Shadowing Practice: 🇩🇪 Brauchen wir ein Tempolimit auf der Autobahn? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I know,
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I know that my cousin from the United States was to visit me and wanted to see the famous German Autobahn.
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She was surprised.
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She comes from Los Angeles and there are 10 -spur streets, everything is huge.
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The Autobahn, the I showed you, had only two spures and was a bit of a bit of a bit.
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What is really so?
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There are many Strecken on many streets there is no total limit.
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That means that the driver can be there as fast as they want.
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And some people want to go very, very fast.
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It can also happen, that a car will be with 230 kmh.
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And we are already coming to the problem.
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Some cars, and especially the LKW, are very slow.
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Vernünftig sind 90 kmh, um Benzin zu sparen.
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Wenn aber ein
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Auto 90 kmh fährt und das andere 230 kmh, dann kann es gefährlich werden.
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Und noch etwas.
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Zwar gelten an vielen Stellen Geschwindigkeitsbegrenzungen, aber auf anderen Abschnitten gibt es keine.
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So it is now many years discussed about Germany's total limit to a total of the time.
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The first car was in Germany not built in Germany during the time of Nationalsozialism,
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gebaut, wie viele Menschen glauben.
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Bereits 1932 wurde die Strecke zwischen Köln und Bonn eröffnet.
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Heute heißt sie Autobahn A555.
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Allerdings wurden die Autobahnen später von der nationalsozialistischen Regierung stark ausgebaut und für ihre Propaganda genutzt.
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Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg entstand das heutige Autobahnnetz Schritt für Schritt weiter.
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Inzwischen umfasst es mehr als 13 .000 Kilometer und gehört zu den längsten Autobahnnetzen Europas.
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In den ersten Jahrzehnten nach dem Krieg gab es only few cars.
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With the economic growth of the 1950s and 1960s could still be more people a own car.
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That car was a symbol for Freiheit und Wohlstand.
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Viele Familien fuhren mit dem
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Auto in den Urlaub oder besuchten Verwandte in anderen Teilen Deutschlands.
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Schon damals stellte sich die Frage nach der Verkehrssicherheit.
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Mit mehr Autos stieg auch die Zahl der Unfälle.
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Deshalb wurden nach und nach verschiedene Verkehrsregeln eingeführt.
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Die Gurtpflicht kam in den 1970er Jahren.
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Später wurden Airbags, bessere Bremsen und andere Sicherheitssysteme entwickelt.
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Auch die Straßen selbst wurden sicherer.
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Während der Ölkrise im Jahr 1973 führte die Bundesregierung vorübergehend ein Tempolimit von 100 km pro Stunde auf Autobahnen ein.
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Damals wollte man Kraftstoff sparen.
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Außerdem gab es an mehreren Sonntagen sogar Fahrverbote für private Autos.
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Diese Maßnahmen galten allerdings nur für kurze Zeit.
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Im Jahr 1978 wurde in Deutschland die sogenannte Richtgeschwindigkeit eingeführt.
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Sie beträgt 130 km.
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pro Stunde.
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Eine Richtgeschwindigkeit ist jedoch keine verpflichtende Höchstgeschwindigkeit.
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Wer schneller fährt, wird nicht bestraft.
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Es ist also nur ein Vorschlag.
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Kommt es allerdings zu einem Unfall, kann eine deutlich höhere Geschwindigkeit schon eine Rolle spielen.
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But can you now everywhere in Germany on the bus bus
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bus bus bus bus bus bus bus bus bus bus bus bus bus bus can actually be without a total limit.
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The discussion about a total limit is in Germany very different.
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A important point of the Fruits are the safety of the people.
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They are on the way, that at a very high speed the Bremsway is longer and
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and often death can end up in the same way be able to be able to increase the speed of the cars.
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I personally would add to that it would be so less stress to be on German cars.
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I enjoy it when I go to the United States
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or the Netherlands because there is a lot is a little more relaxed.
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A second argument is the climate.
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Autos are using at higher speed and more energy.
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So, there are more emissions of CO2.
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Different studies come to the result, that a Tempolimit could reduce the emissions of the road could reduce the effect.
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How big this would be, is but also different.
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Also the noise is played a role.
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The speed of driving cars are more noise.
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For people who are in the near an subway,
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could a temperature limit therefore reduce the The Gegner of a tempo limit have also different arguments.
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Many see the free speed on the parts of the bus as a speciality of Germany.
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They mention that modern cars are very safe and many drivers are very responsible for
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Manche halten ein allgemeines Tempolimit deshalb für unnötig.
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Wir müssen dabei einfach festhalten, dass Deutschland ein Autoland ist.
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Viele Deutsche lieben ihre Autos sehr und es ist ein wichtiges Statussymbol, vor allem bei der Generation X.
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Andere argumentieren, dass viele Autobahnen already today,
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is limited and the traffic on the free section often so close is,
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that high speed is only seldom possible.
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They believe so, that a all -time limit would only be a small difference.
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Also, the economic argument is mentioned.
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Deutschland ist ein wichtiges
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Land für die Automobilindustrie.
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Manche befürchten, dass ein Tempolimit das
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Image besonders leistungsstarker Fahrzeuge verändern könnte.
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Andere Experten halten diesen Einfluss dagegen für eher gering, weil die meisten Autos auch in Länder verkauft werden,
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in denen Tempolimits selbstverständlich sind.
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Interessant ist ein Blick auf andere Staaten.
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Fast alle europäischen Länder haben ein allgemeines Tempolimit auf Autobahnen.
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In Frankreich beträgt es bei normalem Wetter meist 130 km pro Stunde.
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In Österreich in der Regel ebenfalls 130 km pro Stunde.
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In den Niederlanden gilt tagsüber auf Autobahnen meist eine Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 100 km pro Stunde,
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nachts auf vielen Strecken 130 km pro Stunde.
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Deutschland ist deshalb international eine Ausnahme.
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Regelmäßig beschäftigen sich auch Politiker mit diesem Thema.
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Im Deutschen Bundestag wurde bereits mehrfach über ein allgemeines Tempolimit diskutiert.
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Bisher konnte sich jedoch keine Mehrheit für eine entsprechende Gesetzesänderung finden.
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Deshalb gilt weiterhin die heutige Regelung mit der Richtgeschwindigkeit von 130 km pro Stunde und den zahlreichen streckenbezogenen Tempolimits.
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Ich fahre freiwillig mit einem Tempolimit.
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Erstens kann mein kleines
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Auto gar nicht so schnell fahren.
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Zweitens möchte ich nicht so viel Geld für Benzin ausgeben.
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3. I want to come and make no one at all.
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4. I have noticed that you have a lot of steps in the way that you have a slow drive.
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Often, you are then at a red light on a race.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “🇩🇪 Brauchen wir ein Tempolimit auf der Autobahn?”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: bus, ein, die, und, Tempolimit. This video has 118 sentences and 1254 words to shadow. The speech runs for 11:44. The speaker talks slowly, about 107 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 56% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| automobile noun | /ˈɔː.tə.məˌbil/ | A type of motor vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and… |
| emission noun | /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/ | Something which is emitted or sent out; issue. |
| tag noun | /tæɡ/ | A small label. |
| cousin noun | /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ | Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a… |
| symbol noun | /ˈsɪmbəl/ | A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object. |
| relax verb | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | To make something loose. |
| eh | /eɪ/ | Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said. |
| subway noun | /ˈsʌbˌweɪ/ | An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas. |
| stark adjective | /stɑɹk/ | Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather). |
| distress noun | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | Physical or emotional discomfort, suffering, or alarm, particularly of a more acute nature. |
| specialty noun | /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti/ | That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick. |
| tempo noun | /ˈtɛm.poʊ/ | A frequency or rate. |
| spur noun | /spɝ/ | A rigid implement, often roughly y-shaped, that is fixed to one's heel for the purpose of prodding a horse. Often worn by, and emblematic of, the cowboy or the… |
| seldom adverb | /ˈsɛldəm/ | Infrequently, rarely. |
| gild verb | /ɡɪld/ | To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: emission /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/, specialty /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti/
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 automobile, emission, tag.
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.