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Hey everybody, welcome to this A1 English listening practice video.
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You can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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And remember to sign up for our $1 listening practice seminars at polyglossa.com
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and download our free listening time podcast so you can practice your listening skills.
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So today I'm going to talk about chores.
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What are chores?
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These are routine tasks that you have to do.
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And usually when we say chores we're talking about tasks you have to do at home.
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People need to do many chores at home every week.
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Adults do chores and many kids do chores too.
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This isn't the funnest topic but it's an important one and you'll probably learn some new words in this video.
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So when I was a kid I did a few different chores at home.
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I was lucky because I didn't have to do a Some of my friends did many chores.
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I remember that my neighbor did many different tasks for hours every weekend.
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He cleaned many parts of his house,
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his front yard, and his back yard.
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I didn't do that much.
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But for example, I had to clean my room often.
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This is one chore that most children need to do.
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We're responsible for our bedroom.
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We have to organize things and put things away.
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The phrase put things away means that you put things where they belong,
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like the closet, dresser, or desk.
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When I was a kid,
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I liked keeping my room organized.
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I never left my toys or clothes on the floor.
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Another chore that I did was take the trash out.
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When the trash bags were full,
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I took them to our big trash bins.
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These are the big containers where you put trash.
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In the US, the garbage truck comes once a week to collect your trash.
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So I had to take the trash bins to the curb the night before.
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The curb is the edge of the sidewalk next to the street.
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Nowadays, I still take the trash out every week.
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I don't mind this chore.
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It's easy for me.
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But one chore I don't like is cleaning the bathroom.
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This was the worst thing I had to do when I was young.
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I'm not good at things like this and it always took me a long time to finish.
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In particular, I hated cleaning the toilet.
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I always thought this was a little gross or disgusting.
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How about you?
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Do you like cleaning the bathroom?
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The easiest chore that I did as a kid was bringing the newspaper inside.
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Every morning, I went out to get the newspaper which was always on the ground in front of our house.
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I always brought it inside for my parents.
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But nowadays fewer people read physical newspapers so it's not the same.
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I don't see many newspapers in front of people's houses.
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One other chore that I had to do was skim the pool.
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Skim the pool means to clean the surface or top of the water.
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My family had a pool in the backyard and it got pretty dirty.
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There were always leaves, bugs,
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and other things so I had to skim the pool.
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Okay, so one other important thing about chores is that children usually earn an allowance when they do them.
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An allowance is money that parents give to their children.
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Usually, if children do all their chores, they get this reward.
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I earned a little allowance when I was a kid.
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I used this money to buy things that I wanted.
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Many parents like giving their children an allowance because it teaches them that hard work pays off.
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This means that if you work hard,
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you'll get a reward afterwards.
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It also teaches children that everyone has to work if they want to make money.
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You can't earn money if you don't do anything.
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So with chores and allowance,
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children learn responsibility and they learn how to work hard.
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In the future, I want my kids to do chores so they can learn these lessons too.
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All right, now I'm going to ask you some questions about the video to see if you understood.
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Write your answers in a comment down below.
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Number one, what's one chore that I don't like?
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Number two, what does skim the pool mean?
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And number three, what does it mean when we say that hard work pays off?
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Okay, before we go, remember to sign up for our $1 listening practice seminars
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and download the free Listening Time podcast so you can practice your listening skills.
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click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram.
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I'll see you next time.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel A1 se basa en el vídeo “A1 English Listening Practice - Chores”. Las palabras que más se repiten: chore, listening, trash, kid, practice. Este vídeo tiene 76 frases y 788 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:56. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 133 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 81 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| trash sustantivo | /tɹæʃ/ | basura, tlazol |
| allowance sustantivo | /əˈlaʊəns/ | anuencia |
| earn verbo | /ɝn/ | ganar, granjear |
| skill sustantivo | /skɪl/ | destreza, habilidad |
| reward sustantivo | /ɹɪˈwɔɹd/ | recompensa |
| bin sustantivo | /ˈbɪn/ | bote |
| podcast sustantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, pódcast |
| nowadays adverbio | /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ | hoy en día, hogaño |
| organize verbo | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | organizar |
| curb sustantivo | /kɝb/ | bordillo, sardinel |
| seminar sustantivo | /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/ | seminario |
| topic sustantivo | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | tema, tópico |
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| bedroom sustantivo | /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ | alcoba, dormitorio |
| desk sustantivo | /dɛsk/ | escritorio, pupitre |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| pay off verbo | valer la pena, salir a cuenta |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- I didn't do that much.
- We're responsible for our bedroom.
- I don't mind this chore.
- Do you like cleaning the bathroom?
- Number one, what's one chore that I don't like?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the funnest · the worst · The easiest |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | have to do · need to do · had to clean |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | you'll probably learn · you'll get · I'll see |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | we're talking · is cleaning |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 17 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: trash /tɹæʃ/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: skill /skɪl/, skim /skɪm/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/, afterwards /ˈæf.tɚ.wɚdz/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, closet /ˈklɑzɪt/
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 trash, allowance, earn.
¿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.