Shadowing Practice: Professor Jeffrey Sachs on CIA's Role in Syria & Operation Timber Sycamore | AC1G - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Do not be naive.
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Do not think that 600,000 people died because of Assad and the protesters.
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This was a war.
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Wars are expensive.
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They require billions of dollars.
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They require armaments.
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And I'm not talking about a conspiracy theory.
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I'm talking about a conspiracy.
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And you should know, everybody go look up Operation Timber Sycamore.
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Understand what happened in your region.
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And if you think that calling in the CIA is going to do the bidding of agency in this region, you are sadly mistaken.
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This region has been manipulated by Britain, France, and the United States for 100 years since the Versailles Treaty.
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It will not have safety or peace until the United States is out of this region through manipulation and war.
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You all say, well, it's Israel doing this.
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It's the same thing I'm talking about.
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It's the same reason for Operation Timber Sycamore.
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It's not an independent fact.
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It's the reason why this happened.
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I'm the last to denigrate agency.
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I'm telling you exactly the opposite.
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If you think your big friend, the United States, is gonna do your bidding and help you get your way,
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Empires divide to rule.
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They are not doing the bidding of Turkey or Syria or Lebanon or anybody else in this region.
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And if this is, yes, you want to balance Persia or Iran,
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you call in the United States to do that and you think this is going to work out well, it's not going to work out well.
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This region has three major powers, the Arab world, the Turkish world, and the Persian world.
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It's been more than a thousand years this way.
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I said to Iranian diplomats that Iran has been 5,000 years, I was corrected, 7,000 years.
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It's a long story.
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You don't need the United States to pull the chestnuts out of the fire.

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You're practicing English with "Professor Jeffrey Sachs on CIA's Role in Syria & Operation Timber Sycamore | AC1G" 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.