Shadowing Practice: Test 1: Section 1-2 | IELTS Practice Test Plus 3 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Test 1, Section 1.
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You will hear a woman being interviewed by a market researcher in a health club, about her membership of the club.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.
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You will see that there is an example which has been done for you.
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On this occasion only, the conversation relating to this will be played first.
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Oh, excuse me.
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I wonder if you'd have the time to take part in some market research?
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Erm, what's it about?
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About this club and your experiences and opinions about being a member.
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It'll take less than five minutes.
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Oh, OK then, as long as it's quick.
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Can I start by taking your name?
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It's Selena Thompson.
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Is that T-H-O-M-P-S-O-N?
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Yes.
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Great.
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Thanks.
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The woman's name is Thompson, with a P.
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So, Thompson has been written in the space.
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Now we shall begin.
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You should answer the questions as you listen, because you will not hear the recording a second time.
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Listen carefully and answer questions one to five.
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Excuse me, I wonder if you'd have the time to take part in some market research.
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Um, what's it about?
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About this club and your experiences and opinions about being a member.
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It'll take less than five minutes.
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Oh, OK then, as long as it's quick.
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Can I start by taking your name?
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It's Selina Thompson.
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Is that T-H-O-M-P-S-O-N?
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Yes.
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Great.
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Thanks.
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And what do you do for a living?
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Well, I'm an accountant, but I'm between jobs at the moment.
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I understand, but that's the job I'll put down on the form.
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And would you mind my asking which age group you fall into?
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Below 30, 31 to 50 and above?
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Over 50, I think we can safely say.
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Great, thanks.
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And which type of membership do you have?
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Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean.
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Do you mean how long of...
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No, is it a single person membership?
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Oh right, no, it's a family membership.
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Thanks.
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And how long have you been a member?
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Ooh, let me see.
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I was certainly here five years ago, and it was probably two to three years more than that.
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Shall I put down eight?
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Oh, I remember now.
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It's nine, definitely.
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Sorry.
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No problem.
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I've got that.
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And the last question in this first part is, what brought you to the club?
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Sorry?
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How did you find out about the club?
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Did you see any ads?
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Well, I did actually, but I have to say I wasn't really attracted to the club because of that.
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It was through word of mouth.
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So you were recommended by a friend?
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Actually, my doctor.
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I'd been suffering from high blood pressure and he said the club was very supportive of people with that condition, so I signed up.
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Great, thanks.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 6 to 10.
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Now listen and answer questions 6 to 10.
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Now, for the second part of the form, I want to ask a bit more about your experience of the club.
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Sure.
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How often would you say you use the club?
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It varies enormously, depending on how busy I am. Of course.
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But on average per month?
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I'd say it averages out at twice a week.
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OK, so eight on average.
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Yeah, and four of those are aqua aerobics classes.
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That leads me to the next question.
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Would you say the swimming pool is the facility you make most use of?
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Fair to say that, yep.
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Right, thanks.
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And are there any facilities you don't use?
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One area I realise I've never used is the tennis courts, and there's one simple reason for that.
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You don't play tennis?
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Actually, I'm not bad at it.
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It's that I'm not happy having to pay extra for that privilege.
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Right, I've made a note of that.
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Thanks.
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Now, in the last section, are there any suggestions or recommendations you have for improvements to the club?
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Only about health and fitness?
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Anything at all.
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Well, I'd like to see more social events.
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It isn't just a question of getting together for games or classes, but other things, you know.
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Yes, sure.
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And another thing that I was thinking, when I had my yoga class in the gym last night, we were all sweltering in the heat,
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was that I think they should put in, well, you know...
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Air conditioning.
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That's exactly what I mean.
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The rooms are really light and well designed, but they do need proper installations.
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Sure.
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Well, I've made a note of that.
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Good.
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So, is there anything else you'd like to suggest?
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About quality of service, for example?
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Oh, everyone's very nice here.
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They couldn't be more friendly and helpful.
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Oh, but I tell you what, it's a shame the restaurant isn't open in the evening on Saturday, and Sunday as well for that matter.
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So the club should… Open it later on those days.
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OK, well thank you very much.
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That's all the questions I have.
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That is the end of section one.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Test one, section two.
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You will hear a trainer giving a talk to people who want to learn outdoor survival skills.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 16.
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Now listen and answer questions 11 to 16.
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Good morning everyone and welcome to our outdoor survival program.
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As you know, This week you'll be learning some of the basic information
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and skills you need to look after yourself independently in the outdoors.
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These first two days will be based here in the classroom,
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and then we'll be taking a camping trip to put into practice some of the things you've learned.
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I'm going to start off with the topic of food.
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And to start with, I'll describe just two methods
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which we'll be putting into practice at our camp and which make use of natural resources,
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the steam pit and the bamboo pot.
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I've got two posters here to make things clearer, and I'll start with the steam pit here.
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To make this, you'll need some dry sticks, some grass, some loose earth, and some stones.
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And for this week only, some matches!
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The first thing you do is to dig a shallow pit in the place you've chosen to do your cooking.
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Let's say about 25 centimeters deep and 30 centimeters wide.
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Your sticks have to be a bit wider than the pit
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because you have to put a line of them along the top from one end of the pit to the other.
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Before setting light to these, you take some large stones and arrange them on top.
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Then you start the fire and wait till the wooden platform burns through and the stones fall into the pit.
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At this point, brush away any pieces of hot ash from the stones.
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You can use a handful of grass and then take another stick
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and push it down into the center of the pit between the stones.
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After that, you cover the whole pit with a thick layer of grass.
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And then you can put your food on it, wrapped in more pieces of grass, like parcels.
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Finally, cover the whole thing with earth.
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You have to pat it firmly to seal the pit.
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Then all you have to do is take the stick out
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and pour a bit of water into the opening that it leaves.
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It should take about four hours for your food to cook
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as it cooks slowly in the steam that's created inside the pit.
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Now you have some time to look at questions 17 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 17 to 20. So, simple but effective.
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The other method you're going to practice this week is the bamboo oven.
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Now, the steam pit is ideal in certain conditions because the heat is below ground level.
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For example, if there's a strong wind and you're afraid a fire might spread.
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But when it's safe to have an open fire, you can use the bamboo oven method.
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You get a length of bamboo, which as you probably know is hollow, and consists of a number of individual sections with a wall in between.
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You use a sharp stick to make a hole in each of the dividing walls apart from the end one.
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Then you lean the bamboo over a fire with the top propped up by a forked stick
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and the bottom sitting on the ground.
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You pour enough water in the top to fill the bottom section
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and then light a fire underneath that section to heat the water.
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Then you put your food inside the top section
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and the steam coming up the bamboo through the holes you made cooks it.
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I'm going to move on now to food itself and talk about some of the wild plants you might cook.
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I'm going to begin with fungi.
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That's mushrooms and toads.
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I'm sure you'll be aware that some of these are edible and they're delicious but some of them are highly poisonous.
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Now, whether they're poisonous or not, all fungi that you find in the wild should be cooked before eating
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because that helps to destroy any compounds in them that might be mildly toxic.
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But be aware that any amount of cooking won't make poisonous varieties any safer to eat.
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Unless you can definitely identify a fungus, you should never eat it.
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It's not worth the risk.
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And you need to be really sure, because some fungi that are poisonous are very similar in appearance to certain edible varieties.
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They can easily be mistaken for each other.
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So, having said all that, fungi are delicious when they're freshly picked, and although they are only moderately nutritious,
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they do contain minerals which the body needs.
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I'll move on now to leafy plants, which are generally...
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That is the end of Section 2.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 173 sentences and 1667 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:33. The speaker talks at a steady 133 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 85% 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:
- bamboo /bæmˈbu/ (noun) — Any of the fast-growing grasses of the Bambusoideae subfamily, characterized by its woody, hollow, round, straight, jointed stem.
- membership (noun) — The state of being a member of a group or organization.
- grass /ɡɹɑːs/ (noun) — Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as…
- poisonous /ˈpɔɪzənəs/ (adjective) — Containing sufficient poison to be dangerous to touch or ingest.
- outdoor /aʊtˈdɔː/ (adjective) — Situated in, designed to be used in, or carried on in the open air.
- skill /skɪl/ (noun) — A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
- survival /sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/ (noun) — The fact or act of surviving; continued existence or life.
- tennis /ˈtɛnɪs/ (noun) — A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
- delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ (adjective) — Pleasing to the sense of taste; tasty.
- pour /poɹ/ (verb) — To cause (liquid, or liquid-like substance) to flow in a stream, either out of a container or into it.
- oven /ˈʌ.vn̩/ (noun) — A chamber used for baking or heating.
- edible /ˈɛdəbəl/ (adjective) — Capable of being eaten without harm; suitable for consumption; innocuous to humans.
- topic /ˈtɑpɪk/ (noun) — A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
- sharp /ʃɑɹp/ (adjective) — Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
- carefully /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ (adverb) — With care; attentively, circumspectly.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
- fall into (verb) — To go into something by falling.
- move on (verb) — To continue; to proceed; to go on.
- brush aside (verb) — To disregard, dismiss or ignore something, as unimportant.
- burn through (verb) — To use up in a hasty or destructive manner.
- come up (verb) — To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly.
- do for (verb) — To doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
- done for (adjective) — Doomed; without hope of recovery.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 45 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I've, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thick /θɪk/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: installation /ˌɪn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, independently /ˌɪndɪˈpɛndəntli/
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 bamboo, membership, grass.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
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| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | being interviewed · has been done · will be played |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been done · has been written · I've made |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | example which has · people who want · plants, which are |
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.