Shadowing Practice: US$7.15M supports nature-based tourism | Vietnam Today - Learn English Speaking with Video

This video has 7 sentences and 96 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:42. The speaker talks at a steady 136 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 70% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

12 less common words from the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

• tourism /ˈtʊɹɪzəm/ (noun) — The act of travelling or sightseeing, particularly away from one's home.
• conservation /ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/ (noun) — The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
• reduction /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/ (noun) — The act, process, or result of reducing.
• wildlife /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/ (noun) — undomesticated animals, especially mammals, birds, and fish, which live in the wild.
• sustainable /səˈsteɪnəbəl/ (adjective) — Able to be sustained.
• strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/ (verb) — To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; to increase the strength of; to fortify.
• sustain /səˈsteɪn/ (verb) — To maintain, or keep in existence.
• dioxide /daɪˈɑksaɪd/ (noun) — Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.
• emission /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/ (noun) — Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
• guideline /ˈɡaɪdˌlaɪn/ (noun) — A non-specific rule or principle that provides direction to action or behaviour.
• hectare /ˈhɛk.tɛɹ/ (noun) — A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for…
• tonne /tʌn/ (noun) — A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

• hold by (verb) — To subscribe to (an idea , rule, authority, etc.); to personally consider valid or authoritative.

Pronunciation to watch

• The “sh” and “zh” sounds: conservation /ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/, reduction /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/, emission /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/
• Long words — get the stress right: conservation /ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/, sustainable /səˈsteɪnəbəl/

How to practise with this video

1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like tourism, conservation, reduction.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video: