Shadowing Practice: Vocabulary for IELTS - 3b - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Recording 3B.
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Part 2.
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So what can you do to lose weight?
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Well, exercise is by far the best way.
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Burning calories and working off the fat will help you look and feel better.
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Regular exercise helps you burn calories faster, even when you're sitting still.
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But what is the best type of exercise for your heart?
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Well, studies have shown that aerobic exercise causes you to breathe more deeply and makes your heart work harder to pump blood.
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Aerobic exercise also raises your heart rate and thus burns calories.
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Common examples of aerobic exercise include walking briskly, jogging, running, swimming and cycling.
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People are often unsure just how much exercise they need.
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Again, recent studies can help.
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These have shown that it's best to begin slowly
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and gradually work up to 30 minutes of exercise 4 to 6 times a week.
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However, your doctor may make a different recommendation based on your health.
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For example, it may be best to start with only a couple of minutes of exercise
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or begin at a fairly slow pace.
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If you're not used to exercise, be sure to pay careful attention to your body.
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One sure sign that you may be overdoing it is if you can't carry on a conversation while you exercise.
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To give your body the chance to recover, it's also best to alternate exercise days with rest days.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 20 sentences and 226 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:32. The speaker talks at a steady 147 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 88% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is easy to follow.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
calorie noun/ˈkæləɹi/A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally…
deeply adverb/ˈdi(ː)pli/To a deep extent or degree; very greatly.
pace noun/peɪs/A step taken with the foot.
recover verb/ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
pump noun/pʌmp/A device for moving or compressing a liquid or gas.
breathe verb/bɹiːð/To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
gradually adverb/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/In a gradual manner; making slow progress; slowly.
swim verb/swɪm/To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
alternate adjective/ˈɔl.tɚ.nət/Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
recommendation noun/ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/An act of recommending.
unsure adjectiveuncertain, ambivalent.
aerobic adjective/ɛəˈɹoʊ.bɪk/Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.
briskly adverb/ˈbɹɪskli/Fast, quickly, swiftly.
jog verb/d͡ʒɑɡ/To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
overdo verb/ˌoʊvɚˈdu/To do too much; to exceed what is proper or true in doing; to carry too far.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
work off verbTo lose (weight) by doing physical work; to burn off the calories gained from eating something.
work up to verbTo reach by gradual effort or developments.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as you're, can't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 calorie, deeply, pace.

Bu videodaki dil bilgisi

Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:

YapıVideoda
Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylemhave shown
“might / may” ile olasılık might/may + fiil — mümkün ama kesin olmayan bir şeymay make · may be
En üstünlük the -est / the most … — bir grubun en üstü ya da en altıthe best

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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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