Shadowing Practice: Dynamic Earth 3 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Lesson 6.
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Word List Possible.
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It is possible to score high if you study hard.
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Require.
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Being a firefighter requires training.
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Urban.
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Most people in Korea live in urban areas.
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Industrial Industrial robots work like men.
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Remains The remains of an ancient insect were found.
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Form Clouds are forming in the sky.
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Process Let's learn the process of making bread.
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Replace I replaced the old light bulb with a new one.
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Release She released the pigeons into the sky.
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Conserve We must conserve our forests.
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Coal This area is famous for coal mines.
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Run out My car ran out of gas.
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Pollute Dirty water from the factory is polluting the river.
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Fuel Bicycles don't require any fuel.
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Area Nobody lives in this area.
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City City streets are bright at night.
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Lesson 6 Fossil Fuels What do plants have to do with pollution?
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Aren't plants good for the Earth?
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The plants we see around us help keep the air clean.
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But plants from 300 million years ago are polluting the planet.
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How is this possible?
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Let's learn about how plants from long ago can cause pollution today.
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We require a lot of energy to heat our homes, run our cars, and light our cities.
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Most of this energy comes from fossil fuels like coal, oil, and natural gas.
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Fossil fuels may give us the energy we need, but this also creates a lot of air pollution.
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When fossil fuels are burned, they release harmful gases that mix with our clean air.
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This is a big problem in urban areas where there are many people.
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Huge amounts of fossil fuels are burned in big cities.
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Industrial cities like London, England in the late 1800s had
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so much smoke in the air that it was hard to see the sun.
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Many people got sick and had trouble breathing.
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So what does all this have to do with plants?
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Well, fossil fuels are formed from plants.
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Over time, plant remains change into coal, oil, and natural gas.
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But this process takes millions of years.
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That means fossil fuels can't be replaced quickly or easily.
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Today we are using fossil fuels faster than they are being made.
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One day the earth will run out.
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Let's conserve our fossil fuels to make sure this doesn't happen.

About This Lesson

You're practicing English with "Dynamic Earth 3" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itwere found · are burned · are formed
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around noware forming · is polluting · are polluting
Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessarymust conserve · have to do

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →