Shadowing Practice: English lesson - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Page 54, reading 3.
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Exploring the Ocean When she first explored the ocean,
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Sylvia Earle thought the sea was too large to suffer harm from people, but not today.
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In just a few decades, many marine animal species have disappeared or become scarce.
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Sylvia Earle is an oceanographer, explorer, author, and lecturer.
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She has taken many risks to explore the ocean.
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If you added the hours she has spent underwater, it equals more than 7 ,000 hours, or about 292 days.
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So far, she has led over 100 expeditions.
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In the 1960s, she had to fight to join expeditions.
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Women weren't welcome.
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Today, she fights to protect marine life.
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What has happened to the ocean in recent years?
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Unfortunately, many harmful things have happened.
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For millions of years, sharks,
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tuna, turtles, whales, and many other large sea animals lived in the Gulf of Mexico without a problem.
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But by the end of the 20th century, many of these animals were starting to disappear because of overfishing.
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Drilling for oil and gas on the ocean floor has also harmed many sea animals.
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Earl has won many awards for her work.
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She has received 26 honorary degrees from universities and has been on hundreds of radio and television shows.
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In her effort to protect the ocean, she has lectured in more than 90 countries and has written more than 200 publications.
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She has even written several children's books.
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In 1998, Time magazine named Earl its first hero for the planet.
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Earl said, As a child, I did not know that people could protect something as big as the ocean or that they could cause harm.
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But now we know the ocean is in trouble, and therefore, so are we.
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She added, We still have a really good chance to make things better than they are.
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They won't get better unless we take action and inspire others to do the same thing.
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No one is without power.
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Everyone has the capacity to do something.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “English lesson”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: ocean, animal, Earl, protect, sea. This video has 28 sentences and 321 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:37. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| harm noun | /hɑːm/ | Physical injury; hurt; damage. |
| explore verb | /ɪkˈsploɹ/ | To examine or investigate something systematically. |
| disappear verb | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | To vanish. |
| expedition noun | /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ | A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory. |
| publication noun | /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ | The act of publishing printed or other matter. |
| suffer verb | /ˈsʌfɚ/ | To undergo hardship. |
| lecture noun | /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ | A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group. |
| drill noun | /dɹɪl/ | A tool or machine used to remove material so as to create a hole, typically by plunging a rotating cutting bit into a stationary workpiece. |
| inspire verb | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by… |
| whale noun | /ˈweɪl/ | Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises. |
| harmful adjective | /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/ | Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious. |
| underwater adjective | /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/ | Beneath the surface of the water; of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface. |
| turtle noun | /ˈtɝtl̩/ | Any land, aquatic, or semi-aquatic reptile of the order Testudines, characterised by a protective shell enclosing its body. See also tortoise. |
| explorer noun | /ɛkˈsplɔːɹə(ɹ)/ | One who explores something |
| lecturer noun | /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹə/ | A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, publication /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, oceanographer /ˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡɹəfəɹ/
- Long words — get the stress right: expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, publication /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, underwater /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/, honorary /ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/, oceanographer /ˌoʊʃəˈnɑɡɹəfəɹ/
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 harm, explore, disappear.
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.