Shadowing Practice: 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In today's podcast I am going to talk about the English word mind and about some expressions which contain the word mind.
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Your mind means the things which happen inside your head or inside your brain,
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your thinking in other words.
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We can say, for example,
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that someone has a good mind.
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And that means that they think clearly and logically.
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Or we can say that someone has a mathematical mind.
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They are naturally good at maths.
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Or we can say about someone,
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she has a mind of her own.
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That means she thinks for herself.
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She does not just accept what other people say.
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We also use mind as a verb.
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To mind something means to be aware of something,
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to be careful about something,
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to have it in your mind.
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If you have visited London,
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I am sure you have travelled on the underground
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and seen the signs or heard the loudspeaker announcements which tell you to mind the gap.
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There is often a gap between the railway carriage and the station platform.
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If you mind the gap,
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you think about the gap and take care when you get on or off the train.
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If you don't mind the gap,
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you may trip or fall and hurt yourself.
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You can mind other things as well,
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children for example or animals.
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Joanne has a friend called Susan.
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Susan looks after small children in her own home while their parents are at work.
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She plays with the children,
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she feeds them, and she takes them for a walk to the park and to the shops.
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She is what we call a childminder.
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If we say mind out to someone we mean be careful.
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When Susan takes her group of little children for a walk they need to cross the road.
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She holds the children by the hand and says to them mind out in case a car is coming.
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Kevin you may remember is into 1980s punk rock.
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One of his favourite bands is playing at a gig on Saturday.
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He asks Joanne if she would like to go to hear them.
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No way, says Joanne, who thinks that listening to 1980s punk rock is a form of torture.
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Do you mind if I go with George? asked Kevin.
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He means, does it cause you any problems if I go to the gig with George.
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And Joanne says, no, of course I don't mind.
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And then there is the expression,
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to make up your mind.
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And this means simply to decide to do something.
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If I make up my mind to sell my old car,
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it means that I have decided to sell my car.
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Joanne's friend Susan, the childminder, is always dithering.
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She cannot decide what to do.
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Should she wear a red jumper or a blue jumper?
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Should she read a book or watch television?
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Should she take a bus or walk?
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She cannot decide.
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Joanne sometimes says to her,
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for goodness sake, make up your mind.
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And that means stop wasting time,
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just decide what to do and do it.
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And finally, let's meet the expression to change your mind.
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If I decide to do something but then I decide to do something else instead.
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I change my mind.
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And finally, let's meet the expression to change your mind.
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If I decide to do something but then I decide to do something else instead,
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I change my mind.
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Kevin has saved up some money and has made up his mind to buy an iPod.
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It is exactly what he needs to listen to his collection of 1980s punk rock music on the train.
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But on his way to the iPod shop he passes a shoe shop.
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In the window there is a pair of green suede shoes.
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They are, thinks Kevin, the finest,
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Kevin thinks Kevin are the finest,
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the most beautiful green suede shoes in the whole world.
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Suddenly he is in love with the shoes.
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He decides to buy the shoes and not the iPod.
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He changes his mind.
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Goodbye.
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I just
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It's difficult because we're in the United States of America.
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We're going to talk about this.
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But if you're talking about it,
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it doesn't seem like it.
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When I talk about it,
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I'm going to start thinking about it.
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I'm not going to talk about it.
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Why do you think this?
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I'm going to talk about it.
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I'm going to talk about it.
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Nobody heard, not bean preaching.
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Avoid saying how to speak in fact.
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Deird sound to you, not hear.
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They'll explain as this.
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since I read themselves during was .. before, ...
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I ...
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A dramatic susceptibility to xo How did I find my findings achievements?
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At the moment, I realized that everything Withд.
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He Moż' women is vibrant Does this lie?
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What was it since I was I didn't know about your critic,
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but what and you were committed to your opinion ,
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for class later that's why I try it.
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As I do, it's a hard one for all,
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and I am Myります that the pieces are really good.
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I can speak like a French word.
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Because the English word is about 300-400 words.
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Do you know what it means?
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I can hear it.
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I can hear it.
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I can hear it.
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It's easy.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Las palabras que más se repiten: decide, Kevin, word, Joanne, shoe. Este vídeo tiene 105 frases y 880 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:11. El hablante habla despacio, unas 107 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| suede sustantivo | /sweɪd/ | gamuza |
| jumper sustantivo | /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/ | chaleco, chomba |
| logically adverbio | /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪˌkli/ | lógicamente |
| loudspeaker sustantivo | /ˈlaʊdspiːkɚ/ | altavoz, altoparlante |
| susceptibility sustantivo | /səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti/ | suscetibilidad |
| vibrant adjetivo | /ˈvaɪbɹənt/ | vibrante |
| preach verbo | /pɹit͡ʃ/ | predicar |
| verb sustantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| carriage sustantivo | /ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/ | coche, carruaje |
| critic sustantivo | /ˈkɹɪt.ɪk/ | crítico |
| bean sustantivo | /ˈbi(ː)n/ | haba, frijol |
| mathematical adjetivo | /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/ | matemático |
| goodness sustantivo | /ˈɡʊdnəs/ | bondad |
| torture sustantivo | /ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/ | tortura, suplicio |
| podcast sustantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, pódcast |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| make up verbo | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | reponer, suplir |
| save up verbo | ahorrar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- We're going to talk about this.
- I'm going to start thinking about it.
- I'm not going to talk about it.
- Why do you think this?
- Do you know what it means?
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: dither /ˈdɪðɚ/, mathematical /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: susceptibility /səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti/, mathematical /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vibrant /ˈvaɪbɹənt/, verb /vɝb/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: jumper /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/, logically /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪˌkli/, carriage /ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como suede, jumper, logically.
¿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.