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There are around 20 species of penguin in the world ranging from the littlest
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which is shorter than the bowling pin at 30 centimeters from head to toe through to the iconic Emperor penguin
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which grows to four feet tall that's high enough to look over a tennis net without even standing on tiptoes.
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These birds are seriously well adapted to life in the ocean where they are masters of their environment,
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but out of the water they're not quite so masterful.
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In this video we're going to meet some of our favorite clumsy feathered friends
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and we're going to find out lots of amazing facts about these seriously chilled birds.
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Everyone knows most penguins like to keep cool, but they don't all come from the South Pole.
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You can actually find penguins in some really hot places too, like Australia, Africa and even in the Galapagos Islands, right on the equator.
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One place you'll never find penguins is the North Pole, so penguins and polar bears don't ever cross paths, except on Christmas cards.
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It may also surprise you that penguins can fly.
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Well, kind of, they just can't do it in the air.
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But when you see them underwater, you can see that they aren't so clumsy after all.
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Their wings become flippers, and their streamlined bodies become just like torpedoes, so they can truly fly through the water.
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like other birds penguins are also covered with feathers
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but their feathers have evolved to form a very dense layer of insulation to keep them nice
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and toasty just like a wetsuit
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but why do penguins have bare feet well because their bodies are kept
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so warm by their feathers
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and a layer of fatty blubber too the circulation in their feet is used to keep them from burning up
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If they're too hot, they pump blood into their feet to cool down, and if they're too cold, they send just enough blood to their feet to stop them from freezing.
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Clever, eh?
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Despite living in a freezer, penguins prefer to eat fresh food.
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They love fish, but they also eat squid, crabs, and tiny little shrimps called krill, too.
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When penguins are at sea, they can travel huge distances looking for food, but like Like all birds, they have to lay eggs to have babies, and they can't do that in the ocean.
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All penguins breed in colonies called rookeries, and some of them can be massive and very stinky too.
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Penguin poo is called guano, and there's no shortage of that around here.
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The biggest penguin rookeries are found around the Antarctic, and some are home to hundreds of thousands of birds.
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But with so many mouths to feed, penguins often have to travel up to 900 miles looking for
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food for their ridiculously cute chicks that's like traveling the length of the united kingdom just to pick up dinner
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but nothing compares to the dedication of these emperor penguins
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which breed in one of the most extreme places on earth
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the antarctic ice shelf some will walk up to 75 miles from the open water just to find the colony
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and and when they get tired of walking they toboggan on their bellies.
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The female lays just one egg and transfers it straight away to the male, who incubates it on his feet while mum goes back to the ocean to feed.
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These poor penguins have to endure one of the coldest places on earth, where the temperature drops to minus 40 degrees centigrade.
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To keep warm they form a cosy huddle, where they constantly trudge around to stop themselves from freezing.
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They even rotate so nobody gets stuck on the outside for too long.
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When the female eventually comes back, two months later, the male will not have eaten for 120 days and will have lost half of his body weight.
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Mum then takes over caring for the newly hatched chick and Dad can at last go get some food.
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He's weak with hunger so he must be careful, especially when he returns to the water which which is home to leopard seals and killer whales,
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both of which have a taste for penguins.
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But there is a much greater danger to the survival of these endearing birds.
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Climate change is putting penguins in peril.
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In 2016, the world's second largest emperor penguin colony was wiped out after an ice shelf in Antarctica collapsed.
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this was a devastating blow for one of the world's most
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lovable animals acting to reduce carbon emissions to protect our polar regions will mean
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that these penguins can always have a seriously cool place to live
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A2 si basa sul video “Penguins Go MONTHS Without Feeding!”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: penguin, birds, feet, feathers, emperor. Questo video contiene 48 frasi e 769 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:08. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 150 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 81% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| penguin sostantivo | /ˈpɛŋ.ɡwɪn/ | pinguino |
| feather sostantivo | /ˈfɛðə/ | piuma, penna |
| emperor sostantivo | /ˈɛmp(ə)ɹə/ | imperatore |
| layer sostantivo | /ˈleɪ̯ɚ/ | strato |
| freeze verbo | /ˈfɹiːz/ | gelare, ghiacciare |
| breed verbo | /ˈbɹiːd/ | allevare, riprodursi |
| chick sostantivo | /t͡ʃɪk/ | pulcino |
| shelf sostantivo | /ʃɛlf/ | scaffale, mensola |
| killer sostantivo | /ˈkɪlɚ/ | assassino, assassina |
| egg sostantivo | /ɛɡ/ | uovo |
| compare verbo | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | paragonare |
| survival sostantivo | /sɚˈvaɪ.vəl/ | sopravvivenza |
| tennis sostantivo | /ˈtɛnɪs/ | tennis |
| seal sostantivo | /siːl/ | timbro |
| pump sostantivo | /pʌmp/ | pompa |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| come back verbo | tornare |
| find out verbo | scoprire |
| look over verbo | esaminare |
| pick up verbo | tirare su, sollevare |
| take over verbo | usurpare |
| wipe out verbo | obliterare, spazzare via |
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 also covered · are kept · is called |
| Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppo | the littlest · The biggest · the most extreme |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsione | you'll never find · will walk · will not have |
| Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessario | have to lay · have to travel · have to endure |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 11 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come they're, can't, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shelf /ʃɛlf/, circulation /ˌsɝkjʊˈleɪʃən/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, shortage /ˈʃɔː(ɹ)tɪd͡ʒ/, shrimp /ʃɹɪmp/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: circulation /ˌsɝkjʊˈleɪʃən/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, underwater /ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/, insulation /ˌɪnsəˈleɪʃən/, ridiculously /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs.li/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hunger /ˈhʌŋɡɚ/, hatch /hæt͡ʃ/, huddle /ˈhʌdəl/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: freeze /ˈfɹiːz/, breed /ˈbɹiːd/, chick /t͡ʃɪk/, shelf /ʃɛlf/, egg /ɛɡ/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: collapse /kəˈlæps/, adapt /əˈdæpt/, hatch /hæt͡ʃ/, crab /kɹæb/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come penguin, feather, emperor.
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.