Shadowing Practice: CAE8 O TEST1 PART2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, my name's Kerry, and the topic of my presentation this evening is a bird called the Swift.
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For people living in most of Europe, the Swift's a familiar bird, but it only stays in the Northern Hemisphere for a few weeks each summer,
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the rest of the year it spends in Sub-Saharan Africa.
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Indeed, one of the best-known facts about this incredible bird is
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that it has one of the longest migrations of any living creature.
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The other incredible fact is that a Swift spends most of its life in the air, where it eats, drinks and sleeps, only landing to build a nest and raise its young.
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Indeed, the name of the bird in German translates to wall glider in English, whereas its Latin name means without feet,
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both reflecting the fact that the bird never seems to touch the ground.
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In Europe, swifts are a familiar sight, wheeling around high up on summer evenings, making a lot of noise.
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But swifts don't produce a song like some birds, nor do they go tweet-tweet.
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Instead, they produce what can only be called a scream.
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You must have heard it.
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Swifts are not large birds, but they have a very characteristic shape in flight.
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Some people say this reminds them of a new moon, and the birds certainly crescent-shaped with a very noticeable forked tail.
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But for me, the thing that comes to mind when I see a swift is a boomerang, you know, the thing made and thrown by traditional peoples in Australia.
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So swifts come to Europe to breed, and they often make their nests in buildings, especially chimneys and for some reason ancient monuments.
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Because they can't land, the swifts' nests need to be in places from which they can launch themselves into the air.
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Probably cliffs were their original preference, but even out of town, these days they'd tend to go for man-made places like quarries.
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As you'd expect, leaves and grasses are used to build the nests, but even here the link with humans is evident, as amazingly paper is often used,
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together with less surprising things like the feathers of other birds.
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materials the swift probably catches in flight.
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Because they never land, swifts are very vulnerable to bad weather
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and in Europe retreat to their nest sites during periods of rain or high wind.
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I was once lucky enough to observe a large group of
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swifts travelling at great speed to get out of the way of a thunderstorm.
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It was an awesome sight that I'll never forget.
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As I said, swifts only spend a short time in Europe each year,
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generally June and July, with even the newborn birds making the incredibly long journey to Africa in about 48 hours.
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One strange fact I discovered in my research is that once it gets back to Africa, the bird is silent, people there being unaware of that characteristic call.
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Swifts have always fascinated people, especially because the birds have always been attracted to towns and buildings.
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traditionally in Europe the bird was used as a symbol by
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the younger sons of wealthy families who without land to inherit were destined to wander the globe I like
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that so before I go on to where now play the recording again
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that is the end of part two now turn to part three
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “CAE8 O TEST1 PART2”. Las palabras que más se repiten: swift, bird, Europe, nest, Africa. Este vídeo tiene 34 frases y 563 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:19. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 169 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| nest sustantivo | /nɛst/ | nido |
| characteristic sustantivo | /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/ | característica |
| boomerang sustantivo | /ˈbuːməɹæŋ/ | bumerán, búmeran |
| fascinate verbo | /ˈfæsɪneɪt/ | fascinar |
| glider sustantivo | /ˈɡlaɪdɚ/ | planeador, planeadora |
| thunderstorm sustantivo | /ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/ | tormenta, tormenta electrica |
| inherit verbo | /ɪnˈhɛɹɪt/ | heredar |
| chimney sustantivo | /ˈt͡ʃɪmni/ | chimenea |
| crescent sustantivo | /ˈkɹɛs.ənt/ | medialuna, creciente |
| quarry sustantivo | /ˈk(w)ɔɹ.i/ | cantera |
| amazingly adverbio | /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/ | asombrosamente |
| wander verbo | /ˈwɑndɚ/ | vagar, divagar |
| feather sustantivo | /ˈfɛðə/ | pluma, péndola |
| noticeable adjetivo | /ˈnəʊtɪsəbl̩/ | notorio, palmario |
| newborn sustantivo | recién nacido, neonato |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| get back to verbo | responder / contestar (en un rato), volver / tornar a contactar |
| get out of verbo | salirse de, ponerse fuera de |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 5 contracciones y formas reducidas, como can't, don't, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: thunderstorm /ˈθʌn.dɚˌstɔɹm/, feather /ˈfɛðə/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/, traditionally /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: evident /ˈɛv.ə.dənt/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/, translate /tɹænzˈleɪt/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como nest, characteristic, boomerang.
¿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.