Pratica di Shadowing: Australian Wildlife | Learn Australian English 🦘 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Liz, have you noticed that whenever you tell someone you're from Australia, they don't ask about the beaches or cities first?
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No. They immediately ask, is everything there trying to kill you?
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Exactly.
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Australia has this reputation for dangerous animals.
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But the truth is, most of our wildlife is just incredibly unique and fascinating.
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And this is a perfect topic for learning English, because animal names, locations and descriptions come up all the time in conversation about Australia.
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By the end of this episode, you'll not only know the animals, but also where they live across Australia.
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Let's start with the animal on the Australian coat of arms, the kangaroo.
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Kangaroos live across most of Australia.
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You'll find them in grasslands, bush areas, farms, and even golf courses near cities.
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There are actually different types of kangaroos, like the red kangaroo, which lives in the dry central outback, and the eastern grey kangaroo,
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which you often see near cities on the east coast.
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And their smaller relatives are called wallabies, which live in forests and rocky areas.
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A baby kangaroo is called a joey, and it lives in the mother's pouch for months.
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You'll often see road signs in Australia warning drivers about kangaroos, because they jump onto roads at dusk.
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Koalas are found along the east coast of Australia, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
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They live in eucalyptus trees and eat only eucalyptus leaves.
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They sleep up to 20 hours a day because the leaves don't give them much energy.
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Koalas don't drink much water.
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They get most of it from the leaves.
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are short, strong animals found in Tasmania, Victoria and parts of New South Wales.
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They dig large burrows underground and are mostly active at night.
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They look slow, but they can run surprisingly fast.
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And yes, they are famous for producing cube-shaped droppings.
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Australia has monotremes, egg-laying mammals.
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An example is the platypus.
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It might as well be the strangest animal in the world.
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It lays eggs, has a duck-like bill and lives in rivers in eastern Australia and Tasmania.
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The echidna is also an egg-laying mammal, covered in spikes and found almost everywhere across the country.
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Dingoes are wild dogs mostly found in central Australia and on Kagari, also known as Fraser Island.
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They don't bark like domestic dogs.
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They howl and are very cautious around humans.
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The emu is a tall, flightless bird found across mainland Australia.
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The kookaburra is famous for its laugh-like call you hear in the bush.
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Magpies are famous for swooping at people during nesting season.
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Cockatoos, gullas and rainbow lorikeets are colourful parrots found in cities and bushland.
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Australia has penguins too, the little penguins, and they are the smallest penguin species in the world.
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They live along the southern coasts of Victoria and Tasmania and come ashore at night.
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In the far north, Northern Territory and North Queensland, you find saltwater and freshwater crocodiles.
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Saltwater crocodiles are enormous and very dangerous.
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Freshwater crocodiles are smaller but still respected.
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Along the southern and western coasts, especially South Australia, you find great white sharks.
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Warmer waters in Queensland have tiger sharks and bull sharks.
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Australia has many venomous snakes, like the inland taipan in central deserts and the eastern brown snake near cities.
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Most snakes avoid humans and only bite if threatened.
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The Sydney funnel web spider lives around Sydney.
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The redback spider is common in gardens, sheds and outdoor furniture.
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Don't forget about the huntsman spiders.
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That's right.
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They can get really big, as big as a dinner plate, and can be found crawling around people's homes.
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Not great if you have arachnophobia.
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The Tasmanian devil only lives in Tasmania and is known for its loud screech.
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The quokka lives on Rottenist Island in Western Australia and is called the happiest animal in the world.
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You often see people taking selfies with a smiling quokka.
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Off the coast of Queensland is the Great Barrier Reef.
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You'll find sea turtles, clownfish, reef sharks and colourful coral.
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So just a recap on some of Australian unique animals.
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If you go east coast, you can see koalas and kangaroos.
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South coast has penguins and sharks.
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North has crocodiles.
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Tasmania has wombats and devils.
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Australia has quokkas.
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Here are some sentences you can practice speaking.
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Kangaroos live in the outback.
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Koalas live in eucalyptus trees on the east coast.
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Crocodiles live in the north of Australia.
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Quokkas live in Western Australia.
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Australian wildlife is strange, unique and unforgettable.
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And now you know a little bit more about them.
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Make sure to like and subscribe for more podcasts and to learn Australian English.
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See you next time.
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Bye everyone!
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Australian Wildlife”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Australia, kangaroo, animal, coast, crocodiles. Questo video contiene 72 frasi e 780 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 6:10. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 127 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 77% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| kangaroo sostantivo | /ˌkæŋ.ɡəˈɹu/ | canguro |
| crocodile sostantivo | /ˈkɹɑkədaɪl/ | coccodrillo |
| koala sostantivo | /koʊˈɑː.lə/ | koala, fascolarto |
| quokka sostantivo | /ˈkwɒkə/ | quokka |
| penguin sostantivo | /ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/ | pinguino |
| eucalyptus sostantivo | /ˌjuː.kəˈlɪp.təs/ | eucalipto, eucalitto |
| leaf sostantivo | /lif/ | foglia |
| snake sostantivo | /sneɪk/ | serpente, serpe |
| spider sostantivo | /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ | ragno |
| mammal sostantivo | /ˈmæməl/ | mammifero |
| freshwater aggettivo | /ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/ | acqua dolce |
| reef sostantivo | /ɹiːf/ | scogliera, barriera |
| devil sostantivo | /ˈdɛvəl/ | diavolo |
| wildlife sostantivo | /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/ | fauna, fauna selvatica |
| arachnophobia sostantivo | /æˌɹæk.nəˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/ | aracnofobia |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| come up verbo | venire fuori, emergere |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | are called · is called · are found |
| Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppo | the strangest · the smallest · the happiest |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsione | you'll not only know · You'll find · You'll often see |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 10 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, you'll, you're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: freshwater /ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/, clownfish /ˈklaʊnˌfɪʃ/, ashore /əˈʃɔɹ/, cautious /ˈkɔːʃəs/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: eucalyptus /ˌjuː.kəˈlɪp.təs/, arachnophobia /æˌɹæk.nəˈfəʊ.bɪ.ə/, kookaburra /ˈkʊkəˌbʌɹə/, unforgettable /ˌʌnfə(ɹ)ˈɡɛtəbəl/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come kangaroo, crocodile, koala.
Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?
Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.