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All About Ants Did you know that ants will eat almost anything?
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Foods like meat, fruits and vegetables, and even soda and candy.
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Today, we're going to learn all about ants.
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Unless you live somewhere like Iceland or Greenland where ants do not live, you have probably seen at least one ant in your lifetime.
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These insects come in a variety of colors like black,
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red, and yellow, and live in large colonies or groups.
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Ants may differ in color and size, but their bodies are all divided into the same three sections.
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The head, the thorax, and the abdomen.
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Here's an awesome ant fact.
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Some ant colonies have over one million ants.
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There are three different types of ants that live in a colony.
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The queen, the female workers, and the males.
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Want to know another amazing ant fact?
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The queen and the male ants actually have wings.
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The workers, which are the ants you probably come across in your day-to-day life, do not.
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As you might have guessed, the queen is the most important ant in the colony.
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This is because she is the only one who can lay eggs and keep the colony alive.
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Sometimes, there is more than one queen in a colony.
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Once the queen becomes an adult, she will spend the rest of her life laying eggs.
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Special soldier ants protect the queen from harm and defend the colony.
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Male ants are part of the colony to help the queen lay eggs.
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Once they do their job, they do not live very long afterward.
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Remember when we mentioned that most ants will eat just about anything?
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Just because they can, does not mean that they actually do.
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Surprisingly, some ants are pretty picky about their diets.
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Like humans, ants have favorite and least favorite foods.
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Most ants love to eat plant nectar because it is sweet,
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but some actually prefer vegetables like corn and grasses and leaves.
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Ants are hard workers.
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Here's an awesome ant fact.
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They rarely take a break and can often lift items that are 20 times their body weight.
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That would be like you being able to pick up a car.
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That's wild!
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Ants are essential to the environment because they turn and aerate soil, which allows water and oxygen to reach plant roots better.
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Would you be surprised to learn that ants don't have ears?
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Instead, they feel the ground's vibrations through their feet.
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Ants also do not have lungs.
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They have tiny holes all over their bodies where oxygen enters and carbon dioxide exits.
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Sounds like ants are a pretty big deal, don't you think?
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We just learned a lot of amazing ant facts.
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Let's review to see what you remember.
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True or false?
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Ants have huge lungs for their body size.
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False.
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Ants do not have lungs.
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Instead, they have tiny holes all over their bodies.
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What three parts make up an ant's body?
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Head, thorax, and abdomen.
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Fill in the blank.
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Both the queen and male ants have blank.
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Female worker ants do not.
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Wings Awesome job, ant experts!
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You really did some heavy lifting!
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Thanks for learning with us today.
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What is something new you learned that you didn't already know?
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Remember to share your new knowledge with your family and friends.
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Hope you had fun learning with us.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Ants for Kids”. Las palabras que más se repiten: ant, queen, colony, worker, male. Este vídeo tiene 58 frases y 572 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:00. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 115 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| ant sustantivo | /ænt/ | hormiga, huasho |
| worker sustantivo | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | trabajador, obrero |
| egg sustantivo | /ɛɡ/ | huevo, aguautle |
| lung sustantivo | /ˈlʌŋ/ | pulmón |
| oxygen sustantivo | /ˈɑksɪd͡ʒən/ | oxígeno |
| vegetable sustantivo | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | verdura, legumbre |
| abdomen sustantivo | /ˈæb.də.mən/ | abdomen, vientre |
| defend verbo | /dɪˈfɪnd/ | defender, defensar |
| ear sustantivo | /ˈɪə̯/ | oído, oreja |
| afterwards adverbio | /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/ | después, consecuentemente |
| rarely adverbio | /ˈɹɛəɹli/ | rara vez, raramente |
| soil sustantivo | /sɔɪl/ | suelo, tierra |
| lifetime sustantivo | /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ | vida |
| resource sustantivo | /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ | recurso |
| grass sustantivo | /ɡɹɑːs/ | pasto, hierba |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| come across verbo | pasarse a | |
| make up verbo | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | reponer, suplir |
| pick up verbo | coger, asir |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Today, we're going to learn all about ants.
- Remember when we mentioned that most ants will eat just about anything?
- Would you be surprised to learn that ants don't have ears?
- Sounds like ants are a pretty big deal, don't you think?
- What is something new you learned that you didn't already know?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | workers, which are · one who can |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | may differ · might have |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | will eat · will spend |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, didn't, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, divide /dɪˈvaɪd/, vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/, resource /ɹɪˈzɔːs/, exit /ˈɛɡzət/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: oxygen /ˈɑksɪd͡ʒən/, vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, soldier /ˈsoʊld͡ʒɚ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como ant, worker, egg.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.