Shadowing Practice: The Parrot Whisperer Can Fix Your Bird Woes - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Most people think that owning a parrot is a walk in the park, but the truth is they're very, very complex creatures in every way.
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They're long-lived, they can be noisy, they can be destructive, they have special needs.
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They challenge you.
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Can you say bark like a dog for me, please?
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People buy them sometimes for the wrong reasons or they buy on impulse, and when there's a problem they call me.
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My name is Glen Serino and I've been working with birds professionally for 20 years.
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New York City has always been my backyard.
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I had parakeets growing up as a kid and I was fascinated.
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Everything about them appealed to me.
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Eventually I started to research parrots.
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everything I could get my hands on, spoke to other bird owners, went to bird club meetings, and even took a job at a bird store.
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That opened up a lot of doors for me.
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People started calling me.
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Glenn, I'm having a problem.
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Can you help me?
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I thought I had a male parrot, but after 20 years, I just laid an egg.
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Hello.
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You name it, and the call started coming in.
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People started flocking to I can use that term.
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One thing led to another and eventually I became the go-to guy and it developed into a business.
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On a day-to-day basis I provide a variety of services.
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I'm there whenever they need me, basically 24-7.
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Every day is something new, every day is a challenge.
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Each bird has a different behavior, they're like people, they have likes, dislikes, They have special needs in the way of diet, lighting, environment.
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The larger species can live a human lifespan.
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Owning a bird is literally like having a five-year-old child that never grows up, if you can imagine that.
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Bird owners often have problems with aggression, health issues, plucking, egg-laying issues,
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mimicking sounds that become incessant.
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I have one client who was feeding her bird waffles with maple syrup and pasta with vodka sauce.
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So we had to change the diet and we had to change it fast.
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Every situation presents a challenge.
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My role is to try to help them through all of that.
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If you understand how a bird thinks, if you understand what a bird is telling you and the way the pupils dilate, the way they fan their tails,
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you can figure out what they're trying to tell you.
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I can tell if they're being cautious at first and I approach them very gently.
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Again, I speak their language and I don't think there's anyone else who really does what I do.
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You're looking really good.
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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Okay, Frankie.
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Want to come out?
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I believe that I do have a unique role in the bird world.
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I feel the work that I do is very rewarding to me.
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I love birds.
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I help clients solve problems.
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And when they call me up and tell me that everything is great, that I really help them, it makes me feel like I'm really making a difference in the world in the world.
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And I love a happy ending, and nothing makes me feel better than knowing that I did a good deed.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “The Parrot Whisperer Can Fix Your Bird Woes”. Las palabras que más se repiten: bird, parrot, challenge. Este vídeo tiene 47 frases y 541 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:47. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 143 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 81 % 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:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
parrot sustantivo/ˈpæɹət/papagayo, loro
dilate verbo/daɪˈleɪt/dilatar
fascinate verbo/ˈfæsɪneɪt/fascinar
incessant adjetivo/ɪnˈsɛs.ənt/incesante
lifespan sustantivo/ˈlaɪf.spæn/ciclo de vida, ciclo vital
parakeet sustantivo/ˈpɛɹəkit/perico, periquito
waffle sustantivo/ˈwɑf.əl/waffle, wafle
noisy adjetivo/ˈnɔɪzi/ruidoso
flock sustantivo/flɑk/hato, manada
impulse sustantivo/ˈɪmpʌls/impulso
deed sustantivo/diːd/hecho, obra
syrup sustantivo/ˈsɪɹ.əp/almíbar, jarabe
professionally adverbioprofesionalmente
cautious adjetivo/ˈkɔːʃəs/cauto, cauteloso
pupil sustantivo/ˈpjuːpəl/alumno, alumna

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
grow up verbocrecer
come out verbo/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/revelarse, salir a la luz
figure out verboaveriguar, captar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Can you say bark like a dog for me, please?
  • Glenn, I'm having a problem.
  • Can you help me?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 11 contracciones y formas reducidas, como they're, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: cautious /ˈkɔːʃəs/, aggression /əˈɡɹɛʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vodka /ˈvɑdkə/, destructive /dɪˈstɹʌktɪv/

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 parrot, dilate, fascinate.

¿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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