By Aulaglobal 2015

How to Teach a Bird to Talk

A single parrot cannot forage for fruit and watch for predators at the same time; it depends on its chittering flock for protection. Therefore, to teach a bird thatcantalk parrots, parakeets or mynas, for example totalk, find one that for lack 1 of better options thinks of you as its flock. Dont get an old, disappointed bird, says Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji, a 72-year-old guru who, when not traveling the world playing synthesizer concerts for his followers 2, can be found at his bird sanctuary in Mysore, India, home to more than a thousand birds, including some 40 trained3 talkers. Buy a baby bird. Specifically, opt for one bred4 in captivity (or rescued) rather than one snatched from the wild.

Swamiji advises spending as much time as possible the first several months talking to your bird in gentle5 tones, reassuring it as you would a young child. Dont hurry them to talk, he says. They need to feel security in the heart first. Once the bird has confidence in you as a companion and reliable food source, start repeating simple phrases. First you say, You are very good, How are you my dear? I love you, Swamiji says. Many trainers reward learning with nuts or seeds; Swamiji and his staff6 provide three daily meals instead, though they occasionally treat the birds to a sip of milky chai tea.As a bird starts showing aptitude, ratchet up7 the difficulty and repetition by recording your voice and playing it back to the bird. When Swamiji is absent, his parrots hear looped recordings of him chanting ancient Sanskrit for up to three hours a day. A person will be bored by this, he says, but a bird will never bore.1) Match synonyms for this words:Lack (1) followers (2) trained (3) bred (4) gentle (5) staff (6) ratchet up (7) snatchedIncrease Taken KindteamBe short of Raisesupporters taught 2) According to the text, How does Swamiji teach a bird to talk? Summarize the process.3) Do you think is easy to bring a pet? 4) Fill in the gapsTeachings and philosophy ofSwami Vivekanandastressed on different aspects _____religion, youth, education, faith, character building as ______ as social issues pertaining toIndia. Vivekananda was aHindumonk from India ______ played significant role _____ introducingVedantato the Western world ________ also reviving and redefining certain aspect of the religion within India.Rabindranath Tagorecommented ______Swami Vivekananda and his teachings, "If you ______ to know India, study Vivekananda. In him everything is positive and nothing negative."[1]Vivekananda realized a country's future depends ______ its people, so he mainly stressed on man, "man-making is my mission", that's______ he described ______ teaching.[2]Vivekananda put his real ideals in _______ words and that was: "to preach unto mankind their divinity, and how to make it manifest in every movement of life."[3]