Shadowing Practice: IELTS Speaking Band 8.5 (Temurbek Akbaraliyev) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello everyone, I'm Timurbek Akbar El -Wafib, our professor.

I'm the first one in Europe.

Today, I'm going to study the Bachelor of English and the MET website.

I'm going to study the last year in 2015.

We are going to study the top of the year.

I'm going to study the last year in 2015.

I have a lot of reading from all these.

I don't know how many times I have to read.

Score breakdown is all these?

Score breakdown is 38.

Passage is a good one or a good one?

Passage 1 is 10 minutes at the end of the passage.

Passage 3 is 10 -10 minutes.

Passage 3 is 10 -20 minutes at the end of the passage.

I am going to go to the next 40 minutes.

I will review the review.

I will ask you to ask questions.

Passage 1 is a little bit more.

Passage 3 is a little bit more.

I will go to the next batch of matching information.

Passage 3 is a multiple choice.

Summary completion with a box.

Yes or not given.

You are matching information.

I am passing through the same thing.

Matching information.

Now, writing is a very important thing.

I know that IELTS is a very important thing.

I have to do a lot of work with IELTS, but I have to do a lot of work with IELTS.

But I have to do a lot of work with IELTS, but I have to do a lot of work with IELTS.

I have to do a lot of work with IELTS.

What do you think about the work with IELTS?

As you can see, I'm in the middle of the book, I'm in the middle of the book, I'm in the middle of the book.

I'm in the middle of the book, I'm in the middle of the book, I'm in the middle of the book.

I'm in the middle of the book, I'm in the middle of the book, I'm in the middle of the book,

I'm in the middle of the book.

I'm in the middle of the book, I'm in the middle of the book, I'm in the middle of the book.

I'm going to talk about chunk -claniacs.

Are you talking about the language?

What is the name of the language?

I'm talking about the language of the language of the language.

I'm talking about the language of the language.

So, we've got the language of the language of the language.

We've got the language of the language of the language.

We've got the language of the language of the language of the language.

We've got the language of the language of the language.

And speaking of course, we are all ready to do this.

We are all ready to do this.

This is the speaking test for the international English language testing system conducted on October 4th.

At Diorbek's Isles, the candidate is Timurbek Akparelyev and the examiner is Diorbek Haidt Muradov.

Good afternoon.

My name is Diorbek Haidt Muradov.

Can you tell me your full name, please?

Yeah, my name is Timurbek Akparelyev.

Thank you.

Now, in this first part, I would like to ask you some questions about yourself.

Let's talk about where you live now.

Do you live in a house or an apartment?

Well, I live in an apartment.

It's in Chilanzar.

It's a two -bedroom apartment located on the third floor.

Yeah, I live with my family there.

What's your favorite room in your home?

I think it's going to be my study room.

There is the small room which is equipped with everything that I need.

There is a small air conditioner and there is a window, small window that lets in loads of sunlight.

I think that's really comfortable for me.

What things make your home pleasant to live in?

Well, I think it's my family probably.

I mean, if we talk about people and the atmosphere obviously

and when it comes to appliances I think we have everything we need AC and we have even

like vacuum cleaner and everything that we need and it is well furnished I guess.

Let's now talk about old buildings.

Have you ever visited any important old buildings?

Yes back when I was in Turkey I visited this mosque

Sultan Ahmed mosque which is also known as Blue Mosque and it was an exhilarating experience for me.

Why?

Because I've never seen such a magnificent building before

and it was the first time that I had seen it and I was amazed by its architectural.

ingenuity i mean the ingenuity of the architect

it was well decorated with those beautiful iznik tiles is there

an old building you'd like to visit in the future well now nothing comes to mind

but i think if i visit turkey again i probably drop a visit to this building again

just to see it once more where would you prefer to live in an old building or a modern building

Definitely the modern one because of all the appliances and everything

that I need

because you know sometimes old buildings may not be as robust as the modern ones

they might not be like earth like resilient to different types of earthquakes let's say

that's why I think I prefer safety more and comfort.

Let's talk about personal talents, things you are good at.

What sort of things do you think you are good at?

I believe I'm good at running.

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I can run really fast.

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I mean, at least I could.

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I haven't run for a long time.

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I think that's one of my strengths.

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And I believe I am good at learning poems.

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Do you have the same talents as anyone else in your family?

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Yeah, I think my siblings are also good at learning.

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They have good memory and they are good at maths as well.

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Is there a talent you already have that you'd like to improve?

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Yeah, again, it's about my memory.

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I want to sharpen it even more.

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And I want to be able to learn things even more easily, especially vocabulary and the things that I want to learn,

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like people's phone numbers maybe.

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Now, I'm going to give you a topic, and I would like you to talk about it for one to two minutes.

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Before you talk, you'll have one minute to think about what you're going to say

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and you can make some notes if you wish to understand.

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Here is some paper and a pen for making notes.

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And here's your topic.

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I'll give you the laptop so that you can see.

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I want you to describe a well -known person in your country who is very popular.

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All right, remember you have one to two minutes for this, so do not worry if I stop you.

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I'll tell you when the time is up.

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Can you start speaking now, please?

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Yeah, if I had to talk about a celebrity in my country, I think that will be Nur Sultan Razubayev.

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He is an MMA fighter

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and he is one of the first people who has been competing in UFC that's an MMA promotion

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which is very popular based in the US.

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I think he is popular because of his fighting style and

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because he was one of the unique fighters from Uzbekistan and

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so far he has had over 40 fights

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and he has won many of the fights I guess over 30 and that's why actually he competing in the UFC.

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I believe he has excellent ground game even.

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He usually pounce his opponents and that's why he can get more scores I believe

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and he can win sometimes even by stoppage.

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When it comes to his other skills I think he is really good at even punching his opponents.

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Sometimes he knocks them out.

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Unfortunately his last fight was not as successful as I had expected.

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He actually lost that fight and his opponent was, I guess, a bit better than him.

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But he threw some dirty kicks, which caused his knee injury.

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And I don't think those should be allowed in UFC.

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And by the way, that fighter was actually eliminated from the UFC organization.

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I believe because of that dirty kick as well, dirty move.

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I believe in the future he is going to be a UFC fighter

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if he keeps working on himself and improving his talents.

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He is now actually working with some of the UFC fighters who are also really well known

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and he is training in the US with them

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sometimes he visits Uzbekistan he has some fan fan meetings probably

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I will meet with him one day just to ask him about his career

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and his professional experience probably I believe we'll have a great time I mean just chatting

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and I may learn some things thank you is this person also popular with your friends?

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I don't think so.

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My friends are not that into MMA.

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Thank you.

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Can I have the paper and pen back?

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We've been talking about a well -known person in your country who's very popular

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and I would like to discuss with you one or two more general questions related to this.

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Let's consider first of all being popular at work.

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How important is it to be popular with colleagues at work?

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I think it's really important you know it is really important to develop professional networking

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because you never know sometimes you may need their help and

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if you can be popular at work if people love you

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and if people respect you I think that's a huge plus

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and sometimes you know you can pull strings

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and do some of the things in a bit easier way

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than compared to others is this popularity mostly useful in terms of getting benefits only?

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I think that's the only thing that comes to mind now.

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You can get loads of benefits by being popular, obviously.

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But generally it is good to be a good person, that people like you and respect you.

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And that is good for your CV also, I guess, maybe.

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Do you disagree?

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A good boss has to be popular with his or her employees?

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Not necessarily.

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A good boss should have lots of other skills as well.

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Like he has to be good at obviously some soft skills.

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He should be able to communicate with his colleagues really well.

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And he has to probably coordinate work really well, I believe

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and he should be really good at reading people's mind so to speak.

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I mean he should deal with them really well but he doesn't necessarily have to be really popular.

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I mean sometimes people may not like you that much but

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if you are good at managing people and if you're good at organizing stuff I think that's more important.

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There is a view that people are often promoted more for their popularity than their ability.

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What do you think about it?

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Yeah, I totally agree with this.

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You can see it in the example of most politicians all over the world.

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I don't think most of them are so skillful.

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I think they are in their position because of how popular they were with people, with their colleagues, with people around them who vote for them.

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That's why I think skills are important if you know how to use them with people.

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I mean how to deal with people and how to communicate with them.

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Let's now talk about popularity and influence.

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How do you think celebrities can use their popularity to influence others?

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Well, I believe they can raise people's awareness about all the issues

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that are happening all over the world

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or even in their own country we can take

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I think one of the singers Macklemore I believe his name who openly criticized,

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supported actually Palestine and that actually affected Ed Sheeran's tours all over the US

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and that's why his opening acts actually cut ties with Ed Sheeran and they stopped participating in his concert.

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I think, yeah, popular people can raise awareness of people about everything

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and they can actually contribute to the betterment of society and the world.

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Do you disagree that popular figures like McLemore and Ed Sheeran have an extra responsibility to be good role models?

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Yeah, definitely.

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They have lots of fans who are usually teenagers

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and they usually aspire to be the ones whom they respect most of the time.

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I think they should be really good role models whom youngsters can imitate and take something good.

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I think Habib Nurmagomedov who is one of the MMA fighters can be a great role model, a great example for this

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because of his popularity he's influencing most of the youngsters to respect the elderly

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and well to be a good human I believe what's the difference between having influence

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and having real power well I believe

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if you have influence then that could be derived from people's respect towards you

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if you influence someone then most of the time i believe people respect you

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and that's why they do what you teach what you preach

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or what you set as a as an example but if you have

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power just raw power probably then people will do what you say just

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because they have to maybe not out of respect

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or love i believe this is the case thank you very much

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that's the end of the speaking test um i i think

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it's been a it's been a stellar perform for performance in my opinion

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I think you sort of shifted the gear as we progressed through each part.

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I mean, I think your performance, especially towards the end, was so much better than at the beginning.

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So do you feel like that's what candidates should do as well?

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I mean, I usually tell my students to sort of do a little bit of speaking before

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they go into the exam room so that they have this English brain basically,

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so to speak, switched on and then they examine is not the first person they are talking to in English.

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Do you think that's a good idea?

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Yeah, I totally believe so.

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I think they should speak to themselves at least if they have no partner for about five to ten minutes maybe, but not much, too much.

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It may just tire them out.

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Yeah, I believe that's a good strategy.

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Yeah, thank you guys for watching us and think about what parts went really well and what phrases you learned,

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what strategies Timur Bink used to answer the questions and remember all of these answers are spontaneous off the cuff,

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none of them are memorized or rehearsed and yeah comment down below

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and tell us what you think about the performance and also sign

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Thank you for watching us.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “IELTS Speaking Band 8.5”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: language, middle, popular. This video has 232 sentences and 2552 words to shadow. The speech runs for 16:48. The speaker talks at a natural 152 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 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
passage noun	/ˈpæsɪd͡ʒ/	A paragraph or section of text or music with particular meaning.
fighter noun	/ˈfaɪtɚ/	A person who fights; a combatant.
popularity noun	/ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/	The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being widely liked or in favor with the people at large.
skill noun	/skɪl/	A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
opponent noun	/əˈpəʊ.nənt/	One who opposes another; one who works or takes a position against someone or something; one who attempts to stop the progress of someone or something.
colleague noun	/ˈkɒliːɡ/	A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
mosque noun	/mɑsk/	A place of worship for Muslims, often having at least one minaret; a masjid.
topic noun	/ˈtɑpɪk/	A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
necessarily adverb	/ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/	Inevitably; of necessity.
awareness noun	/əˈwɛɹ.nəs/	The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer.
compete verb	/kəmˈpiːt/	To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend.
celebrity noun	/səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/	Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
communicate verb	/kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/	To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
breakdown noun	/ˈbɹeɪkˌdaʊn/	A failure, particularly one which is mechanical in nature.
disagree verb	/dɪsəˈɡɹi/	To fail to agree; to have a different opinion or belief.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
pass through verb	To go through, to travel through, to transit or lie across a place or from one place to another.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

Are you talking about the language?
Can you tell me your full name, please?
Do you live in a house or an apartment?
What's your favorite room in your home?
Do you think that's a good idea?

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on	has been competing · We've been talking
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	is equipped · is also known · was amazed
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	Have you ever visited · I've never seen · haven't run
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing	room which is · mosque which is · people who has

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 51 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, we've, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: earthquake /ˈɝθkweɪk/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, completion /kəmˈpliː.ʃən/, politician /ˌpɑ.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/
Long words — get the stress right: popularity /ˌpɑ.pjəˈlæɹ.ə.ti/, necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/

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 passage, fighter, popularity.

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