Shadowing Practice: LGCAM18T1-P4 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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For my presentation today, I want to tell you about how groups of elephants have been moved and settled in new reserves.
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This is known as translocation and has been carried out in Malawi,
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in Africa in recent years.
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The reason this is being done is because of overpopulation of elephants in some areas.
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Overpopulation is a good problem to have,
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and not one we tend to hear about very often.
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In Malawi's Majeti National Park,
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the elephant population had been wiped out by poachers,
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who killed the elephants for their ivory.
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But in 2003, the park was restocked and effective law enforcement was introduced.
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Since then, not a single elephant has been poached.
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In this safe environment, the elephant population boomed.
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Breeding went so well that there were more elephants than the park could support.
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This led to a number of problems.
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Firstly, there was more competition for food,
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which meant that some elephants were suffering from hunger.
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As there was a limit to the amount of food in the national park,
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some elephants began looking further afield.
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Elephants were routinely knocking down fences around the park,
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which then had to be repaired at a significant cost.
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To solve this problem, the decision was made to move dozens of elephants from Majete National Park to Nkotakota Wildlife Park,
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where there were no elephants.
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But, obviously, attempting to move significant numbers of elephants to a new home 300 kilometres away is quite a challenge.
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So, how did this translocation process work in practice?
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Elephants were moved in groups of between 8 and 20,
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all belonging to one family.
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Because relationships are very important to elephants,
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they all had to be moved at the same time.
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A team of vets and park rangers flew over the park in helicopters and targeted a group,
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which were rounded up and directed to a designated open plane.
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The vets then used darts to immobilise the elephants.
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This was a tricky manoeuvre as they not only had to select the right dose of tranquiliser for different sized elephants,
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but they had to dart the elephants as they were running around.
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This also had to be done as quickly as possible,
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so as to minimise the stress caused.
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As soon as the elephants began to flop onto the ground,
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the team moved in to take care of them.
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To avoid the risk of suffocation,
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the team had to make sure none of the elephants were lying on their chests
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because their lungs could be crushed in this position.
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So all the elephants had to be placed on their sides.
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One person stayed with each elephant while they waited for the vets to do checks.
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It was very important to keep an eye on their breathing.
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If there were fewer than six breaths per minute,
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the elephant would need urgent medical attention.
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Collars were fitted to the matriarch in each group so their movements could be tracked in their new home.
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Measurements were taken of each elephant's tusks.
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Elephants with large tusks would be at greater risk from poachers,
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and also of their feet.
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The elephants were then taken to a recovery area,
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before being loaded onto trucks and transported to their new home.
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The elephants translocated to Enkotakota settled in very well and the project has generally been accepted to have been a huge success,
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and not just for the elephants.
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Employment prospects have improved enormously,
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contributing to rising living standards for the whole community.
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Poaching is no longer an issue,
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as former poachers are able to find more reliable sources of income.
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In fact, many of them volunteered to give up their weapons,
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as they were no longer of any use to them.
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More than two dozen elephants have been born at Enkotakota since relocation,
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with an area of more than 1,800 square kilometres,
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there's plenty of space for the elephant population to continue to grow.
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Their presence is also helping to rebalance
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Nkotakota's damaged ecosystem and providing a sustainable conservation model which could be replicated in other parks.
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All this has been a big draw for tourism,
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which contributes five times more than the illegal wildlife trade to GDP.
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And this is mainly because of the elephants.
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There's also been a dramatic rise in interest from...
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “LGCAM18T1-P4”. Las palabras que más se repiten: elephant, park, moved, poachers, vets. Este vídeo tiene 68 frases y 707 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:05. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 116 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
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| elephant sustantivo | /ˈɛlɪfənt/ | elefante |
| poacher sustantivo | /ˈpoʊ.t͡ʃɚ/ | cazador furtivo, pescador furtivo |
| vet verbo | /vɛt/ | examinar, visar |
| kilometre sustantivo | /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/ | kilómetro, quilómetro |
| overpopulation sustantivo | /ˌoʊvɚˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ | sobrepoblación, superpoblación |
| poach verbo | /ˈpoʊt͡ʃ/ | recolectar furtivamente, talar furtivamente |
| translocation sustantivo | traslado, translocación | |
| tusk sustantivo | /ˈtʌsk/ | colmillo |
| dart sustantivo | /dɑɹt/ | dardo, jáculo |
| afield adverbio | /əˈfiːld/ | en el campo |
| designate verbo | /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.neɪt/ | designar |
| enormously adverbio | enormemente | |
| immobilize verbo | inmovilizar | |
| matriarch sustantivo | /ˈmeɪtɹiɑɹk/ | matriarca |
| replicate verbo | /ˈɹɛplɪkeɪt/ | replicar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| give up verbo | rendirse, entregar |
| knock down verbo | derribar |
| wipe out verbo | aniquilar, exterminar |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | have been moved · is known · being done |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have been moved · has been carried · has been poached |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: overpopulation /ˌoʊvɚˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, relocation /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/, measurement /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, overpopulation /ˌoʊvɚˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, tranquilizer /ˈtɹæ̞ŋkwɪläɪ̯zə/, relocation /ˌɹiːləʊˈkeɪʃən/, ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vet /vɛt/, overpopulation /ˌoʊvɚˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, manoeuvre /məˈnuːvə/, ivory /ˈaɪv(ə)ɹi/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: designate /ˈdɛz.ɪɡ.neɪt/, tranquilizer /ˈtɹæ̞ŋkwɪläɪ̯zə/, translocate /ˈtɹænzləˌkeɪt/, minimize /ˈmɪn.ɪˌmaɪz/
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 elephant, poacher, vet.
¿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.