Shadowing Practice: See It, Hear It, Say It | Learn English Naturally - Learn English Speaking with Video

Welcome back to a new video guys.

Today we have another slow English vlog here at the zoo and right now I am feeding the zebras carrots.

This is the last carrot.

Good afternoon buddy.

Loud and annoying so we're at the zoo.

This is the entrance.

After that we'll go through these gates and beyond the gates.

I'm a little more productive.

This botanical garden so far.

Honestly there are a lot of cages and enclosures.

Look at the beautiful pattern

on its fur gentle giants and they're super smart there's a python in here somewhere

so it does elevate the experience a lot we have one last little bit

oh almost bit my finger up let's go i don't know if you guys hear that

but that is loud and annoying so we are gonna go outside now let's go Let's go.

Okay, guys, we have just arrived at Chiang Mai Zoo.

So you can see here, we're at the zoo.

This is the entrance or the main gate.

This is the main entrance of the zoo.

It's a zoo and botanical garden.

So we have to go there to the ticket counter, purchase our tickets, and we can go in so let's head in

and buy our tickets it's not very expensive it is pretty cheap okay

so we just got the tickets show them the tickets

that right there is our tickets for two people

and this is a qr code that we'll scan

and i just bought this drink this electrolyte drink here from

these people these are some big umbrellas providing shade for the workers there

and that is a soft serve ice cream machine

that actually looks good i didn't even notice

that here you can see three flagpoles but only one of has a flag and it looks to be the Vietnamese flag.

You can see Leon is ordering a coffee here at this stall.

Highlands is a very popular chain here in Vietnam.

He just ordered a coffee.

That right there is the menu.

So he is ordering a coffee.

He ordered a coffee.

He is going to order a coffee.

And then after that we'll go through these gates

and beyond the gates is the botanical garden and also the zoo

but it's very beautiful today today is a very beautiful day

so i think we'll have our first shadowing segment here looking at this

so take a look try to come up with some sentences

and then follow along with the shadowing segment today i am

standing near the entrance of a beautiful garden the road is wide and clean

and many tall trees surround the area above the entrance there

is a large sign a few people are waiting near the gate

while others are walking inside the weather is warm and sunny

but the trees provide cool shade as i look around i

notice how peaceful this place feels the entrance has a modern roof

that stretches across the walkway near the gate several visitors are talking quietly

and buying tickets behind them colorful signs and information boards help guests find their way.

Although the city may be busy outside, this garden seems calm and relaxing.

Botanical gardens are special places where people can learn about nature while enjoying a pleasant environment.

Because many different plants grow here, visitors have the opportunity to observe species

that they might never see elsewhere whether someone comes to exercise take photographs

or simply escape from the noise of daily life the garden offers something valuable for everyone

if I were entering this garden for the first time I would probably spend several hours exploring its paths

and hidden corners not only does the entrance appear welcoming

but it also creates a sense of curiosity about what lies beyond the gate.

As sunlight filters through the enormous trees overhead, the scene becomes both inviting and memorable.

It is the kind of place where people can slow down, appreciate nature, and reconnect with the world around them.

And remember guys to stick around to the very end of the video

because every video will now finish off with a shadowing segment to practice your pronunciation.

So watch until the end.

So what did you get?

I got an iced coffee with condensed milk.

I don't really wake up until i get my coffee

or whatever catchy catchphrase white moms say you got an iced

coffee with condensed milk do you actually need coffee every morning no not every morning

but if i don't sleep

that good i don't get a lot of sleep then i'd like to drink a coffee

so i'm a little more productive yeah

that makes sense i see you have an ear pod in

are you listening to anything no this is for people think you're cool

no i'm actually listening to something oh you are yeah anyway

let's head into the zoo now okay i just finished my

drink you can see the bottle is completely empty the bottle

is empty now i'm going to throw it out i'm not

actually sure what the difference between these four trash bins are

but they all say the same thing

so i assume they are all the same thing

so i'll just throw it in this one now let's go in okay

so we just made it in here you have a cutout

of probably a celebrity this is like an ice cream stall low -key i can go for an ice cream

but we just started the day

so maybe let's do a little bit of exploring first before

we get the ice cream people got a tripod set up there i wonder what they're filming

but yeah dude these trees are actually so tall and beautiful

and they actually are providing a lot of shade i didn't even notice that tree review 8 .7 out of 10.

tree review number 67.

67 dude this is really nice you can see all these

vines growing up creating like a roof ceiling for us yeah this beautiful canopy with these natural vines

so these are vines i'm not actually sure where the zoo is

but we're gonna walk around until we find it oh it's

right right here found it oh dude look at the zebra

they're not even in an enclosure they're just out in the open wow that's amazing

so what do you think of this botanical garden

so far honestly all we've seen so far is plants

and the botanical side

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and it is really really pretty it's well taken care of

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you can see there's a lot of staff there's some staff over there

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and they're taking really good care of this place we saw some staff on

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that roundabout over there putting in new plants taking out old dead ones

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and they do take care of this place really well yeah

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here you can see another person is working looks like they're planting they're taking out these old plants

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and then just cleaning up the whole garden area it's really beautiful

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so they are taking good care of it

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which is nice to see it is a botanical garden

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so it makes sense but up here i believe is where the lions

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and bears are oh

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and here you can see this is a bird cage there are some blue birds in there

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so you can see some birds inside here those birds are

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very blue are they even real i don't even think they're

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real yeah i'm tripping bro these are fake birds dude i

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thought they were real oh they're fake i was like why

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aren't they moving dude they're fake i mean oh no they are fake

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and i knew that okay so we are here right now at the capybaras

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and i think after we'll go see these animals

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and then the lion and then end with the elephant

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but right now you can see the capybara look at it chewing its hair is so like frizzy

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it looks really coarse and rough have you pet them before their hair looks very coarse

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and rough i've never pet them they do not look soft

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though look at them you can see there are a lot

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of kids in there feeding them feeding the capybaras i don't even know how capybaras became

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so popular i guess from the meme of them jumping in water yeah

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and they just came so well they just look like funny

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and the way they jump into water is like super funny too and here you have I have a train going through, bringing people across the whole zoo.

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Oh my gosh, it's Mr. Beast.

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Oh, Mr. Beast.

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Mr. Beast.

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Oh, I want to try this one.

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I want to try the cookies and cookies.

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Dude, is this life size?

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Yo, Mr. Beast is kind of small.

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Mr. Beast is like, what's that, your height, 5 '4"?

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This is before he got his veneers though.

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No. Yeah.

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His teeth look really white.

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No, but now he has perfect teeth, so this is before he got his veneers.

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Now he has veneers so his teeth are perfect.

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They're too big now.

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They look too big.

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So how would you guys describe this grass right here?

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This grass is very long and it has not been cut in a long time

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or maybe ever You could see the grass is just very long and tall.

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It is unkept, but it doesn't look messy or dirty It just looks long.

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This right here is a very small hedge, very small hedge I think eventually it will grow taller.

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Down there you can see a pond and a lot of lily pads on the pond.

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And in the distance you can see high -rise apartments.

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Those apartments look very nice because they have a view of the botanical gardens.

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It looks very nice.

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I'm sure they have a great view from their apartment.

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And you can see the sky today is mostly blue.

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There are some clouds in sky making the sky slightly white

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but for the most part it is blue and clear

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and you can see look at the size of this tree

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a lot of these trees in the botanical garden are absolutely massive with huge trunks

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and there are a lot of cages

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and enclosures for all the animals there you can see there

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is a bird cage it looks like that's for pelicans

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but there's one on top i guess that one got out

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Okay, we found the bear.

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You can see the sun bear right there.

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We can't really see it, but you can see here there is a large ditch so that the bear doesn't climb over the wall.

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So there's a large ditch here

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and that's just to keep the bear inside here i think a bear like

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that would be kind of hot here no i think it's

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from this area though i think it's an asian bear

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so i think it's used to it used to this heat yeah

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but i like how this garden has a lot of shade

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because of all the trees it's really nice okay

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so we found the pony look at this pony low -key

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want to ride it it's eating a carrot are those ponies too?

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They might be ponies, yeah.

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I'm not a, I'm not a zoologist.

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And then they put this fence here just to make sure it can't stick its head out probably

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because I think it's small enough to fit its head through these gaps.

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So this is just to make sure, you know, no one touches it and it doesn't touch anyone.

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There you can see the train is coming again.

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These are tortoises and you see its shell this is its shell

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and they move very slowly they move very slowly like look

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at how fast it moves wow did you see any galapagos tortoises oh millions like big ones millions

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so many dude look at the monkey eating a banana he's

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doing the most monkey thing i could possibly think of eating

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a banana literally dude he's just chilling feeling banana eating it yeah So funny.

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Looks like the monkey from Planet of the Apes.

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What was his name?

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Caesar?

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Yeah.

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Caesar.

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Caesar salad.

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Oh, now he's eating grapes.

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Probably got a buffet in there.

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Bro, look at this guy.

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He's just chilling, man.

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That's me for real.

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That's like me every day.

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I think monkeys are some of the funniest animals you can see at the zoo.

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Have you seen that video of the gorilla that's chilling

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and then another monkey comes and jumps on its head and he just starts fighting everybody around him?

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No.

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that sounds hilarious dude these monkeys just be chill they just

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be like me for real dude i want to see them

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swing you can see this right here is a man -made

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waterfall it's kind of sad it's not really very impressive at all

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but inside here there is a bengal tiger look at it

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that thing is huge here kitty kitty oh it just woke

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up oh it it heard me here kitty come over here

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come on come on buddy i have catnip for you i have whiskers isn't

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that like a rare cat yeah it's albino i don't think

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it's albino it's just white pretty sure it's albino it says

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white bengal tiger oh yeah i guess this is what it

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is a white bengal tiger oh man look at the other

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this is the orange bengal like we'll go around just get a better view of it

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so now we're walking on the side here

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but there are a lot of people in front of me

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so my view isn't that good right now so i have to wait

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but you can see it from here dude that is crazy look at

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that thing loki i just want to like ride it dude it's

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so it's so close like you could almost touch it that's crazy dude it's like a big cat

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where can i get one of these call mike tyson up well i know he has some

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but look at the beautiful pattern on its fur.

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It's a beautiful pattern.

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Like orange, white, and black.

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Okay, well, we found the crocodile.

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Look at that thing.

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How much to jump in there with it?

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20 bucks.

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20 bucks? Do it.

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Dude, they're not that dangerous, man.

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Dude, that thing will eat you up if you go in there.

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You just gotta keep your eye on it.

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Dude, if you jump in that water...

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I've watched enough of that gator show to know what to do.

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No, dude, it's game over.

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That thing is big.

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It's very big and strong.

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There's a reason we're up above them on this platform.

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They're down below.

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And if you fall, there's a reason this is here to stop you.

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Yeah, this is a crocodile.

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This is not a gator.

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Okay, so we found the female lion here.

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Let's see if we can find the male lion.

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What do you call a female lion?

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A lioness.

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So we found some more Bengal tigers.

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There's one there.

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All right, that's thing looks dangerous bro

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and here is the second tiger there's a little amusement park

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here for young kids you can see there are only two people on this ride

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and they are sitting at the front but this is an amusement park ride

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and they have another one there and a few more in the background

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but this is just for young kids

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that ride right there is my least favorite ride i hate this ride

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so much because you just go up and then you just draw you hate

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that more than going upside down yes dude this is my least favorite

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because it just makes your stomach like feel

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so like weird like you want to like oh it's just so uncomfortable

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if you've ever been on this ride you know what I'm talking about I really do not like

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that right oh my god

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they're stressing bro remember that was voluntary yeah they just go up and then and they drop very fast down.

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They go up and then they drop, up and then they drop.

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Mew it.

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We found the giraffes, dude.

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These things are so tall, like really, these are one of my favorite animals.

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Let me know guys, what is your favorite animal at the zoo?

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So not a dog or a cat, but your favorite zoo animal.

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Mine I think is either a rhinoceros or a giraffe they just look

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so cool and unique to me and they're very majestic in my eyes

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so tell me what is your favorite zoo animal

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and why mine i would say a lion i mean it's

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kind of obvious my name leon lion i was kind of born into it

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or black panther those are so cool especially

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when they got like a nice clean black coat they just look

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so sleek yeah those are good choices i like Rhinos

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and giraffes because they're just so uniquely shaped

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and they just look cool to me They look like they're out of like a book or something.

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This elephant is absolutely enormous, dude It is huge and look at the elephant tusks.

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They look like they've been cut.

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That almost looks like an African elephant

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But I'm pretty sure it's an Asian elephant Honestly to me it looks like an African elephant

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because I thought Asian elephants had way bigger ears No, African elephants do.

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Oh, they do?

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Yeah, it's the other way around

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but yeah I do know African elephants are a lot bigger than Asian elephants

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but this elephant is really big this is also one of my favorite animals like it's honestly

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so unique in the world there's nothing really like it super cool

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and it's just in the sun probably burning hot I mean

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it has some water over there very beautiful animal gentle giants

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and they're super smart yeah

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and there are a decent amount of people here it is the middle of the week around lunchtime

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but it still is pretty busy but it's mostly young people here

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so here are more elephants oh look at these things imagine

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if those horns impale you oh you'd be done though that's

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crazy look at this these are from south africa right

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or they have them in south africa like this uh savannah

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because i'm pretty sure i've tried uh biltong made out of these

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and it's really good bro these things look like they're out

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of narnia like low -key yeah they look really big i

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like how the horns have like a little twist on them look at this guy

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and you know why they're coming up people feed them uh

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carrots look at all these like deer this really reminds me of uh nara in japan like just like

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so many yeah here obviously they're different

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but the amount reminds me of uh japan what kind of

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deer are these the hog deer oh it's called the wildebeest

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oh yeah that's right i knew it was a cool name

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this is just a big pen for all these deer

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and there are a lot probably close to 100

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and there's some wildebeest over there they're not

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that big actually oh yeah some wildebeest some wildebeest with a

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deer that's a pretty cool name south african no yeah from

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africa yeah those are the animals you always see getting wrecked by crocodiles in in like

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and lions safari movies and stuff safari documentaries

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and also by lions they just get eaten by everything loki kind of weak look at

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that snake looks like an anaconda or something python

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so right now we are in the reptile house so all of these animals in here are reptiles.

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There's a python in here somewhere.

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Oh, up there.

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Python.

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Hermes python.

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That just sounds dangerous.

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Yeah, there are a lot of snakes and other reptiles in this area.

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Reptiles.

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Reptiles are cold -blooded animals.

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Oh, snapping turtle.

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Here is an iguana.

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Hey, buddy.

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How are you doing? this is a cool animal as well

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I like the color look at this guy he's like half shedding oh oh

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and there's red underneath it I didn't even notice there's two

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yeah what's this guy on what's your deal boy I think they ran out of space everywhere else

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because they threw all the extra ones in here they're literally climbing on top of each other

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and they have a crocodile and a giant anaconda you know these iguanas breed really fast

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so in a lot of places they're actually invasive.

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yeah a lot of places these are invasive species specifically i

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know in florida they are this is my favorite animal bro i wanted to see it

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so bad but it's far

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that is a rhino sleeping right now rhino oh he heard you

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or she dude such a cool animal i wish i could see it up close

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so yeah rhinos are like my favorite animal to see at the zoo they're just

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so cool and unique i've only seen them once

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and i was like mesmerized you can see i'm also sweating a lot today

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it's really hot it's a hot day

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but i think we're pretty much done at the zoo there's probably a couple more things to see

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but we'll start heading towards the exit here's another rhino this time we could see the front of it it's

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so big and the horn is

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so cool this animal is really cool i love it super

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cool yeah there's the other one two rhinos what did you

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think of the zoo it was nice like out of all the zoos we visited

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so far this is the third one i think this is

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the nicest one this was a really nice zoo i liked it

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because it was the cheapest one and it had so

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so much like

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and even look at this look at this hedge it looks

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like an elephant it's crazy now this zoo is definitely in

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my opinion the nicest one i've been to in asia

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so far and like all these trees are

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so nice too like just gives

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so much shade it's really nice i like it i think every zoo should be mixed with a botanical garden

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because it makes the experience so much nicer yeah

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because this is a zoo and a botanical garden

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so it does elevate the experience a lot let me know

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what did you guys think of this zoo did you like it did you not like it

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and what was your favorite animal you saw today

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and also final question have you been to a zoo before

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and if you have which zoo and was it better than this

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or worse now there are a lot of people look at

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all those people i think a lot of kids are coming

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on field trips here today yeah for field trips since the

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beginning of the day anyway guys this is the end of

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the video we'll have a shadowing segment right now to finish off the video don't just watch the lesson once

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and forget it

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if you actually want to remember what you learn then complete

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the workbook i created for this video it helps you practice

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the key vocabulary meaning sentence building pronunciation shadowing speaking writing

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and everything you learned from this lesson at the link in my description

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or at volcaenglish .com today i'm at the zoo there are

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two large elephants in the enclosure one elephant is standing near the fence

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and the other elephant is standing beside a tree the ground is dry

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and sandy many green trees grow around the area the elephants look calm

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and they move slowly i can see their long trunks big ears and strong legs

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the elephant on the right side is closer to us

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while the other elephant is farther away it appears to be exploring the tree

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and looking for something interesting nearby there are logs rocks

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and a small shelter where the elephants can rest although the

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day is sunny the shade from the trees help keep the

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animals comfortable sometimes elephants use their trunks to pick up food drink water

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or interact with objects around them elephants are among the largest

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land animals in the world yet they can perform surprisingly delicate

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movements as i watch them i notice how carefully they walk across the enclosure

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and how peacefully they share the space

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because elephants are highly intelligent they often display complex behaviors

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and strong social bonds watching these magnificent animals remind me

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that strength and gentleness can exist together

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if visitors spend enough time observing the elephants they may begin to appreciate details

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that are easy to overlook at first not only are these animals powerful

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but they are also curious emotional and adaptable Whether they are searching for food, resting in the shade, or interacting with their environment,

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they constantly demonstrate remarkable awareness.

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The quiet scene before me feels both relaxing and fascinating, marking this visit as a memorable experience.

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And remember guys, you will become fluent in English.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 410 sentences and 4363 words to shadow. The speech runs for 24:28. The speaker talks at a natural 178 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% 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 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

elephant /ˈɛlɪfənt/ (noun) — A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
lion /ˈlaɪən/ (noun) — A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
gate /ˈɡeɪ̯t/ (noun) — A doorlike structure outside a house.
entrance /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ (noun) — The action of entering, or going in.
shade /ʃeɪd/ (noun) — Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked.
monkey /ˈmʌŋki/ (noun) — A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails…
rhino /ˈɹaɪ.noʊ/ (noun) — A rhinoceros.
shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ (noun) — A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
tiger /ˈtaɪɡə/ (noun) — Panthera tigris, a large predatory mammal of the cat family, indigenous to Asia.
deer /dɪɹ/ (noun) — A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla…
enclosure /ɛnˈkloʊʒəɹ/ (noun) — Something that is enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
segment /ˈsɛɡmɛnt/ (noun) — A length of some object.
chill /tʃɪl/ (verb) — To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
cage /keɪd͡ʒ/ (noun) — An enclosure made of spaced bars, normally to hold animals while providing some ventilation.
carrot /ˈkæɹət/ (noun) — A vegetable with a nutritious, juicy, sweet root that is often orange in colour, Daucus carota, family Apiaceae, especially the subspecies sativus.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
go in (verb) — To become obscured by clouds.
go through (verb) — To travel from one end of something to the other.
go up (verb) — To move upwards.
jump in /d͡ʒʌmp ˈɪn/ (verb) — To enter something quickly, usually a mode of transport.
come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — Come along with me; join me in going.
take out (verb) — To remove.
clean up (verb) — To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 89 contractions and reduced forms, such as they're, I'm, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “th” sounds: underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, panther /ˈpænθəɹ/
The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shade /ʃeɪd/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, enclosure /ɛnˈkloʊʒəɹ/, shell /ʃɛl/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/

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 elephant, lion, gate.

Grammar in this video

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

Structure	In the video
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have just arrived · we've seen · has not been cut
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	has not been cut · they've been cut · be done
Superlatives the -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group	the most monkey · the funniest · my least favorite
Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain	may be · might never see · might be

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.

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