Shadowing Practice: 4000 Essential English Words 1 Unit 4 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Unit 4.
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Word List Appropriate.
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When a thing is appropriate, it is right or normal.
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It's appropriate to wear a suit when you go to the office.
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Avoid.
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To avoid something is to stay away from it.
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Avoid the broken bottle on the floor.
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Behave To behave is to act in a particular way, especially to be good.
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She always behaves well when her father is around.
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Calm When someone is calm, they do not get excited or upset.
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A nice warm bath makes me feel so calm.
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Concern Concern is a feeling of worry.
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I was filled with concern after reading the newspaper.
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Content To be content is to be happy and not want more.
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The baby looked very content sitting on the floor.
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Expect If you expect something to happen, you believe it will happen.
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I expect the bus to be here very soon.
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Frequently When something happens frequently, it happens often.
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We meet frequently, either at the beginning or end of the week.
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Habit A habit is a thing that you do often.
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Smoking is a bad habit that can kill you.
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Instruct To instruct is to teach.
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My teacher instructs us in several subjects.
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Issue An issue is an important topic.
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The man spoke about issues that were important to the people.
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None None means not any of something.
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He spent all his money.
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There is none left.
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Patient If people are patient, they don't become angry or upset easily.
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I had to be patient and wait until 5 o 'clock to leave.
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Positive If something is positive, it is good.
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She has a positive future ahead of her after finishing college.
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Punish To punish means to make someone suffer for breaking the rules or laws.
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To punish me, my teacher had me stand in the corner.
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Represent To represent is to speak or act for a person or group.
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My lawyer will represent me in court.
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Shake To shake is to move back and forth or up and down quickly.
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When people shake hands, it usually means they agree.
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Spread To spread is to move out to cover a larger area.
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I like to spread butter on my toast.
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Stroll.
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To stroll means to walk slowly and calmly.
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My dog and I strolled through the park today.
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Village.
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A village is a very small town.
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There are only a few houses in my village.
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The Dog's Bell John's dog was a bad dog.
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He bit people frequently.
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John was concerned about this.
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It was not an appropriate way for a dog to behave.
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His friends in the village always expected the dog to bite them.
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The news about John's dog spread through the village.
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None of the people wanted to go to John's house.
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John tried to instruct the dog to behave, but it never worked.
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He tried to be patient and teach the dog to be calm.
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That also didn't work.
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John didn't want to punish the dog.
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How will I stop my dog's bad habit?
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John asked himself.
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John's friend came to talk to him about the issue.
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During their important meeting, his friend said, the people in the village asked me to represent them.
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We want your dog to stop this habit.
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Why don't you put a bell around the dog's neck?
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This way, we would hear your dog coming down the street.
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John thought this was a great idea.
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Now people could stay away from the dog.
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It would not be able to bite anyone anymore.
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The dog liked the bell, too.
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People looked at him when they heard his bell.
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This made the dog very content.
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He liked the sound the bell made when he walked.
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One day, John's dog strolled through the village and met some other dogs.
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He expected them to want a bell like his, but they laughed at his bell.
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They said the bell made people avoid him.
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John's dog shook his head.
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No, they look at me because they like the bell.
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The other dog said, You have the wrong idea about what makes you popular.
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Of course they like your bell.
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It tells them where you are so they can avoid you.
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You aren't able to bite them anymore.
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You see, being popular isn't something positive when it's for the wrong reason.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “4000 Essential English Words 1 Unit 4”. Las palabras que más se repiten: dog, bell, village, behave, habit. Este vídeo tiene 81 frases y 716 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:31. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 110 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 90 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
habit sustantivo/ˈhæb.ɪt/costumbre, hábito
behave verbo/bɪˈheɪv/portarse
shake verbo/ˈʃeɪk/agitar, sacudir
punish verbo/ˈpʌnɪʃ/castigar, punir
stroll verbo/stɹoʊl/pasearse, pasear
bite verbo/baɪt/morder, tarascar
topic sustantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, tópico
suffer verbo/ˈsʌfɚ/sufrir, penar
bath sustantivo/bɑːθ/bañera
clock sustantivo/klɑk/cuentakilómetros
butter sustantivo/ˈbʌtɚ/mantequilla, manteca
toast sustantivo/toʊst/pan tostado, tostada
calmly adverbio/ˈkɑː(ɹ)m.li/calmamente, calmosamente
instruct verbo/ɪnˈstɹʌkt/instruir

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • How will I stop my dog's bad habit?
  • Why don't you put a bell around the dog's neck?
  • You aren't able to bite them anymore.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 6 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, don't, aren't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/

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 habit, behave, shake.

¿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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