Shadowing Practice: Unit 3 | How the Dinosaurs Disappeared | Listening Practice Through Dictation 4 | Luyện Nghe - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 3.
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How the dinosaurs disappeared.
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The death of the dinosaurs is a great mystery.
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About 65 million years ago, dinosaurs lived all over the Earth.
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They had existed for nearly 200 million years.
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Suddenly, they all became extinct.
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Many scientists believe that the dinosaurs were killed by a large meteor.
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They think that this meteor was about 6 to 12 miles wide.
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It crashed into southern Mexico and made a hole about 130 miles wide.
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The crash threw dust and dirt into the sky.
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Dust clouds darkened the Earth's atmosphere.
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The crash caused fires, earthquakes, and tidal waves.
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The plants were killed.
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The oceans were poisoned.
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Very soon, there was no food left for the plant-eating dinosaurs.
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When they died, there was no food for the meat-eating dinosaurs.
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The meteor killed about 70% of all plants and animals on Earth.
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The only animals that could survive were small ones that could eat many different kinds of food.
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Some scientists say the meteor alone did not cause dinosaurs to become extinct.
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They think that dinosaurs were already getting weaker.
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They are not sure why.
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One reason might be disease.
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Another might be climate change.
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A big part of the mystery is why some types of animals survive.
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If climate change killed dinosaurs, it should also have killed frogs.
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If the meteor killed most sea reptiles, it should have killed crocodiles.
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Yet frogs and crocodiles still exist in the world today.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
The speaker keeps coming back to these words: dinosaurs, killed, meteor, animals, plant. This video has 28 sentences and 237 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:51. The speaker talks at a steady 128 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| dinosaur noun | /ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/ | Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct. |
| meteor noun | /ˈmiːtiɚ/ | An atmospheric or meteorological phenomenon. These were sometimes classified as aerial or airy meteors (winds), aqueous or watery meteors (hydrometeors… |
| crocodile noun | /ˈkɹɑkədaɪl/ | Any of the predatory amphibious reptiles of the family Crocodylidae; (loosely) a crocodilian, any species of the order Crocodilia, which also includes the… |
| extinct adjective | /ɪkˈstɪŋkt/ | Of feelings, a person's spirit, a state of affairs, etc.: put out, as if like a fire; quenched, suppressed. |
| scientist noun | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research… |
| darken verb | /ˈdɑɹkən/ | To make dark or darker by reducing light. |
| reptile noun | /ˈɹɛp.taɪl/ | A (typically scaly and egg-laying) cold-blooded vertebrate tetrapod animal, of the class Reptilia (excluding birds), such as a lizard, turtle, snake… |
| tidal adjective | /ˈtaɪ.d(ə)l/ | Relating to tides. |
| weaker adjective | /ˈwikɚ/ | Said of one proposition with respect to another one: that the latter entails the former, but the former does not entail the latter. |
| poison noun | /ˈpɔɪ.zən/ | A substance that is harmful or lethal to a living organism when ingested. |
| disappear verb | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | To vanish. |
| earthquake noun | /ˈɝθkweɪk/ | A shaking of the ground, caused by volcanic activity or movement around geologic faults. |
| dirt noun | /dɝt/ | Soil or earth. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | were killed · were poisoned |
| Possibility with “might / may” might/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain | might be |
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 dinosaur, meteor, crocodile.
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.