Shadowing Practice: #100 More or less? Talking about quantities | SBS Learn English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Yeah, plenty of times.
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Learn English helped me to talk about quantities.
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Heaps!
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SPS acknowledges the traditional custodians of country and their connections and continuous care for the skies, lands and waterways throughout Australia.
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This is a special episode for us.
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You know why?
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It's our 100th episode.
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To us, that's a big number.
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So we decided that for this episode, we will talk about numbers.
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Quantities, to be more precise.
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I'm Josipa and today I'm taking you to Claire's, who just entered.
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Pags of Christmas shopping in her hands.
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The thought of Christmas.
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I need to wrap these.
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Makes you smile.
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Claire puts some music on, makes herself a cup of tea, and is ready to start wrapping her presents when Alan arrives.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.
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Just a few?
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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True, but for roughly half of them I'll use the same wrapping paper.
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That will speed things up.
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That's still plenty to wrap.
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There are a lot of English expressions for talking about quantities.
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And the words themselves are pretty simple.
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The key is knowing when to use each one.
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So today we are focusing on how much each phrase really means and when to use it.
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Let's begin.
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We will start small and get bigger.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.
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We use a few when we are referring to a small number of things that you can count.
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We say countable things.
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We use it when we want to say that there is a small quantity of whatever it is, but enough to matter.
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We can also use the phrase a couple of, which technically means only two,
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but can be used in some context for about two, if you're not exactly sure how many, but it is a small number.
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I bought a couple of different flavours, so you can choose.
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When it's a bit more than a few, we can use the word several.
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There are several questions I'd like to ask.
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But let's say we want to talk about a lot of something.
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We could use Alan's example.
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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If you say you've got loads of something, you mean you have a lot, a big number or amount.
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It's a really common, informal way to talk about a quantity that you think is large or large enough.
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So you could say...
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Please stay for dinner.
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We've got loads of food.
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You could also say plenty of, which means pretty much the same thing.
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We've got plenty of time.
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Other casual phrases we can use to mean the same thing are heaps of or tons of.
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She's got heaps of clothes.
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We've got tons of work to do.
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So, we talked about a small, medium and large quantities.
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But what about if you want to describe a really, really, really big number?
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This is where English is fun, because you can use a made-up word like gazillion.
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There are gazillions of shops in that mall.
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You could also use zillion or bazillion.
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None of these are real numbers, but they do sound big, don't you think?
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Now, remember we said that a few refers to a very small countable number of something?
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Well, if we want to talk about a slightly larger amount, we can say quite a few, which actually means the opposite.
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There are quite a few presents on your table.
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We often use quite a few when we think the number is a little larger than we might expect.
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True, but for roughly half of them, I'll use the same wrapping paper.
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We can use roughly to describe an amount, number or time that is approximate, not exact.
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It's often used when you want to give a general idea rather than a precise measurement.
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For example, I've already spent roughly half of my budget for presents.
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And how about you?
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Do you have a lot of presents to buy at this time of the year?
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Some people buy heaps of presents when they go to visit their families, while others only buy a few.
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What about you?
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While you think about who you need to give presents to and when, let's hear the dialogue once again.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.
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Just a few?
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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True, but for roughly half of them I'll use the same wrapping paper.
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That will speed things up.
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That's still plenty to wrap.
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It's time to practice.
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See if you remember the meaning before hearing the answer.
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When we say that we have a few of something,
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we have… When we say we have a few of something,
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we're talking about a small number, not many, but more than one.
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When we say we have quite a few of something, we have...
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When we say we have quite a few of something, we mean a noticeable or fairly large number, more than just a few, but not loads.
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Let's now practice saying that we have a lot of presents.
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I saw loads of bags on the table.
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She's got heaps of presents.
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I'm buying a ton of presents for my family.
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There are a few presents waiting to be wrapped.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 87 frases y 888 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:57. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 128 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 83 % 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:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| wrap verbo | /ɹæp/ | envolver, fajar |
| quantity sustantivo | /ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/ | cantidad, cuantía |
| roughly adverbio | /ˈɹʌf.li/ | toscamente |
| phrase sustantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | frase |
| refer verbo | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | referir, remitir |
| ton sustantivo | /tʌn/ | tonelada |
| precise adjetivo | /pɹɪˈsaɪs/ | preciso |
| arrive verbo | /əˈɹaɪv/ | llegar, arribar |
| dialogue sustantivo | /ˈdaɪəˌlɑɡ/ | diálogo, conversación |
| mall sustantivo | /mɔːl/ | centro comercial, shopping |
| casual adjetivo | /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/ | casual |
| continuous adjetivo | /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/ | continuo, contino |
| acknowledge verbo | /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/ | reconocer |
| technically adverbio | /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/ | en realidad, de hecho |
| measurement sustantivo | /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/ | medida, medición |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| make up verbo | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | reponer, suplir |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 15 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'll, I'm, we've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, measurement /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, approximate /əˈpɹɑk.sə.mət/
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 wrap, quantity, roughly.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be wrapped |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | start wrapping · practice saying |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | will talk · I'll use · will speed |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | I'm taking · is knowing · are focusing |
¿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.