Shadowing Practice: (A1) My House | Reading Comprehension SLOW 📖 Improving Reading Skills 📚 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I live in a small house with my family.
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My house is cozy and makes me feel safe.
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I love my house because it is where I spend time with my family.
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My house has two bedrooms.
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One bedroom is for my parents and the other one is mine.
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My bedroom is my favorite place in the house.
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I have a bed, a desk, and a bookshelf in my room.
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I like to read books and do my homework there.
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We also have a living room.
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The living room is where we watch TV and relax.
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There's a big sofa, a coffee table, and a TV in the living room.
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Sometimes we play board games in the living room.
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It is a fun place to be.
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The kitchen in my house is small but very nice.
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My mom cooks delicious meals in the kitchen.
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We have a table where we eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner together.
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I like helping my mom cook sometimes.
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There is one bathroom in our house.
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The bathroom has a shower, a sink, and a toilet.
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I always brush my teeth and wash my face in the bathroom in the morning and before bed.
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The bathroom is very clean and tidy.
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We have a small garden outside our house.
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There are some flowers and a tree in the garden.
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I like to play in the garden with my dog.
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Sometimes we have a picnic in the garden when the weather is nice.
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My house is not very big, but it is full of love.
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I feel happy when I am at home with my family.
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My house is my favorite place in the world.
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Cozy means comfortable, warm and inviting.
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My house is cozy, especially in winter when we have warm blankets.
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A short bookshelf is a small or low-height bookshelf,
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usually with fewer shelves, often around waist height or lower.
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I placed a short bookshelf next to my desk.
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A bedroom is a room in the house where you sleep.
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My bedroom has a bed and a desk where I do my homework.
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The living room is a room in the house where people sit, relax, and watch TV.
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We watch movies in the living room on the big sofa.
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Board games are games that are played on a flat surface, usually with pieces that move around a board.
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We play board games like Monopoly in the living room on weekends.
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The kitchen is the room where you cook and prepare food.
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My mom cooks delicious meals in the kitchen, and I like to help her.
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The bathroom is the room where you wash yourself, brush your teeth, and use the toilet.
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I take a shower in the bathroom every morning.
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A garden is an area outside the house where plants, flowers, or vegetables are grown.
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We have a small garden with flowers and a tree.
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I play with my dog there.
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I live in a small house with my family.
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My house is cozy and makes me feel safe.
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I love my house because it is where I spend time with my family.
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My house has two bedrooms.
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One bedroom is for my parents and the other one is mine.
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My bedroom is my favorite place in the house.
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I have a bed, a desk, and a bookshelf in my room.
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I like to read books and do my homework there.
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We also have a living room.
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The living room is where we watch TV and relax.
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There's a big sofa, a coffee table, and a TV in the living room.
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Sometimes we play board games in the living room.
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It is a fun place to be.
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The kitchen in my house is small but very nice.
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My mom cooks delicious meals in the kitchen.
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We have a table where we eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner together.
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I like helping my mom cook sometimes.
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There is one bathroom in our house.
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The bathroom has a shower, a sink, and a toilet.
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I always brush my teeth and wash my face in the bathroom in the morning and before bed.
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The bathroom is very clean and tidy.
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We have a small garden outside our house.
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There are some flowers and a tree in the garden.
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I like to play in the garden with my dog.
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Sometimes we have a picnic in the garden when the weather is nice.
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My house is not very big, but it is full of love.
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I feel happy when I am at home with my family.
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My house is my favorite place in the world.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 78 frases y 799 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:56. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 115 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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
bedroom sustantivo/ˈbɛdˌɹum/alcoba, dormitorio
desk sustantivo/dɛsk/escritorio, pupitre
flower sustantivo/ˈfloʊɚ/flor
meal sustantivo/ˈmiːl/comida, pitanza
delicious adjetivo/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/delicioso, sabroso
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar
brush sustantivo/bɹʌʃ/pincel, cepillo
homework sustantivo/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/deberes, tarea
sofa sustantivo/ˈsoʊ̯fə/sofá, sillón
sink verbo/ˈsɪŋk/hundir, afondar
picnic sustantivo/ˈpɪknɪk/jira, pícnic
tidy adjetivo/ˈtaɪ.di/pulcro, prolijo
lesson sustantivo/ˈlɛs.ən/lección
fewer/ˈfjuː.ɚ/menos
invite verbo/ɪnˈvaɪt/invitar, convidar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
check out verboinvestigar, chequear
move around verbomovilizarse

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, shelf /ʃɛlf/, transcription /tɹænˈskɹɪpʃən/, bookshelf /ˈbʊkˌʃɛlf/

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 bedroom, desk, flower.

¿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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