Shadowing Practice: CAE TEST1 PART2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Part 2.
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You'll hear an explorer called Richard Livingston talking about a trippy made in the rainforest of South America.
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For questions 7 to 14, complete the sentences.
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You now have 45 seconds to look at Part 2.
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Thank you.
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I'd set off with my friend Matthew Price to sail down a little-known river in the rainforest in a homemade boat.
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Our original idea was to go all the way by boat, carrying it past any rough bits, but the river was much rockier and faster flowing than we'd thought,
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which meant we were only covering a few kilometres each day.
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Then suddenly we realised that as the river was about to go over a waterfall, we could go no further by boat.
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As it was only a homemade thing, we decided to abandon it and walk to the nearest road.
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As far as we knew, there were no villages or trading posts along the way, and on our map it looked like a hundred kilometre walk.
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And that walk, through thick rainforest with 25 kilos on our backs was difficult.
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We walked for six days.
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It was hot and we were permanently wet through before we came to any sign of civilisation.
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There were times when we really wondered if we'd ever get out of that jungle alive.
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Then on the seventh day we suddenly came across a path.
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Not an animal trail, but a man-made so we knew there must be people living there.
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It was going roughly in the right direction, so we followed it, and at dusk we came to a deserted camp in a hollow.
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Deserted, but not uninhabited.
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There was digging equipment wrapped in plastic, alongside two water-filled holes.
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Obviously someone had been digging in search of gold at some time or another.
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Nearby, on a rough wooden table, were some cooking utensils and a few other supplies, and whoever was camping there must have been intending to return soon,
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because there was a large pot full of thick soup.
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We couldn't identify either the strange-looking pieces of meat or the unfamiliar vegetables it seemed to be made from, but we were in a desperate state.
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Over the previous seven days, we'd only had flour and rice to eat, and although we had plenty left, we were low on energy.
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This was our greatest problem.
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So, we cooked up some of our rice and decided to have two spoonfuls from the pot with it.
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It was good, so we had another spoonful. And then another.
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Soon nothing was left of our host's meal.
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Afterwards we began to get worried.
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People living this sort of life could be very tough, and this one could return any minute.
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We decided to make an early start.
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To show we were grateful, we placed thirty dollars in the cleaned-out cooking pot.
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It was quite a lot for the quantity of food.
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It was probably only worth ten dollars or so.
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But that wasn't the point.
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This man wouldn't be able to pop to the supermarket to replace the food we'd eaten.
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But I have no regrets, because that dinner gave us the strength to make it the rest of the way through the jungle safely.
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Now you'll hear the recording again.
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I'd set off with my friend Matthew Price to sail down a little-known river in the rainforest in a homemade boat.
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Our original idea was to go all the way by boat, carrying it past any rough bits, but the river was much rockier and faster flowing than we'd thought,
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which meant we were only covering a few kilometres each day.
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Then suddenly, we realised that as the river was about to go over a waterfall, we could go no further by boat.
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As it was only a homemade thing, we decided to abandon it and walk to the nearest road.
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As far as we knew, there were no villages or trading posts along the way, and on our map, it looked like a hundred kilometre walk.
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And that walk through thick rainforest with 25 kilos on our backs was difficult.
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We walked for six days.
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It was hot, and we were permanently wet through, before we came to any sign of civilisation.
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There were times when we really wondered if we'd ever get out of that jungle alive.
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Then, on the seventh day, we suddenly came across a path.
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Not an animal trail, but a man-made one, so we knew there must be people living there.
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It was going roughly in the right direction, so we followed it, and at dusk, we came to a deserted camp in a hollow.
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Deserted, but not uninhabited.
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There was digging equipment wrapped in plastic, alongside two water-filled holes.
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Obviously someone had been digging in search of gold at some time or another.
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Nearby, on a rough wooden table, were some cooking utensils and a few other supplies, and whoever was camping there must have been intending to return soon,
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because there was a large pot full of thick soup.
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We couldn't identify either the strange-looking pieces of meat or the unfamiliar vegetables it seemed to be made from, but we were in a desperate state.
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Over the previous seven days, we'd only had flour and rice to eat, and though we had plenty left, we were low on energy.
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This was our greatest problem.
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So, we cooked up some of our rice and decided to have two spoonfuls from the pot with it.
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It was good, So we had another spoonful.
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And then another.
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Soon nothing was left of our host's meal.
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Afterwards, we began to get worried.
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People living this sort of life could be very tough, and this one could return any minute.
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We decided to make an early start.
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To show we were grateful, we placed thirty dollars in the cleaned out cooking pot.
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It was quite a lot for the quantity of food.
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It was probably only worth ten dollars or so.
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But that wasn't the point.
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This man wouldn't be able to pop to the supermarket to replace the food we'd eaten.
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But I have no regrets, because that dinner gave us the strength to make it the rest of the way through the jungle safely.
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That's the end of part two.
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Now turn to part three.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “CAE TEST1 PART2”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: pot, boat, river, walk, decided. This video has 75 sentences and 1055 words to shadow. The speech runs for 7:09. The speaker talks at a steady 148 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| rainforest noun | /ˈɹeɪn.fɔɹ.ɪst/ | A forest in a climate with high annual rainfall and no dry season. |
| kilometre noun | /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/ | An SI unit of length equal to 10³ metres. Symbol: km |
| spoonful noun | /ˈspuːnfəl/ | The amount that a spoon will hold, either level or heaped. |
| homemade adjective | Made at home. | |
| civilisation noun | /ˌsɪv.ɪ.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ | UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Hong Kong, and Commonwealth spelling of civilization. |
| dusk noun | /dʌsk/ | The time after the sun has set but when the sky is still lit by sunlight; the evening twilight period. |
| uninhabited adjective | /ˌʌn.ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tɪd/ | Not inhabited; having no inhabitants. |
| utensil noun | /juˈtɛn.səl/ | An instrument or device for domestic use, especially in the kitchen. |
| waterfall noun | /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/ | A flow of water over the edge of a cliff. |
| unfamiliar adjective | /ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/ | Strange, not familiar. |
| supermarket noun | /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/ | A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing. |
| vegetable noun | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | A plant raised for some edible part of it, such as the leaves, roots, fruit or flowers, but excluding any plant considered to be a fruit, grain, herb, or spice… |
| hollow adjective | /ˈhɑloʊ/ | Having an empty space or cavity inside. |
| flour noun | /ˈflaʊ.ə/ | Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and… |
| sail noun | /seɪl/ | A piece of fabric attached to a boat and arranged such that it causes the wind to drive the boat along. The sail may be attached to the boat via a combination… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clean out verb | To clean, especially to tidy by removing the contents. |
| come across verb | To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition. |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
| go over verb | To look at carefully; to scrutinize; to analyze. |
| walk through verb | To explain (something) to (someone), step by step. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on | have been intending |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | be made · was left |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as we'd, couldn't, I'd. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- Long words — get the stress right: kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, civilisation /ˌsɪv.ɪ.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, uninhabited /ˌʌn.ɪnˈhæb.ɪ.tɪd/, unfamiliar /ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/
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 rainforest, kilometre, spoonful.
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.