Shadowing Practice: Ielts-CAM 19| Listening-Test1-Part 3 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Part 3.
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You will hear two food science students called Marie and Colin discussing their final year projects.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 24.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 24.
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I haven't seen you for a bit, Marie.
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No, I've been busy with my project.
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You're making a vegan alternative to eggs, aren't you?
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Something that doesn't use animal products.
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Yes, I'm using chickpeas.
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I had two main aims when I first started looking for an alternative to eggs.
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But actually, I've found chickpeas have got more advantages.
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Right.
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But how about your project on reusing waste food?
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You were looking at bread, weren't you?
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Yes, it's been hard work, but I've enjoyed it.
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The basic process was quite straightforward, breaking the stale bread down to a paste, then reforming it.
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But you were using 3D printing, weren't you, to make the paste into biscuits?
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Yeah, I'd used that before, but in this project I had time to play around with different patterns for the biscuits
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and finding how I could add fruit and vegetables to make them a more appetising colour,
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and I was really pleased with what I managed to produce.
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It must have been a great feeling to make something appetising out of bits of old bread
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that would have been thrown away otherwise.
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It was.
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And I'm hoping that some of the restaurants in town will be interested in the biscuits.
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I'm going to send them some samples.
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I came across something on the internet yesterday that might interest you.
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It was a company that's developed touch-sensitive sensors for food labels.
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It's a special sort of label on the food package When the label's smooth,
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the food is fresh And then when you can feel bumps on the label, that means the food's gone bad It started off as a
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project to help visually impaired people know whether food was fit to eat or not Interesting!
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So, just solid food?
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No, things like milk and juice as well But actually,
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I thought it might be really good for drug storage in hospitals and pharmacies.
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Right.
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And coming back to food, maybe it'd be possible to use it for other things besides freshness,
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like how many kilograms a joint of meat is, for example.
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Yes, there's all sorts of possibilities.
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Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 25 to 30.
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Now listen and answer questions 25 to 30.
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I was reading an article about food trends predicting how eating habits might change in the next few years.
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Oh, things like more focus on local products.
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That seems so obvious, but the shops are still full of imported foods foods.
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Yes, they need to be more proactive to address that.
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And somehow motivate consumers to change, yes.
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One thing everyone's aware of is the need for a reduction in unnecessary packaging.
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But just about everything you buy in supermarkets is still covered in plastic.
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The government needs to do something about it.
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Absolutely, it's got to change.
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Do you think there'll be more interest in gluten and lactose free food?
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For people with allergies or food intolerances?
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I don't know.
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Lots of people I know have been buying that type of food for years now.
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Yes, even if they haven't been diagnosed with an allergy.
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That's right.
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One thing I've noticed is the number of branded products related to celebrity chefs.
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People watch them cooking on TV and then buy things like spice mixes or frozen foods with the chef's name on.
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I bought something like that once, but I won't again.
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Yeah, I bought a ready-made spice mix for chicken, which was supposed to be used by a chef I'd seen on television,
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and it didn't actually taste of anything.
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Hmm.
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Did the article mention ghost kitchens used to produce takeaway food?
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No. What are they?
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Well, they might have the name of a restaurant, but actually they're a cooking facility just for delivery meals.
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The public don't ever go there.
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But people aren't aware of that.
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It's all kept very quiet
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so people don't realize the food's not actually from the restaurant right did you know more
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and more people are using all sorts of different mushrooms now
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to treat different health concerns things like heart problems hmm they
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might be taking a big risk there yes it's hard to know which varieties are safe to eat anyway maybe now
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That is the end of part three.
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You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to part three.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Ielts-CAM 19”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: project, questions, biscuits, label, bread. This video has 72 sentences and 763 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:35. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 82% 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| biscuit noun | /ˈbɪs.kɪt/ | A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie. |
| appetizing adjective | /ˈæp.ə.taɪz.ɪŋ/ | That appeals to, or stimulates the appetite. |
| chickpea noun | /ˈt͡ʃɪkˌpiː/ | An annual plant (Cicer arietinum) in the pea family, widely cultivated for the edible seeds in its short inflated pods. |
| allergy noun | /ˈæl.əɹ.d͡ʒi/ | A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and… |
| pasta noun | /ˈpɑ.stə/ | Dough made from wheat and water and sometimes mixed with egg and formed into various shapes; often sold in dried form and typically boiled for eating. |
| spouse noun | /spaʊ̯s/ | A person in a marriage or marital relationship. |
| diagnose verb | /ˈdaɪ.əɡˌnoʊs/ | To determine which disease is causing a sick person's signs and symptoms; to find the diagnosis. |
| freshness noun | /ˈfɹɛʃnəs/ | The state or quality of being fresh. |
| impair verb | /ɪmˈpɛɹ/ | To weaken; to affect negatively; to have a diminishing effect on. |
| intolerance noun | /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/ | The state of being intolerant. |
| kilogram noun | /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/ | In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical… |
| lactose noun | /ˈlæk.toʊs/ | The disaccharide sugar of milk and dairy products, C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁, a product of glucose and galactose used as a food and in medicinal compounds. |
| proactive adjective | /pɹoʊˈæk.tɪv/ | Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty. |
| takeaway noun | /ˈteɪkəweɪ/ | A restaurant that sells food to be eaten elsewhere. |
| motivate verb | /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/ | To provide someone with an incentive to do something; to encourage; to actuate. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
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| come across verb | To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition. |
| start off verb | To begin. |
| throw away verb | To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- No, I've been busy with my project.
- You're making a vegan alternative to eggs, aren't you?
- You were looking at bread, weren't you?
- Yes, it's been hard work, but I've enjoyed it.
- I'm going to send them some samples.
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 | haven't seen · I've been · I've found |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | have been thrown · is still covered · been diagnosed |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 25 contractions and reduced forms, such as I've, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: freshness /ˈfɹɛʃnəs/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/
- Long words — get the stress right: appetizing /ˈæp.ə.taɪz.ɪŋ/, intolerance /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/, visually /ˈvɪzju.əli/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, unnecessary /ʌnˈnɛs.əˌsɛɹ.i/
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 biscuit, appetizing, chickpea.
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.