Objective Proficiency p 24. Animals. Extra Listening

Watch the video and fill in the gaps.

1.      Adélies will build their nests in the few parts of Antarctica that are __________

2.      They use ___________ to build their nests.

3.      The nest has to be ___________ in order to attract a female.

4.      An impressive property demonstrates _____________ as a mate

5.      Stones of  _______________________ are used to build a decent nest.

6.      To find the stones that are ____________ is not easy.

7.      Some penguins ____________ a life of crime.

8.      The one who has been robbed seems unaware that the thief is just _______________.

9.      The thief’s nest is ______________nicely probably because he keeps a particularly ____________________robbers.

10.  It takes one ________________.

KEY:

1.      ice free

2.      pebbles

3.      good-looking

4.      your worth

5.      all shapes and sizes

6.      just right

7.      turn to (turn to something to start to do or to use something in an attempt to help yourself when you are having difficulty dealing with a situation. Recurrir a. E.g. turn to crime/drink/drugs: He turned to drugs after his wife left him).

8.      over his shoulder

9.      coming along (to improve or develop in the way that you want. Progress. E.g. Your French has come along a lot recently). sharp lookout for (be on the lookout (for somebody/something), keep a lookout (for somebody/ something) (informal) to watch carefully for somebody/something in order to avoid danger, etc. or in order to find something you want. E.g. The public should be on the lookout for symptoms of the disease).

10.  to know one (It takes one to know one: the person who expressed criticism has similar faults to the person being criticized. E.g. You say she's a terrible cook? It takes one to know one!  A synonym: the pot calling the kettle black (criticizing others for the very fault one possesses: “I wouldn't call him lazy if I were you, Andy; that would be the pot calling the kettle black.”) A near equivalent is the proverbial it takes a thief to catch a thief,  meaning "no one is better at finding a wrongdoer than another wrongdoer.") 

Transcript:

Sir David Frederick Attenborough: Over the coming months the few parts of Antarctica that are ice free will be the stage on which 5,000,000 Adélies will build their nests. To construct one they need pebbles and without a good-looking nest, a male will be unable to attract a female when they at last arrive.

An impressive property demonstrates your worth as a mate. It takes stones of all shapes and sizes to build a decent nest and finding ones that are just right is not easy. So some Penguins turn to a life of crime. The one who has been robbed seems unaware that the thief is just over his shoulder and looking for more. The thief’s nest is coming along nicely probably because he keeps a particularly sharp lookout for robbers. After all it takes one to know one.