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CEFR A1 • 1.4/6.0🇺🇸 American AccentLittle Fox

Little Fox Lesson (-cdL1gn_cME)

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Little Fox.

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Little Fox.

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Meet the animals.

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Parrot.

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Squawk.

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Squawk.

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Hello.

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Who are you?

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Squawk.

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I'm a parrot.

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Parrots are a type of bird.

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Where do you live?

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Parrots live all over the world.

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Most parrots like warm places like

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rainforests.

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But some live in snowy places.

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What do you eat?

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Parrots mostly eat nuts and seeds.

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Our beaks are sharp.

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We use them to crack open nuts and

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seeds.

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Do all parrots look the same?

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No. There are many different kinds of

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parrots.

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But we all have curved beaks.

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And we all have four toes.

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Can parrots really learn words?

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Yep. Parrots are very smart birds.

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Some parrots can learn words from

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people.

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We can imitate other sounds, too.

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Do you live alone?

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Parrots live in groups called flocks.

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We like to talk to each other.

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We scream and squawk.

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Do you have any enemies?

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People are our main enemy.

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They often take us for pets.

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I see my flock. Goodbye.

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Goodbye, parrot.

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Little fox.

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Essential vocabulary encountered in this story, categorized by difficulty with definitions and phonetics:

differentˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt
A1

Not the same; exhibiting a difference.

“No. There are many different kinds of”
enemiesˈɛn.ə.miz
A1

third-person singular simple present indicative of enemy

“Do you have any enemies?”
goodbyeɡʊdˈbaɪ
A1

Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.

“I see my flock. Goodbye.”
imitateˈɪmɪteɪt
A1

To follow as a model or a pattern; to make a copy, counterpart or semblance of.

“We can imitate other sounds, too.”
parrotsparrots
A1

third-person singular simple present indicative of parrot

“Parrots are a type of bird.”