Shadowing Practice: Speech on Effects of Climate Change | How it Affect our world. #climatechange #2mins - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Topic, Effects of Climate Change.
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Time, 2 minutes.
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Honourable teachers, judges and my dear friends.
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Good morning everyone.
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Today, I want to talk to you about something very important which is climate change and how it affects our world.
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Imagine our earth as a big, beautiful garden.
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But now, this garden is facing some serious problems.
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One of the biggest problems is climate change.
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Climate change means the weather is changing in ways that can harm our planet.
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For example, it's getting warmer and this is not always a good thing.
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Dear friends, one effect of climate change is that the ice in the North and South Poles is melting.
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This is like if all the ice in your freezer melted and made a big mess.
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When the ice melts, it makes the sea levels rise, which can cause flooding in places where people live.
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Imagine your home getting flooded, it would be terrible.
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Another effect is that the weather is becoming more extreme.
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This means we might have more dangerous storms, like hurricanes and tornadoes, and they can cause a lot of damage.
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A wise person once said, climate change is not a problem for the future.
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It's a problem of today.
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This tells us that we need to act now to make a difference.
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Climate change can also affect animals and plants.
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Some animals might lose their homes because the places they live are changing.
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For example, polar bears need ice to hunt and live, but with the ice melting, their homes are disappearing.
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Just like we need a home to feel safe, animals do too.
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As kids, we can also help fight climate change.
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We can save energy by turning off lights when we don't need them, use less water, and recycle things.
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If we all do small things, they can add up to make a big difference.
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Remember the saying, the earth does not belong to us, we belong to the earth.
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This means we need to take care of our planet, because it's our home.
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So, let's work together to protect our beautiful garden, our Earth, from the effects of climate change.
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Let's make a promise to take care of our planet every day.
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Thank you everyone.
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Have a great day!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Speech on Effects of Climate Change”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: climate, ice, effect, earth, planet. This video has 32 sentences and 375 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:32. The speaker talks at a steady 148 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 90% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| melt verb | /mɛlt/ | To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat. |
| belong verb | /bɪˈlɒŋ/ | To have its proper place. |
| flood noun | /flʌd/ | An overflow of a large amount of water (usually disastrous) from a lake or other body of water due to excessive rainfall or other input of water. |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| harm noun | /hɑːm/ | Physical injury; hurt; damage. |
| hurricane noun | /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/ | A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye. |
| disappear verb | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | To vanish. |
| polar adjective | /ˈpoʊlɚ/ | Of, relating to, measured from, or referred to a geographic pole (the North Pole or South Pole); within the Arctic or Antarctic circles. |
| tornado noun | /tɔɹˈneɪ.doʊ/ | A violent wind in the form of a mobile, rapidly rotating, funnel cloud that has contacted the ground. |
| honourable adjective | UK standard spelling of honorable. | |
| freezer noun | /ˈfɹizɚ/ | An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit). |
| recycle verb | /ɹəˈsaɪkəl/ | To break down and reuse component materials. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| add up to verb | To have a particular effect in combination. |
| turn off verb | To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.). |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | important which is · rise, which can |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might have · might lose |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now | is facing · is changing · it's getting |
| Obligation: must / have to / need to saying that something is necessary | need to act · need to take |
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 melt, belong, flood.
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.