Shadowing Practice: Dolphins | IELTS LISTENING TEST | SECTION-2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Section two.
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You will hear a woman called Alice Bussell talking on the radio about the Dolphin Conservation Trust,
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an organization which tries to protect dolphins.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 15.
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Thank you.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 15.
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Today we're pleased to have on the show Alice Bussell from the Dolphin Conservation Trust.
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Tell us about Trust, Alice.
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Well, obviously its purpose is to protect dolphins in seas all around the world.
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It tries to raise people's awareness of the problems these marine creatures are suffering because of pollution and other threats.
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It started 10 years ago, and it's one of the fastest growing animal charities in the country, although it's still fairly small compared with the big players in animal protection.
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We're particularly proud of the work we do in education.
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Last year, we visited a huge number of schools in different parts of the country,
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going round to talk to children and young people aged from 5 to 18.
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In fact, about 35% of our members are children.
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The charity uses its money to support campaigns, for example, for changes in fishing policy and so forth.
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It hopes soon to be able to employ its first full-time biologist with dolphin expertise to monitor populations.
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Of course, many people give their services on a voluntary basis, and we now have volunteers working in observation,
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office work, and other things.
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I should also tell you about the award we won from the Charity Commission last year for our work in education.
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Although it's not meant an enormous amount of money for us, it has made our activities even more widely publicised and understood.
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In the long term, it may not bring in extra members, but we're hoping it'll have this effect.
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Is it possible to see dolphins in UK waters?
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Yes, in several locations.
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And we have a big project in the east part of Scotland.
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This has long been a haven for dolphins because it has very little shipping.
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However, that may be about to change soon because oil companies want to increase exploration there.
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We're campaigning against this because although there'll be little pollution from oil, exploration creates a lot of underwater noise.
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It means the dolphins can't rest and socialise.
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This is how I became interested in dolphin conservation in the first place.
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I had never seen one, and I hadn't been particularly interested in them at school.
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Then I came across this story about a family of dolphins
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who had to leave their home in the Moray Firth because of the oil companies, and about a child who campaigned to save them.
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I couldn't put the book down.
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I was hooked.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 16 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 16 to 20.
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I'm sure our listeners will want to find out what they can do to help.
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You mentioned the Adopt a Dolphin scheme.
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Can you tell us about that? Of course.
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People can choose one of our dolphins to sponsor.
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They receive a picture of it and news updates.
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I'd like to tell you about four which are currently being adopted by our members.
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Moondancer, Echo, Kiwi and Samson.
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Unfortunately, Echo is being rather elusive this year and hasn't yet been cited by our observers, but we remain optimistic that he'll be out there soon.
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All the others have been out in force.
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Samson and Moondancer are often photographed together, but it's Kiwi who's our real character, as she seems to love coming up close for the cameras,
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and we've captured her on film hundreds of times.
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They all have their own personalities.
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Moondancer is very elegant and curves out and into the water very smoothly, whereas Samson has a lot of energy.
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He's always leaping out of the water with great vigor.
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You'd probably expect him to be the youngest.
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He's not quite.
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That's Kiwi.
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But Samson's the latest of our dolphins to be chosen for the scheme.
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Kiwi makes a lot of noise, so we can often pick her out straight away.
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Echo and Moondancer are noisy too, but Moondancer's easy to find because she has a particularly large fin on her back, which makes her easy to identify.
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So, yes, they're all very different.
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Well, they sound a fascinating group.
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And how would you go back...
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That is the end of Section 2.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Thank you.
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אוצר מיליםבנה את מאגר המילים שלך
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 63 sentences and 748 words to shadow. The speech runs for 6:27. The speaker talks at a steady 116 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
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| dolphin noun | /ˈdɑlf.ɪn/ | A carnivorous cetacean, typically with a beak-like snout, famed for their intelligence and occasional willingness to approach humans. |
| charity noun | /ˈtʃæɹɪti/ | An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose. |
| conservation noun | /ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/ | The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation. |
| pollution noun | /pəˈluʃən/ | Physical contamination, now especially the contamination of the environment by harmful substances, or by disruptive levels of noise, light etc. |
| exploration noun | /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/ | The process of exploring. |
| carefully adverb | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | With care; attentively, circumspectly. |
| compare verb | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things [“to compare X with Y”]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it… |
| suffer verb | /ˈsʌfɚ/ | To undergo hardship. |
| awareness noun | /əˈwɛɹ.nəs/ | The state or level of consciousness where sense data can be confirmed by an observer. |
| capture verb | /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/ | To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem. |
| whereas | /(h)wɛɹˈæz/ | In contrast; whilst on the contrary; although. |
| hook noun | /hʊk/ | A rod bent into a curved shape, typically with one end free and the other end secured to a rope or other attachment. |
| monitor noun | /ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/ | Someone who watches over something; a person in charge of something or someone. |
| volunteer noun | /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/ | One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay. |
| enormous adjective | /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ | Extremely large; greatly exceeding the common size, extent, etc. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come across verb | To change sides; to cross over to work for the opposition. |
| come up verb | To emerge or become known, especially unexpectedly. |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. |
| go back verb | To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time. |
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
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| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | being adopted · been cited · are often photographed |
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | has made · have been · we've captured |
| משפטי זיקה (Relative clauses) who / which + clause — מידע נוסף על אדם או דבר | four which are · back, which makes |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 16 contractions and reduced forms, such as we're, can't, couldn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: conservation /ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/, pollution /pəˈluʃən/, exploration /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, observation /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/
- Long words — get the stress right: conservation /ˌkɑnsə(ɹ)ˈveɪʃən/, exploration /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/, voluntary /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/, underwater /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/, optimistic /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like dolphin, charity, conservation.
מהי טכניקת השאדואינג?
שאדואינג היא טכניקת למידת שפה מבוססת מדע שפותחה במקור להכשרת מתורגמנים מקצועיים ופופולרית על ידי הפוליגלוט ד"ר אלכסנדר ארגואלס. השיטה פשוטה אך עוצמתית: אתה מקשיב לאודיו באנגלית ילידית וחוזר עליו בקול רם מיד — כמו צל העוקב אחרי הדובר עם עיכוב של 1–2 שניות בלבד. בניגוד להאזנה פסיבית או תרגילי דקדוק, שאדואינג מכריח את המוח והשרירים בפה לעבד ולשחזר דפוסי דיבור אמיתיים בו זמנית. מחקרים מראים שזה משפר משמעותית את דיוק ההגייה, האינטונציה, הקצב, הדיבור המחובר, הבנת השמיעה ושטף הדיבור — מה שהופך אותו לאחת השיטות היעילות ביותר להכנה לIELTS Speaking ולתקשורת באנגלית בעולם האמיתי.