Pratica di Shadowing: How Young Farmers are Dealing with Bird Flu - BTN High - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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This is Max and at just 14 years old he's running his own egg farm near Tamworth in New South Wales.
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I started farming the eggs as a bit of a hobby
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and because I love being around animals and livestock on the farm.
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It then developed into me having a passion for delivering a good quality product to the local community
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but also running the business side as well.
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After starting with six chooks in 2024 he's grown his farm to around 70 chooks.
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My business means a lot to me in many ways.
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It makes me feel like I'm connecting with the local community, but it also makes me feel like I'm setting myself up for the future, as I want to own my own farm with many enterprises,
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but also become a vet.
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But for him and poultry farmers around the country, the future is a bit uncertain because of the bird flu outbreak.
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Every new case makes me feel more and more worried, especially the closer they are getting to the region I live in.
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Knowing what it can do and how bad it can impact us, though, does frighten me lots.
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See, just two months since the H5N1 virus first reached Australian shores, authorities have declared the first mass mortality of Australian wildlife.
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After more than 80 sick or dead greater crested terns were found on this small island off the SA coast last week.
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Sadly, we do know that once the H5 bird flu is spreading in wildlife and the natural environment, it is not possible to avoid significant losses,
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which is what we're starting to see now.
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And the government reckons this is just the beginning.
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I want to level with people.
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This is the beginning of what is likely to be a long, difficult journey in terms of the impacts on wildlife.
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Until recently, the only birds infected with the virus were terns and other migratory seabirds, which tend to stay along the coast and out at sea.
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But the strain has now been detected in seagulls.
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That's a big issue, because not only are seagulls found nearly everywhere, they poo everywhere, which is one of the main ways that the virus spreads.
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It's causing serious concerns for endangered species like the black swan,
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and conservationists are also worried about little penguin populations like the one here on Phillip Island in Victoria.
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It's not just birds that can be infected.
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Overseas, there have been some cases of the H5 virus in dogs, cats, even dairy cattle.
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And experts here are worried that many native Aussie mammals, including already endangered species like Tasmanian devils and eastern quolls,
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are facing an extreme risk.
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The reality is you can't stop native and wild birds flying around, and you can't stop wild animals moving around.
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And that will mean more mass mortality events like the one we have now seen.
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Chickens are particularly vulnerable to bird flu.
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And in the US, this strain has led to hundreds of millions dying, either from the disease or because they had to be culled to protect people and other animals.
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It's devastating for poultry farmers, and it's probably going to affect all of us.
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Do you remember last year when a different strain of bird flu was found in Australian poultry farms?
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Around 2 .4 million hens had to be culled, and for a while, eggs were really expensive.
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While that strain was eradicated, this one is likely here to stay.
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Commercial poultry farms are still unaffected in Australia, and since the industry is worth billions of dollars and many jobs rely on it,
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farmers are taking big steps to protect their birds.
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These are putting roofs on all the areas that are possible, monitoring the birds as much as I can and trying to limit the contact between them and wild birds.
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In Victoria, all chicken farms with more than 50 birds have been put on lockdown.
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And while no other states have followed so far, South Australia has cancelled bird and poultry exhibits at the upcoming Royal Adelaide Show.
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All we can do is endeavour to stop it on our end, but we can't put a fence around this country.
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There is a vaccine for H5 bird flu, but at the moment it's only being made available for some vulnerable species.
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Humans can get the virus too.
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And while there are treatments available, it's really dangerous, which is why the government is telling people to be careful.
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Avoid contact with birds and mammals that appear to be infected.
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Record what you see and report that.
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That's the best way that we can work together to respond to what is a very serious event.
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And even though it's a tense time, Max is staying optimistic.
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I'm very hopeful for what the future holds
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and hope once this bird flu is gone I
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and along with lots of other people can keep expanding in our small businesses.
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I also hope my ag business keeps thriving for many more years to come.
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My advice to other young farmers is just to stay calm in this situation and hope for a better future.
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Cose che imparerai

Questo video ti aiuterà a migliorare la pronuncia inglese e a capire il linguaggio parlato in contesti reali. Imparerai a seguire conversazioni che combinano storie personali (come quelle di Max, un giovane agricoltore) con informazioni tecniche su un argomento attuale (la gripe aviaria). Inoltre, potrai esercitarti a identificare e ripetere frasi con una struttura complessa, come quelle che descrivono i rischi per la fauna selvatica o le misure di protezione. Tutto questo è perfetto per esercitarti con la tecnica del "shadowspeak", dove imiti il ritmo e l'accento dei parlanti nativi.

Ascolta questi suoni

Nella conversazione, noterai diversi esempi di connected speech (linguaggio connesso). Ad esempio, frasi come "It then developed into" diventano quasi "Ithen developed into" per via del legame tra "It" e "then". Inoltre, ci sono riduzioni come "I'm" invece di "I am" o "don't" invece di "do not", che rendono il discorso più fluido. Ascolta attentamente come le parole si fondono: questo ti aiuterà a capire meglio il linguaggio parlato e a migliorare la tua pronuncia inglese.

Parla come un nativo

Per imitare il ritmo e l'enfasi dei parlanti, focalizzati su due aspetti: l'intonazione e la stress. Max usa un tono caloroso e passionale quando parla del suo allevamento ("It makes me feel like I'm connecting with the local community"), con enfasi su parole come "connecting" e "community". Quando parla dei timori per la gripe aviaria, l'intonazione diventa più grave e lenta ("Every new case makes me feel more and more worried"). Usa un shadowing site per ripetere queste frasi: ascolta un frammento, pausa e ripete immediatamente, cercando di copiare il tono e il tempo. Questo esercizio ti aiuterà a acquisire una pronuncia più naturale e a sentirti più a tuo agio nel parlare inglese.

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fawere found · been detected · can be infected
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohave declared · has now been detected · have been
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosaeverywhere, which is · dangerous, which is

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.

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