Shadowing Practice: Here Comes the Sun: Crash Course Kids #5.1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Pop quiz!
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What's the closest star to Earth?
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It's called Sol.
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Never heard of it, you say?
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Sure you have!
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Sol is the Sun.
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Ancient Romans, who once worshipped the Sun, called it Sol, and it's become the kind of official scientific name for the Sun.
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It's where the term solar system comes from.
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Sol, or the Sun, is the star at the center of our eight planet solar system that provides us with energy.
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Without the Sun, Earth would be a dark, frozen world with no life.
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But how does the Sun's energy get to us?
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Well first, let's talk about what the Sun is.
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It's a five billion year old big ball of super hot gas.
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The hottest part of the sun is its core, or center, which is about 15 million degrees celsius.
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Whoa.
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Its surface is not quite as hot, but it's still almost 5,600 degrees celsius, which is pretty toasty if you ask me.
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And as for its size, the sun is so huge you could line up over a hundred Earths along the face of it,
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and more than a million Earths could fit inside it.
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But the sun's size isn't what makes it seem so big and bright to us on Earth.
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It's because it's so close to us that it seems way, way, way, way bigger and brighter than other stars.
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So you know that the Sun is hot. And bright.
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And that heat and light are both kinds of energy that we get from the Sun.
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Let's take a look at a model to see how the Sun's energy gets from good ol' soul to our planet.
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Here's the Sun.
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Energy is created in its super hot 15 million degree core.
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That energy then travels outward from the core to the surface of the Sun.
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But this journey from the center of the sun to its surface can take over 100,000 years to complete.
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But, once the energy deep inside the sun finally gets to the surface, it travels as light and heat all the way to Earth.
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In fact, it only takes about 8 minutes for light to travel approximately 150 million kilometers through space to Earth over here.
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That's not such a long time.
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So to sum up, energy is created in the sun's core.
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It travels very slowly to the sun's surface before it takes
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a super speedy trip to Earth in the form of light and heat.
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And you and I can see and feel that energy as sunlight.
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Without the heat and light we get from the sun, Earth would be just a frozen ball floating around in space.
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Which would be a total bummer.
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So thanks, Sol.
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You're a real star.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 38 sentences and 450 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:43. The speaker talks at a natural 166 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| freeze verb | /ˈfɹiːz/ | Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. |
| worship noun | /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/ | The devotion accorded to a deity or to a sacred object. |
| float verb | /fləʊt/ | To be supported by a fluid of greater density (than the object). |
| sunlight noun | /ˈsʌnˌlaɪt/ | All the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun; especially, that in the visible spectrum and that bathes the Earth. |
| quiz noun | /kwɪz/ | A competition in the answering of questions. |
| whoa | /woʊ/ | Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down. |
| speedy adjective | /ˈspiː.di/ | Proceeding with or characterized by high speed; rapid. |
| outward adjective | /ˈaʊt.wɚd/ | Outer; located towards the outside. |
| toasty adjective | /ˈtoʊsti/ | Resembling or characteristic of toast. |
| bright adjective | /ˈbɹaɪ̯t/ | Emitting much light; visually dazzling; luminous, lucent, radiant. |
| planet noun | /ˈplænɪt/ | A body which is massive enough to be in hydrostatic equilibrium (generally resulting in being an ellipsoid) but not enough to attain nuclear fusion and, in IAU… |
| solar adjective | /ˈsoʊ.ləɹ/ | Of or pertaining to the sun; proceeding from the sun. |
| ancient adjective | /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/ | Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old. |
| scientific adjective | /ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/ | Related or connected to science |
| journey noun | /ˈd͡ʒɝni/ | A set amount of travelling, seen as a single unit; a discrete trip, a voyage. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sum up verb | To produce a total by adding. |
| take over verb | To assume control of something, such as a business or enterprise, and sometimes by force. |
Pronunciation to watch
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/, ancient /ˈeɪn.ʃənt/
- Long words — get the stress right: scientific /ˌsaɪ.ənˈtɪf.ɪk/, approximately /əˈpɹɑk.sɪ.mət.li/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like freeze, worship, float.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | is created |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | center, which is · celsius, which is |
| Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group | the closest · The hottest |
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.