Shadowing Practice: 조슈아, 청년들에게 건넨 따듯한 응원 🩵 유네스코X세븐틴 세계청년기금 기념식 현장 ｜ SEVENTEEN, JOSHUA / MTN STAR - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Deputy Director General, Excellencies, distinguished guests,
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and inspiring young leaders, thank you so much for your warm welcome.
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I'm Joshua and I'm honored to speak today on behalf of the 13 members of Seventeen.
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Seventeen proudly committed to launch a global youth grant scheme entitled Going Together for Youth Creativity and Well-Being.
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This initiative was designed to provide young people with resources,
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mentorship, and platforms to turn their ideas into meaningful actions.
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Deeply moved by their passion and creativity, we knew we couldn't stop there.
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We expanded our commitment to help scale these efforts and support an even greater impact.
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Supporting this journey has been deeply valuable to all of us.
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We are incredibly proud of everything that they have accomplished.
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Some people already have the answers to change the world.
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They just need someone to believe in them.
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At the same time, we know that creating change is never easy.
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It comes with moments of doubt,
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immense pressure, sleepless nights, and for Seventeen, that journey feels deeply familiar.
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As 13 individuals sharing one dream for over a decade, we face our own uncertainties.
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Having to reinvent ourselves, embrace new challenges, and and push beyond our limits.
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Through those experiences, we learned that growth is never achieved alone.
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It thrives on trust and belief that we are stronger together.
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While your projects address different challenges, together you're creating a better world for us all.
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So let's keep going together.
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Through the journey of the Global Youth Grant Scheme, we realize that there are dreams everywhere.
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Dreams that just need a gentle nudge.
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A small voice that says, we believe in you.
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We want to be that small voice.
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As UNESCO Goatwill Ambassador for Youth, we will continue to do what we do best.
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We will sing, we will whisper, and sometimes we will shout out to remind you that your dreams matter.
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They matter to you.
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They matter to the world.
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And they matter deeply to us, Seventeen.
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So as we sat at our appointment ceremony, never let anyone, including yourself, belittle your dream.
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Wherever your journey takes you next, remember, Seventeen is right here.
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you very much.
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Today we celebrate the achievement of going together for youth creativity and well-being, known as UNESCO 17 Global Youth Grant Scheme.
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Congratulations once again to all 100 teams and the 10 selected teams.
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I feel like I'm feeling the only way to express myself who I am.
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I'm not looking for myself to find express my voice I think that the kids can't find their voice
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Is there a reason for hip hop dance?
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I've always felt
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that music helps enormously with expressing emotions How do you think
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a creative activity like crochet can help young people understand and express what they feel inside?
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I think music is always the way to express myself and my power I'm curious, when young people start to think about their own thoughts,
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they don't have power, or fear, or self-awareness, how to learn and express how to help them find themselves again.
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From Ghana, Adigal Alvin Wenya for his project Seeds for Change.
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From Egypt, Nada Fayed for her project Revitalizing Modern Art Museums in Egypt.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “조슈아, 청년들에게 건넨 따듯한 응원 🩵 유네스코X세븐틴 세계청년기금 기념식 현장”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: youth, Seventeen, express, dream, deeply. This video has 46 sentences and 534 words to shadow. The speech runs for 4:42. The speaker talks at a steady 114 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% 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
The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| creativity noun | /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/ | The ability to use imagination to produce a novel idea or product. |
| belittle verb | /bɪˈlɪt.əl/ | To disparage, depreciate, or minimize the importance, value, merit, or significance of someone or something. |
| crochet noun | /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/ | A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle. |
| enormously adverb | Extremely, greatly: to an enormous degree. | |
| mentorship noun | The role or state of being a mentor. | |
| reinvent verb | /ɹiːɪnˈvɛnt/ | To invent again something that has already been invented. |
| sleepless adjective | /ˈsliːpləs/ | Characterized by an absence of sleep: wakeful. |
| proudly adverb | /ˈpɹaʊdli/ | In a proud manner. |
| thrive verb | /θɹajv/ | To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish. |
| whisper verb | /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/ | To speak softly or under one's breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration of the… |
| distinguish verb | /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ | To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics. |
| immense adjective | /ɪˈmɛns/ | Huge, gigantic, very large. |
| inspire verb | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by… |
| uncertainty noun | /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/ | Doubt; the condition of being uncertain or without conviction. |
| accomplish verb | /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ | To finish successfully. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go together verb | To be in a relationship. |
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | has been · have accomplished · I've always felt |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was designed · is never achieved |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, can't, couldn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: crochet /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/, distinguish /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/, shout /ʃaʊt/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/
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 creativity, belittle, crochet.
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.