Shadowing Practice: 18 tháng 10, 2026 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 10.
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Fight chronic diseases.
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Leading NGOs call for action against chronic diseases.
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Most people think diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and heart disease are problems that primarily affect wealthy countries.
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It's true that in developing countries, infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, AIDS, and malaria create a tremendous burden on society.
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But chronic diseases also create suffering for many people in both wealthy and low -income countries.
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Recently, several disease advocacy organizations went to the World Health Organization to ask
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that more attention be paid to these diseases and their effects on the developing world.
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Martin Sillink heads the International Diabetes Federation.
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He says the number of people around the world with conditions like diabetes, heart disease and cancer is growing rapidly.
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It's thought now, and the estimates are really very good, that 6 % of the adult population of the world has this form of diabetes,
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type 2 diabetes, Ceiling says.
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And it's growing at the rate of 7 million more each year.
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As people start to live longer and more prosperous lives, they are more prone to chronic diseases.
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Ceiling says this is becoming evident as more people migrate to cities.
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Since 2007, more people in the world are living in cities than in rural areas.
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This migration from the country to the cities is still occurring, he says.
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There is very good information that shows that if you move from a rural country location to the city, then you double your risk for diabetes.
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If the city is more than a million people in size, you double it again.
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And if it is a megacity of more than 10 million, you double your risk of diabetes again.
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But Selink says organizations like the World Health Organization and large donors tend to focus exclusively on communicable diseases.
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They don't fund research or treatment for chronic diseases.
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He says it's a mistake and it's unnecessary.
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It turns out that there is only about a list of 10 very simple drugs
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that are all out of patent
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and they can be manufactured very very cheaply syling says
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and all it needs is for a political commitment to make
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these cheap drugs available to this enormous burden of non -communicable diseases in the developing world
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syling and other healthcare leaders went to geneva this past week to ask the world health
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Assembly at the World Health Organization to increase funding and attention to chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and cancer.
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You cannot divide a person into communicable and not communicable, Ceiling says.
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It turns out that this person with tuberculosis may well have diabetes.
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The person with HIV -AIDS will develop heart disease.
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Seelink says donors and international organizations need to focus more on strengthening health systems,
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not just providing funds for the eradication of one disease or another.
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Seelink made his presentation to the World Health Organization in Geneva this past week,
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along with the heads of the World Heart Federation and the International Union Against Cancer.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “18 tháng 10, 2026”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: disease, diabetes, Organization, chronic, communicable. This video has 37 sentences and 492 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:28. The speaker talks at a steady 142 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| diabetes noun | /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/ | Diabetes mellitus; any of a group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to… |
| chronic adjective | /ˈkɹɑ.nɪk/ | Of a problem, that continues over an extended period of time. |
| burden noun | /ˈbɝdn̩/ | A heavy load. |
| wealthy adjective | /ˈwɛl.θi/ | Possessing financial wealth; rich. |
| geneva noun | /d͡ʒəˈniːvə/ | Gin, especially jenever. |
| donor noun | /ˈdəʊnə/ | One who makes a donation. |
| tuberculosis noun | /tʃuːˌbɜː(ɹ)kjʊˈləʊsɪs/ | An infectious disease of humans and animals caused by a species of mycobacterium, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis, mainly infecting the lungs where it… |
| primarily adverb | /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/ | Of a primary or central nature, first and foremost. |
| occur verb | /əˈkɜː/ | To happen or take place. |
| suffer verb | /ˈsʌfɚ/ | To undergo hardship. |
| commitment noun | /kəˈmɪtmənt/ | The act of sending a legislative bill to committee for review. |
| rapidly adverb | /ˈɹæpɪdli/ | With speed; in a rapid manner. |
| presentation noun | /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/ | The act of presenting, or something presented. |
| estimate noun | /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/ | A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something. |
| enormous adjective | /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ | Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| turn out verb | To end up; to result. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “th” sounds: wealthy /ˈwɛl.θi/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, migration /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, infectious /ɪnˈfɛk.ʃəs/
- Long words — get the stress right: tuberculosis /tʃuːˌbɜː(ɹ)kjʊˈləʊsɪs/, primarily /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/, exclusively /ɪkˈskluːsɪvli/, unnecessary /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/, advocacy /ˈæd.və.kə.si/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like diabetes, chronic, burden.
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.