Shadowing Practice: Vol 3 - test 6 - section 4 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Section 4.
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You will hear a student presentation about a type of palm tree called the lontar palm
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that grows on an island in Indonesia.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 31 to 40 on page 7.
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Thank you.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 31 to 40.
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As part of this semester's geography project, I'm going to talk about a tall palm tree called the lontar,
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which mainly grows on the island of Roti in the south of the Indonesian archipelago.
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Now the lontar is a truly amazing example of how one tree can sustain human life.
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The locals call it the tree of life, and with good reason, because the tree provides them with virtually everything they need in the way of food,
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drink, utensils, and shelter.
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The Lontar juice is the most amazingly refreshing juice you'll ever taste.
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The juice is collected from high in the tree in a process known as tapping.
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Basically, a slice is cut into part of the tree and the sap flows slowly from it into a container.
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It's then collected twice daily.
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Male and female lontar trees are different.
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Male lontars can be tapped all their lives, so they are preferred.
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If the female tree is left untapped, a large fruit develops, like a coconut in appearance.
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The watery interior of the fruit can be drunk, but these fruits are often left to fall to the ground as animal feed.
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Men and older boys climb to the tops of the trees to do the tapping.
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They don't use safety equipment, but make things easier for themselves by tying stones to the trunk.
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What is amazing is that
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so much of the equipment they use in the tapping process is actually made from the tree itself.
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The men attach all the tools they need to a belt that they wear when climbing the tree.
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In most cases, climbers own particular trees within their family.
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Ownership involves not only care of the trees themselves, but also a share in the maintenance of the fence, which belongs to the local community.
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Anyway, more about this incredible juice.
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Tapping reaches a peak at the end of the dry season, which runs from September to October,
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villagers work frantically to get their harvest in before the rains come and it gets too wet and windy to climb.
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Whatever juice isn't drunk immediately has to be processed as quickly as possible, as it turns sour very rapidly.
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In the rainy season, when no fresh juice is available, the locals drink a concentrated form with water added.
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The locals also use this rainy season version of the drink in other ways.
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For example, it can be used to make biscuits of brown sugar.
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But the lontar palm supplies much more than sustenance for the Rotanese.
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The broad lontar leaves are woven into a huge number of things.
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Containers for watering the garden and bags for transporting chickens to market.
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People also use them to cover the roofs of their homes.
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When the leaves are replaced every five years or so, the old ones are burned on the garden as a fertilizer.
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So you see, the leaves are never wasted.
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The Rotanese also make a distinctive hat out of the leaf.
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Design-wise, they were inspired by 16th-century Portuguese helmets.
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There are many for different occasions, ranging from simple ones for everyday use to larger and more elaborate hats used for a celebration,
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which are painted in bright colors.
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The lontar leaf even provides the Rotanese people with a unique musical instrument known as the sassando.
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The leaf is made into a sounding board and has strings attached, which are plucked in the manner of a harp.
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and the sound produced is also similar.
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But even that isn't all.
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The stalks of the lontar leaves can also be used.
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They are really strong and grow up to 1.5 meters long, and local people produce ropes from them.
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Even when a lontar tree becomes old and unproductive and no longer can be used for tapping, the whole tree is cut down
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and the thick trunk is utilized for building houses their immense strength means
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that they are highly valued for this purpose now one thing i haven't spoken about is
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that is the end of section four you now have half a minute to check your answers
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “Vol 3 - test 6 - section 4”. Las palabras que más se repiten: tree, lontar, juice, tapping, palm. Este vídeo tiene 55 frases y 728 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:54. El hablante habla despacio, unas 106 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 79 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| rainy adjetivo | /ˈɹeɪni/ | lluvioso, pluvioso |
| attach verbo | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | adjuntar, atachar |
| trunk sustantivo | /tɹʌŋk/ | tronco, cepa |
| container sustantivo | /kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/ | recipiente, envase |
| archipelago sustantivo | /ˌɑɹkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/ | archipiélago |
| biscuit sustantivo | /ˈbɪs.kɪt/ | galleta, bísquet |
| climber sustantivo | /ˈklaɪmɚ/ | escalador, escaladora |
| frantically adverbio | /ˈfɹæn.tɪk.li/ | frenéticamente, desesperadamente |
| sustenance sustantivo | /ˈsʌs.tə.nəns/ | sustento, sustentamiento |
| utensil sustantivo | /juˈtɛn.səl/ | utensilio |
| villager sustantivo | /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/ | aldeano |
| watery adjetivo | /ˈwɔtəɹi/ | acuoso, aguoso |
| weave verbo | /wiːv/ | tejer, entretejer |
| windy adjetivo | /ˈwɪn.di/ | ventoso |
| amazingly adverbio | /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/ | asombrosamente |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| cut down verbo | talar |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 6 contracciones y formas reducidas, como isn't, don't, haven't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: archipelago /ˌɑɹkəˈpɛləˌɡoʊ/, unproductive /ˌʌn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/, geography /d͡ʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/, elaborate /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: unproductive /ˌʌn.pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, villager /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/, weave /wiːv/, distinctive /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/, harvest /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: villager /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒɚ/, geography /d͡ʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: helmet /ˈhɛlmɪt/, harvest /ˈhɑɹ.vəst/
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 rainy, attach, trunk.
¿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.