Shadowing Practice: The WORST Ways People Have DIED.. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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You probably think you know the worst ways someone could die, but trust me, you don't.
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Because today, we're looking at people who died in ways so horrifying, so bizarre, and so unexpected that they sound completely made up.
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But every story you're about to hear in this video actually happens.
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So, let's take a look at our first one, which is the Nutty Putty Cave Incident.
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Now, if you don't know what the Nutty Putty Cave Incident is, it happened back in 2009, which was pretty recent.
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And the victim was 26 -year -old medical student John Edward Jones.
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entered Utah's Nutty Putty Cave, and while exploring, he accidentally crawled into an unmapped, extremely narrow passage, believing it led somewhere else.
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But instead of it leading somewhere else, he became wedged, completely upside down, in a passage barely wider than his body.
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And he was stuck in there for so long that this is definitely one of the worst ways somebody could die.
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But let's take a look at this video to get some more information.
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seasoned cavers John and Josh plunged deep into a complex Utah cave system known as Nutty Putty, but what the 26 year old didn't know is that he was crawling to his death.
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The pair took a wrong turn, which is when John became stuck upside down with no way out.
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After 27 hours and many rescue attempts, John was declared dead and the cave became his tomb where his body still remains.
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tried everything they could to free him.
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But the cave was simply too tight, as you saw in that video.
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And this Nutty Putty Cave incident makes it one of the worst ways people could have died, because John Jones was trapped headfirst,
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which means the pressure on his body slowly caused his organs to fail, and he tragically died before rescuers could pull him out.
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And like that video said, his body was never recovered, and it is still in the Nutty Putty Cave today.
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And if you thought every second just to circulate blood to the rest of his body, putting it under enormous strain.
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And putting your heart under strain is not good for your body.
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Because if less blood is circulating to places like your lungs and your heart is being strained, that means you're going to get less oxygen.
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And with less oxygen reaching his organs, his kidneys, his liver, and other vital systems, they all likely began to fail one by one.
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And after more than 27 hours trapped inside the cave, cardiac arrest before rescuers could pull him free.
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Making this one of the worst ways people have died.
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And as scary as the Nutty Putty Cave is, it's not nearly as disturbing as some of the punishments that were used in medieval executions many, many years ago.
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And apparently this next short will discuss that.
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on the wheel the victim was taken to the top of some publicly erected scaffolding
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and tied fast to the floor their bodies slightly raised from
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the ground with wooden blocks positioned directly under their joints a
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wooden wheel would then be repeatedly dropped upon the limbs of the restrained prisoner What?
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The goal of the first part, yes, there's multiple parts, was mutilation, not death.
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So care was taken to ensure the victim would survive this part of the process, working from the feet upwards.
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The second part is where things get a bit
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Twisted with the limbs now broken the victim can now be effectively braided into the spokes of the wheel
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What's tethered to a mast and hoisted into the air
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and left for the buzzards if you survived all this
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and you fell from the wheel It was considered divine intervention from God all your crimes would be forgiven
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and the locals would be obliged to give you medical treatment Though you likely wouldn't be running any marathons anytime soon.
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The wise to die is insane I cannot believe humans used
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to do punishments like this to people back in the day
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crimes and instead of going to court
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and jail like how we are in normal times you would
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be sentenced to just torture by a wooden wheel of all things that's insane
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but somehow dying to
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that medieval form of torture isn't as bad as some of the rest of these
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that we're gonna look at like a chocolate factory disaster yeah
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I don't know how a chocolate factory disaster could be a
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very bad way to die I'm not even sure how somebody even died in a chocolate factory
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but let's take a look at it Sanna Rosina, a 24 -year -old woman,
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was engaged in a phone conversation when suddenly her mobile slipped from her hand and fell into a chocolate -making machine.
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In an attempt to retrieve it, she leaned towards the machine but tragically lost her balance and fell inside.
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Some time later, a worker approached the machine and was horrified to see a pair of legs spinning inside.
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When he pulled them out, he realized that the upper half of her body was missing.
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Before we continue, if you're finding this video interesting, don't forget to like, share, and subscribe.
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Yeah, okay.
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We just learned that somebody got cut in half.
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Anyways, like and subscribe.
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Like what?
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Yo, this lady literally was on her phone.
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She dropped her phone into boiling hot chocolate, a spinning machine as well.
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And you reach in there and try to grab it?
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Get a new phone.
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Why would you risk your life over a phone?
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Some people are actually stupid.
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You're kind of asking for that to happen if you're doing all that just to get your phone back.
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But anyways, as you can see, factory deaths are definitely super creepy because of how unnoticed they can get.
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Nobody really noticed that she was in that factory machine for a little bit.
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But unlike factory deaths that can go unnoticed, the next way this lady died was very noticed.
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In fact, an entire crowd actually witnessed it happen, but apparently she refused help.
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Yeah, um, I'm asking the same question.
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But this is called the Cobra Attack Incident, and just off the name, it sounds horrifying.
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So let's take a look.
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Here we go.
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A 29 -year -old singer was known for incorporating live Cobras into her performances.
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any serious incidents until now.
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During one of her shows, she accidentally pressed down on the snake's body.
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In response, the cobra struck, delivering a venomous bite.
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The medical team rushed to administer the antidote, but Irma refused treatment, insisting on continuing her performance.
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However, due to the highly toxic nature of cobra venom, within minutes, she collapsed on stage and lost her life right in front of her fans.
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Why?
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Okay, she's just stupid.
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Why would you refuse the antidote to snake venom?
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Of course you're gonna die.
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What the heck?
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She was just because snake venom, especially to the face, which is what that animation showed, that had to have hurt.
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That is definitely a really bad way to go out.
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But let's move on to the next thing, because imagine living in the ancient Viking days and being captured by your enemies, thinking you'd be killed or imprisoned or something.
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I mean, obviously you're in a war, so being captured by your enemies, you would obviously think that because they actually wouldn't kill you.
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You would actually find out that they would perform one of the most brutal and disturbing torture Here we go.
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The Vikings had an execution so brutal that it was reserved only for their worst enemies.
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It was called the Blood Eagle and it's one of the most horrifying punishments in human history.
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Here's how it worked.
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The victim would be placed face down while Viking warriors used axes to break their ribs from behind.
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But they weren't trying to kill them quickly.
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The ribs were carefully pulled apart.
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And then the lungs were yanked out through the back to look like spread eagle wings.
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Oh, that's painful.
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The victim was kept alive during this entire process.
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To make the agony even worse, Vikings would rub salt into the open wound.
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Oh, oh my gosh.
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That's insane.
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Okay, if you've ever had like an open wound, like I don't know, like you maybe like cut yourself on something or you fell onto like the road.
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You fell off your bike onto the road
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and like you have like a mark and then you accidentally get salt in that mark or that open wound. That burns.
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Imagine that, but like 1 million times worse.
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And it's still not over.
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This wasn't just random cruelty though.
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The Blood Eagle was a ritual offering to Odin.
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The Norse god of war.
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The victim's blood was used to paint runic symbols on nearby stones.
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For years, historians thought this was just a scary story from old Viking tales.
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I mean, I would too.
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But archaeologists have actually found skeletons with the exact rib fracture patterns that match this execution method.
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Proving it really happened during the 9th and 10th centuries.
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That's insane, bro.
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That, like, you have to be another level of evil to do that to somebody else.
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do something bad enough for people to do
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that to you what could you have possibly done to get
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that done to you that is definitely one of the worst ways to die
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but let's take a look at this next one on march
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16 2009 11 year old bryany goodsell her younger sister
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and her friend naomi were playing in their hometown of darwin
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australia oh my goodness okay listen australia is home to like the biggest spiders
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and like scariest creatures ever so i can imagine where this is going the bike ride to Black Jungle,
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a local creek crossing where they had previously swum, so they didn't think there was any danger.
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However, this time they wanted to explore further downstream, which was inside the reserve, so they had to go through a wire boundary fence to reach it.
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Despite the reserve's reputation as a habitat for dangerous species, there was no warning about the possibility of crocodile activity in the area.
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Okay.
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Unaware that there were crocodiles in the water, the group of kids began to swim and play.
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Oh no. Suddenly, Briony screamed for help, and her friends quickly turned to see her sinking below the water's surface.
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They immediately rushed to exit the water and reach a safe place.
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They didn't help her late for the young girl.
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Oh Her death serves as a warning of the dangers of swimming in unfamiliar areas, particularly in places known to have crocodiles.
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Oh my goodness, bro.
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That's insane.
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Even if she survived that, correct?
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She needs to lose all of her friends because those are not real friends.
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She's screaming for help and the first thing they do is not help her but get out of the water?
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What?
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I feel like this death could have been avoided if her friends helped her.
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But that's insane.
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She did not deserve that.
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You definitely, if you're going to go swim in a lake, a pool, or not a pool, but a lake, a pond, maybe even the ocean.
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Check around for the signs that say, like, you can't swim.
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There's this in the water.
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There's this in the area.
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Because if you don't, then something bad could happen.
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But let's move on to another very bad way to go out.
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And this one actually took place in ancient China.
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Worst deaths in history.
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Here we go.
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Oh, wait.
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Actually, it takes place in ancient Greece and ancient China.
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But what's this one in ancient Greece?
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Suffocated in massive pile of clothing.
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What?
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clothes actually that does make sense
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if you fall into like a massive pile of clothes
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and you can't find your way out it's gonna get hard to breathe in there
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but let's take a look at ancient china's here we go
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what's the bad way of this one drowned in a toilet
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that doesn't sound fun oh man imagine drowning in a toilet
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and in ancient times they didn't have flushing toilets by the way
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so you're drowning in other things that are also in that toilet that is way worse than a massive pile of
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called the body saw this one's gruesome fair warning worst ways
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people have died in ancient times here we go ancient europe The Body Saw Oh my goodness.
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Yo!
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That was insane!
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Dude, this body saw is crazy!
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Imagine - oh my gosh!
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And you're hung upside down too.
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That - you gotta do something else to like get that done to you, bruh.
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Let's take a look at ancient Asia.
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What is this one?
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Pulled apart?
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Oh!
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Yo, that last part from the short was a clip from a movie.
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So obviously it was video effects.
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That was crazy I don't even know how that's still up on YouTube.
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What the heck did I just see?
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That's crazy though I didn't know people tore each other apart
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with trees in ancient Asia people are getting creative with these ways of torture I feel like
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if we were if we put
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that creativity to something not involving torture like maybe finding cures
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to diseases back then Then a lot of diseases wouldn't exist today, but no instead we decided to pull people apart with trees
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Torture oh boy the worst in history episode 7 rat torture
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this nightmare usually begins with the victim being strapped down to a flat surface He just placed upon the stomach
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or over the face Subsequently filled with rats watch our pool
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is placed on the top of the cage until the temperature becomes absolutely unbearable for the creatures
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and Clawing at the metal bars doesn't work
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so the rats turn their attention to the next best thing
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they have the squishy surface below their feet You could do nothing
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but watch as the rats use the inside of your body as a heat shield burrowing into your flesh your face
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torture is connected to friend of the show Emperor Nero, who would use it as a tool of justice against his foes.
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And rather than heat, he would starve the rats and confine them with the victim inside a barrel.
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And hungry, the rats would then eat the victim That is insane, bro.
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Oh my god.
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Oh!
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I would not want to go out by rats.
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I hate rats.
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I hate rodents.
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I hate bugs.
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But anyways, before we continue on with the worst ways that people have died, can I ask you guys a quick question?
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It's going to seem a little bit out of the ordinary, but what do you think is more dangerous?
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This cheetah or this little tape measurer?
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Now, most people would obviously guess the cheetah, right?
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And if you did, you'd actually be wrong.
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Because somehow, a tape measurer actually has taken a life.
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There's no way that's true.
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I don't even believe this.
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Let's take a look at this tape measure murder.
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Worst ways people have died.
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Alright, here we go.
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Gary Anderson.
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Gary Anderson.
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A tape measure fell from 50 stories and hit him in the head.
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What the heck?
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A tape measure fell from 50 stories and hit this dude in the head.
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Are you serious?
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Oh my gosh.
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He was even wearing a safety helmet but walked right into it.
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Dang.
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Even this safety helmet didn't protect him.
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That's crazy, bro.
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I thought I was about to say, maybe he should have worn a safety helmet, but I guess there was no stopping that one.
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Anyways, I'm sure a lot of you guys have a fear of roller coasters, and that fear is actually called the loxrophobia.
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I probably butchered that.
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But editor, pop up how it's spelled on screen.
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There you go.
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And I'm sure, once again, a lot of you guys actually have a fear of roller coasters.
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I'm even scared of roller coasters.
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Like, I'm so serious.
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My friends will all go on roller coasters, and I will sit there on the side, and I will not do it.
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After watching this next video on the worst deaths, you're not gonna second -guess your fears again on roller coasters because you might be thinking oh You know what?
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I will actually go on a roller coaster, but after watching this you probably won't this will just make
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me not want to go on It's always people go hide part six oh Let's take a look.
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Asia LaShawn Ferguson.
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The hat - the 17 year old lost his hat while riding.
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Uh -huh.
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Him and his friend decided to go grab - Alright bro.
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Why would you cross the fence of where you're not supposed to go?
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To grab a hat.
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Go buy a new hat.
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What are you doing?
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It says restricted area.
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Why would you go?
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The coaster then came and took off his head!
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What?!
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Oh, like why would you go in that area?
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Oh my goodness.
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I can't believe this.
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It's not so much of a roller coaster's fault.
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It's more of that person's fault.
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But that death definitely sounds pretty horrible.
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Like, it was not a good decision at all to jump into a restricted zone.
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However, though, they were kids.
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So they most likely didn't know that you weren't supposed to go into that area.
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I feel like it is common sense.
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But what if I said something similar happened, but it was an actual trained professional?
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Like, he was a worker, not a kid.
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And it was far more extreme than what we just saw.
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Let's just take a look.
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Three people who died because of their own mistakes.
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Blackwood who worked at an amusement park.
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Actually, it was his first time working near a roller coaster.
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Suddenly the roller coaster stopped and the two children sitting in it started crying.
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To make them happy, he climbed up and began pushing the roller coaster.
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At that moment, the roller coaster started moving again, but his hand got stuck behind.
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Oh my goodness.
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And as the roller coaster turned, he fell down and died.
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The second is Josh Molina.
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Wow, that's insane.
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All right, well, he doesn't seem like a trained professional if he climbed onto the tracks and pushed the roller coaster.
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Like, why would you do that?
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People are just dumb.
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Bro.
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Let's take a look at this next one, though, that's in the short as well.
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The second is Josh Molina.
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Josh Molina.
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He was working on a 10 -foot -large pressure cooker.
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To do his work, he went inside the pressure cooker.
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Meanwhile, his friend thought he had gone to the bathroom, so he closed the pressure cooker and turned it on.
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After that, he was searched for throughout the factory.
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Announcements were made calling his name, and he was even looked for in the parking area, but he was not found anywhere.
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Later, when the pressure cooker was opened, his dead body was found inside it.
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The third is a boy - that
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and also did the guy not think to scream was it
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too loud to hear the screen oh my god like bro
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can people just be more observant what the heck oh my
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gosh what's this next one named adam who was digging a tunnel in the soil suddenly the soil collapsed
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and he got trapped inside it
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which led to his death wow that's insane he was digging a hole in a tunnel the soil collapsed
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and sucked him in and he suffocated that's scary i'm never digging a hole again heck no
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but let's take a look at some more ancient torture methods
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the worst ones of them all the ancient ones are genuinely worst ones.
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Here we go.
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Worst ways to die in ancient times.
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In ancient China, we have ancient China again.
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This one isn't going to be pulled apart, but it's death by thousand cut.
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Well, I'm assuming you get a thousand cuts.
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That doesn't sound fun.
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Why are we doing this?
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Ancient India.
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Let's take a look at this one.
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Crushed by an elephant.
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Wow.
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That's insane.
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That has to hurt.
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Jeez, man.
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But anyways, those were some of the worst ways people have died.
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Although those were But let me know what you thought was the worst one down in the comments below.
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And if you guys enjoyed this video, make sure you click another video on screen, subscribe if you want more, and I'll see you in the next one.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 312 sentences and 3443 words to shadow. The speech runs for 17:52. The speaker talks fast, about 193 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 82% 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:
- roller /ˈɹoʊlɚ/ (noun) — Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- coaster /ˈkoʊ̯s.tɚ/ (noun) — A person who uses a sled or toboggan to slide down a slope covered with ice or snow; a sledder, a tobogganist.
- insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ (adjective) — Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
- cave /keɪv/ (noun) — A large, naturally-occurring cavity formed underground or in the face of a cliff or a hillside.
- torture /ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/ (noun) — The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which…
- rat /ɹæt/ (noun) — Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than…
- tape /teɪ̯p/ (noun) — Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
- goodness /ˈɡʊdnəs/ (noun) — The state or characteristic of being good.
- anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/ (adverb) — Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
- heck /hɛk/ — Hell.
- toilet /ˈtɔɪ.lət/ (noun) — A room, enclosed area or single-purpose building containing a fixture or fixtures used for urination and defecation; a bathroom or water closet.
- swim /swɪm/ (verb) — To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- gosh /ɡɑːʃ/ — A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
- soil /sɔɪl/ (noun) — A mixture of mineral particles and organic material, used to support plant growth.
- scary /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ (adjective) — Causing fear or anxiety
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- look at (verb) — To observe or watch.
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verb) — To continue in extent.
- go out (verb) — To leave, especially a building.
- pull apart (verb) — To become separated as a result of pulling.
- back in (verb) — To reverse a vehicle into a space.
- ask for (verb) — To request; to order.
- cut in (verb) — To intrude or interrupt.
- fall down /fɔl ˈdaʊn/ (verb) — To fall to the ground. To collapse.
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 62 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, don't, I'm. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, breathe /bɹiːð/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, punishment /ˈpʌnɪʃmənt/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, execution /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, intervention /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/
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 roller, coaster, insane.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result | if you did, you'd actually · if you want more, and I'll see |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was stuck · was declared · was trapped |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | people who died · one, which is · turn, which is |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have actually found · has taken |
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.