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Shadowing: Rhetorical Rhythm and Parallelism
Speaking
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Play each sentence, then say it out loud copying the rhythm and stress. Record yourself and compare.
We came for the scenery, we stayed for the people, and we left promising to return.
A language is not merely a set of rules to be learned but a world to be inhabited.
The faster the city grows, the harder it becomes to remember what it used to be.
She spoke without notes, without hesitation and, to the astonishment of the organisers, without exceeding her time.
Some read to escape, some read to understand, and a fortunate few read simply because they cannot help it.
Ask not whether the plan is perfect, but whether it is better than doing nothing at all.
It is easy to be generous with other people's time, and rather harder to be generous with one's own.
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