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How animals find their way
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Follow the structure of an academic lecture with examples.
Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.
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Words to know
- migration
- The movement of animals from one region to another.
- navigate
- To find the way to a place.
- magnetic field
- The invisible force around the Earth that moves a compass needle.
Answer key
- Today we're going to discuss how animals travel during migration.Write “going to”, even if it sounds like “gonna”.
- Some birds fly across entire oceans without getting lost.The stress in “entire” is on “tire”. The -ing form follows “without”.
- Researchers believe they can sense the Earth's magnetic field.The th of “Earth’s” joins the s.
- Others seem to navigate by the position of the sun and stars.The m of “seem” joins “to”.
- Young animals often learn these routes by following older members of the group.“Routes” can rhyme with “boots” or with “outs” in American English.