Luyện nói tiếng Anh bằng Shadowing qua video: Vol 3 - test 6 - section 3

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Section 3.
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You will hear two environmental studies students called Jennifer and Adam comparing their research on pigeons.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25 on page 5.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 21 to 25.
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Hi Jennifer.
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Hey Adam, are you ready to compare notes for our presentation on pigeons for next week?
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Yes, I think so.
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I found some really good sources describing all the different kinds of pigeons for the background section.
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Me too!
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I knew they were a common bird, but didn't realise there were so many types.
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I found an interesting new study on the Australian crested pigeon.
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It makes a special sound to warn the rest of the flock of danger.
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But a lot of birds use calls or songs to find a mate or to sound the alarm.
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What's special about this one?
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Well, it uses its wings.
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Really?
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Yes, if the pigeon is startled, it makes a whistling sound when it flies off.
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This sound warns other pigeons in the flock that there's danger.
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Interesting.
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I've found a lot of stuff on the rock pigeons.
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They're the ones with the widest distribution.
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Of all the pigeon species, they've been the most successful at adapting to different environments, haven't they?
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In contrast to the rock pigeon, there's a pigeon in the north of Australia, the black-banded pigeon, which is restricted to one very small patch of forest.
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Another interesting thing about it is that unlike the typical pigeons we see on pavements and roads, it stays way up in the trees in the rainforest.
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That's unusual.
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They're varied in terms of diet as well.
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The Galapagos pigeon, for example, gets all its nutrients from this one kind of cactus that grows on the island where it lives.
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Really?
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So is there anything that pigeons can't eat?
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Yes, actually.
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They should stay away from meat because it contains bacteria that is dangerous to them.
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Oh right.
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You know, I thought pigeons all looked the same, but their plumage is really variable too.
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The Nicobar pigeon from Indonesia is very attractive.
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It has beautiful metallic green feathers.
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It's a wonder they're not hunted.
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Before you hear the rest of the discussion, you have some time to look at questions 26 to 30 on page 6.
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Now, Now,
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listen and answer questions 26 to 30.
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Now, in the second part of our presentation, we plan to look at why pigeons are seen as pests nowadays and what is being done to control them.
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A lot of people in the city like to feed pigeons, don't they?
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Yes.
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Some people think that it's kind, but in fact it's not a good idea.
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I suppose human food isn't very healthy for birds, especially fast food.
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Actually, because the pigeons don't have to spend time looking for food, they have more time to mate and reproduce.
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And so it results in population explosion.
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I see.
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So the city becomes absolutely overrun by pigeons.
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That's bad for the city and for the pigeons.
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Now I read that here in Melbourne we have a pigeon problem in the centre of the city
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and the city council is trying to deal with it.
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Yes, they've built some special nesting places in one of the parks in the city centre.
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They're designed to house the pigeons so they stop creating nests on buildings.
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But isn't that just changing the location of the problem?
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Well, that's just the first step.
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In the second stage of the council scheme, they exchange the pigeon eggs for dummy eggs.
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It's like a form of birth control.
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A very elaborate one.
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Someone would have to go in and replace those eggs by hand.
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Well yes, the program does work as a means of controlling the population, but the financial burden on the taxpayer is quite high.
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Yes, I imagine it would be.
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The most successful pigeon control program in recent times was in Basel in Switzerland.
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And what did they do?
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Well, the City Council found
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that teaching the public about the negative effects of feeding pigeons was more effective than trapping the pigeons, or providing alternative nesting sites for them.
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These were both methods they'd tried previously.
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Really?
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We'll have to include that finding.
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Do you think we've got enough for our presentation, or should we do more research?
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Well, I was thinking that we should also make it clear to the audience why pigeons in cities are undesirable.
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Yes, we haven't really done that yet.
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Right.
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I've got some information on the damage their droppings do to buildings.
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And I've got something related to that on how their feathers can block gutters and pipes causing water damage.
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But I haven't found anything yet on the health risks to humans that urban pigeons pose.
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Neither have I.
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Let's look for some information about that and add it.
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Okay.
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Can we meet again tomorrow in the computer lab too?
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That is the end of section three.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Now turn to section 4 on page 7.

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