Shadowing Practice: 09 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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A Ghost in Love Performed by Jenny Bryce, Rupert Farley, Crispin Redman, Patience Tomlinson
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A Ghost in Love Scene 1 Brad sees a ghost.
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Brad and Jerry come into the hotel room and put their bags down.
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It is a hot day, and they are wearing summer shirts.
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Brad sits on a bed.
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Man, I want a drink.
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Twenty miles in one morning.
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Are the bicycles okay in the street?
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In this little village?
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Oh, yes.
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Nobody steals bicycles here.
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How do you know?
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This is your first time here.
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First time in England.
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Or am I wrong?
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No, you're right.
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But I remember this village.
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I was here before, Jerry.
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I can feel it.
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Oh, come on.
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We were out in the sun for five hours.
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You need to drink some cold water, my friend.
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This hotel opened in 1853, right?
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Right.
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Brad, you looked at this book before.
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No, I didn't.
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Hey, you know something?
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It's 1.15.
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My dad died at this minute on this day last month.
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Oh, Brad, I'm sorry.
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No, no, it's okay.
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I'm going to go back to New York next week, after our three weeks in England.
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And I'm going to be Brad Davis of Davis TV.
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Dad wanted that.
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Yeah.
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Hey, come on.
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Let's go out in the sun.
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Let's see the village.
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Have a drink.
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Find some girls.
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No, you go.
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I like it here.
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Here in the room.
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Okay.
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Let's stay in the room.
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Hey, there's a television.
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Hmm.
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Not working.
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Oh, forget it.
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No!
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You're Brad Davis of Davis Television, the biggest in America.
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You must have a television.
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Look, shall I go down and ask Mrs. Finch?
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You stay here.
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You look tired.
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Yeah, thanks, Jerry.
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I am tired.
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In 1760, the hotel was a house.
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A family called Bannister lived in the house.
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One day, the 19-year-old daughter, Ellen...
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I was never 19.
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I died at 18.
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Yes, I remember you.
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Hello, Ellen.
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Hello, Matthew.
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Why does your friend call you Brad?
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Is that a name?
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Yes it's an American name.
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But you are Matthew, and I'm going to call you Matthew.
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Always.
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Oh, Matthew, I waited and waited and waited for you.
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I love you so much. Do you love me?
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Yes, I think.
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Yes, I do.
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You think?
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Is that an answer?
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After all these years?
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Oh, Matthew.
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Matthew, do you remember everything?
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No, not everything.
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I remember our love.
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And you died.
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I remember that.
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I wanted to die, too.
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And again, last month, I wanted to die.
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Oh, Matthew, don't say that.
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Oh, Matthew, I'm so happy to see you again.
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Ellen, can I see you?
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Can we talk?
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Oh, yes.
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I want to talk to you about...
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Are you okay, love?
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You look white.
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This is not a happy time for Brad.
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I'm sorry, love.
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Do you want some dinner?
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I make the best dinner in the north of England.
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No, thank you.
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Talk to me later, then.
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Right, the television.
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It's okay now.
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Bye-bye, Brad.
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Bye, Jerry.
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Have a nice time in our village.
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Mrs. Finch, wait, please.
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Do you know about the Bannister family?
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Did you see the ghost?
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Ellen Bannister?
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Yes.
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What?
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Brad, you saw a ghost?
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Oh, come on!
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Oh, Ellen's always here.
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She likes young men.
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She's always looking for her boyfriend.
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Matthew's his name, I think.
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Mrs. Finch, what happened?
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How did she die?
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What happened to Matthew?
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You're interested, love.
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I can see that.
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There's an old woman in the village.
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Her name is Maud Anscombe.
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She knows about Ellen.
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You ask Maud.
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Crad, this ghost.
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What did she say?
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She...
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She didn't speak, Jerry.
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She said nothing at all.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Las palabras que más se repiten: Brad, Matthew, ghost, Ellen, Jerry. Este vídeo tiene 132 frases y 615 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:57. El hablante habla despacio, unas 89 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente. 27 de sus 132 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
ghost sustantivo/ɡoʊst/fantasma, espectro
bicycle sustantivo/ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/bicicleta, bici
steal verbo/stiːl/robar, shacar
shirt sustantivo/ʃɜɹt/camisa, chema
boyfriend sustantivo/ˈbɔɪˌfɹɛnd/novio, pololo
village sustantivo/ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/aldea, pueblo
television sustantivo/ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/televisión, tele
hotel sustantivo/həʊˈtɛl/hotel, albergue
drink verbo/ˈdɹɪŋk/beber, tomar
dinner sustantivo/ˈdɪnɚ/cena
hello/hɛˈloʊ/hola, holi
tired adjetivo[ˈtaɪ̯ɚd]cansado, fatigado
minute sustantivo/ˈmɪnɪt/minuto
nobody sustantivo/ˈnoʊ.bə.di/nadie, don nadie
wear verbo/wɛ(ə)ɹ/llevar (puesto), vestir

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Matthew, do you remember everything?
  • Ellen, can I see you?
  • Do you want some dinner?
  • Did you see the ghost?
  • Brad, you saw a ghost?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe biggest · the best
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirI'm going to go · I'm going to be · I'm going to call

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shirt /ʃɜɹt/, television /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: twenty /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i], television /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: village /ˈvɪlɪd͡ʒ/, television /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/
  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hotel /həʊˈtɛl/, hello /hɛˈloʊ/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como ghost, bicycle, steal.

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?

Shadowing es una técnica de aprendizaje de idiomas respaldada por la ciencia, desarrollada originalmente para la formación de intérpretes profesionales y popularizada por el políglota Dr. Alexander Arguelles. El método es simple pero poderoso: escuchas audio en inglés nativo y lo repites en voz alta de inmediato, como una sombra que sigue al hablante con solo 1-2 segundos de retraso. A diferencia de la escucha pasiva o los ejercicios de gramática, el shadowing obliga a tu cerebro y músculos de la boca a procesar y reproducir simultáneamente patrones de habla reales. Las investigaciones muestran que mejora significativamente la precisión de la pronunciación, la entonación, el ritmo, el habla conectada, la comprensión auditiva y la fluidez al hablar, convirtiéndola en una de las metodologías más efectivas para la preparación del IELTS Speaking y la comunicación en inglés en el mundo real.

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