Shadowing Practice: (Oxford RnD - Level 1) Wild Cats - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Oxford Read and Discover.
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Level 1.
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Wild Cats.
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By Rob Sved.
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Read by Laurel Lefkoe.
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Published and copyright, Oxford University Press.
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2013. Introduction Pet cats live with people.
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People give them food.
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Wild cats don't live with people.
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They live outside. and they find food.
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What cats can you see here?
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What wild cats do you know?
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Discover!
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Now read and discover more about wild cats.
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Chapter 1.
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Wild cats.
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There are wild cats all around the world.
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Cats live in cold places and in hot places.
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Cats live on the ground and in trees.
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The snow leopard is a big cat.
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It lives in snowy mountains.
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It has thick fur to stay warm.
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The Margay lives in rainforests.
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It can climb well.
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And it lives in trees.
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The black -footed cat is a little cat.
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It lives in hot places.
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It can't climb well.
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It lives in holes in the ground.
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Chapter 2 Fur Cats have fur to stay warm.
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Their fur helps them to hide from other animals, too.
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cheetahs Have spots.
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Baby cheetahs have long, white fur, too.
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They can hide in grass.
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Can you see the tiger?
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Tigers have orange and black stripes.
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They can hide in long grass.
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The mountain cat has spots and stripes.
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It can hide on rocks.
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Discover!
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Sand cats have fur on the bottom of their paws.
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This protects them from hot sand.
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Chapter 3 Mouths and teeth.
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Cats have a big, strong mouth.
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They have long, sharp teeth, too.
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The clouded leopard has four long teeth to help it to hunt deer, monkeys, and birds.
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Many cats bite trees.
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This makes their teeth very sharp.
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Look at this Jaguar.
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Can you see its sharp teeth?
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Some big cats use their mouth to roar.
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Then other cats know where they are.
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They roar to say they are angry or sad, too.
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Lions can roar very well.
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Discover!
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Cats use their long tongue to clean their fur.
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Chapter 4 Senses.
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Cats use their senses.
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They can hear, see and smell very well.
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This helps them to move around and to hunt other animals.
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The serval has big ears.
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It hunts mice.
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It can hear the mice under the ground.
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Cats can see well at night.
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The ocelot has white fur around its eyes.
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This helps it to see well.
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Some cats can smell well, too.
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Discover!
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The lynx can smell a rabbit that's 300 meters away.
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chapter 5 Tails.
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Many cats have a long, strong tail.
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Their tail helps them to run and turn.
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The puma uses its tail to help it to jump.
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and land on its paws.
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Cats can use their tail to show they are happy, sad or scared too.
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The snow leopard has a long...
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Thick tail.
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It can put its tail around its body.
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This helps it to stay warm in the snowy mountains.
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Discover!
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The Jaguar!
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uses its tail to hunt fish.
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It moves the water with its tail.
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Chapter 6 Food.
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Cats eat meat.
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Big cats hunt antelopes.
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zebras and other big animals.
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They hide in grass and look for animals.
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Big cats are strong.
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and they can run very fast to hunt other animals.
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This cheetah sees an antelope.
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It runs fast to hunt the antelope.
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Some cats eat birds.
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mice and other little animals.
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This leopard eats snakes.
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Cats have long, sharp claws.
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to help them to hunt other animals.
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Look at this tiger.
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It has very sharp claws.
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Chapter 7.
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Baby cats.
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Cats protect their babies from other animals.
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Baby cats can't eat meat.
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They drink milk from their mother.
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This mother lion has milk for two baby lions.
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Cats help their babies to move around.
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This mother cougar carries a baby in her mouth.
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Baby cats love to have fun.
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They jump and play together.
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This is fun!
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and it helps the babies to learn how to hunt.
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Chapter 8 Protect cats.
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Many wild cats are in danger.
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Some people cut down trees in rainforests.
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Then some wild cats don't have a home or food.
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Many big cats are in danger.
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Some people hunt big cats for their skin.
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Then they sell the skins.
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Many zoos protect wild cats.
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They give the cats food, and they help the cats to have babies.
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You can see lots of different wild cats in zoos.
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Wild cats are amazing.
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Protect wild cats.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 123 frases y 717 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:06. El hablante habla despacio, unas 79 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 77 % 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
tail sustantivo/ˈteɪ̯l/cola, rabo
discover verbo/dɪˈskʌvə/descubrir
sharp adjetivo/ʃɑɹp/agudo, afilado
leopard sustantivo/ˈlɛp.ɚd/leopardo
grass sustantivo/ɡɹɑːs/pasto, hierba
mouse sustantivo/maʊs/ratón, laucha
tiger sustantivo/ˈtaɪɡə/tigre
lion sustantivo/ˈlaɪən/león
roar verbo/ˈɹoɹ/rugir
thick adjetivo/θɪk/grueso, espeso
sand sustantivo/sænd/arena
climb verbo/ˈklaɪ̯m/escalar, subir
zoo sustantivo/zuː/zoo, jardín zoo
claw sustantivo/klɔ/garra
stripe sustantivo/stɹaɪp/franja, raya

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
move around verbomovilizarse
cut down verbotalar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como can't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 tail, discover, sharp.

¿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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