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Hello everyone!
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Let's continue practicing our listening skills.
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In today's video we will have three exercises for you.
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Part one, select the missing words.
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Part two, choose the best answers.
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And part three, fill in the blanks.
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Now we will start the first part.
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There will be missing words in this part.
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Listen carefully and then choose the correct words to fill in.
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Dean!
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Why are you always lying there?
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You do nothing at home.
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I work all day.
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I'm tired.
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You're always tired.
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But what about me?
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I work too.
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But I need to relax.
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Relax?
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The house is always messy because of you.
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I will clean on the weekend.
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You say that every week.
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Sarah, please.
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I am very tired now.
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You never help me.
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It's not fair.
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I work hard for us.
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I also work hard, but I still do more at home
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Okay, I will try to do more
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You always say that
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Let's sleep, I have to work early
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How can I sleep?
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I'm too angry
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Yeah, we can talk tomorrow.
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You just don't even care.
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I will sleep on the sofa.
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We'll talk tomorrow.
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Why?
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I don't want to argue more.
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I need sleep.
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Why don't you just listen to me?
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I'm listening, but we're both upset now.
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Because you never help me.
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I said I will try to do more.
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But you always say that.
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Nothing changes.
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Dean!
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Dean!
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Why are you like this?
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Talk to me.
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I'm too tired.
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Please, let's sleep.
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You just want to escape our problems.
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I want to rest and talk tomorrow.
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I can't believe you.
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I understand, but I don't want to talk now.
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Fine.
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Stay there, then.
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Finally, some peace.
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No way.
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Part 2.
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Choose the best answer.
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Listen to the conversation and then answer the questions.
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You still don't care about what I said.
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I care, but I am really tired now.
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You're always tired.
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What about me?
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Why are you going in such a hurry?
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I have to go to work.
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I'm already late.
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You always have excuses.
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Hey, are you blind?
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Look what you did.
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I'm so sorry.
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I was really sleepy.
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Are you hurt?
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I'm fine, but my car isn't.
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This is a mess.
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Let me call the police and my insurance.
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We'll sort this out.
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Hurry up.
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I have a meeting soon.
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This is going to cost me.
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I'm really sorry about this.
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Just make sure your insurance covers it.
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I need to take a taxi now.
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What a day.
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Can you please go faster?
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I'm late for my job.
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I'll try, but we have traffic.
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Just please go as fast as you can.
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You're late again.
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I'm sorry, sir.
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Why are you late?
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This is so not professional.
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I'm sorry, sir.
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I had a car accident and it delayed me.
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This is really unfortunate.
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Just make sure it doesn't happen again.
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Yes, sir.
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It won't happen again.
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Part 3.
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Fill in the Blank.
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Listen and choose the correct word to fill in the blank.
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We need to talk.
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I had a really hard day.
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Let's go upstairs.
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It's quieter there.
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I can't believe my day.
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First, I was so tired from our fight.
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Then I had a car accident.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
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Are you okay?
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Yes, but it's all because you wouldn't let me sleep.
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I was so sleepy while driving.
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I understand.
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I should have let you sleep.
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I'm sorry.
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And at work, I was late.
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My boss was really angry.
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It's been tough.
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I didn't realize how much I affected you.
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I promised to be more understanding.
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It's not just today.
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I've been feeling this way for a while.
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tell me everything I want to understand
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and help I feel like you don't appreciate what I do I'm trying my best I see
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that now I'll try to be more supportive and caring that's all I want we should work together not against each other.
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You're right.
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Let's make things better together.
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Thank you for understanding.
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I feel much better now.
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I feel like shouting to let out all this stress.
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Really?
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Now?
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It's late. That felt good.
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Now it's your turn.
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I don't know.
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I don't want to disturb the neighbors.
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Come on, just one shout.
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If you do, I'll buy you that coffee machine you wanted.
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Really?
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Are you serious?
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Yes, why not?
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You love it, right?
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Yeah, I would do anything for that.
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So, just a shout to relieve all of our stress.
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Okay, that's a deal.
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Dean, meet me after the meeting.
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That's the end of the video.
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Thank you for watching.
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Remember to practice English every day to improve your skills.
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Watch the video at least three times a week and repeat daily conversations to improve your listening and speaking skills fast.
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Try to mimic the intonation and pronunciation in the video to enhance your speaking fluency and pronunciation.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “10 Minutes English Listening Practice”. Las palabras que más se repiten: tired, sleep, dean, fill, choose. Este vídeo tiene 156 frases y 840 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 10:52. El hablante habla despacio, unas 77 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
dean sustantivo/diːn/decano
skill sustantivo/skɪl/destreza, habilidad
shout verbo/ʃaʊt/gritar, desgañitarse
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar
hurry verbo/ˈhʌ.ɹi/apresurarse, apurarse
sleepy adjetivo/ˈsliːpi/tener sueño, cansado
pronunciation sustantivo/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/pronunciación
argue verbo/ˈɑɹ.ɡju/argüir, argumentar
carefully adverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/cuidadosamente
select verbo/sɪˈlɛkt/seleccionar, cribar
helpful adjetivo/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/servicial, adyuvante
delay sustantivo/dɪˈleɪ̯/retraso, demora
taxi sustantivo/ˈtæksi/taxi, taxímetro
unfortunate adjetivo/ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/desafortunado, desgraciado
supportive adjetivo/səˈpɔɹtɪv/alentador, de apoyo

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Why are you always lying there?
  • Why don't you just listen to me?
  • Why are you like this?
  • Why are you going in such a hurry?
  • Can you please go faster?

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 best · my best
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena ideashould have · should work
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill have · will start · will be
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesarioneed to relax · have to work · have to go

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 41 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shout /ʃaʊt/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, unfortunate /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: skill /skɪl/, sleepy /ˈsliːpi/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: supportive /səˈpɔɹtɪv/, relieve /ɹɪˈliːv/
  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hurry /ˈhʌ.ɹi/, helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/, enhance /ɪnˈhæns/

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 dean, skill, shout.

¿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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