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Behold a very small and rather cute spider.
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This is Clypietus, a jumping spider.
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He doesn't spin webs.
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Instead, he uses silk as a lifeline, reeling it out as he hops from place to place.
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But right now, he's looking for a mate, the thread of a female spider that he can trace back to its source.
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Problem is, she may have other priorities.
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While he'll jump on pretty much anything that moves, she only mates once.
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She's picky.
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So he's going to make his case on the dance floor.
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Male jumping spiders perform courtship displays that would make
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Bob Fosse proud.
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Jazz hands.
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legs, leg lifts, they even shimmy their pedipelps,
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but he needs a soundtrack.
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So by beating together the front and back halves of his body, he creates vibrations that travel through the ground.
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This is what her ears look like.
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Tiny membranes stretched across slits in her legs.
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To study these jumping spider pulses, researchers at the University of California,
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Berkeley, use a sophisticated laser vibrometer developed for quality testing cars and airplanes.
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It turns those vibrations into something we can hear. And guess what?
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It's a song.
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The first verse sounds like this, a fast heartbeat, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump.
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Then, more thumping, followed by something new, a boom.
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This is verse two, that pattern over and over again.
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For verse 3, he adds a third element.
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Almost like he's casting a spell, right?
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From species to species, and there are thousands of different jumping spiders, the songs vary.
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But one thing never changes.
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Male jumping spiders sing like their lives depend on it, because they do.
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She may mate with him, she might refuse, but she might just eat him instead.
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When the Berkeley scientists prevented the males from singing while they danced, the Females were three times as likely to hunt them as prey.
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So he needs to go big.
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The closer he gets to her, the more danger he's in.
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The dance and the song get more and more urgent.
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But even with all that, she's still calling the shots.
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Hi, it's Amy.
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If the female spiders are picky, with the males, the bar is so, so low.
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He'll do this cording song and dance with pretty much anything.
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In the lab, scientists use frozen specimens like this one — a dead female spider
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and he still tries to mate with her.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “For These Tiny Spiders, It's Sing or Get Served”. Las palabras que más se repiten: spider, thump, jumping, mate, Male. Este vídeo tiene 48 frases y 408 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:54. El hablante habla despacio, unas 105 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 75 % 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:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
spider sustantivo/ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/araña
verse sustantivo/ˈvɝs/versículo, verso
scientist sustantivo/ˈsaɪəntəst/científico, científica
vibration sustantivo/vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/vibración
element sustantivo/ˈɛləmənt/elemento
thread sustantivo/ˈθɹɛd/hilo, bouclé (buclé)
ear sustantivo/ˈɪə̯/oído, oreja
priority sustantivo/pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/prioridad
hop sustantivo/hɒp/lúpulo, hombrecillo
refuse verbo/ɹɪˈfjuːz/rehusar
spin verbo/spɪn/girar, rotar
spell sustantivo/spɛl/hechizo, conjuro
stretch verbo/stɹɛt͡ʃ/estirar
jazz sustantivo/d͡ʒæz/jazz
vary verbo/ˈvɛəɹi/variar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como he'll, doesn't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: thread /ˈθɹɛd/, thump /θʌmp/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/, courtship /ˈkɔɹt.ʃɪp/, shimmy /ˈʃɪ.mi/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spider /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/, spin /spɪn/, spell /spɛl/, stretch /stɹɛt͡ʃ/, specimen /ˈspɛsɪmɪn/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: verse /ˈvɝs/, vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/, vary /ˈvɛəɹi/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: refuse /ɹɪˈfjuːz/, jazz /d͡ʒæz/, laser /ˈleɪzɚ/, freeze /ˈfɹiːz/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como spider, verse, scientist.

¿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.

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