Shadowing Practice: 2-4000-3-U14 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Unit 14.
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Word List Apprentice.
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An apprentice is a person who learns how to do a job from a skilled person.
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Mark is an apprentice chef at the restaurant.
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Assure.
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To assure people is to tell them something is true to make them less worried.
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He assured the boss that the building would be done on time.
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Bandage A bandage is a piece of cloth used to stop bleeding.
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If you cut yourself, please get a bandage from the first aid kit.
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Bleed To bleed is to lose blood.
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If you are not careful, you will cut your finger and bleed.
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Bond To bond with someone is to become friends with that person.
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The women bonded after several hours of conversation.
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Chef A chef is a person who cooks in a restaurant.
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Tom is a chef at the restaurant near my house.
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Crown A crown is the hat worn by a king or queen.
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The crown is made of gold.
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DEPARTURE A departure is the act of leaving a place.
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They were excited about their departure to go back home.
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Diligent A diligent person works hard and is careful.
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Craig has always been a very diligent person at work.
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Emperor An emperor is the leader of a group of countries.
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The Emperor Julius Caesar was in control of ancient Rome.
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Fiber A fiber is a thread of a substance used to make clothes or rope.
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The mat was made from tiny fibers.
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Horrible A horrible thing is very bad.
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The assignment was horrible.
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I hated it.
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Impolite An impolite person is rude or not polite.
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Roger is impolite to everyone he meets.
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Kneel.
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To kneel is to put one or both knees on the ground.
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Daryl kneeled down on one knee and asked Nina to marry him.
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Luxury.
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A luxury is an expensive thing that is nice but not needed.
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Our honeymoon resort was a luxury we really enjoyed.
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Massive A massive thing is very big.
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The wheels on his truck were massive.
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Panic To panic is to feel so nervous or afraid that one cannot think clearly.
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Everyone panicked when the house caught on fire.
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Priority A priority is something that is more important than other things.
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My priority is to get good grades in school.
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Robe A robe is a long, loose piece of clothing.
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The monks of the temple all wear robes.
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Scold To scold means to criticize someone angrily for doing something wrong.
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Jesse was scolded by the teacher for not paying attention.
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The Helpful Apprentice There was once a small restaurant.
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People said that the best chef in the world worked there.
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But the chef was a horrible person to work for.
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He was impolite and scolded his workers all the time.
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The chef had a young apprentice.
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The apprentice's first priority was to make the best food in the world.
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He was happy to have a good teacher, but he didn't like the chef.
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The boy was a diligent worker, but the chef scolded him more than anyone else.
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Then one day, the chef got great news.
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The emperor wanted to have dinner there that night.
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He was very excited.
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He was working very fast, and he made a mistake.
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cut his hand with a knife and it started to bleed.
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The apprentice gave him a bandage, but the chef still couldn't cook.
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The chef started to panic.
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The apprentice tried to assure him.
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Everything will be okay, he said, but the chef was still afraid.
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Then they started to work together.
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They began to bond.
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The chef told the apprentice what to do, and the boy cooked a great meal.
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As soon as they finished, the emperor arrived.
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He wore a beautiful robe made of soft fibers.
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He also had a massive crown.
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Everyone in the restaurant kneeled when the emperor came in.
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The chef and the boy brought out his food.
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The emperor was used to luxuries.
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Would he like the food?
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The emperor loved the food.
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After his departure, the chef was very proud and very thankful to his new friend, the apprentice.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “2-4000-3-U14”. Las palabras que más se repiten: chef, apprentice, emperor, restaurant, bandage. Este vídeo tiene 75 frases y 681 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:55. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 115 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 74 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
chef sustantivo/ʃɛf/chef
apprentice sustantivo/əˈpɹɛntɪs/aprendiz
emperor sustantivo/ˈɛmp(ə)ɹə/emperador
scold verbo/ˈskəʊ̯ld/regañar, retar
bleed verbo/ˈbliːd/desangrar
bandage sustantivo/ˈbæn.dɪd͡ʒ/venda, vendaje
diligent adjetivo/ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/diligente
robe sustantivo/ɹoʊb/bata, hábito
assure verbo/əˈʃʊɹ/asegurar, afianzar
departure sustantivo/dɪˈpɑː(ɹ)tjə(ɹ)/salida, partida
panic sustantivo/ˈpænɪk/pánico
cloth sustantivo/klɒθ/tela
angrily adverbio/ˈæŋ.ɡɹə.li/furiosamente, con ira
criticize verbo/ˈkɹɪtɪsaɪz/criticar, culpar
honeymoon sustantivo/ˈhʌn.iˌmuːn/luna de miel, luna melera

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
bring out verborealzar, resaltar

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
“Used to” used to + verbo — un hábito o estado pasado que ya no es ciertoused to stop · used to make
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewould be done · is made · was made
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosaperson who learns · person who cooks
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe best

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “th”: cloth /klɒθ/, thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: chef /ʃɛf/, assure /əˈʃʊɹ/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: bandage /ˈbæn.dɪd͡ʒ/, diligent /ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/

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 chef, apprentice, emperor.

¿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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