Shadowing Practice: Literature Anthology Grade 3.Protecting Our Parks - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In 1872 Yellowstone National Park became America's first national park.
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This happened thanks to a group of explorers who saw how beautiful the land was.
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They wanted to protect it.
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So they went to Washington, D.C to write a law to protect nature.
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This grand act helped to create many more parks.
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The National Park Service was started in 1916.
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It takes care of parks and national monuments in the United States.
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Many parks contain the last traces of some plants and animals.
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Protecting these lands is an important job.
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Too many visitors.
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The Park Service must protect a massive amount of land.
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No one knew that millions of people would want to visit.
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There were no clues.
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Now more than 275 million visitors come to the parks and monuments each year.
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The Park Service wants people to visit, but overcrowding or too many people can create problems.
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There are often long waits to enter a park.
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Too many cars pollute the air.
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People drop litter on the hiking trails.
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Some people have even carved their names into cliffs.
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This makes the parks less enjoyable to visit.
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People who work at the parks and landmarks are looking for new ways to control crowds.
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Other people disagree about what should be done.
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Point counterpoint.
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Allow all access.
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The National Park Service thinks that people should be able to visit America's parks and landmarks.
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Their mission is to protect land so that it can be enjoyed by everyone.
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They want families to hike the trails, observe the animals, and learn about our country's history.
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But visitors need bathrooms, parking lots, and places to eat.
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The Park Service can make changes.
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They can create rules to handle crowds.
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They could spend money to fix damage to the parks.
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They could build more parking lots, restaurants, and bathrooms.
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Counterpoint Point Protect our parks Overcrowding is a problem at national parks.
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It can lead to pollution, litter, and noise.
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Many people think that national parks should be kept natural.
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They suggest only letting a certain number of people visit each day.
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They think that adding more parking lots and bathrooms will harm the plants and animals.
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A path forward America's national park system was not built to handle millions of visitors.
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If changes aren't made, overcrowding could damage the land and harm plants and animals.
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Everyone should have the chance to enjoy nature.
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Sidebar A meaningful symbol Each element of the National Park Service's symbol represents something that the agency protects.
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The bison represents wildlife.
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The tree represents plants.
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The mountain represents geology.
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The lake represents natural resources such as water and air.
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The arrowhead represents the history of our country.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This A2 speaking lesson is built on the video “Literature Anthology Grade 3.Protecting Our Parks”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: park, represents, protect, visit, land. This video has 47 sentences and 446 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:37. The speaker talks at a steady 124 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
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| visitor noun | /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/ | Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest. |
| harm noun | /hɑːm/ | Physical injury; hurt; damage. |
| trail noun | /tɹeɪl/ | The track or indication marking the route followed by something that has passed, such as the footprints of animal on land or the contrail of an airplane in the… |
| symbol noun | /ˈsɪmbəl/ | A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object. |
| hike noun | /haɪk/ | A long walk, usually for pleasure or exercise. |
| monument noun | /ˈmɑnjʊmənt/ | A structure built for commemorative or symbolic reasons, or as a memorial; a commemoration. |
| landmark noun | /ˈlændmɑːk/ | A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for navigation. |
| litter noun | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals. |
| element noun | /ˈɛləmənt/ | One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. |
| resource noun | /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ | Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel. |
| wildlife noun | /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/ | undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild. |
| pollution noun | /pəˈluʃən/ | Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. |
| trace noun | /tɹeɪs/ | An act of tracing. |
| clue noun | /kluː/ | Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. |
| meaningful adjective | /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩/ | Having meaning, significant. |
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 | was started · should be done · can be enjoyed |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should be · should have |
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 visitor, harm, trail.
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.