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Welcome to Storyline Online Brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation I'm Uzo Aduba and today I'm going to read Otters vs. Badgers written and illustrated by Anya Glazer Before our story begins, there are a few things you should know.
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Firstly, the otters live on one side of the river.
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Secondly, the badgers live on the other side of the river.
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Thirdly, and MOST importantly . . .
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OTTERS AND BADGERS DO NOT GET ALONG.
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Head otter Head badger It's just the way things had always been.
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The badgers started it!
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Tunneling under OUR land.
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Badgers and otters couldn't even share the river without a fight.
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It's the otters' fault!
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Always splashing about - we never have any peace!
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And it was only getting worse.
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So, to avoid any more trouble, the leaders decided the two groups must never meet.
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No badgers and no otters must EVER cross the river.
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Stay away! Good riddance to them.
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And that would be that.
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But our story really begins with an otter named Francie.
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The important things you need to know about Francie are: Firstly, she lives on the otter side of the river.
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Secondly, she's a little shy.
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Thirdly, and especially: she bakes the best cakes anywhere along the river.
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All the otters said so.
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This lemon meringue square is spectacular.
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Oh, but did you try last week’s caramel shortbread?
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My top cookie would be chocolate chip, then apple cinnamon . . .
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Francie was happiest dreaming up recipes, finding new flavors, tasting, and testing . . .
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. . . always in pursuit of the perfect bake.
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And one day, when she was searching for just the right ingredient for her next creation, she went a little farther . . .
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. . . than she meant to.
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HEY! Before the badgers could catch her, Francie ran back to the otter side of the river and the safety of her kitchen.
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You won’t get away with this!
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But the badgers were just a few steps behind.
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Head badger will want to know about this.
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We saw her right there!
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Ooh, a muffin!
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You know, this is pretty good!
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When the badgers turned up on the otter side, they demanded to see the otter with the muffins who had been stealing their berries.
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She was sneaking onto OUR land!
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She must pay!
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But the otters stood firm.
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Our Francie wouldn’t mean any harm.
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It must have been a mistake!
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Go back to your badger hole!
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Can anyone else smell cake?
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Meanwhile, back in her kitchen, Francie measured and mixed, and stretched and shaped.
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Because no matter what trouble might be brewing . . .
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. . . Francie always baked.
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Francie's cookies were her best yet.
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That zingy berry flavor is just divine.
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What's that extra something?
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Goodness, that was delicious.
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Hang on! These are made with OUR berries.
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Those are OUR berries, so we should get ALL the cookies.
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No way! Those are otter-made cookies.
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Well then you don't get any more berries.
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Badgers don't even eat berries! Badgers eat worms!
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WORM BREATH!
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Typical ignorant otters!
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THAT'S NOT TRUE!
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But although she never meant for her baking to start another argument . . .
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. . . unfortunately, it did.
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Giant hairy slugs!
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Lazy monochrome bears!
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Worm breath!
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Stripy-faced fur balls!
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Frog feet! Rotter otter!
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STOP! Suddenly, all eyes were on Francie.
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Why can’t we just share it all?
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And everyone listened to what she had to say.
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There’s plenty of space, and berries for all of us.
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I suppose that’s true.
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And if we all try and get along . . .
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We’ve never done that before.
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Then everyone can have cookies.
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I do want more cookies . . .
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We could give it a try?
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So now, this is where the otters AND the badgers live.
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Together. On both sides of the river.
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They still argue sometimes .
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You’re wrong!
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Digging is not better than fishing!
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Yes it is ! And I’ll tell you why . . .
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But there is one thing they ALWAYS agree on . . .
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Francie bakes the best cookies along the whole river.
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You know what I like about the book?
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I like how in the beginning the badgers and the otters think that they're so different and that they can't get along, but when they come together, they realize they have something in common and that they can live together happily.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “'Otters vs. Badgers' read by Uzo Aduba”. Las palabras que más se repiten: otter, badger, Francie, river, cookie. Este vídeo tiene 88 frases y 718 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:06. El hablante habla despacio, unas 101 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 79 % 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:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
cookie sustantivo/ˈkʊki/galleta
berry sustantivo/ˈbɛɹi/baya
bake verbo/beɪk/hornear, enhornar
worm sustantivo/wɝm/gusano, lombriz
breathe verbo/bɹiːð/respirar
flavor sustantivo/ˈfleɪvə/sabor, gusto
secondly adverbio/ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/en segundo lugar
meanwhile adverbio/ˈmiːnwaɪl/mientras tanto
argue verbo/ˈɑɹ.ɡju/argüir, argumentar
steal verbo/stiːl/robar, shacar
stretch verbo/stɹɛt͡ʃ/estirar
delicious adjetivo/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/delicioso, sabroso
chip sustantivo/t͡ʃɪp/astilla, cepa
divine adjetivo/dɪˈvaɪn/divino
lazy adjetivo/ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/perezoso, flojo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
get along verbollevarse bien con, avenirse
check out verboinvestigar, chequear
come together verbo/ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/juntarse, concitarse
get away with verboirse de rositas, salir impune / inulto (de)
stay away verbono acercarse, mantenerse alejado

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Oh, but did you try last week’s caramel shortbread?
  • You won’t get away with this!
  • Why can’t we just share it all?
  • We could give it a try?
  • You know what I like about the book?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas only getting · was searching · was sneaking
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe best · her best
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena ideashould know · should get
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariomust never meet · must EVER cross · must pay

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 13 contracciones y formas reducidas, como can't, don't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: breathe /bɹiːð/, thirdly /ˈθɚdli/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, splash /splæʃ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: steal /stiːl/, stretch /stɹɛt͡ʃ/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/, sneak /sniːk/, splash /splæʃ/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: flavor /ˈfleɪvə/, divine /dɪˈvaɪn/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: lazy /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/, zingy /ˈzɪŋi/

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 cookie, berry, bake.

¿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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