Shadowing Practice: Long Distance Love Birds - Learn English Speaking with Video

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DeepEnglish.com Every August, Klepetan says goodbye to his lover Malena,
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before going to South Africa where he spends the spring and summer.
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Every March, like clockwork, he flies back to Croatia to be with his partner.
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Klepetan and the love of his life Malena are birds, storks to be more specific, and they have been continuing their long-distance romance for the past 16 years.
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Klepetan is one of millions of birds that travel thousands of kilometers between South Africa and Croatia as the weather warms.
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But his relationship with Malina is one of a kind.
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In 1993, Malina was shot by a hunter in Croatia.
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A school caretaker named Stepan Vokic found the wounded bird and took her home.
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He cared for the bird until she was healthy and named her Malina, which means little one.
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Stepan nursed Malina back to health, but she still cannot fly properly.
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He wanted to make sure that Malina didn't miss out on the joys of motherhood.
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To help her find a mate, Stepan built her a nest on top of his house.
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In that nest, Malina and Klepeton first met, fell in love, and have raised many baby storks.
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The local media celebrate Klepiton's yearly visits.
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There is a 24-hour live video feed of Malina's Nest playing in the capital of Croatia.
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Klepiton not only arrives on the same day, but often at the same hour.
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In 2016, he broke the pattern and arrived six days late.
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It was so out of character that people panicked that something terrible must have happened to him him.
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When another suitor arrived in his place, Malina would accept no substitutes for Klepetan.
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She attacked the new bird until he flew off.
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Klepetan and Malina have four to five baby storks every year.
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Since Malina can only fly short distances, Klepetan handles the flight training of their children.
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In March, Klepetan departs again on his 13,000 kilometer flight home, leaving Malina behind.
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This is when Stepan steps in again to keep Malina from getting lonely.
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He says that after Klepetan leaves Malina, she mourns for ten days.
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Then I take her in the car to the meadows for fishing, to take her mind off it.
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During the cold winter months, he brings Malina into his house to live with him.
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The ever-caring Stepan feeds her fish, and the unlikely pair watch nature documentaries together on TV.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 28 frases y 398 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:32. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 157 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 78 % 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
arrive verbo/əˈɹaɪv/llegar, arribar
nest sustantivo/nɛst/nido
nurse sustantivo/nɝs/enfermera, enfermero
hunter sustantivo/ˈhʌntɚ/perro de caza
romance sustantivo/roʊˈmæn(t)s/romance
documentary sustantivo/ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/documental
unlikely adjetivo/ʌnˈlaɪkli/improbable
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego
lover sustantivo/ˈlʌvɚ/amante, enamorado
panic sustantivo/ˈpænɪk/pánico
lonely adjetivo/ˈloʊnli/solitario, solo
wound sustantivo/ˈwund/herida, llaga
leaf sustantivo/lif/hoja, foja (desus.)
substitute sustantivo/ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/sustituto, substituto
yearly adjetivo/ˈjɪɹli/anual

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: documentary /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/, kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como arrive, nest, nurse.

¿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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