Shadowing Practice: CAE TEST6 PART2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Part 2.

You'll hear a reporter called Ruth Sampson describing a visit she

made to the Arctic Circle with a team of Canadian wildlife experts.

For questions 7 to 14, complete the sentences.

You now have 45 seconds to look at Part 2.

Thank you.

Last year, I found myself flying to the Arctic Circle with five biologists from the Canadian Wildlife Service.

As our small plane descended towards a snow -covered runway, I looked out of the window at the frozen ocean below.

I could see small holes in the ice and, around them, lots of extraordinary little figures rather like ants.

I was told they were seals basking on the ice in the sun.

Ten minutes after we'd landed, I had my first sighting of a wolf, which my eagle -eyed colleagues pointed out to me, at least 700 metres away.

And later on, I was lucky enough to see a caribou with its huge antlers at much closer range.

At first sight, the Arctic seems to be a kind of desert, but there are plants and animals around.

You just have to look around for them.

You may find what's called an oasis.

This is a little confined area with access to water, where vegetation can establish itself and provide nutrients for animals.

Arctic plants have evolved to cope with this harsh environment, like the yellow arctic poppy, which only has a tiny tuft of leaves visible, as the bulk of the plant,

a network of roots, stays underground.

Its leaves remain green all winter, so it can make the most of the short growing season.

The diversity of bird species decreases as you travel north, but there are birds which spend the winter here, and others that come back in the spring.

Most of these birds get their nourishment from seeds, although a predator like the snowy owl feeds on small mammals called lemmings, and others do manage to find fish.

For accommodation, we had tents which looked just like the igloos the local Inuit people build out of ice, with little tunnels at the front.

Only ours were orange and made of nylon, and our only connection to the outside world was our radio link.

You notice how light the snow cover is.

It scatters with the wind, and there are hardly any deep drifts.

Apart from the cold, the main hazard is the wildlife, and I received a brief introduction on the correct action to take if a polar bear came to visit.

There are other large animals, like the muskox, but they seldom pose a threat.

Another thing was that recording the team's descriptions of wildlife, which was my task was incredibly difficult the recorder itself was fine

but batteries just don't work in the cold

so I had to hold them inside my thick coat to keep them warm

but on the whole

I now

you'll hear the recording again.

Last year, I found myself flying to the Arctic Circle with five biologists from the Canadian Wildlife Service.

As our small plane descended towards a snow -cupboard runway, I looked out of the window at the frozen ocean below.

I could see small holes in the ice, and, around them, lots of extraordinary little figures rather like ants.

I was told they were seals basking on the ice in the sun.

Ten minutes after we'd landed, I had my first sighting of a wolf, which my eagle -eyed colleagues pointed out to me, at least 700 metres away,

and later on I was lucky enough to see a caribou with its huge antlers at much closer range.

At first sight, the Arctic seems to be a kind of desert, but there are plants and animals around, you just have to look around for them.

You may find what's called an oasis, this is a little confined area with access to water,

where vegetation can establish itself and provide nutrients for animals.

Arctic plants have evolved to cope with this harsh environment, like the yellow arctic poppy, which only has a tiny tuft of leaves visible, as the bulk of the plant,

a network of roots, stays underground.

Its leaves remain green all winter, so it can make the most of the short growing season.

The diversity of bird species decreases as you travel north, but there are birds which spend the winter here, and others that come back in the spring.

Most of these birds get their nourishment from seeds, although a predator like the snowy owl feeds on small mammals called lemmings, and others do manage to find fish.

For accommodation, we had tents which looked just like the igloos the local Inuit people build out of ice, with little tunnels at the front.

Only ours were orange and made of nylon, and our only connection to the outside world was our radio link.

You notice how light the snow cover is.

It scatters with the wind, and there are hardly any deep drifts.

Apart from the cold, the main hazard is the wildlife, and I received a brief introduction on the correct action to take if a polar bear came to visit.

There are other large animals, like the muskox, but they seldom pose a threat.

Another thing was that recording the team's descriptions of wildlife, which was my task, was incredibly difficult.

The recorder itself was fine, but batteries just don't work in the cold, so I had to hold them inside my thick coat to keep them warm.

But on the whole, I found it a fairly amazing...

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “CAE TEST6 PART2”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: arctic, wildlife, bird, animals, plant. This video has 58 sentences and 934 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:24. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 79% 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
wildlife noun	/ˈwaɪldlaɪf/	undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild.
leaf noun	/lif/	The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
establish verb	/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/	To make stable or firm; to confirm.
thick adjective	/θɪk/	Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
desert noun	/ˈdɛz.ɚt/	A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
visible adjective	/ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l/	Able to be seen.
incredibly adverb	/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/	In an incredible manner; not to be believed.
seed noun	/siːd/	Any propagative portion of a plant which may be sown, such as true seeds, seed-like fruits, tubers, or bulbs.
coat noun	/ˈkoʊ̯t/	An outer garment covering the upper torso and arms.
extraordinary adjective	/ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/	Out of the ordinary; exceptional; unusual.
wolf noun	/wʊlf/	Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
diversity noun	/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/	The quality of being diverse or different; a difference or unlikeness.
underground adjective	/ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/	Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
seal noun	/siːl/	A stamp used to impress a design on a soft substance such as wax.
tunnel noun	/ˈtʌn(ə)l/	An underground or underwater passage.

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	have evolved
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was told
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	wildlife, which was

Pronunciation to watch

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

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, nourishment /ˈnɝɪʃmənt/
Long words — get the stress right: incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, extraordinary /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, diversity /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/

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 wildlife, leaf, establish.

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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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

Key vocabulary in this video

Grammar in this video

Pronunciation to watch

How to practise with this video

What is the Shadowing Technique?