Shadowing Practice: HEATHEN ''Lee Altus on CBS NEWS'' - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Here in the Bay Area has a unique perspective.
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They emigrated from the Soviet Union just six years ago.
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Tonight we talked with them about the Gorbachev visit.
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Also in Washington today, Mr. Gorbachev's foreign minister met with Secretary of State...
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Like many people in the Bay Area, Lee Altus has been closely following this week's summit meeting in Washington.
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But unlike most, he has the perspective of one who's grown up in the Soviet Union.
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Relations between, I mean, the United States and Russia, I mean, they've always been like enemies, and now they're actually, you know,
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starting to become friends, and they should have done that a long time ago.
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Lee, his mother and family, immigrated to the United States six years ago.
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He says life there was hard, especially for Soviet Jews.
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Even the routine is very different.
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You have everything so much here that people actually take advantage of it.
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And they don't appreciate it.
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They want more and more.
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The people over there, they've never seen anything like this.
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When we came here and me and my mama went to Safeway, it was like a museum for me.
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Lee has welcomed the changes.
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When he had to give up his childhood sport of ice hockey when his family settled in San Francisco, he picked up the guitar and formed his own band.
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His group plays music that he never heard while growing up.
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His heavy metal band, Heathen, has sold 50,000 records, and they even have their own music video.
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Lee says he hopes the talks between world leaders will open the way for more exchanges.
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Up until a year ago he couldn't even send a tape of his music back home.
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My friends in Russia and London here, they're just really surprised that I'm doing this.
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It's like really exciting to them.
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Lee's mother hopes life may be different now that the two countries have better relations.
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I think that's very, very good for all people, for peace, for the world.
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It's very good.
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The Altus family is hoping a new climate of friendship will open up other opportunities for them.
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Lee says his dream is to tour the Soviet Union with his band.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “HEATHEN ''Lee Altus on CBS NEWS''”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: Lee, Soviet, band, Union. This video has 29 sentences and 369 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:11. The speaker talks at a natural 170 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 91% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 13 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
bind verb/ˈbaɪ̯nd/To tie; to confine by any ligature.
relation noun/ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/The manner in which two things may be associated.
guitar noun/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
tape noun/teɪ̯p/Flexible material in a roll with a sticky surface on one or both sides; adhesive tape.
hockey noun/ˈhɑ.ki/Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
friendship noun/ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/The condition of being friends.
routine noun/ɹuˈtin/A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
settle verb/ˈsɛtəl/To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
summit noun/ˈsʌmɪt/The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
mama noun/ˈmɑmə/Synonym of mother (“a female parent”).
emigrate verb/ˈɛmɪɡɹeɪt/To leave the country in which one lives, especially one's native country, in order to reside elsewhere.
excite verb/ɪkˈsaɪt/To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
immigrate verb/ˈɪmɪɡɹeɪt/To move into a foreign country to stay permanently.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
give up verbTo surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
grow up verbTo mature and become an adult.
open up verbTo open.
pick up verbTo lift; to grasp and raise.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as they're, they've, couldn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: relation /ɹɪˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bind, relation, guitar.

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Gölgeleme, başlangıçta profesyonel tercüman eğitimi için geliştirilen ve çok dilli Dr. Alexander Arguelles tarafından popüler hale getirilen, bilim destekli bir dil öğrenme tekniğidir. Yöntem basit ama güçlüdür: ana dili İngilizce olan bir sesi dinler ve hemen yüksek sesle tekrar edersiniz — konuşmacıyı 1-2 saniye gecikmeyle takip eden bir gölge gibi. Pasif dinleme veya dilbilgisi alıştırmalarının aksine, gölgeleme beyninizi ve ağız kaslarınızı gerçek konuşma kalıplarını eşzamanlı olarak işlemeye ve yeniden üretmeye zorlar. Araştırmalar, telaffuz doğruluğu, tonlama, ritim, bağlı konuşma, dinleme anlama ve konuşma akıcılığını önemli ölçüde geliştirdiğini göstermektedir — bu da onu IELTS Konuşma hazırlığı ve gerçek dünya İngilizce iletişimi için en etkili yöntemlerden biri yapar.

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