Shadowing Practice: Vocabulary for IELTS - 16 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Recording 16.
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Let's find out just how environmentally aware you are.
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Question 1.
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How many trees do you think it would take to offset the CO2 emissions from a long-distance flight?
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Well, it's estimated that for each mile, or 1.6 kilometres, that a jet flies,
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half a kilo of CO2 is added to the atmosphere.
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So, a round trip of 10,000 miles would emit about 1.5 tonnes of CO2 per passenger.
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The amount of CO2 a tree can absorb depends on factors such as its type, location and age.
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The company Future Forests says that on average it would take two trees 99 years to counter the effect of this trip.
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So, the answer here is C.
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Question 2.
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What is the most environmentally friendly way to wash your clothes?
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Well, the solvents used by most dry cleaners are damaging to the environment.
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In a washing machine, the vast majority of the energy, about 90% of it, goes into heating up the water, not running through the cycle.
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Washing clothes in hot water, even by hand, uses a lot of energy to heat the water.
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Keeping washing temperatures low and always washing a full load is the best policy.
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So the correct answer is C.
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Question 3.
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Do you need to always turn off your electric lights to save energy?
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It is a common myth that flicking the lights on and off uses more energy than leaving them on. In fact,
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an ordinary bulb only has to be turned off for three seconds to outweigh the cost of turning it back on.
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For energy efficient and other fluorescent bulbs, this rises to five minutes.
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Energy-efficient light bulbs use 75% less energy than ordinary ones.
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So if you have those, but leave them on as you tidy, you'll probably still use less energy than if you switch your standard bulbs on and off.
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So the correct answer is B.
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Question 4.
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What is the most energy-efficient way of cooking a baked potato?
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A microwave uses just a third of the electricity required to operate an electric oven.
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And, of course, the potato will take much less time to cook.
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So the correct answer is B.
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Question 5.
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What is the best way to help reduce your CO2 emissions throughout the year?
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Well, it's estimated that one person taking the train for a year,
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rather than driving a car would reduce their CO2 emission total by 2.9 tonnes.
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Hanging out your washing rather than using a tumble dryer would cut CO2 by 0.9 tonnes
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and working from home one day a week would cut 0.88 tonnes.
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So the correct answer is A.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 37 sentences and 428 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:26. The speaker talks at a steady 125 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 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:
- wash /wɑʃ/ (verb) — To clean with water.
- bulb /ˈbʌlb/ (noun) — The bulb-shaped underground portion of a plant such as a tulip, consisting of a shortened stem and many fleshy scale leaves, from which the rest of the plant…
- efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/ (adjective) — Making good, thorough, or careful use of resources; not consuming extra. Especially, making good use of time or energy.
- emission /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/ (noun) — Something which is emitted or sent out; issue.
- ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ (adjective) — Having regular jurisdiction; now only used in certain phrases.
- estimate /ˈɛs.tɪ.mət/ (noun) — A rough calculation or assessment of the value, size, or cost of something.
- potato /pəˈteɪ.təʊ/ (noun) — The edible starchy tuber of the plant species Solanum tuberosum.
- cloth /klɒθ/ (noun) — A fabric, usually made of woven, knitted, or felted fibres or filaments, such as used in dressing, decorating, cleaning or other practical use. Sometimes…
- vast /væst/ (adjective) — Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
- atmosphere /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ (noun) — The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
- electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/ (noun) — Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now…
- passenger /ˈpæs.ɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ (noun) — One who rides or travels in a vehicle, but who does not operate it and is not a member of the crew.
- depend /dɪˈpɛnd/ (verb) — To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
- myth /mɪθ/ (noun) — A traditional story which embodies a belief regarding some fact or phenomenon of experience, and in which often the forces of nature and of the soul are…
- oven /ˈʌ.vn̩/ (noun) — A chamber used for baking or heating.
Phrasal verbs you will hear
- find out (verb) — To discover, as by asking or investigating.
- go into (verb) — To get involved in; to investigate or explore.
- heat up (verb) — To heat, to cause to become hotter.
- light on (verb) — Synonym of light upon.
- run through (verb) — To summarise briefly.
- turn off (verb) — To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
Pronunciation to watch
- The “th” sounds: cloth /klɒθ/, myth /mɪθ/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: wash /wɑʃ/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, emission /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/
- Long words — get the stress right: ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/
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 wash, bulb, efficient.
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.