Shadowing Practice: A2 T1 TEST1 PART2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Questions 8 to 13 You will hear Joel Jones,
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an actor, being interviewed about a cartoon film called Basil the Bee,
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which he wrote and helped to make.
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For each question, choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
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You now have 45 seconds to look at the questions for part 2.
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Now we are ready to start.
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listen carefully you will hear the recording twice how did you feel
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when you first started working on basil the bee well at the start i thought it wouldn't take much time
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because it was a cartoon yeah but i suppose
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that even a simple story is a bit of a challenge i mean
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when you're trying to decide what's going to happen in it
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you spend longer than you realize Is the character you give a voice to, Basil the Bee, like you in any way?
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I think maybe in appearance.
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He does look like me, I suppose, although his head is rounder than mine.
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But he wasn't supposed to look like me.
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That wasn't the plan.
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The team of artists just designed a face that we all enjoyed looking at.
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We felt that he was cute and a bit funny.
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How did your family feel about hearing your voice in a cartoon?
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I'm not exactly sure about my children.
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The little one doesn't recognise it as me, but she loves bees.
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She always insists on seeing the DVD of Basil before she goes off to bed at night.
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Did you expect it to be so popular with children?
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Well, during the time we were making it,
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I occasionally showed my children and some of their friends little parts of it on the computer.
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They'd go crazy and watch it over and over again.
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It's so funny.
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There's nothing more fun than entertaining children, but I never intended it as a movie specially aimed at them or teenagers.
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I just wanted to make it as funny as I could.
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Why do you think that so many people see bees as good bugs?
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I think they have a complicated society, which is very scientific, and the organisation to produce honey,
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which of course is the whole idea, like what their life is for, is about making honey.
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So, we see them as almost human in their behaviour Doing a job,
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getting on with life, and so on And you yourself, do you feel you care more about bees than you used to?
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Bees are the bugs I've always preferred Apart from that,
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I'm not a great fan of bugs on the whole With bees,
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they live like we might do one day They fly around so fast, each with his or her own little flying machine.
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They visit flowers which are beautiful and they create something delicious.
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Somehow, I feel they're a quite different creature from other bugs.
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Now listen again.
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how did you feel
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when you first started working on basil the bee well at the start i thought it wouldn't take much time
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because it was a cartoon yeah but i suppose
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that even a simple story is a bit of a challenge i mean
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when you're trying to decide what's going to happen in it
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you spend longer than you realize is the character you give
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a voice to basil the bee like you in any way I think maybe in appearance.
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He does look like me, I suppose, although his head is rounder than mine.
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But he wasn't supposed to look like me.
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That wasn't the plan.
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The team of artists just designed a face that we all enjoyed looking at.
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We felt that he was cute and a bit funny.
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How did your family feel about hearing your voice in a cartoon?
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I'm not exactly sure about my children.
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The little one doesn't recognise it as me, but she loves bees.
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She always insists on seeing the DVD of Basil before she goes off to bed at night.
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Did you expect it to be so popular with children?
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Well, during the time we were making it, I occasionally showed my children and some of their friends little parts of it on the computer.
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They'd go crazy and watch it over and over again.
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It's so funny.
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There's nothing more fun than entertaining children, but I never intended it as a movie specially aimed at them or teenagers.
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I just wanted to make it as funny as I could.
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Why do you think that so many people see bees as good bugs?
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I think they have a complicated society, which is very scientific, and the organisation to produce honey,
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which of course is the whole idea, like what their life is for, is about making honey.
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So we see them as almost human in their behaviour, doing a job, getting on with life, and so on.
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And you yourself, do you feel you care more about bees than you used to?
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Bees are the bugs I've always preferred.
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Apart from that, I'm not a great fan of bugs on the whole.
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With bees, they live like we might do one day.
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They fly around so fast, each with his or her own little flying machine.
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They visit flowers which are beautiful, and they create something delicious.
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Somehow, I feel they're a quite different creature from other bugs.
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That is the end of part two.
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¿Para quién es este vídeo?

Este contenido es ideal para estudiantes de inglés nivel A2 que buscan mejorar su comprensión auditiva y prepararse para exámenes como el IELTS, especialmente en la sección de speaking. También es perfecto para quienes quieren practicar el inglés hablado de forma cotidiana, ya que el diálogo es natural y versa sobre temas accesibles, como la creación de un dibujo animado.

Palabras y frases que debes aprender

  • Go crazy: Volverse loco. En el video, se usa para describir cómo los niños se emocionaban con el dibujo animado: "They'd go crazy and watch it over and over again".
  • Get on with life: Seguir con la vida. Refiere a la forma en que las abejas trabajan y siguen su rutina: "Doing a job, getting on with life".
  • A bit of a challenge: Un poco de reto. El actor menciona que incluso una historia simple puede ser complicada: "even a simple story is a bit of a challenge".

Cómo mejorar la pronunciación con este vídeo

Para perfeccionar tu acento, usa la técnica de shadowing: escucha una frase del video, pára y repítela inmediatamente, imitando la entonación y el ritmo del hablante. Presta atención a la forma en que el actor pronuncia palabras como "occasionally" (con una "sh" suave) y "recognise" (con énfasis en la segunda sílaba). También, observa cómo usa pausas entre frases para dar claridad. Este ejercicio no solo mejora la pronunciación en inglés, sino que también ayuda a internalizar estructuras gramaticales. Si buscas un sitio de shadowing, este vídeo es una excelente opción, ya que el diálogo es claro y se repite dos veces, lo que facilita la práctica.

Con estos tips, podrás aprovechar al máximo el video para tu práctica de speaking para el IELTS y tu desarrollo general del inglés hablado. ¡No dudes en repetir los ejercicios varias veces hasta que te sientas cómodo!

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosasociety, which is · flowers which are
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraI've always preferred
Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosaslonger than · rounder than · more fun than
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingstarted working · enjoyed looking

¿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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