Shadowing Practice: Rewilding: Should We Bring Back Wolves? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Right, everyone, let's make a start, shall we?
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Tonight's question is whether wolves belong back here.
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Belong? They've been gone three hundred years, and good riddance.
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Well, that's one way to open a debate!
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But hear me out before you reach for the pitchforks.
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In Yellowstone, wolves were reintroduced in the mid-nineties.
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Elk stopped lingering by the rivers, and willows bounced back!
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Then the beavers returned and started building dams again.
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And how much of that is wishful thinking?
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Well... fair point. The scale of the cascade is still debated.
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Hunters, bears and drought played their part too.
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So the wolves get all the credit. Typical.
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Look, I've got four hundred ewes on that hillside.
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Lambing's hard enough without a predator at the gate.
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You won't be the one finding carcasses at dawn!
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I'm not dismissing that. Losses do happen, and they hurt.
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But in most of Europe, disease and weather kill far more sheep.
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Ugh, statistics won't console me when it's my flock!
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Perhaps we could talk about what would actually help?
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In parts of Europe, farmers are compensated for verified kills.
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Compensated? And who decides what counts as verified?
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Independent assessors... and frankly, payouts can be painfully slow.
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Prevention works better, though! Guardian dogs, night enclosures, fladry!
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Fladry? That sounds like something you'd order at a pub.
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Ha! It's a line of flapping flags along a fence.
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Wolves are wary of it, at least for a while.
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Hmm... and who pays for the dogs and the fencing?
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Any serious scheme should fund that upfront. Non-negotiable.
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Well... I'm not saying yes. I'm saying I'd listen.
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That's more than I expected from tonight, honestly!
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I'll take it! Shall we visit some shepherds in Italy together?
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Only if you're paying for lunch.
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Right, on that note, tea and biscuits are at the back!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This C1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Rewilding: Should We Bring Back Wolves?”. This video has 33 sentences and 304 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:16. The speaker talks at a steady 134 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 74% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 9 of its 33 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| fladry noun | A string of flags (usually red) used to demarcate boundaries that contain wildlife such as wolves, and deter them from crossing. | |
| compensate verb | /ˈkɑm.pənˌseɪt/ | To do (something good) after (something bad) happens. |
| verify verb | /ˈvɛɹɪfaɪ/ | To substantiate or prove the truth of something. |
| assessor noun | /əˈsɛsə/ | One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation. |
| biscuit noun | /ˈbɪs.kɪt/ | A small, flat, baked good which is either hard and crisp or else soft but firm; a cookie. |
| carcass noun | /ˈkɑɹkəs/ | The body of a dead animal, especially a vertebrate or other animal having flesh. |
| cascade noun | /kæsˈkeɪd/ | A waterfall or series of small waterfalls. |
| hillside noun | /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/ | The side of a hill. |
| linger verb | /ˈlɪŋɡɚ/ | To stay or remain in a place or situation, especially as if unwilling to depart or not easily able to do so. |
| negotiable adjective | /nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl/ | Able to be traversed; navigable. |
| painfully adverb | /ˈpeɪnfəli/ | In a painful manner; as if in pain. |
| payout noun | An amount of money paid out. | |
| pitchfork noun | /ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/ | An agricultural hand tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a… |
| reintroduce verb | To introduce again. | |
| riddance noun | /ˈɹɪdn̩(t)s/ | An act of ridding, clearance, or removal; elimination. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bounce back verb | To recover from a negative situation without seemingly any damage. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- Right, everyone, let's make a start, shall we?
- Look, I've got four hundred ewes on that hillside.
- You won't be the one finding carcasses at dawn!
- Ugh, statistics won't console me when it's my flock!
- Perhaps we could talk about what would actually help?
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 11 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, won't, I'd. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: negotiable /nɪˈɡoʊʃəbəl/, wishful /ˈwɪʃfəl/, enclosure /ɛnˈkloʊʒəɹ/, shepherd /ˈʃɛpəɹd/
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 fladry, compensate, verify.
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.