Shadowing Practice: A1 English Listening Practice - Free Time - Learn English Speaking with Video
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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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Before we start, remember to subscribe to the channel,
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click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram.
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You ready?
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So today, I'm gonna talk about free time.
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This is a good topic because everyone enjoys having free time.
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I love having free time and you probably do too.
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So first let's talk about how much free time people have.
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Most children have more free time than adults.
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When you're a kid you don't have the responsibilities that an adult has.
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Adults have to work, pay the bills,
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and take care of their children.
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Kids usually don't have to do these things.
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Kids usually have to go to school and do homework.
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This can be difficult but it's usually not that difficult.
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So children have more free time.
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When I was a kid I had a lot of free time.
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I got home from school around 2 or 3 p.m and after that I played a lot.
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On weekdays from Monday to Friday I probably had around 4 or 5 hours of free time each day.
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Sometimes I got bored because I had so much free time.
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But as I got older I had more homework each year.
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So each year I had a little less free time.
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I didn't have too much homework though.
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In the US we don't get that much homework.
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In some other countries children have a lot of of homework.
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I'm glad that my schoolwork wasn't very hard.
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On weekends I had even more free time.
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On Saturday and Sunday I did many activities.
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Weekends were the best because I had all day to play and rest.
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I really liked weekends and I still do.
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Now that I'm an adult,
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I don't have a lot of free time.
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I have to work and do many other things.
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I usually start working early, like at 7 a.m or 7 30 a.m.
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So I have to wake up around 6 a.m.
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When I was a kid, I slept more.
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I usually slept for eight hours every night.
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As an adult, I don't sleep eight hours every night.
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I usually get seven hours or seven and a half hours of sleep.
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How about you?
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How many hours of sleep do you get?
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So after I finish work,
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I have some free time in the evening.
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However, I usually do some extra work or studying during this time.
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I have to make these YouTube videos and Instagram videos and I also study foreign languages.
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At night, I have some free time to just relax.
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My wife and I spend the evenings together and enjoy this time.
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Okay, now let's talk about some popular activities that people do in their free time.
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For example, many people like to play sports or exercise in their free time.
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When I was a kid,
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I played a lot of sports.
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I played basketball, baseball, tennis, soccer, football, and golf.
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I really liked playing sports in my free time.
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But as an adult, I don't play any sports.
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I'm not very interested in playing sports nowadays.
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However, I exercise in my free time.
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I work out almost every day,
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but just for a short time.
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Other people spend a lot of time exercising.
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So another activity that people do in their free time is watch TV shows and movies.
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Many people do this in their free time.
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I know some people who watch many hours of TV every day.
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I don't watch a lot of TV or movies.
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I really like playing games in my free time.
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I play chess online but I'm not very good.
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I also like playing board games with my family.
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We play games like Catan and Codenames.
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Do you like playing board games?
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One last activity that most people do in their free time is surf the internet.
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This is probably the most common activity that people do.
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I spend a lot of time on the internet.
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Some days I spend too much time on the internet.
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It's not good to spend all day inside on the computer.
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We should try to go outside and do other activities too.
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But the internet is very entertaining so it's easy to spend many hours surfing the web.
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Okay, now I'm gonna 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 time did I get home from school when I was a kid?
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Number two, how many hours do I sleep each night?
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Number three, what game do I like playing online?
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Alright, remember to subscribe to the channel,
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click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram for more English tips and lessons.
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I'll see you next time.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 84 frases y 811 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:36. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 123 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 84 % 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 menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ (sustantivo) — deberes, tarea. Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
- subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/ (verbo) — suscribirse, subscribirse. To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
- surf /sɝf/ (verbo) — surfear. To ride a wave on a surfboard; to pursue or take part in the sport of surfing.
- topic /ˈtɑpɪk/ (sustantivo) — tema, tópico. A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
- soccer /ˈsɑk.ɚ/ (sustantivo) — fútbol, futbol. Association football.
- lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ (sustantivo) — lección. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
- tennis /ˈtɛnɪs/ (sustantivo) — tenis. A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
- relax /ɹɪˈlæks/ (verbo) — relajar, aflojar. To make something loose.
- nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ (adverbio) — hoy en día, hogaño. At the present time; in the current era.
- chess /t͡ʃɛs/ (sustantivo) — ajedrez, escaques. A board game for two players, each beginning with sixteen chess pieces moving according to fixed rules across a chessboard with the objective to checkmate the…
- bore /boɹ/ (verbo) — aburrir. To inspire boredom in somebody.
- entertain /ˌɛntəˈteɪn/ (verbo) — divertir, entretener. To amuse (someone); to engage the attention of agreeably.
- comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ (sustantivo) — comprensión, entendimiento. A thorough understanding.
- schoolwork /ˈskulˌwɝk/ (sustantivo) — trabajo escolar, tarea académica. Work done for school, including both in class and as homework.
- weekday /ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/ (sustantivo) — día de entre semana, día de entresemana. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or Sunday.
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
- talk about (verbo) — hablar de, hablar sobre. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
- wake up /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ (verbo) — despertarse, recordar. To stop sleeping; to awake.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 19 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
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 homework, subscribe, surf.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
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| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | enjoys having · love having · start working |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the best · the most common |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | have to work · have to do · have to go |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venir | gonna talk · gonna ask |
¿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.