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The life of a frog is a simple understanding.
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They eat, play, sleep and give us lots of serotonin and that is that.
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But did you know there's another creature out there that exists in this simple world full of simple things?
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Have a look around and try and spot something much different here.
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If it looks large and in charge, you my friend have found a tod.
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These are toads and they appear to be much more handsome up, I mean much bigger than your average frog.
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Apart from the neat spelling that toads have compared to toads, toads have a much different purpose in life compared to other amphibians.
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So if they have a purpose, what do they do then?
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Well, just like frogs, they also don't do much.
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Until the sun goes down.
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of frogs, toads are much more active at night
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and they will do everything a frog would do
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but in the dark and to understand that we have to look at what is happening on the inside.
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What's fascinating is that toads aren't that full of serotonin like frogs on the other hand are.
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In fact, toads are only 25% full of serotonin and that's
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because they have an actual concept of what life is all about, which means they can get a little sad sometimes.
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But on the other hand, toads have a much larger appetite because 50% of them is focused on the guts and the butts.
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Unlike frogs, toads have a much sharper eye for their food
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and go for whatever their palate feels like they are not
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afraid to go for the weakest to the most spiciest of foods
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in fact they can eat half of their body weight during one sitting
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which means that frogs are always at a risk but this tod chose not to
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now you're wondering what possibly could be the last 25 percent of a tod
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You might be surprised because they use the last 25% to look good.
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Why do they need to look good?
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Well, that's for a number of reasons.
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Tods are very sociable amphibians, just like frogs are, but very complex at the same time.
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Since their numbers are much smaller than frogs, this means their groups are much more niche, which means things can get complicated very easily.
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This could be from finding a mate to finding a good proof.
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But in this case, it's because there's a tasty snack sitting right in the middle.
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So, how do TODS challenge each other in an event like this?
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Well...
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They do croaking contests!
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A TODS croak can send vibrations through the ground or through the speakers as you're watching this.
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They use their cloaks to make their presence known, and the Todd with the loudest croak tends to be the leader of that group.
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At midnight on the full moon, Tods will perform a ritual called the Croaking, which requires all Tods in the area to croak at the moon.
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This is so they know where each and every one of them is at.
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But this moment can also be beautiful.
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You'll notice that the environment which the tods live on is very marshy and muddy.
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Tods use the mud for all sorts of reasons but this extra muddy area is mainly used for nesting
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And this is where things can get a little dirty.
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Tods will bury their eggs in the ground for incubation, and by the time they hatch, small tods will emerge from the ground.
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Unlike frogs which go for a metamorphosis process, baby tods are just smaller tods and will eventually go to their adult size
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and make their way to more stable grounds to start their new life.
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When the sun starts to rise is when the tods call it a night.
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All tods during this time find a cool dirty spot they want to rest in, and once they've found it, submerge themselves into that spot.
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Whether it would be mud, water, sticks or leaves, there's always a good place to sleep,
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ready for the next day ahead and dreaming of the next snack they will encounter.
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But on a rare occasion, this Todd likes to stay up and explore the world during the day
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so that they can see and explore places they wouldn't able to at night.
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And I think this Todd and this Frog are going to get along well.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 52 frases y 735 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:22. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 137 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| compare verbo | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | comparar, parangonar |
| explore verbo | /ɪkˈsploɹ/ | explorar |
| snack sustantivo | /snæk/ | tentempié, refrigerio |
| muddy adjetivo | /ˈmʌdi/ | barroso, enfangado |
| sharp adjetivo | /ʃɑɹp/ | agudo, afilado |
| stable sustantivo | /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ | establo, cuadra |
| complicated adjetivo | /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ | complicado |
| egg sustantivo | /ɛɡ/ | huevo, aguautle |
| occasion sustantivo | /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/ | ocasión |
| midnight sustantivo | /ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/ | medianoche, madrugada |
| butt sustantivo | /bʌt/ | culo, culamen |
| encounter verbo | /ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/ | encontrar, encontrarse |
| handsome adjetivo | /ˈhæn.səm/ | apuesto, guapo |
| leaf sustantivo | /lif/ | hoja, foja (desus.) |
| nest sustantivo | /nɛst/ | nido |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| get along verbo | llevarse bien con, avenirse |
| stay up verbo | quedarse despierto, empalmar |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 7 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, aren't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: sharp /ʃɑɹp/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/, incubation /ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən/, marshy /ˈmɑɹʃi/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, serotonin /ˌsɛɹəˈtoʊnɪn/, incubation /ɪnkjuːˈbeɪʃən/, metamorphosis /ˌmɛtəˈmɔːfəsɪs/
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 compare, explore, snack.
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 found · have compared · they've found |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | about, which means · niche, which means |
| Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosas | bigger than · smaller than |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the weakest · the loudest |
¿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.