Shadowing Practice: Great Pitch Deck Presentation Example – Fibrtex - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Our waste is responsible for 6 % of Ontario's greenhouse gas emissions every year and that number is continuing to grow.
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One -third is food and organic waste
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and as it decomposes it has a global warming potential 25 times greater than carbon dioxide.
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From all angles the more we throw away, the more we pay.
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Fibertex has a solution.
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A leather -like material using organic waste from apple processing.
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Our product is an eco -friendly and economical alternative to animal and synthetic leather.
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It costs less and we're designing it to perform better.
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So why apples?
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Why leather?
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Why now?
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Under a new act, Ontario producers are now financially and environmentally responsible for reducing their waste.
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Last year in Ontario, 144 million pounds of apples were processed, resulting in millions of pounds of the waste byproduct we call pumice.
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Processors currently have to pay to discard pumice.
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However, it just happens it's the perfect fibrous ingredient for our product.
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Meanwhile, more and more people are going green driving up the demand for sustainable materials like ours
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and by providing an alternative to leather we are disrupting an industry that's killing both the people
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and places that make it not to mention slaughtering 1 billion animals every year
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the synthetic leather market is growing by 9 .5 every year and is expected to reach 85 billion US dollars by 2025.
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Within that market are polyurethane based leathers but they're costly to develop.
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PVC based leathers but they can be highly toxic.
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Fibertex is targeting the bio -based market share worth approximately 4 .24 billion US dollars.
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We're focusing our initial efforts on footwear, the fastest growing application segment of synthetic leather.
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currently we're maximizing our research
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and development efforts by this fall
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we want to sell samples of our material online at fibertex .com by 2019 move to a full -scale manufacturer
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and by 2020 the on -the -ground
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and developing countries using our cradle -to -cradle model to create environmental
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and social change we have low input costs
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and a dynamic r &d strategy allowing us to move faster
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than our competitors by the end of this quarter by the end of quarter four
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we expect to sell 200 samples at $55 per sample for every converting customer
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we will sell our material at seven starting at $70 per linear meter
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and that's approximately ten dollars
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and fifty cents in revenue for every wallet made with our material our team is young
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and passionate with backgrounds in business supply chain operations research
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and development and more we have we're proud to have the support
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and backing of grad students studying bio products access to professional advisors
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and of course the support of cbase we are fiber text we're creating a leather like material from apples.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Great Pitch Deck Presentation Example – Fibrtex”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: leather, material, waste, apple, fibertex. This video has 40 sentences and 452 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:19. The speaker talks at a steady 136 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 |
|---|---|---|
| leather noun | /ˈlɛðɚ/ | A tough material produced from the skin of animals, by tanning or similar process, used e.g. for clothing; often denotes leather from cattle when no qualifier… |
| synthetic adjective | /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/ | Of, or relating to synthesis. |
| organic adjective | /ɔːˈɡænɪk/ | Pertaining to or derived from living organisms. |
| pound noun | /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ | A unit of weight in various measurement systems. |
| cradle noun | /ˈkɹeɪdəl/ | A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. |
| meanwhile adverb | /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ | During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place. |
| producer noun | /pɹəˈdjuːsə/ | An individual or organization that creates goods and services. |
| angle noun | /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ | A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). |
| input noun | /ˈɪnpʊt/ | The act or process of putting in; infusion. |
| dynamic adjective | /daɪˈnæm.ɪk/ | Changing; active; in motion. |
| fifty noun | /ˈfɪfti/ | A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50. |
| segment noun | /ˈsɛɡmɛnt/ | A length of some object. |
| toxic adjective | /ˈtɒk.sɪk/ | Having a chemical nature that is harmful to health or lethal if consumed or otherwise entering into the body in sufficient quantities. |
| manufacturer noun | /ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃəɹə/ | A person or company that manufactures. |
| sustainable adjective | /səˈsteɪnəbəl/ | Able to be sustained. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drive up verb | To cause or force a price, quantity, rate, etc. to increase. |
| throw away verb | To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 6 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: leather /ˈlɛðɚ/, synthetic /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, emission /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/
- Long words — get the stress right: manufacturer /ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃəɹə/, sustainable /səˈsteɪnəbəl/, competitor /kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɚ/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, economical /ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kəl/
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 leather, synthetic, organic.
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.