Shadowing Practice: Your Memories & Emotions Impact Immune Status - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey, everyone.
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The new episode of the Huberman Lab Podcast out today is with Max Crummel, one of the world's top immunologists, and we talk about how your immune system works and how to make it function better.
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One of the more incredible things he shares is
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that there's emerging evidence that
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when we have a memory of a prior event in our life that is associated with a big emotion, either positive or negative emotion,
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we recreate the immune status in our body that occurred when that event happened.
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Now, we all know that the brain and body are linked.
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We all know that if we remember a dreadful event, that we can feel, sometimes very potently, the negative feelings in our body and mind of that event.
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The reverse is also true.
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When we recall positive events, our body and mind tend to feel good.
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This is not surprising, right?
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But what's incredible is that the immune state that was associated with either a trauma or a positive event, or even things in between, get recreated.
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So indeed, as many people have been saying for a long time, your brain state, your memories, your emotions, these powerfully impact your immune system,
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but it's not just about the immune system responding to what you're interacting with now, today, in your current environment.
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There's also a recall of prior immune status when you think about prior events.
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This is powerful, this is actionable, and this has huge implications for how the immune system
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and the nervous system are interacting in many ways they're creating bodily states
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that are associated with one another
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and the pieces of this whole brain body connection thing are
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really starting to emerge you know long ago we knew think
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a certain thought your body feels a certain way not surprising
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recall a certain thought your body feels a certain way
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but the fact
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that the particular constellation of immune cells your immune system status as i'm sort of abbreviating it to be here, can be recreated through your thoughts, your memories.
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That's important.
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And we talk about that, what it means, what you can do about it, and much more.
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If you want to hear the full episode, simply comment immune in the comment section below.
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You can also just go to hubermanlab .com.
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It's linked out there to all the standard podcast platforms.
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The episode, like most of our Monday episodes, are pretty long, but it's timestamps you can navigate quickly to the topics most of interest to you.
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Meanwhile, if you have any questions about the immune system, about this particular topic or episode, or you want to share something, or you have ideas for guests you'd like me to host on the podcast,
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please put those in the comment section below as well.
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Finally, wishing you all a great week, and finally, finally, thank you for your interest in science.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “Your Memories & Emotions Impact Immune Status”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: immune, event, episode, certain, podcast. This video has 33 sentences and 488 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:35. The speaker talks fast, about 189 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 86% 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 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| immune adjective | /ɪˈmjuːn/ | Exempt; not subject to. |
| recall verb | /ɹɪˈkɔl/ | To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). |
| associate noun | /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/ | A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner or employee. |
| emotion noun | /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/ | A person's internal state of being and involuntary physiological response to an object or a situation, based on or tied to physical state and sensory data. |
| podcast noun | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on… |
| recreate verb | /ˈɹɛk.ɹi.eɪt/ | To give new life, energy or encouragement (to); to refresh, enliven. |
| topic noun | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest. |
| interact verb | /ɪn.təˈɹækt/ | To engage in communication and other shared activities (with someone). |
| emerge verb | /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒ/ | To come into view. |
| meanwhile adverb | /ˈmiːnwaɪl/ | During the time that something is happening, often specifically in a different place. |
| occur verb | /əˈkɜː/ | To happen or take place. |
| reverse noun | /ɹɪˈvɝs/ | The opposite of something. |
| trauma noun | /ˈtɹɔm.ə/ | Any injury to the body of a living thing. |
| bodily adjective | /ˈbɑdɪli/ | Of, relating to, or concerning the body. |
| navigate verb | /ˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/ | To plan, control and record the position and course of a vehicle, ship, aircraft, etc., on a journey; to follow a planned course. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, they're, you'd. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, implication /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/, actionable /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, constellation /ˌkɑn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, implication /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/, abbreviate /əˈbɹi.vi.eɪt/, actionable /ˈæk.ʃə.nə.bəl/, constellation /ˌkɑn.stəˈleɪ.ʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like immune, recall, associate.
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.