Shadowing Practice: General facts | IELTS LISTENING TEST | SECTION-4 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Section 4.
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You will hear a university lecture...
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about an endangered bear in British Columbia, Canada, known as the Spirit Bear.
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First?
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You have some time to look at questions 31 to 40.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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Today, we continue our series on ecology and conservation with a look at a particularly endangered member of the black bear family.
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One in ten black bears is actually born with a white coat.
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which is the result of a special gene that surfaces in a few.
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Local people have named it the Spirit Bear.
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And according to the legends of these communities, its snowy fur brings with it a special power.
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Because of this, it has always been highly regarded by them
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so much that they do not speak of seeing it to anyone else.
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It is their way of protecting it when strangers visit the area.
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The white bear's habitat is quite interesting.
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The bear's strong relationship with the old -growth rainforest...
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is a complex one.
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The white bear relies on the huge, centuries -old trees in the forest in many ways.
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For example, the old -growth trees have extremely long roots
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that help prevent erosion of the soil along the banks of the many fish streams,
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Keeping these banks intact is important because these streams are home to salmon, which are the bear's main food source.
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In return, the bear's feeding habits nurture the forest.
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As the bears eat the salmon, they discard the skin and bones in great amounts on the forest floor which provide vital nutrients.
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These produce lush vegetation that sustains thousands of other types of life forms,
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from birds to insects and more.
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Today, the spirit bear lives off the coast of the province of British Columbia on a few islands,
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there is great concern for their survival, since it is estimated that less than 200 of these white bears remain.
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The best way to protect them is to make every effort to preserve the delicate balance of their forest environment,
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In other words, Their ecosystem.
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The greatest threat to the bear's existence is the loss of its habitat.
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Over many years, logging companies have stripped the land by cutting down a large number of trees.
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In addition, they have built roads which have fractured the areas where the bear usually feeds.
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and many hibernation sites have also been lost.
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The logging of the trees along the streams has damaged the places where the bears fish.
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To make matters worse, the number of salmon in those streams is declining.
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Because there is no legal limit on fishing at the moment.
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All these influences have a negative impact on the spirit bear's very existence.
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which is made all the more fragile, by the fact that reproduction among these bears has always been disappointingly low.
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And so what's the situation going forward?
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Community organizations, environmental groups, and the British Columbia government are now working together on the problem.
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The government is now requiring logging companies.. to adopt a better logging method which is a positive step.
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However, these measures alone may not be sufficient to ensure a healthy population of the spirit bear in the future.
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Other steps also need to be taken.
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While it is important to maintain the spirit bearer's habitat, there also needs to be more emphasis on its expansion.
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The move is justified as it will also create space for other bears that are losing their homes.
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That is the end of section four.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “General facts”. Las palabras que más se repiten: bear, spirit, logging, streams, trees. Este vídeo tiene 49 frases y 593 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:05. El hablante habla despacio, unas 97 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
salmon sustantivo/ˈsæmən/salmón
endangered adjetivo/ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚd/en peligro, peligrante
discard verbo/dɪsˈkɑɹd/desechar, descartar
hibernation sustantivo/ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈneɪ.ʃən/hibernación, aletargamiento
nurture sustantivo/ˈnɜːɹ.t͡ʃəɹ/crianza, criación
rainforest sustantivo/ˈɹeɪn.fɔɹ.ɪst/bosque tropical, bosque hidrofítico
nutrient sustantivo/ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/nutriente
erosion sustantivo/ɪˈɹəʊʒən/erosión
fracture sustantivo/ˈfɹæk.t͡ʃʰəː/fractura
ecology sustantivo/ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ecología
insect sustantivo/ˈɪn.sɛkt/insecto
vegetation sustantivo/ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/vegetación
ecosystem sustantivo/ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/ecosistema
reproduction sustantivo/ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌkʃən/reproducción
fragile adjetivo/ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/frágil

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
cut down verbotalar

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahave named · has always been · have stripped
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceis actually born · is estimated · been lost
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosasalmon, which are · roads which have · method which is

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: hibernation /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈneɪ.ʃən/, erosion /ɪˈɹəʊʒən/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, reproduction /ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌkʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: hibernation /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈneɪ.ʃən/, ecology /ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/, reproduction /ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌkʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: endangered /ɪnˈdeɪn.d͡ʒɚd/, ecology /ɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, fragile /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/
  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: habitat /ˈhæb.ɪ.tæt/, hibernation /ˌhaɪ.bəɹˈneɪ.ʃən/

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 salmon, endangered, discard.

¿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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