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Cording 19b Would you do to be famous?
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I think a lot of people want to be famous nowadays, and that's why reality TV is so popular.
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But I wouldn't like to be famous at all.
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Being famous nowadays simply means that you're in the Trineloids a lot, and you're followed by the paparazzi everywhere you go.
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I'd find that very intrusive.
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Famous people have no privacy at all in any of their life.
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Their life also seems to be very superficial
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because they spend all of their time going to parties and trying to look glamorous.
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It all seems very artificial to me.
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They just don't seem to be part of the real world at all.
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Do you think famous people have a positive or a negative influence on young people?
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I think they should have a positive influence on young people, but many of them don't.
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Some personalities are good role models and use their celebrity status to encourage people to think about important issues,
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but we often see fofososomous people behaving badly.
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Nowadays we have access to the news 24 hours a day.
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What effect does this have?
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I think it can affect us in both positive and negative ways.
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On one hand, it's very convenient to be able to touch up with what's
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happening in the world at any time of the day or night, no matter where you are.
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But on the other hand, this kind of news can give you a distorted view of what's happening,
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because even minor news stories are given more importance than they perhaps should have.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “[Audio] Cambridge Vocabulary For Ielts With Answers - 42 19b”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: famous, nowadays, positive, seem. This video has 21 sentences and 265 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:41. The speaker talks at a natural 157 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 14 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
nowadays adverb/ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/At the present time; in the current era.
encourage verb/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
badly adverb/ˈbæd.li/In a bad manner.
privacy noun/ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
celebrity noun/səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
artificial adjective/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
convenient adjective/kənˈviː.niənt/Serving to reduce a difficulty, or accessible with minimum difficulty; expedient.
behave verb/bɪˈheɪv/To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.
cord noun/ˈkoɹd/A long, thin, flexible length of twisted yarns (strands) of fibre (a rope, for example).
superficial adjective/ˌsupɚˈfɪʃəl/Existing, occurring, or located on the surface.
glamorous adjective/ˈɡlæ.mə.ɹəs/Having glamour; stylish, attractive.
distort verb/dɪsˈtɔːt/To bring something out of shape, to misshape.
intrusive adjective/ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
paparazzo noun/ˌpɑ.pəˈɹɑt.soʊ/A freelance photographer who sells photographs of celebrities to the media, especially one who pursues celebrities and attempts to obtain candid photographs.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, I'd. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, superficial /ˌsupɚˈfɪʃəl/
  • Long words — get the stress right: celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, superficial /ˌsupɚˈfɪʃəl/, paparazzo /ˌpɑ.pəˈɹɑt.soʊ/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like nowadays, encourage, badly.

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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