Shadowing Practice: Chernobyl (2019) It's not 3 roentgen its 15000 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know what to do.
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I don't know.
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Oh, my God.
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I don't know.
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He's back.
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It's not three long, Kent.
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It's 15 ,000.
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Comrade Sabina.
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What does that number mean?
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It means the core is open.
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It means the fire we're watching with our own eyes is
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giving off nearly twice the radiation released by the bomb in Hiroshima.
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And that's every single hour, hour after hour.
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Twenty hours since the explosion, so 40 bombs worth by now.
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Forty -eight more tomorrow, and it will not stop.
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Not in a week, not in a month.
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It will burn and spread its poison until the entire continent is dead.
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Please escort Comrades Perkhanaven from in to the local party headquarters.
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Thank you for your service.
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No, right.
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No excuse.
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The Atlock was in charge.
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It was the Atlock!
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Tell me how to put it out.
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We'll use helicopters.
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We'll drop water on it like a forest fire.
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You don't understand, this isn't a fire.
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This is a fissioning reactor coal burning at over 2 ,000 degrees.
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The heat will instantly vaporize the water or work.
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How do we put it out?
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You are dealing with something that has never occurred on this planet before.
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Boron.
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Boron and sand.
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That'll create problems of its own, but I don't see any other way.
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Of course, it's going to take thousands of drops because you can't fly the helicopters directly over the course, so most of it is going to miss.
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How much sand and boron?
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For God's sake, roughly.
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5 ,000 tons.
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Obviously, we're going to need to evacuate an enormous area...
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Never mind that.
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Focus on the fire.
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I am focusing on the fire.
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The wind is carrying all that smoke, all that radiation.
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At least evacuate Pripyat.
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It's three kilometers away.
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That's my decision to make.
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Then make it.
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I've been told not to.
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Is it or is it not your decision?
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I'm in charge here.
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This will go much easier if you talk to me about the things you do understand
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and not about the things you do not understand. Where are you going?
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I'm going to get you 5 ,000 tons of sand and boron.
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There's a hotel.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Chernobyl (2019) It's not 3 roentgen its 15000”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: boron, hour, sand. This video has 65 sentences and 428 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:19. The speaker talks slowly, about 99 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| sand noun | /sænd/ | Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in… |
| ton noun | /tʌn/ | The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each. |
| radiation noun | /ˌɹeɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/ | The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like diverging rays of light. |
| helicopter noun | /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/ | An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and… |
| evacuate verb | /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ | To leave or withdraw from; to quit; to retire from. |
| occur verb | /əˈkɜː/ | To happen or take place. |
| sake noun | /ˈseɪ̯k/ | Cause, interest or account. |
| headquarters noun | /ˈhɛdˌk(w)ɔɹ.tɚz/ | The military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued; the military unit consisting of a commander and his support staff. |
| roughly adverb | /ˈɹʌf.li/ | In a rough manner; without kindness, softness, or gentleness. |
| enormous adjective | /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ | Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc. |
| instantly adverb | /ˈɪnstəntli/ | At once; without delay. |
| explosion noun | /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ | A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding. |
| forty adjective | /ˈfoɹti/ | Resembling or characteristic of a fort. |
| poison noun | /ˈpɔɪ.zən/ | A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. |
| continent noun | /ˈkɑntɪnənt/ | One of the main contiguous landmasses, separated by water or geological features, on the surface of a planet, sometimes including its continental shelves and… |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| give off verb | /ɡɪv ɒf/ | To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I don't know what to do.
- We'll drop water on it like a forest fire.
- You don't understand, this isn't a fire.
- How do we put it out?
- Is it or is it not your decision?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 26 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: radiation /ˌɹeɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/, explosion /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/, fission /ˈfɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: radiation /ˌɹeɪ.diˈeɪ.ʃən/, helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, evacuate /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/
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 sand, ton, radiation.
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.