Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Climbing Mount Everest

Reading 2.

Climbing Mount Everest.

Have you ever thought about taking a risk for the fun or excitement of it?

Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world, has always been a symbol of man's greatest challenge.

Located between China and Nepal, Mount Everest has attracted mountain climbers from all over the world.

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand and his Nepalese guide, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, were the first to reach the top.

Since then, about 4,000 people have reached the summit.

But more than 200 climbers have died while trying.

Between 1953 and 1963, only six people successfully climbed to the top.

But things have changed a lot in recent years.

In 2012 alone, 500 people made it to the top.

What has changed?

Why has the number of climbers increased so much recently?

One reason is that there are more companies leading expeditions.

Now, 90% of climbers use expedition companies.

A climber pays about $100,000 to go up the mountain with a guide.

But these guided expeditions have attracted a lot of inexperienced climbers, and the crowds have made it even more dangerous to make the climb.

Danuru Sherpa, who has led 14 expeditions, has had to carry at least five people off the mountain to save their lives.

The expedition companies might want to consider limiting the number of inexperienced climbers,

both to protect people and to protect the mountain.

Technology has come to Everest, too.

As a result, more accurate information about weather conditions at the summit has made

it easier for expeditions to choose the safest time to make it to the top.

How has all this traffic affected Mount Everest?

Lately, the mountain has become dirty as climbers leave behind garbage and equipment they no longer need.

There is now a pollution control committee and conditions have started to improve at the base camp,

but higher on the mountain the garbage accumulates.

One organization, Eco Everest Expedition, has tried to clean up the garbage.

The members started in 2008 and so far they've collected over 13 tons of garbage.

According to climber Mark Jenkins, it's not simply about reaching the summit, but about showing respect for the mountain and enjoying the journey.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Climbing Mount Everest”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: climber, mountain, expedition, Everest, garbage. This video has 30 sentences and 357 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:54. The speaker talks at a steady 123 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 79% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
climber noun	/ˈklaɪmɚ/	Someone or something that climbs (such as a mountain climber).
expedition noun	/ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/	A military journey; an enterprise against some enemy or into enemy territory.
garbage noun	/ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/	Food waste material of any kind.
climb verb	/ˈklaɪ̯m/	To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
summit noun	/ˈsʌmɪt/	The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
inexperienced adjective	/ɪnəkˈspɪəɹi.ənst/	Not experienced; lacking knowledge because lacking experience.
attract verb	/əˈtɹækt/	To pull toward without touching.
accumulate verb	/əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/	To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively), often gradually and without active intent.
locate verb	/ˈloʊˌkeɪt/	To place; to set in a particular spot or position.
excitement noun	/ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/	The state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
pollution noun	/pəˈluʃən/	Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc.
ton noun	/tʌn/	The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
symbol noun	/ˈsɪmbəl/	A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Meaning
clean up verb	To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
go up verb	To move upwards.
leave behind verb	To abandon.

Ngữ pháp trong video

Những cấu trúc người nói dùng nhiều nhất, kèm đúng cụm từ trong video:

Cấu trúc	Trong video
Thì hiện tại hoàn thành have/has + quá khứ phân từ — việc đã xảy ra nhưng còn liên quan đến hiện tại	has always been · has attracted · have reached
So sánh nhất the -est / the most … — mức cao nhất hoặc thấp nhất trong một nhóm	the tallest · the safest

Pronunciation to watch

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, pollution /pəˈluʃən/
Long words — get the stress right: expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, inexperienced /ɪnəkˈspɪəɹi.ənst/, accumulate /əˈkjuːmjʊˌleɪt/

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 climber, expedition, garbage.

Phương Pháp Shadowing Là Gì?

Shadowing là kỹ thuật học ngôn ngữ có cơ sở khoa học, ban đầu được phát triển cho chương trình đào tạo phiên dịch viên chuyên nghiệp và được phổ biến rộng rãi bởi nhà đa ngôn ngữ học Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Nguyên lý cốt lõi đơn giản nhưng cực kỳ hiệu quả: bạn nghe tiếng Anh của người bản xứ và lặp lại to ngay lập tức — như một "cái bóng" (shadow) đuổi theo người nói với độ trễ chỉ 1–2 giây. Khác với luyện ngữ pháp hay học từ vựng bị động, Shadowing buộc não bộ và cơ miệng phải đồng thời xử lý và tái tạo ngôn ngữ thực tế. Các nghiên cứu khoa học xác nhận phương pháp này cải thiện đáng kể phát âm, ngữ điệu, nhịp điệu, nối âm, kỹ năng nghe và độ lưu loát khi nói — đặc biệt hiệu quả cho người luyện IELTS Speaking và muốn giao tiếp tiếng Anh tự nhiên như người bản ngữ.

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