Shadowing Practice: A1 English Listening Practice - Having Balance - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey English learners, welcome to this A1 English listening practice video.
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You can use this video to practice your listening and learn new words and phrases.
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Today we're gonna talk about having balance.
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It's important to have balance in our lives.
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If we don't have this, we might be really stressed or we might not achieve our goals.
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Before we start, remember to download my free Listening Time podcast on Spotify,
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Apple Podcasts, or on any other podcast app so you can practice your English.
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The link is in the description below.
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Okay, let's talk about having balance.
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Finding balance in life means making choices that keep us healthy and happy.
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Let's talk about how to do this in different parts of our lives.
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First of all, it's important to have a balance between work and fun.
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Work is necessary.
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We need to work to make money, provide for our family, and because it's good to be productive.
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We also need to have fun, too.
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It's essential to laugh, play, spend time with others, and enjoy life.
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It's important to work.
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and have fun.
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If we only work without any fun, we can become tired and unhappy.
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But if we only want to have fun, we can't do our work.
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So we need to find a balance.
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We should work hard and also dedicate some time to relaxation and fun.
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This balance helps us finish our tasks and stay happy.
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Now let's talk about organizing our day.
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It's good to make plans and organize your schedule.
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If you do this, you'll know what you need to do every day.
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It will help you stay on track and get things done.
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Planning also helps us have more time to do things during the day.
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However, we don't want to always plan everything.
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It's also nice to have a little freedom.
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What I mean is giving yourself the opportunity to do some things without planning them first.
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Sometimes it's good to do what feels right at that moment.
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This keeps life interesting, so I think it's good to plan our days,
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but also allow ourselves to do some things that we didn't plan.
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This balance helps us be productive and organized, but also happy and less stressed.
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Lastly, let's talk about eating healthy.
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Of course, we should all try to eat healthy food.
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If we don't take care of our health, we can have serious problems.
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eating healthy makes us feel better and it also helps us work better and relax better
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But sometimes we want to eat things that aren't so healthy.
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For example, I often crave sweets.
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eating a lot of this type of food isn't so good.
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However, if we only eat this food sometimes, it's not as bad.
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This is the balance that I think we should have.
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We should eat healthy most of the time but also allow ourselves to cheat a little bit.
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Then, after we cheat and eat something unhealthy, we should immediately go back to eating healthy again.
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This balance helps us stay healthy but also lets us enjoy our favorite treats once in a while.
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As you can see, balance is key.
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Finding balance in these areas of life makes life more enjoyable.
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We can do the things that are necessary, like working hard and eating healthy, but also enjoy our lives.
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This is balance.
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Well, that's all for today.
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I hope this listening practice video was helpful for you.
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Remember to download my free Listening Time podcast if you want to improve your listening in English.
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The link is down below.
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And you can also sign up for my membership if you want my listening practice seminars, which will help you understand fast English.
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That link is also down below.
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Alright, thank you for watching, and I'll see you in the next video.
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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 - Having Balance”. Las palabras que más se repiten: balance, healthy, listening, eating, practice. Este vídeo tiene 58 frases y 641 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:01. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 128 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 93 % 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
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| podcast sustantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, pódcast |
| organize verbo | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | organizar |
| productive adjetivo | /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/ | productivo |
| cheat verbo | /ˈt͡ʃiːt/ | enfullar, machetear |
| membership sustantivo | membresía | |
| helpful adjetivo | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | servicial, adyuvante |
| phrase sustantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | frase |
| relax verbo | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | relajar, aflojar |
| unhappy adjetivo | /ʌnˈhæpi/ | infeliz |
| enjoyable adjetivo | /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/ | agradable, ameno |
| seminar sustantivo | /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/ | seminario |
| unhealthy adjetivo | /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/ | insalubre, no / poco / nada saludable / salutífero |
| relaxation sustantivo | /rᵻˌlækˈseɪ.ʃən/ | relajación, relax |
| lastly adverbio | /ˈlæstli/ | postreramente, postrimeramente |
| dedicate verbo | /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/ | dedicar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Today we're gonna talk about having balance.
- It's important to have balance in our lives.
- It's good to make plans and organize your schedule.
- However, we don't want to always plan everything.
- Lastly, let's talk about eating healthy.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultado | If you do this, you'll know |
| Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena idea | should work · should all · should have |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | you'll know · will help · I'll see |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | need to work · need to have · need to find |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 11 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, aren't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: productive /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, crave /kɹeɪv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/, unhappy /ʌnˈhæpi/, unhealthy /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/
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 podcast, organize, productive.
¿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.