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Fabulang!
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Learn English with stories.
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A problem at school.
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A story for learners of English at A1 level.
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It is dark.
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There is no moon in the sky.
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Two people walk quickly towards the school.
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It is an old building made of stone.
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It looks almost like a castle.
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They stop at the main entrance.
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Third door, the man says.
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He is scared.
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He can't speak.
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You're safe here, says the woman.
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The man breathes.
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Go through the main hall.
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Then it's the third door on the left.
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The man offers her a torch.
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Take this.
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She pushes it away.
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But it's dangerous, Miss Steele.
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The previous person who...
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I can't use it.
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In my profession, headmaster, I must work in the dark.
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My tools are in my bag.
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The man's face is white.
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I don't want to know what's in there, he says.
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Please just solve our problem.
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Just send the second payment on time, says Miss Steele.
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Then she steps inside the school.
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The door swams behind her.
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There is no light at all.
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She can't see anything.
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She touches the walls with her hands.
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The stone is cold.
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She walks forwards.
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Her footsteps are loud.
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They are the only sound.
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She holds her bag close to her chest.
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On the other side of the main hall, there is a long, narrow corridor.
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There are many doors on her left and right.
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She counts the doors.
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One, two, three.
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She stops.
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She holds her breath.
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Under the third door she can see some light.
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The light is very dim with a pale purple colour.
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She listens.
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There is a tapping, scraping sound.
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She enters the classroom.
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The door creaks loudly.
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The room is large with many tables and chairs.
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A little boy is sitting in one of the chairs.
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The purple light is coming from him.
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Slowly, Miss Steele walks closer.
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She stands behind the boy.
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He is writing on a slate with a piece of chalk.
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She can see the white writing through the boy's back.
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She needs to be closer.
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Can I sit with you? she asks quietly.
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The boy doesn't respond.
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The chalk taps and scrapes.
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Slowly, Miss Steel sits down.
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The boy is very cold.
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She can feel it.
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Are you another ghost killer?
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says the boy suddenly.
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I can hurt you too.
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I don't want to hurt you, says Miss Steele quickly, too quickly.
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Five hundred and seventeen thousand, two hundred and forty -six, says the boy.
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He is looking at the slate.
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There are numbers all over it.
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Divided by 42 ,812 You're doing maths.
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I'm bad at maths, the boy cries.
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So the professor punished me.
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He gave me this question.
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He said, you can't leave until you solve it.
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517 ,000 And you're still trying?
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How long?
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I don't know.
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The candle is still...
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Oh, where's the candle?
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The boy looks around for the candle.
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He isn't looking at Miss Steel.
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Silently, Miss Steel opens her bag.
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Watching the boy, she searches inside her bag.
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Slowly, she takes out a small black object.
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She puts it on the table.
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What's that? says the boy suddenly.
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It's called a calculator.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “"A Problem at School" – A1 Basic English Listening Practice Story”. Las palabras que más se repiten: boy, door, Miss, Steele, bag. Este vídeo tiene 91 frases y 526 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:55. El hablante habla despacio, unas 89 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.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
candle sustantivo/ˈkæn.dəl/vela, candela
solve verbo/sɒlv/resolver, solucionar
purple sustantivo/ˈpɝ.pl̩/morado, púrpura
breathe verbo/bɹiːð/respirar
mathematics sustantivo/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/matemáticas, matemática
chalk sustantivo/t͡ʃɔk/tiza, creta
killer sustantivo/ˈkɪlɚ/matador, matadora
castle sustantivo/ˈkɑːsəl/castillo, castro
ghost sustantivo/ɡoʊst/fantasma, espectro
entrance sustantivo/ˈɛn.tɹəns/entrada
narrow adjetivo/ˈnæɹəʊ/estrecho, angosto
classroom sustantivo/ˈklɑːsɹʊm/aula, sala de clases
quietly adverbio/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/mansamente, despacio
profession sustantivo/pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/profesión, profesión de fe
divide verbo/dɪˈvaɪd/desunir, dividir

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
go through verboatravesar
sit down verbosentarse
take out verbosacar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • You're safe here, says the woman.
  • Can I sit with you?
  • I'm bad at maths, the boy cries.
  • He said, you can't leave until you solve it.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasis sitting · is coming · is writing
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariomust work · needs to be

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 13 contracciones y formas reducidas, como can't, don't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: breathe /bɹiːð/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: profession /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, calculator /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scare /skɛɚ/, scrape /skɹeɪp/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: solve /sɒlv/, divide /dɪˈvaɪd/

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 candle, solve, purple.

¿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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