Shadowing Practice: CAE TEST6 PART2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Part 2.
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You'll hear a reporter called Ruth Sampson describing a visit she
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made to the Arctic Circle with a team of Canadian wildlife experts.
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For questions 7 to 14, complete the sentences.
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You now have 45 seconds to look at Part 2.
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Thank you.
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Last year, I found myself flying to the Arctic Circle with five biologists from the Canadian Wildlife Service.
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As our small plane descended towards a snow -covered runway, I looked out of the window at the frozen ocean below.
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I could see small holes in the ice and, around them, lots of extraordinary little figures rather like ants.
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I was told they were seals basking on the ice in the sun.
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Ten minutes after we'd landed, I had my first sighting of a wolf, which my eagle -eyed colleagues pointed out to me, at least 700 metres away.
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And later on, I was lucky enough to see a caribou with its huge antlers at much closer range.
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At first sight, the Arctic seems to be a kind of desert, but there are plants and animals around.
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You just have to look around for them.
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You may find what's called an oasis.
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This is a little confined area with access to water, where vegetation can establish itself and provide nutrients for animals.
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Arctic plants have evolved to cope with this harsh environment, like the yellow arctic poppy, which only has a tiny tuft of leaves visible, as the bulk of the plant,
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a network of roots, stays underground.
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Its leaves remain green all winter, so it can make the most of the short growing season.
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The diversity of bird species decreases as you travel north, but there are birds which spend the winter here, and others that come back in the spring.
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Most of these birds get their nourishment from seeds, although a predator like the snowy owl feeds on small mammals called lemmings, and others do manage to find fish.
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For accommodation, we had tents which looked just like the igloos the local Inuit people build out of ice, with little tunnels at the front.
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Only ours were orange and made of nylon, and our only connection to the outside world was our radio link.
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You notice how light the snow cover is.
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It scatters with the wind, and there are hardly any deep drifts.
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Apart from the cold, the main hazard is the wildlife, and I received a brief introduction on the correct action to take if a polar bear came to visit.
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There are other large animals, like the muskox, but they seldom pose a threat.
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Another thing was that recording the team's descriptions of wildlife, which was my task was incredibly difficult the recorder itself was fine
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but batteries just don't work in the cold
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so I had to hold them inside my thick coat to keep them warm
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but on the whole
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I now
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you'll hear the recording again.
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Last year, I found myself flying to the Arctic Circle with five biologists from the Canadian Wildlife Service.
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As our small plane descended towards a snow -cupboard runway, I looked out of the window at the frozen ocean below.
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I could see small holes in the ice, and, around them, lots of extraordinary little figures rather like ants.
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I was told they were seals basking on the ice in the sun.
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Ten minutes after we'd landed, I had my first sighting of a wolf, which my eagle -eyed colleagues pointed out to me, at least 700 metres away,
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and later on I was lucky enough to see a caribou with its huge antlers at much closer range.
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At first sight, the Arctic seems to be a kind of desert, but there are plants and animals around, you just have to look around for them.
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You may find what's called an oasis, this is a little confined area with access to water,
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where vegetation can establish itself and provide nutrients for animals.
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Arctic plants have evolved to cope with this harsh environment, like the yellow arctic poppy, which only has a tiny tuft of leaves visible, as the bulk of the plant,
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a network of roots, stays underground.
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Its leaves remain green all winter, so it can make the most of the short growing season.
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The diversity of bird species decreases as you travel north, but there are birds which spend the winter here, and others that come back in the spring.
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Most of these birds get their nourishment from seeds, although a predator like the snowy owl feeds on small mammals called lemmings, and others do manage to find fish.
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For accommodation, we had tents which looked just like the igloos the local Inuit people build out of ice, with little tunnels at the front.
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Only ours were orange and made of nylon, and our only connection to the outside world was our radio link.
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You notice how light the snow cover is.
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It scatters with the wind, and there are hardly any deep drifts.
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Apart from the cold, the main hazard is the wildlife, and I received a brief introduction on the correct action to take if a polar bear came to visit.
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There are other large animals, like the muskox, but they seldom pose a threat.
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Another thing was that recording the team's descriptions of wildlife, which was my task, was incredibly difficult.
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The recorder itself was fine, but batteries just don't work in the cold, so I had to hold them inside my thick coat to keep them warm.
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But on the whole, I found it a fairly amazing...
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That's the end of part two.
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Now turn to part three.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “CAE TEST6 PART2”. Las palabras que más se repiten: arctic, wildlife, bird, animals, plant. Este vídeo tiene 58 frases y 934 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:24. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 146 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 79 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
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| wildlife sustantivo | /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/ | fauna, vida silvestre |
| leaf sustantivo | /lif/ | hoja, foja (desus.) |
| establish verbo | /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ | establecer, establir |
| thick adjetivo | /θɪk/ | grueso, espeso |
| desert sustantivo | /ˈdɛz.ɚt/ | desierto |
| visible adjetivo | /ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l/ | visible |
| incredibly adverbio | /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/ | increíblemente |
| seed sustantivo | /siːd/ | semilla, simiente |
| coat sustantivo | /ˈkoʊ̯t/ | abrigo, saco |
| extraordinary adjetivo | /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/ | extraordinario, descomunal |
| wolf sustantivo | /wʊlf/ | mujeriego |
| diversity sustantivo | /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/ | diversidad |
| underground adjetivo | /ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/ | subterráneo, soterraño |
| seal sustantivo | /siːl/ | sello |
| tunnel sustantivo | /ˈtʌn(ə)l/ | túnel |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have evolved |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was told |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | wildlife, which was |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 6 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, we'd, you'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, nourishment /ˈnɝɪʃmənt/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, extraordinary /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, diversity /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scatter /ˈskætɚ/, snowy /ˈsnoʊi/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: visible /ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l/, diversity /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: desert /ˈdɛz.ɚt/, visible /ˈvɪzɪb(ə)l/, freeze /ˈfɹiːz/, pose /poʊz/, hazard /ˈhæzəd/
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 wildlife, leaf, establish.
¿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.