It was a warm, rainy night, soft Scottish rain that never stops.
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when they turned the engine off everything was quiet just the rain whispering on the lock
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Hawker got out of the boat and stood with the flashlight watching and listening Jude sat in the
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with her gun in her hand where are the men in gray whispered hawker don't know jude whispered back
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behind us i think then everything happened at once there was a sudden noise of boats engines behind them,
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and at the same time something moved in the water in front of them.
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A head and two long arms came out of the water.
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Light! shouted Jude.
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Quick!
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Hawker turned on the flashlight, and at once the monster stood up and ran at Hawker
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through the water its long arms going for hawker's head get down hawker screamed jude
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in a second hawker was under the water
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and then came the sound of jude's gun once twice and then a third time.
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When the monster stopped moving, Hawker and Jude went to look at it.
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It was a greeny-black color, bigger than a man, and with very long arms and legs.
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It had a small head on a long neck.
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It was a strange, horrible thing.
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A minute later, the men in gray arrived in their two boats.
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They got out and came to look at the dead monster.
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Oh, dear, the tall man said.
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Poor old Nessie.
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That, said Hawker, is not Nessie. So what is it?
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Visitors, aren't you?
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Said the tall man. Where from?
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Hawker and Jude stared at him and said nothing.
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Then Jude took something out of her pocket and held it up.
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in front of the tall man's eyes.
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He looked at it.
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"'Oh,' he said.
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"'I see.
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E.D.I.
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"'Don't see many of those.' Okay.
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What do you want to know?
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What is that thing?
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said Jude.
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The tall man looked unhappy.
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It is, or it was, one of the army's new fighters.
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It got away from our laboratory, and we just couldn't catch it.
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But it was alive, a living thing, said Hawker.
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You can make a lot of living things in a laboratory these days, said the tall man.
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Genetic engineering is getting very clever.
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This fighter can run all night, live underwater, see in the dark. But it's new.
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We haven't got it right yet.
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And it's programmed to kill anything, is it? said Jude.
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No, no, the tall man said quickly.
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Not this one.
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This one just kills small animals with four legs.
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Sheep, dogs, cats, things like that.
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Well, said Jude, that is nice to know.
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And where are the other monsters? asked Hawker For killing men,
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women, and children Things like that The tall man smiled Can't answer that,
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I'm afraid Talk to your people in Brussels Well, we must get back
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lots to do you know thanks for your help bye the
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men in gray put their dead monster in one of the boats
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and went away up the lock into the dark and the rain
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and what did Allah say about it all I asked he was
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so angry Hawker said he went crazy he didn't know
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about the monsters you see all the laboratory the army didn't tell anyone in Brussels
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and Allah liked to know everyone's secrets said Jude did
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the army make any more monsters I asked not in Scotland said Hawker the British Army closed their laboratory after
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that the Americans and the French made some monsters years later.
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They were smaller, like big cats, but with eight legs. Where are they now?
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I said.
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You don't hear anything about them.
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Of course not, said Jude.
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People don't want to hear about monsters.
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They're in Antarctica, or in a place deep under the ground, said Hawker, nice and secret,
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just waiting for the next war.
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And so there isn't a Loch Ness monster, and never was one, I said.
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Nessie, said Jude.
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She looked me in the eyes and did not smile.
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Of course there's a Loch Ness Monster.
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She's a blue-grey color, has a small head,
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a very long neck, and is about 15 meters long.
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Go and look at all the photos of her on the internet.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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What You'll Practice in This Lesson
This lesson uses a suspenseful dialogue from a video set in Scotland to help you improve your English speaking skills. You'll practice understanding conversational tone, natural speech patterns, and vocabulary related to storytelling and local settings. It's ideal for IELTS speaking practice as it exposes you to real-world interactions and descriptive language, key for fluency in exams and daily communication.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Loch Ness: A deep lake in Scotland, famous for the mythical "Loch Ness Monster."
- Screaming at: Informal phrase meaning to demand action or express anger (e.g., "London is screaming at us").
- Fort Augustus: A town on Loch Ness, used here as a setting for the story.
- Take it from there: To proceed with a plan after an initial step (e.g., "Talk to people first, then take it from there").
- Gray November day: A descriptive phrase for overcast, dull weather, common in British English.
Practice Tips for Shadowing
The video's dialogue has a moderate pace with natural pauses, making it perfect for shadowing technique practice. Shadowing—repeating lines aloud immediately after the speaker—helps improve pronunciation, intonation, and fluency. Here's how to use it effectively:
- Match the tone: The characters show skepticism (Jude), urgency (Arla), and curiosity (Hawker). Notice how their voices rise and fall; mimic these changes to sound more natural in English speaking practice.
- Pause and repeat short segments: The conversation includes quick exchanges ("Oh, great," "Don't laugh"). Pause the video after 2-3 seconds, then repeat. This builds muscle memory for fast, natural speech—critical for IELTS speaking practice.
- Use a shadowing app or site to slow down the audio if needed. Many tools let you adjust speed without changing pitch, helping you focus on tricky words like "Invermoriston" or "Fort Augustus."
- Record yourself and compare to the video. Listen for gaps in pronunciation (e.g., the "ch" in "church" vs. "loch") and adjust. This self-review strengthens your ability to notice and correct mistakes.
Consistent shadowing with this video will help you feel more confident in real conversations, whether for exams or daily life. Start with 5-10 minutes a day, and gradually increase as you get comfortable.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.