Shadowing Practice: 688 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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It's time to improve your English listening and speaking skills with another true and frankly crazy story.
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A story so unusual that many people think it cannot possibly be real.
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Imagine this, a government sends soldiers into battle.
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The soldiers carry machine guns and expect an easy victory.
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But they are not fighting another army.
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They are fighting thousands of large birds.
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This is the incredible true story of the Great Emu War.
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It was 1932 and Australia was facing difficult times.
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Like many countries around the world, Australia was suffering from the Great Depression.
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Money was scarce, jobs were hard to find and many families struggled to earn enough to survive.
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In Western Australia, many farmers were trying to build a new life.
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Some of them had fought in the First World War and had received farmland from the government after returning home.
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They hoped that farming would provide a stable future for their families.
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But life on the land was much harder than they had expected.
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The weather was often difficult.
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Prices for crops were low and making a profit was never easy.
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Then, as if those problems were not enough, another challenge arrived.
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Every year after the breeding season,
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thousands of emus migrated across Western Australia in search of food and water.
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An emu is the second largest bird in the world after the ostrich.
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Although it cannot fly, it is a powerful animal with long legs
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that allow it to run at speeds of almost 50 kilometers per hour.
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That year, around 20,000 emus entered the farming regions.
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The birds spread across the fields, eating wheat and damaging crops that farmers had spent months growing.
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As they moved through the countryside,
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they also broke fences, making it easy for rabbits and other animals to enter the farms and cause even more damage.
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For the farmers it was becoming a disaster.
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Many believed they might lose an entire season's work.
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They asked the Australian government for help, hoping that something could be done before it was too late.
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The government decided to send soldiers.
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It seemed like a simple solution.
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If trained soldiers had machine guns, surely they could deal with a group of birds.
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A small military team led by Major Meredith arrived with two Lewis machine guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition.
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At first, everyone expected the operation to be over within a few days.
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Instead, things quickly became much more difficult.
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When the soldiers found a large group of emus, they carefully moved into position.
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They waited for the birds to come closer before opening fire.
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But as soon as the shooting began, the emus reacted immediately.
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Instead of staying together, they scattered in every direction.
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Within seconds, one large group had become dozens of small groups running across the countryside.
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The soldiers found it almost impossible to hit enough birds before they disappeared.
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A few days later, they tried a different strategy.
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This time they attached one of the machine guns to a truck.
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The plan was to chase the emus across the fields while firing at them.
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On paper it sounded like a clever idea.
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In reality it was a complete failure.
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The ground was rough and uneven.
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The truck bounced constantly as it drove over rocks and holes,
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making it almost impossible for the gunner to aim accurately.
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Meanwhile, the emus ran surprisingly fast.
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They changed direction without warning,
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disappeared behind bushes, and often escaped before the soldiers could get close enough.
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The soldiers were becoming frustrated.
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The emus seemed to know exactly how to avoid them.
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Some newspapers even joked that the birds had their own military commanders who organized their escape.
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Of course, that was only a joke, but people across Australia began laughing at the strange operation.
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The soldiers continued their mission for several weeks.
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They fired thousands of bullets and managed to kill some emus, but nowhere near enough to stop the damage.
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For every group they chased away, another group appeared somewhere else.
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The birds simply kept coming coming.
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Eventually the government decided that the operation had become too expensive and was not producing the results everyone had hoped for.
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The soldiers were ordered to leave.
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Although some emus had been killed, thousands remained on the farms.
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The farmers still faced the same problem they had before.
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Over the following years different solutions were introduced.
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Stronger fences were built to protect farmland and farmers were encouraged to control the emu population themselves through reward programs.
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These methods proved to be much more effective than sending soldiers into the countryside.
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Today, the Great Emu War has become one of the most famous stories in Australian history.
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It is often described as the war that Australia lost against birds.
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Of course, it was never officially a war.
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It was a military operation designed to protect farmland from wild animals.
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But the nickname has survived for almost a hundred years because it perfectly captures how unusual the whole event was.
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Although the soldiers had modern weapons and military training, they underestimated their enemy.
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The Imios were fast, unpredictable and perfectly adapted to the Australian landscape.
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That is why this strange story continues to entertain people around the world nearly a century later.
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Now you can test yourself with a quick quiz.
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Don't forget to answer the questions out loud and press pause if you need more time.
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Ready?
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Why were the farmers asking for help?
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And the answer is because thousands of emus were eating their crops and damaging their fences.
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Why did the government send soldiers?
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The government believed the soldiers could quickly solve the problem with guns.
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Why didn't the soldiers succeed?
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And the answer is the emus ran very fast, scattered into small groups and escaped across the countryside.
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Why did the truck plan fail?
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The uneven ground made it difficult to drive and almost impossible to aim a machine gun.
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How was the problem managed later?
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And the answer is better fences and reward programs for farmers.
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I love this story because it reminds us that nature is often much more unpredictable than we expect.
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What do you think?
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If you had been in charge, part of the Australian government, how would you have solved the problem?
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Let me know below in the comments.
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I'll see you in the next video.
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Take care.
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אוצר מילים והערות הגייה לשיעור הזה
המילים שחוזרות הכי הרבה: emu, soldiers, bird, farmers, thousands. בסרטון הזה יש 97 משפטים ו-1087 מילים לתרגול Shadowing. הדיבור נמשך 10:24. הדובר מדבר לאט, כ-105 מילים בדקה, כך שיש זמן לחקות כל צליל. 87% מהמילים נמצאות בין 3,000 המילים הנפוצות ביותר באנגלית, כך שקל לעקוב אחרי אוצר המילים.
אוצר מילים מרכזי בסרטון הזה
15 המילים המתקדמות ביותר בסרטון, עם ההגייה והמשמעות שלהן:
| מילה | הגייה | משמעות |
|---|---|---|
| emu שם עצם | /ˈim(j)u/ | אמו |
| farmer שם עצם | /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ | אִכָּר, איכר |
| crop שם עצם | /kɹɑp/ | יבול |
| unpredictable שם תואר | בלתי צפוי | |
| disappear פועל | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | נֶעֱלַם |
| frustrate פועל | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | תִּסְכֵּל |
| gunner שם עצם | /ˈɡʌn.ɚ/ | תותחן |
| ostrich שם עצם | /ˈɔs.tɹɪt͡ʃ/ | יָעֵן |
| underestimate פועל | /ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/ | זִלְזֵל |
| attach פועל | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | חיבר |
| quiz שם עצם | /kwɪz/ | חִידוֹן |
| entertain פועל | /ˌɛntəˈteɪn/ | בידר |
| nickname שם עצם | /ˈnɪkneɪm/ | כִּינּוּי חִיבָּה, שֵׁם לווַאי |
| ammunition שם עצם | /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/ | תחמושת \ תַּחְמֹשֶׁת |
| organize פועל | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | ארגן |
משפטים שכדאי לחזור עליהם
משפטים קצרים ושלמים מהסרטון שאפשר להשתמש בהם בשיחה יומיומית:
- Why didn't the soldiers succeed?
- What do you think?
- I'll see you in the next video.
דקדוק בסרטון הזה
המבנים שהדובר משתמש בהם הכי הרבה, עם המילים המדויקות מהסרטון:
| מבנה | בסרטון |
|---|---|
| סביל (Passive voice) be + past participle — הדגש הוא על מה שקורה, לא על מי שעושה את הפעולה | could be done · were ordered · had been killed |
| הווה מושלם (Present perfect) have/has + past participle — פעולה שקרתה בעבר ועדיין יש לה חשיבות או השפעה עכשיו | has become · has survived · have solved |
הגייה ששווה לשים לב אליה
הדובר משתמש ב-4 קיצורים וצורות מקוצרות, כמו don't, didn't, I'll. אמרו אותם בצורה הקצרה, כפי שאתם שומעים אותם.
- מילים ארוכות — שימו לב להטעמה: underestimate /ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/, ammunition /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/, accurately /ˈæk.jə.ɹɪt.li/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/
צלילים שדוברי עברית מתקשים בהם:
- /w/ — שפתיים מעוגלות, לא /v/: quiz /kwɪz/, wheat /ˈwiːt/
- /æ/ — פתוח יותר מה-“אֶ” העברית, לא כמו “a” ב-“cup”: farmland /ˈfɑːɹmlænd/, scatter /ˈskætɚ/, attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, ammunition /ˌæmjuˈnɪʃən/, adapt /əˈdæpt/
- /r/ — הלשון לא נוגעת בשום מקום, לא ה-“ר” הגרונית: farmer /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/, countryside /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/, farmland /ˈfɑːɹmlænd/, crop /kɹɑp/, disappear /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/
איך לתרגל עם הסרטון הזה
- הקשיבו לכל הסרטון פעם אחת בלי לדבר, ורשמו את המילים שאתם לא מכירים.
- תרגלו Shadowing משפט אחר משפט במהירות רגילה, וחזרו על כל משפט עד שהקצב שלכם תואם את הדובר.
- הקליטו את עצמכם והשוו למקור, תוך תשומת לב למילים כמו emu, farmer, crop.
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