Shadowing Practice: FYI - Chat series with EU Ambassador: Episode 4 - Filter Your Internet - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'm
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going to
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go to the next episode.
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So the spread of unverified information on the internet is something like a spread of a pandemic.
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And I think that the internet is a very fertile soil for this kind of dangerous virus to grow.
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And of course we know now that the Russian invasion to Ukraine is a real example, a good example of this.
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Russian misinformation started well before the actual war in February 2022, since basically 2014.
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I think that after one year, more than a year, we have also to ask ourselves how the whole world of information works,
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because I think you still today can find people who don't believe the reality, who don't believe to what's happening and they don't call spade a spade.
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So I think we really have to understand what is the virus, how does it work, how do we get the vaccine for this.
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So we are here today to talk with a specialist on this very important topic.
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I like
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your
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comparison of the fake news and conspiracies with the physical pandemic.
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Fake news and conspiracies can multiply by millions and infecting the rest of the world.
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And then you don't know that you are infected by fake news and conspiracies.
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And now the worrying thing is exactly sometimes you don't know
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that maybe you've been infected and you receive information that you believe they are true, and you share it with your friends, and you say, well, look what is happening here,
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and you don't realize it is not true.
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It's really something you don't know how to deal with that, because how to imagine, in particular, I think social media, particularly,
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first-side ground for this, I think on Facebook.
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I totally agree with you.
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During my study in applied neuroscience, I learned that our brain is an excellent machine in recognizing patterns.
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We want to make sense of this world, which is so complicated, which is so much information.
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And the job of the brain is to simplify that world, to give us an answer that is easy to digest.
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And that is so important to understand why fake news
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and conspiracy tap into the psychology of so many people and what is really behind that.
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The second thing I would like to share with you
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and to discuss with you is the social need that humans are hurt animals, right?
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We need our community to survive,
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we need our community to blossom and to progress then conspiracies and fake news kind of create some sort of safe havens,
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some islands, some oasis for people with certain ideas to find their own community,
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no matter how wrong or right.
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The problem is because we try to trust our own community.
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We trust the information from that community and if we isolated ourselves in those communities,
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then those information becomes the only kind of information that we receive.
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So social media kind of builds that trust.
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And that's the reason why we do not like social media.
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If you ask people, do you trust social media?
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People say no. But if you ask the second question, do you get information from social media?
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Yeah, they say yes.
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Because in the social media, they have their own communities they have their friends they have the people
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that they trust so we have this kind of dilemma a paradox
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that we don't trust social media
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but at the same time we still cling to it think about the future now we're talking about artificial intelligence
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and gpt what's the future what's going to happen you know
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because it's i mean again i i i have a problem to understand this you know
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because it's become more and more difficult to interact with someone you don't know
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if it's real or maybe it's a he's a bot it seems like it's out of control
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but we are trying to be reflective
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when you're trying to raise the level of education from a very you know very low level from children.
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Now in Finland for example, I know that in K12 has been taught of how to recognize fake news,
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of how to verify news to see if it's correct or not, of how to ask for opinion from experts,
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of how to make sure that what they read is actually coming from reliable news channels.
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So I think it's really important that we start there.
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Of course it's a long way to go, But at least we start somewhere.
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I need to have my phone to check that.
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No, we do not.
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That's our hard talking.
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I hope not.
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I hope not. That I know.
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That you know.
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I've searched about that.
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Believe me.
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I've read about it.
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I've researched about it.
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I have information inside.
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So you're sure. To backup.
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Very good.
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I'm sorry.
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Music Have you been a victim of fake news before?
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Yeah, sometimes.
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Or everybody in the world.
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In the end you are supposed to send some money just to be sure that a huge heritage, I don't know, whatever.
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So I mean it happens, I think it's something that is happening to everybody and it's dangerous, you know, it's happening also to old people also.
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And most of the time victims of fake news and conspiracies are social media users.
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I also often tell my students that if you are looking at or reading something on social media,
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there are a few steps that you want to do.
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So first, pause, just to check on with your emotion.
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And second, you may want to glance through the comment section because there's surely someone saying,
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hey, I have this piece of information I want to share.
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That's a great way to check.
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And then you can do a quick search on the internet to see if the information is correct or not.
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The more important thing is to decide what to do.
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And I strongly encourage to report.
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If we take the responsibility in the impact that we have for the society at large, we need to do something so you can report it, right?
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And if you're not sure, you're still indulged that it is correct or not, then don't share.
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I mean sharing is a very dangerous action you may like but sharing has much more impact.
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Great, thank you so much.
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So this information is a threat and if the authorities, people and press agencies don't realize that this information is not true it's a problem.
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They spread and this is really too late.
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So I hope
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that you enjoyed the filter your internet meeting today preventing the the spread of a pandemic of disinformation I think
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that it brought you some interesting news and please let us know your thoughts and we are ready for a Q&A session.
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Thank you so much.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “FYI - Chat series with EU Ambassador: Episode 4 - Filter Your Internet”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: fake, trust, conspiracies. This video has 95 sentences and 1148 words to shadow. The speech runs for 9:21. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 89% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| infect verb | /ɪnˈfɛkt/ | To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a… |
| disinformation noun | /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/ | False information intentionally disseminated to deliberately confuse or mislead; intentional misinformation. |
| misinformation noun | /ˌmɪs.ɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/ | Information that is incorrect, whether intentionally or unintentionally. |
| multiply verb | /ˈmʌltɪplaɪ/ | To increase the amount, degree or number of (something). |
| neuroscience noun | The scientific study of the nervous system. | |
| simplify verb | /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪ/ | To make simpler, either by reducing in complexity, reducing to component parts, or making easier to understand. |
| unverified adjective | Not yet confirmed; not verified. | |
| indulge verb | /ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒ/ | To yield to a temptation or desire. |
| oasis noun | /oʊˈeɪsɪs/ | A spring of fresh water, surrounded by a fertile region of vegetation, in a desert. |
| reflective adjective | /ɹɪˈflɛktɪv/ | That reflects, or redirects back to the source. |
| isolate verb | /ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/ | To set apart or cut off from others. |
| fertile adjective | /ˈfɝːtəl/ | Of land, etc.: capable of growing abundant crops; productive. |
| blossom verb | /ˈblɑ.səm/ | To have, or open into, blossoms; to bloom. |
| paradox noun | /ˈpæ.ɹəˌdɒks/ | An apparently self-contradictory statement, which can only be true if it is false, and vice versa. |
| digest verb | /daɪˈd͡ʒɛst/ | To distribute or arrange methodically; to work over and classify; to reduce to portions for ready use or application. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | you've been infected · has been taught · I've searched |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | are infected · you've been infected · are hurt |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who don · world, which is |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 23 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, you're, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: disinformation /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/, misinformation /ˌmɪs.ɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: disinformation /ˌdɪsɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/, misinformation /ˌmɪs.ɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
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 infect, disinformation, misinformation.
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.