Shadowing Practice: A Wake-up Call for Climate Action in Viet Nam - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In just six weeks, Vietnam has faced four powerful typhoons, sweeping from the northern mountains to the central coast,
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bringing record rainfall, floods and landslides.
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Millions of people have been affected.
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Countless of families have lost their homes.
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Schools, hospitals and roads have been damaged.
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Livelihoods disrupted.
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Typhoon Kaumegi, which made landfall in Zalai province last night, was the strongest to hit the south -central coast since 2017.
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Thousands of homes have been damaged or destroyed, and communities are struggling to recover.
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We're hearing of families returning home after the evacuation order, only to find their houses gone,
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gutted and devastated by the storm.
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For fisherfolk, their homes and their boats are all the capital they own.
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After the storm, they lost both.
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Now they're left in shock, not knowing where to begin to rebuild their lives.
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During these critical hours, UNDP worked closely with the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment,
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providing real -time data, technical advice and coordination support, helping communities respond quickly
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and effectively early warning systems built under the Canada funded climate
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smart coastal communities project provided local government with real -time data enabling timely decisions
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that saved lives and reduced damage
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and with support from the government of Japan solar panels
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and battery storage systems at local health centers kept the lights on through the
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But these extreme weather events are also a warning.
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Vietnam is on the front lines of the climate crisis and impacts are growing more severe each year.
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Natural disasters have caused an estimated economic losses of close to 1 .4 billion U .S dollars,
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a reminder of the growing scale of these threats.
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To world leaders meeting at COP30 in Belém,
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We hope you will stand united for climate justice so that people in vulnerable areas like Zalai can rebuild their homes,
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restore their livelihoods, and recover stronger after the storm.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “A Wake-up Call for Climate Action in Viet Nam”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: storm, communities, climate. This video has 27 sentences and 308 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:31. The speaker talks at a steady 122 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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| recover verb | /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/ | To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal). |
| rebuild verb | /ɹiːˈbɪld/ | To build again or anew. |
| typhoon noun | /taɪˈfun/ | A severe tropical cyclone; an intense, rotating storm. |
| province noun | /ˈpɹɔv.ɪns/ | A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. |
| shock noun | /ʃɔk/ | A sudden, heavy impact. |
| disaster noun | /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/ | An unexpected natural or man-made catastrophe of substantial extent causing significant physical damage or destruction, loss of life or sometimes permanent… |
| flood noun | /flʌd/ | An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. |
| enable verb | /ɪˈneɪ.bəl/ | To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to. |
| estimate noun | /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/ | A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something. |
| vulnerable adjective | /ˈvʌln(ə)ɹəbl̩/ | More or most likely to be exposed to the chance of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally. |
| coastal adjective | /ˈkoʊstəl/ | Relating to the coast; on or near the coast; longshore. |
| restore verb | /ɹɪˈstoɹ/ | To reestablish, or bring back into existence. |
| reminder noun | /ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/ | Someone or something that reminds. |
| gut noun | /ɡʌt/ | The alimentary canal, especially the intestine. |
| sweep verb | /swiːp/ | To clean (a surface) by means of a stroking motion of a broom or brush. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has faced · have been affected · have lost |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | have been affected · have been damaged |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shock /ʃɔk/, coordination /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/, evacuation /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/, fisherfolk /ˈfɪʃɚˌfoʊk/
- Long words — get the stress right: coordination /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/, evacuation /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/
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 recover, rebuild, typhoon.
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.