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Talking Birds

מאמר באנגלית לתרגול קריאה. כולל 5 מילים חדשות עם תרגום לעברית, 3 שאלות הבנת הנקרא, 5 שאלות לשיחה. מתאים למתחילים.

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Many students of English think that learning a new language is very difficult. Now think how difficult it is to learn English when your brain is only the size of a bird’s brain! This is what some birds can do. 

Many different kinds of birds can copy the sounds of language. African gray parrots are the birds best known for this.

Every December in London, the National Cage, and Aviary 1 Bird Show try to find the best ?talking? bird in the world. One bird named Prudle stood out among the ?talking birds? by winning this prize every year from 1965 to 1976.

Prudle was taken from his nest in Uganda in 1958. He was sold to Iris Frost, who took care of him at her home in Seaford, England. Before he died in 1994, aged thirty-five, Prudle knew almost 800 words in English. Prudle was also the oldest bird in the world that lived in a cage. 

Another intelligent bird, a budgerigar2 named Puck, was tested in 1993. It turned out that puck knew even more words than Prudle. Puck knew more than 1,700 English words. In the 2003 Guinness Book of World Records, Puck was listed as knowing more words than any other bird in the world.

מילים חדשות מהטקסט

  • Brain /breɪn/ noun מוֹחַ

    the thing in the head that is used to think

    A snail has no brain.

  • Copy /ˈkɑː.pi/ verb עותק

    make something look or sound like another

    I want her to copy my voice.

  • Cage /keɪdʒ/ noun כְּלוּב

    an area with metal bars used to stop animals from running away

    The cage is too big for my dog.

  • Nest /nest/ noun קֵן

    a place where bird keep their eggs

    The nest is too high to reach.

  • Intelligent /ɪnˈtel.ə.dʒənt/ adjective אִינְטֶלִיגֶנְטִי

    able to learn and understand things well

    I am more intelligent than my sister.

שאלות לשיחה

אין כאן תשובה נכונה — אלה שאלות לתרגול דיבור, לבד או מול מורה.

  1. Do you have a pet?
  2. Have you seen a talking bird in person?
  3. What will you ask a bird if it can talk?
  4. Are there Bird Shows in your city?
  5. Which words will you teach to a talking bird?

בדקו את עצמכם

3 שאלות. בחרו תשובה וקבלו בדיקה מיד.

  1. What is Prudle?

  2. How many years in a row did Prudle win the speaking contest for birds?

  3. Why was Puck better than Prudle?

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