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Track 1 .13 Unit 1 Lesson 7 Activities 1 and 2 What's your favourite animal?
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My favourite animal is a sun bear.
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A sun bear?
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What's that?
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It's a small black bear.
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It's got a sun on its body.
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Look, here's a picture.
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Oh, yes, I can see that.
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Are there any sun bears in Canada?
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No, there aren't.
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But there are some sun bears in China.
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There are some in India, too.
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Are there any in Russia?
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No, there aren't.
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Sunbears like hot forests. Can sunbears climb trees?
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Yes, they can.
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They can sleep and eat in trees too.
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They've got very long tongues.
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They like insects, small birds and fruit.
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Are there lots of sunbears?
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No, there aren't.
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It's very sad.
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What's your favourite animal?
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My favourite animal is a sun bear.
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A sun bear?
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What's that?
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It's a small black bear.
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It's got a sun on its body.
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Look, here's a picture.
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Oh yes, I can see that.
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Are there any sun bears in Canada?
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No, there aren't.
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But there are some sunbears in China.
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There are some in India, too.
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Are there any in Russia?
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No, there aren't.
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Sunbears like hot forests. Can sunbears climb trees?
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Yes, they can.
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They can sleep and eat in trees, too.
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They've got very long tongues.
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They like insects, small birds and fruit.
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Are there lots of sun bears?
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No, there aren't.
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It's very sad.
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Track 1 .14 Unit 1 Lesson 7 Activity 3 What's your favourite animal?
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My favourite animal is a panda.
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Are there any pandas in your country?
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No, there aren't.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 48 sentences and 253 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:26. The speaker talks slowly, about 74 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 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

10 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
climb verb/ˈklaɪ̯m/To traverse a slope or contour, either upwards (ascending) or downwards (descending).
insect noun/ˈɪn.sɛkt/An arthropod (in the Insecta class) characterized by six legs, up to four wings, and a chitinous exoskeleton.
panda noun/ˈpɑndə/A brahmin who acts as the hereditary superintendent of a particular ghat or temple, and is regarded as knowledgeable in matters of genealogy and ritual.
favourite adjective/ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
bird noun/ˈbɜːd/An animal of the clade (traditionally class) Aves in the phylum Chordata, characterized by being warm-blooded, having feathers and wings usually capable of…
fruit noun/fɹut/A product of fertilization in a plant, specifically
bear verb/bɛə/To carry or convey, literally or figuratively.
animal noun/ˈænɪməl/A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants…
tree noun/tɹiː/A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
forest noun/ˈfɔɹəst/A dense uncultivated tract of trees and undergrowth, larger than woods.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 9 contractions and reduced forms, such as aren't, they've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like climb, insect, panda.

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