Shadowing Practice: 5 LỒNG TIẾNG FOREST - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I am the forest.
2
I take in your pollution and give you clean air.
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Purify your water and protect your shores.
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Yet you continue to cut me down.
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Releasing carbon into the air and heating this planet.
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While some of you stand with me, most of you turn your backs on me.
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But I am resilient.
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Let me grow and we can solve your climate problem together.
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When one tree falls, you might not hear it.
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But when millions fall, I assure you, you will feel it.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “5 LỒNG TIẾNG FOREST”. This video has 10 sentences and 87 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:44. The speaker talks at a steady 117 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
solve verb/sɒlv/To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
shore noun/ʃɔɹ/Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
pollution noun/pəˈluʃən/Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
assure verb/əˈʃʊɹ/To make sure and secure; ensure.
purify verb/ˈpjʊɹɪfaɪ/To cleanse, or rid of impurities.
resilient adjective/ɹɪˈzɪl.jənt/Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. (of objects or substances)
planet noun/ˈplænɪt/A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU…
carbon noun/ˈkɑɹ.bən/The chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or…
clean adjective/kliːn/Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
protect verb/pɹəˈtɛkt/To keep safe; to defend; to guard; to prevent harm coming to.
grow verb/ˈɡɹəʊ/To become larger, to increase in magnitude.
heat noun/hit/Thermal energy.
tree noun/tɹiː/A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
climate noun/ˈklaɪ.mɪt/The long-term manifestations of weather and other atmospheric conditions in a given area or country, now usually represented by the statistical summary of its…
forest noun/ˈfɔɹəst/A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shore /ʃɔɹ/, pollution /pəˈluʃən/, assure /əˈʃʊɹ/

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 solve, shore, pollution.

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.

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