Shadowing Practice: In a Land before Time - C - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Lesson 1.
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Word List.
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Jungle.
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They got lost in the jungle.
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Footprint.
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The boy left footprints in the snow.
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skull.
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We found a skull of the dinosaur.
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Climate.
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The climate here is good for your health.
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Survive!
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A flower survived the hot summer.
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Remarkable.
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The city is remarkable for its scenery.
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"preserve".
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The food was preserved in a can.
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extinct.
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The dodo is an extinct bird.
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Fossil.
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This fossil is 2 million years old.
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exist.
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I believe that water exists on Mars.
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Bush.
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My dog is hiding in the bushes.
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Vine The vine climbed up a pole.
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Twist.
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Long ago, people twisted straw to make rope.
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Mud.
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The boy was covered in mud.
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Dinosaur.
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All dinosaurs died out long ago.
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Museum.
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Yesterday I saw mummies in the museum.
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Lesson 1.
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In a Land Before Time.
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What was the Earth like 200 million years ago?
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The weather was warm and there was plenty of rain.
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Tall trees, thick bushes and twisting vines grew.
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In these jungles, remarkable creatures appeared.
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Maybe you've heard of them.
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We call them dinosaurs.
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For about 150 million years, dinosaurs ruled the Earth.
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Some of these four -legged animals were 17 meters tall.
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They could eat the leaves off the top of a tree.
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The heaviest dinosaurs weighed as much as 20 elephants.
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Others, however, were no bigger than chickens, No one has ever seen a living dinosaur.
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So how do we know they existed?
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The answer is fossils.
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Fossils are dinosaur bones that we find in the ground.
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These fossils can show us what dinosaurs looked like.
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A dinosaur skull tells us what their head looked like.
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To see what shape their bodies were, scientists put their bones back together.
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Dinosaur footprints and teeth were also preserved, or saved, in the mud they walked in.
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Footprints can show us how they moved and ran.
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Their teeth tell us about what they ate.
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So what happened to all of the dinosaurs?
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How did they become extinct?
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Many people think the dinosaurs all died when the Earth's climate changed.
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The planet became colder and the dinosaurs couldn't survive.
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Today, they may be extinct, but movies, television, and museums are keeping dinosaurs alive in our minds.

About This Lesson

You're practicing English with "In a Land before Time - C" using the Shadowing technique — a method originally developed for professional interpreter training.

Focus on sounding like the speaker — not just repeating words. With 15–30 minutes of daily practice, you'll build real-world speaking confidence.

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.

Shadowing technique: read the full step-by-step guide →