Shadowing Practice: Unit 15 Animal Forecasters - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 15 Animal Forecasters Do you think animals can predict the weather or other natural events?
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Farmers living in the countryside think so.
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For hundreds of years they have observed animals and noticed many things about the way animals act.
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For example, some farmers believe that if they see swans flying into the wind, a hurricane is coming.
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or when cows lie down, a rainstorm is coming.
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There are many traditional stories connecting animals and natural events.
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Some scientists are taking another look at animals to see if there is any truth behind these stories and beliefs.
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They have found some surprising things.
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Kiyoshi Shimamura is a Japanese earthquake researcher.
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He noticed an increase in dog bites a short time before earthquakes hit.
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Then he did an investigation of 12 public health centers in Kobe, Japan.
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These health centers treated people after a big earthquake.
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Shimamura noticed that the month before the big earthquake, treatment for animal bites had increased.
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In fact, aggressive behavior in dogs, such as biting and barking loudly, jumped 60%.
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Other animals changed their behavior before an earthquake as well.
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For example, fish in ponds
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or lakes begin swimming together in large groups only in the middle of the water and not near the edges.
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Also, birds may fly away from their nests for many days, leaving their eggs unprotected.
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These behaviors suggest that animals may be able to predict natural events, such as earthquakes, better than people.
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listening cat predictions listen to the dialogue check true or false for each sentence
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my cat is sneezing i think it will rain tomorrow why do you think
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so jamie there is not even one cloud in the sky well my grandmother told me
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that cats can predict the weather she was from scotland and many Scots believe that if a cat sneezes, it will rain soon.
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Really?
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What else did she say?
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Well, she said that the English people had a little rhyme.
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If a cat washes her face over her ear, the weather will be fine and clear.
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So, only people from Europe believe cats can predict the weather?
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I don't think so.
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My friend, who is American, says that some people in his country believe that if a cat eats grass, it will rain.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Unit 15 Animal Forecasters”. Las palabras que más se repiten: animal, cat, earthquake, predict, weather. Este vídeo tiene 31 frases y 378 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:45. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 138 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 82 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| earthquake sustantivo | /ˈɝθkweɪk/ | terremoto |
| predict verbo | /pɹɪˈdɪkt/ | predecir |
| bite verbo | /baɪt/ | morder, tarascar |
| sneeze verbo | /sniːz/ | estornudar |
| farmer sustantivo | /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ | granjero, granjera |
| rainstorm sustantivo | /ˈɹeɪnstɔɹm/ | turbión, manga de agua |
| rhyme sustantivo | /ɹaɪm/ | rima |
| loudly adverbio | /ˈlaʊdli/ | en voz alta, ruidosamente |
| swan sustantivo | /swɑn/ | cisne |
| bark sustantivo | /bɑɹk/ | corteza |
| researcher sustantivo | /ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/ | investigador, investigadora |
| countryside sustantivo | /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/ | campo, campaña |
| prediction sustantivo | /pɹɪˈdɪkʃən/ | predicción |
| pond sustantivo | /pɑnd/ | charca, estanque |
| observe verbo | /əbˈzɜːv/ | servar, observar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| lie down verbo | echarse, tenderse |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultado | if a cat sneezes, it will rain · if a cat eats grass, it will rain |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have observed · have found |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | may fly · may be |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | is coming · are taking · is sneezing |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
- Los sonidos de “th”: earthquake /ˈɝθkweɪk/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: sneeze /sniːz/, swan /swɑn/, swim /swɪm/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: observe /əbˈzɜːv/, aggressive /əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: sneeze /sniːz/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/
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 earthquake, predict, bite.
¿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.