Shadowing Practice: Unit 2 - Let's Recycle! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 2.
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Let's recycle.
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Hi, Jane.
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Have you heard about the new laws to help people recycle?
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I heard about them on the news last night.
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I don't think I like them.
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The government wants to keep the environment clean by recycling paper, metal, and glass instead of throwing these things away.
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But who wants to pay an extra 50 cents each time you buy a cup of coffee?
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That's a lot of money.
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50 cents?
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It's only 5 cents extra for a paper cup.
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I thought it was 50 cents.
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No, it's only 5 cents.
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Don't worry.
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And you can get your money back when you return the cup.
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That's fair.
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Well, maybe the government is right after all.
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I'll return all the paper coffee cups I use from now on.
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Good.
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We all need to recycle.
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It helps to keep the environment clean.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Unit 2 - Let's Recycle!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: cents, cup, recycle, paper. This video has 21 sentences and 139 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:57. The speaker talks at a steady 146 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing.
Key vocabulary in this video
12 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| recycle verb | /ɹəˈsaɪkəl/ | To break down and reuse component materials. |
| cent noun | /sɛnt/ | A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢. |
| extra adjective | /ˈɛkstɹə/ | Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary. |
| clean adjective | /kliːn/ | Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled. |
| environment noun | /ɪnˈvaɪ.ɚn.mənt/ | The surroundings of, and influences on, a particular item of interest. |
| coffee noun | /ˈkɑfi/ | A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water. |
| fair adjective | /ˈfɛə/ | Unblemished (figuratively or literally); clean and pure; innocent. |
| unit noun | /ˈjuː.nɪt/ | Oneness, singularity, seen as a component of a whole number; a magnitude of one. |
| glass noun | /ɡlɑːs/ | An amorphous solid, often transparent substance, usually made by melting silica sand with various additives (for most purposes, a mixture of soda, potash and… |
| worry verb | /ˈwʌ.ɹi/ | To be troubled; to give way to mental anxiety or doubt. |
| throw verb | /θɹoʊ/ | To hurl; to release (an object) with some force from one’s hands, an apparatus, etc. so that it moves rapidly through the air. |
| metal noun | /ˈmɛ.təl/ | Any of a number of chemical elements in the periodic table that form a metallic bond with other metal atoms; generally shiny, somewhat malleable and hard… |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
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 recycle, cent, extra.
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.