Shadowing Practice: B1 T2 TEST1 PART2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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section two you'll hear a talk about the waste collection in
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baltimore first you have some time to look at questions eleven to fifteen Now,
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listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 15.
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Hi folks, my name is Loretta Johnston and I am here from the Baltimore Department of Public Waste.
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Thank you for coming out to our community meeting tonight.
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I've got a few words to say about the waste collection here in Baltimore.
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First, there's the sorted collection bins themselves.
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They're made of sturdy, solid material, so none of your trash can seep out or puncture the bin.
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Also, since these things sit out on the curb overnight, rain or shine, they have to be waterproof.
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We can't have water getting up in it and filling up the bin.
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Remember to pay attention to which bin is which and sort your waste accordingly.
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You should have a blue or green bin for recyclable garbage, a yellow bin for unrecyclable garbage, and a red bin for toxic waste.
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our city -wide waste management is divided into two services the first is commercial waste collection
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or trash collection from buildings the majority of building waste is paper
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which goes in the blue
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or green bins you'll notice in your office buildings there are signs
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that warn you not to overfill these bins All that paper adds up,
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and an overflowing bin is infinitely harder for collectors to carry to the truck and empty Aside from paper, another large source of building waste is metals
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Metals such as tin and aluminium can be put in the yellow recycle bins
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But metals like lead
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and copper should be disposed of in the red bins These heavy metals are harmful to the environment
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and exacerbate our city's existing pollution problem That's about all the information you need for building waste.
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Moving on to the second service, household waste collection is probably what you primarily think of when you think of what we do here.
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Many of the same guidelines apply.
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The sorting is the same, etc. Please remember to keep garbage like kitchen waste in a plastic bag.
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It makes collection easier and lessens the abominable rotten trash smell.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 16 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 16 to 20.
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So, after we take your trash away, what happens to it?
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We take all the garbage to one of a number of garbage disposal plants, each of which is located in the middle of an open space of some sort.
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No one wants to have their home or office right next door to a waste disposal plant, right?
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Waste is collected and then disposed of once every four weeks.
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A lot of trash can build up in that time, so we're in the process of developing a plan to fund collection more frequently.
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Ideally, it would be collected weekly, but we will likely have to settle for bi -weekly.
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The garbage trucks make their rounds to clear the bins at night in order to avoid traffic.
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I'm sure you've seen how much waste your own household produces in a given week.
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Now imagine all the trash produced by all the households in Baltimore.
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It's a lot, right?
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It may surprise you that this amount is only marginal compared to commercial waste.
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Yep, the main waste producers are actually businesses, industrial facilities, retail and offices.
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Hard to believe humans produce that much waste, right?
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No wonder we have pollution problems.
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Anyway, after all incoming waste is sorted, recyclables are sent to a recycling plant,
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while garbage and toxic waste are transported to their respective areas of the plant for treatment.
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Items such as stones, which should not be disposed of in our bins, are separated out and discarded.
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Once the trash has undergone the treatment process, it is compacted and disposed of with all the other trash.
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And finally, when the landfill space is full, it is buried deep underground and in time something new is built on the land.
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That's everything about waste collection.
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Thank you for listening.
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Are there any questions?
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That is the end of section two.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Now turn to Section 3.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 53 sentences and 710 words to shadow. The speech runs for 5:50. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| trash noun | /tɹæʃ/ | Useless physical things to be discarded; rubbish; refuse. |
| bin noun | /ˈbɪn/ | A box, frame, crib, or enclosed place, used as a storage container. |
| garbage noun | /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ | Food waste material of any kind. |
| dispose verb | /dɪsˈpoʊz/ | To eliminate or to get rid of something. |
| household adjective | /ˈhaʊshoʊld/ | Belonging to the same house and family. |
| collect verb | /ˈkɑlɪkt/ | To gather together; amass. |
| toxic adjective | /ˈtɒk.sɪk/ | Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. |
| pollution noun | /pəˈluʃən/ | Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. |
| disposal noun | /dɪsˈpoʊ.zəl/ | A disposition; an arrangement, categorization, or classification of things. |
| primarily adverb | /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/ | Of a primary or central nature, first and foremost. |
| carefully adverb | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | With care; attentively, circumspectly. |
| compare verb | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it… |
| producer noun | /pɹəˈdjuːsə/ | An individual or organization that creates goods and services. |
| settle verb | /ˈsɛtəl/ | To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc). |
| underground adjective | /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/ | Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| add up verb | To take the sum of; to total. |
| fill up verb | To make (something) completely full. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is divided · can be put · should be disposed |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've seen · has undergone |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should have · should be · should not be |
| Future with “will” will + verb — a decision, promise or prediction | you'll hear · you'll notice · will likely |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 8 contractions and reduced forms, such as you'll, can't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: trash /tɹæʃ/, pollution /pəˈluʃən/, shine /ʃaɪn/
- Long words — get the stress right: primarily /ˈpɹaɪ.mə.ɹə.li/, accordingly /əˈkɔɹ.dɪŋ.li/, ideally /aɪˈdi.ə.li/, aluminium /ˌæl.(j)uˈmɪn.i.əm/, infinitely /ˈɪnfɪnɪtli/
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 trash, bin, garbage.
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.