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Cambridge IELTS 16, Reading Test 1.
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Passage 1.
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Why we need to protect polar bears.
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Polar bears are being increasingly threatened by the effects of climate change, but their disappearance could have far-reaching consequences.
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They are uniquely adapted to the extreme conditions of the Arctic Circle, where temperatures can reach minus 40 degrees Celsius.
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One reason for this is that they have up to 11 centimeters of fat underneath their skin.
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Humans with comparative levels of adipose tissue would be considered obese and would be likely to suffer from diabetes and heart disease.
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Yet the polar bear experiences no such consequences.
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A 2014 study by Shi Ping Liu and colleagues sheds light on this mystery.
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They compared the genetic structure of polar bears with that of their closest relatives from a warmer climate, the brown bears.
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This allowed them to determine the genes that have allowed polar bears to survive in one of the toughest environments on Earth.
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Lure and his colleagues found the polar bears had a gene known as a POV, which reduces levels of low-density lipoproteins, LDLs, a form of bad cholesterol.
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In humans, mutations of this gene are associated with increased risk of heart disease.
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Polar bears may therefore be an important study model to understand heart disease in humans.
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The genome of the polar bear may also provide the solution for another condition, one that particularly affects our older generation, osteoporosis.
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This is a disease where bones show reduced density, usually caused by insufficient exercise, reduced calcium intake or food starvation.
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Bone tissue is constantly being remodeled, meaning that bone is added or removed, depending on nutrient availability and the stress that the bone is under.
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Female polar bears, however, undergo extreme conditions during every pregnancy.
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Once autumn comes around, these females will dig maternity dens in the snow and will remain there throughout the winter, both before and after the birth of their cubs.
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This process results in about six months of fasting, where the female bears have to keep themselves and their cubs alive, depleting their own calcium and calorie reserves.
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Despite this, their bones remain strong and dense.
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Physiologists Alanda Lennox and Alan Goodship found an explanation for this paradox in 2008.
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They discovered that pregnant bears were able to increase the density of their bones before they started to build their dens.
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In addition, six months later, when they finally emerged from the den with their cubs, there was no evidence of significant loss of bone density.
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Hibernating brown bears do not have this capacity and must therefore resort to major bone reformation in the following spring.
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If the mechanism of bone remodeling in polar bears can be understood, many bedridden humans and even astronauts could potentially benefit.
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The medical benefits of the polar bear for humanity certainly have their importance in our conservation efforts, but these should not be the only factors taken into consideration.
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We tend to want to protect animals with their power intelligence and possess emotions, such as elephants and primates.
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Bears, on the other hand, seem to be perceived as stupid and in many cases violent.
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And yet anecdotal evidence from the field challenges those assumptions, suggesting for example that polar bears have good problem-solving abilities.
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A male bear called Gogo in Tinojizu, Osaka, has even been observed making use of a tool to manipulate his environment.
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The bear used a tree branch on multiple occasions to dislodge a piece of meat hung out his reach.
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Problem-solving ability has also been witnessed in wild polar bears, although not as obviously as with Gogo.
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A calculated move by a male bear involved running
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and jumping onto barrels in an attempt to get to a photographer standing on a platform 4 meters high.
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In other studies, such as one by Allison Ames in 2008, polar bears showed deliberate and focused manipulation.
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For example, Ames observed bears putting objects in piles and then knocking them over in what appeared to be a game.
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The study demonstrates that bears are capable of agile and thought-out behaviors.
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These examples suggest bears have greater creativity and problem-solving abilities than previously thought.
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As for emotions, while the evidence is once again anecdotal, many bears have been seen to head out at ice and snow,
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seemingly out of frustration, when they have just missed out on a kill.
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Moreover, polar bears can form unusual relationships with other species, including playing with the dogs used to pull sleds in the Arctic.
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Remarkably, one hand-raised polar bear called Eiji has formed a close
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relationship with her owner-marked Duma to the point where they even swim together.
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This is even more astonishing since polar bears are known to actively hunt humans in the wild.
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If climate change were to lead to their extinction, this would mean not only the loss of potential breakthroughs in human nursing,
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but more importantly, the disappearance of an intelligent, majestic animal.

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Diese Sprechübung auf Niveau C1 basiert auf dem Video „Cambridge Ielts 16 Reading test 1 Passage 1“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: bear, polar, bone, density, disease. Dieses Video enthält 47 Sätze und 818 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 5:23. Der Sprecher spricht in natürlichem Tempo, etwa 152 Wörter pro Minute, ähnlich wie im Alltagsgespräch. Nur 72 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen, der Wortschatz ist also anspruchsvoll.

Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video

Die 15 anspruchsvollsten Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

WortAusspracheBedeutung
polar Adjektiv/ˈpoʊlɚ/polar
anecdotal Adjektiv[ˌænɪkˈdəʊ̯tɫ̩]anekdotisch
remodel Verbumbilden, umgestalten
disappearance Substantiv/dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/Verschwinden
calcium Substantiv/ˈkælsi.əm/Kalzium, Calcium
colleague Substantiv/ˈkɒliːɡ/Kollege, Kollegin
den Substantiv/ˈdɛn/Wohnzimmer
observe Verb/əbˈzɜːv/beachten, halten
consequence Substantiv/ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwəns/Konsequenz, Folge
astonish Verb/əˈstɑnɪʃ/erstaunen
bedridden Adjektiv/ˈbɛdɹɪdən/bettlägerig
deplete Verb/dɪˈplit/leeren, räumen
dislodge Verb/dɪsˈlɒdʒ/herauslösen, außer Position bringen
hibernate Verb/ˈhaɪbəɹˌneɪt/Winterschlaf halten, überwintern
osteoporosis Substantiv/ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/Osteoporose

Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst

WortAusspracheBedeutung
come around Verb/kʌ.məˈɹaʊnd/einlenken

Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

StrukturIm Video
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tutwould be considered · are associated · being remodeled
Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig isthave allowed · has even been observed · has also been witnessed

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

  • Die „th“-Laute: breakthrough /ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
  • Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: astonish /əˈstɑnɪʃ/, starvation /stɑɹˈveɪʃən/, reformation /ˌɹɛf.əɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, mutation /mjuˈteɪʃən/, extinction /ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/
  • Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: disappearance /dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/, lipoprotein /ˌlai.poʊˈpɹoʊ.tiːn/, osteoporosis /ˌɒstiəʊpəˈɹəʊsɪs/, reformation /ˌɹɛf.əɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, maternity /məˈtɜɹnəti/

Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:

  • Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: colleague /ˈkɒliːɡ/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/, dislodge /dɪsˈlɒdʒ/, perceive /pɚˈsiv/, comparative /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/
  • /æ/ — offener als „ä“: anecdotal [ˌænɪkˈdəʊ̯tɫ̩], calcium /ˈkælsi.əm/, adipose /ˈæd.ɪ.poʊs/, calorie /ˈkæləɹi/, astronaut /ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/
  • /dʒ/ — stimmhaft, nicht „tsch“: dislodge /dɪsˈlɒdʒ/, majestic /məˈd͡ʒɛstɪk/, genome /ˈd͡ʒiː.noʊm/, emerge /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒ/

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  1. Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
  2. Beginne mit 0,75-facher Geschwindigkeit, sprich Satz für Satz nach und wechsle zur normalen Geschwindigkeit, sobald es leichtfällt.
  3. Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie polar, anecdotal, remodel.

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