Shadowing Practice: A Dinner With Death | Meet Joe Black - Learn English Speaking with Video

Creando lección...
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Um, excuse me.
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May I say something? Of course.
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It just occurred to me, if I...
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Speak up, please.
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When I introduce you, if I say who you are, I don't think anyone will stay for dinner.
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Then don't.
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Here's another possibility.
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It's a little last minute, but tell me what you think.
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Kaleidoscopes.
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little gold kaleidoscopes some German company went kerplunk and Tiffany's picked all these things up and they're perfect body favors
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okay they're not personalized or anything they're just winter scenes dachshunds,
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snowflakes hi there hello sorry to have
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stepped away for
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so long this is a friend of mine i asked to drop by uh we got to talking
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and stuff and uh he's going to join us for dinner
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great how nice to meet you and wouldn't it be nicer if my father would introduce you
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how nice to meet you
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yeah i'm sorry this is my daughter alison
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and her husband quince drew my number one works with me
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daddy does your friend have a name a name something
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he goes by oh yeah excuse me this is uh
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this is um daddy come on a name bill the suspense is killing me i'm sorry it's uh it's
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It's gone right out of my head.
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I'm sorry, this is Joe.
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Joe?
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Just plain Joe.
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I love that name.
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Me too.
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Hey, buddy.
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Is there any more to it?
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What do you mean?
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Like Smith or Jones or...
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Black.
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at last nice to meet
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you mr black hey hey joe black won 15 lost two for the brooklyn dodgers 1952
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i'm king of my rotisserie league are you yeah he is should we sit down yeah
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I don't know. Have we met?
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He's from out of town.
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How long are you here for, Joe?
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As long as it takes.
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You and Bill, you old friends?
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No. No, thank you.
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i have one thank you i get the feeling you've done some business before i got
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have you done some business before we have an arrangement now
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what side of the industry did you say you were on i didn't say
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joe sounds like a ringer bill i have a feeling
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you guys got the broad strokes already you need any help with the details i'm sorry business at dinner
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forgive me for being
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so rude certainly hi everybody i'm sorry i'm late
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i had to have dinner with my department chief you ate i'm here aren't i i wouldn't miss a loose ends meeting
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What's on the table for discussion, party favors, flowers?
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Hey, Dad.
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Hi.
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Hello.
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Hi, Drew.
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What are you doing here?
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you know each other um we've met um
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this morning the the Corinth coffee shop
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he was he was he was looking for a doctor well I guess he's found one
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Joe you do get around that's your name and isn't it a lovely one so sturdy so straight Stop it.
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Incidentally, Joe, where are you staying?
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Here.
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You're staying here?
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In this house?
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Yes, in this house.
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Great, great, great.
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Will that hold you, Joe?
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Incidentally, Joe, what?
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Black.
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This is fun.
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Yes, yes, Quince, it is.
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So what are you doing here, Joe?
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Cat got your tongue?
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You weren't so silent this morning.
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This morning, yes.
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I wasn't quite myself.
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Well, it's a shame whoever you were couldn't be here tonight.
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Cut it out, Susan.
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We've got to talk.
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Busy day tomorrow?
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Everybody?
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Joe?
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Let's go.
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That stuff between you and Susan threw me.
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Through you. Where?
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Shook me up.
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I mean, how is it that you happened to meet my daughter?
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I didn't meet her.
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The young man I took met her.
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That is, the fellow she encountered in the coffee shop this morning.
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What happened to him?
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I needed a body, Bill. So...
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Come in.
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Bathroom, tub, towel, sauna, chairs, lamps, bed.
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If there is anything else, don't hesitate.
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I won't.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “A Dinner With Death”. Las palabras que más se repiten: joe, meet, dinner, bill, met. Este vídeo tiene 96 frases y 652 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:52. El hablante habla despacio, unas 83 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 22 de sus 96 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
introduce verbo/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/presentar
daddy sustantivo/ˈdædi/papá, papaíto
incidentally adverbio/ˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l̩i/por cierto, a propósito
occur verbo/əˈkɜː/ocurrir
silent adjetivo/ˈsaɪ̯lənt/silencioso, callar
plain sustantivo/pleɪn/llanura, planicie
flower sustantivo/ˈfloʊɚ/flor
whoever/huˈɛvɚ/cualquier, cualesquiera
buddy/ˈbʌdi/compañero, acompañante
shake verbo/ˈʃeɪk/agitar, sacudir
encounter verbo/ɪnˈkaʊntɚ/encontrar, encontrarse
arrangement sustantivo/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/arreglo, arreglada
forgive verbo/fɚˈɡɪv/disculpar
rude adjetivo/ɹuːd/rudo, grosero
lamp sustantivo/ˈlæ̝mp/lámpara

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
sit down verbosentarse
speak up verbo/ˌspik ˈʌp/hablar más alto, hablar más fuerte

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • May I say something?
  • It's gone right out of my head.
  • What do you mean?
  • What's on the table for discussion, party favors, flowers?
  • What are you doing here?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 29 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: incidentally /ˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l̩i/, kaleidoscope /kəˈlaɪ.dəˌskoʊp/, personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/, rotisserie /ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: snowflake /ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk/, sturdy /ˈstɜrdi/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: whoever /huˈɛvɚ/, forgive /fɚˈɡɪv/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: hesitate /ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/, personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/

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 introduce, daddy, incidentally.

¿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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