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Unit 5.
Unidad 5.
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B. The Stories in the Rock When he was just six years old,
B. Las historias en la roca Cuando tenía solo seis años,
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Jörn Höram turned his bedroom into a small museum.
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His shelves became filled with a growing collection of fossils.
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For Höram, these fossils were not just rocks, but things that could tell the history of life on this planet.
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He imagined them saying, I am not a rock, I am a fossil.
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I have a story to tell.
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B. Hurum earned a PhD in paleontology in his native Norway.
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Since then, he has been on expedition seeking fossils all over the world.
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Much of his work has been carried out in Svalbard, a group of Norwegian islands north of the Arctic Circle.
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In the hills of this cold and remote region, Hurum and his team have found the fossils of many sea creatures.
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It might seem surprising to find the remains of such animals at the tops of hills,
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but in prehistoric times, these areas were actually seabeds about 100 metres deep.
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See, Hurum has returned to Svalbard many times.
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The dig season in the region is very short, from July to August.
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During that time, the temperature is just about warm enough to soften the frozen ground, allowing easier access to the fossils.
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There is also less wind, and the midnight sun makes it easy for the scientists to have long, productive days.
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D, even a dream job, has its challenges, however.
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Sometimes we find explodosaurs, he says.
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The team may find many broken bone pieces spread across a hillside.
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Then it becomes impossible to recreate the entire animal.
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We have to identify the entire animal from individual pieces.
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Each of Huram's expeditions also requires a lot of preparation.
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We have between 15 and 20 people, tons of equipment, food, jackhammers, water, he explains.
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There's a lot of work before you start the cool thing.
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E for Hurum, the cool thing, is the act of discovery.
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In 2006, his team made its greatest discovery so far.
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After removing about 60 tons of rock by hand, Hurum and his team eventually dug out an enormous fossil.
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We knew immediately this was something special, says Huram.
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The large pieces of bone told us that this was big.
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It was a plesiosaur, a prehistoric sea monster with teeth the size of cucumbers.
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The fossil was not complete, but it included a front flipper, a shoulder, and pieces of skull and neck.
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F for Huram, the discovery of this 15-metre-long creature nicknamed Predator X, was an amazing moment.
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It's like one of those scratch-off lottery tickets every time you dig, he explains.
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Sometimes you start digging and you might just find part of a skull or other bone.
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Sometimes you find the skull and the vertebra.
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Then you know it's a jackpot.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 5B The Stories in the Rocks”. Las palabras que más se repiten: fossil, Hurum, pieces, rock, skull. Este vídeo tiene 37 frases y 463 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:12. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 144 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 76 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| fossil sustantivo | /ˈfɑsl̩/ | fósil |
| prehistoric adjetivo | /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/ | prehistórico |
| metre sustantivo | /ˈmiːtəɹ/ | metro |
| expedition sustantivo | /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/ | expedición |
| ton sustantivo | /tʌn/ | tonelada |
| cucumber sustantivo | /ˈkjuˌkʌmbɚ/ | pepino |
| flipper sustantivo | /ˈflɪpɚ/ | aleta |
| hillside sustantivo | /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/ | falda |
| jackhammer sustantivo | /ˈd͡ʒækˌhæmɚ/ | martillo neumático |
| paleontology sustantivo | /ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɑləd͡ʒi/ | paleontología |
| plesiosaur sustantivo | /ˈpliːsiəsɔːɹ/ | plesiosaurio |
| seabed sustantivo | fondo del mar, lecho marino | |
| soften verbo | /ˈsɑfən/ | ablandar, suavizar |
| vertebra sustantivo | /ˈvɝ.təb.ɹə/ | vértebra |
| jackpot sustantivo | /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/ | bote |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
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| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has been · has been carried · have found |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might seem · may find · might just find |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, shelf /ʃɛlf/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: prehistoric /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/, expedition /ɛkspəˈdɪʃən/, paleontology /ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɑləd͡ʒi/, preparation /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vertebra /ˈvɝ.təb.ɹə/, productive /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: jackhammer /ˈd͡ʒækˌhæmɚ/, paleontology /ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɑləd͡ʒi/, jackpot /ˈd͡ʒækpɒt/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: prehistoric /ˌpɹiː.hɪsˈtoɹ.ɪk/, hillside /ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/, jackhammer /ˈd͡ʒækˌhæmɚ/
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 fossil, prehistoric, metre.
¿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.