Shadowing Practice: Why Do Animals Have Tails? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey, Squeaks!
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Look what we have here!
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We just got an awesome question from one of our viewers.
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They want to know, why do animals have tails?
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That's such a great question!
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Lots of animals have tails!
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Yes, including rats, Squeaks!
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But humans don't!
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Personally, I'm pretty glad we don't have tails.
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Can you imagine trying to sit in class at school with the tail getting in the way all
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But the real reason other animals have tails is that they need them and we don't.
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I bet you could even guess what some animals use their tails for.
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When you think of an animal with a tail, what's the first one that comes to mind?
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A dog!
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That's a great one, Squeaks!
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Maybe you have a dog in your family, or you know someone who does, and I bet you've seen that dog wag their tail a lot.
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When dogs wag their tails, that's often because they're happy or excited.
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Since they can't talk using words, their tails do the talking for them.
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And if you see a dog with their tail lowered between their legs, that might mean they're scared.
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So that's one reason some animals have tails, to help show what they're feeling.
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Can you think of any other animals that have tails?
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Maybe one you'd see on a farm?
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Yeah, horses have tails, too!
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Sometimes horses use their tails to communicate like dogs do, but their tails are also useful for something else, flicking away at all those pesky flies buzzing around them.
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Some other animals, like cows, do the same thing.
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That's true, Squeaks!
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There's another very important example that we haven't talked about yet.
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Rats.
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Rats mainly use their tails for a different reason, to help them balance.
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You know how sometimes if you're walking along the edge of a curb
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and you start to feel like you might lose your balance, you can throw your arms out to the side like this and keep yourself from falling over?
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Well, rats and lots of other animals use their tails in the same way.
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If they're climbing something really high or narrow, where they might fall, they can stretch out their tail to help keep their balance, just like you stretch out your arms.
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Cats use their tails for balance, too, which is really important for them because they jump very high.
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Some animals, like monkeys, can actually use their tails almost like an extra hand.
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A monkey's tail helps them balance, but they can also use it to hang on to the tree branches and swing.
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I know, it would be so much fun!
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It'd be like having a swing set wherever you go.
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So whether they're using their tails to communicate, flick away bugs, or balance, tails are really important for lots of animals.
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And there are plenty of other ways animals use their tails that we haven't even talked about.
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But humans don't have a tail at all, because we don't need one for any of those reasons.
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We have other ways to show what we're thinking or feeling, like by talking, or even just using our faces to smile or frown.
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If bugs bother us, we can swat them away with our hands!
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And since we walk on two legs, we don't need a tail to help us balance.
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We can use our arms for that, like when you're walking on the edge of a curb.
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So even though tails are really helpful for lots of other animals, For us humans, they would mostly just get in the way.
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Thanks for asking such a good question!
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Do you have more questions about animals, or the human body, or anything else?
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Ask a grown-up to help you leave a comment down below, or send us an email to kids at scishow.com.
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Thanks, and we'll see you next time here at the Fort!
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 50 frases y 652 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:20. El hablante habla rápido, unas 196 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 85 % 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:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| tail sustantivo | /ˈteɪ̯l/ | cola, rabo |
| rat sustantivo | /ɹæt/ | rata |
| stretch verbo | /stɹɛt͡ʃ/ | estirar |
| swing verbo | /ˈswɪŋ/ | balancear, mecerse |
| bug sustantivo | /bʌɡ/ | chinche |
| curb sustantivo | /kɝb/ | bordillo, sardinel |
| helpful adjetivo | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | servicial, adyuvante |
| bother verbo | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | molestar, agobiar |
| narrow adjetivo | /ˈnæɹəʊ/ | estrecho, angosto |
| wherever | /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ | dondequiera, donde sea |
| climb verbo | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | escalar, subir |
| cow sustantivo | /kaʊ/ | vaca |
| monkey sustantivo | /ˈmʌŋki/ | mono, chango |
| scare verbo | /skɛɚ/ | asustar, atemorizar |
| buzz sustantivo | /bʌz/ | zumbido, zurrido |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| fall over verbo | caerse |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 22 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, they're, haven't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como tail, rat, stretch.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've seen · haven't talked · haven't even talked |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | someone who does · too, which is |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might mean · might lose · might fall |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | you're walking · they're climbing · they're using |
¿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.