Shadowing Practice: A320 Energy Management - VVTS, correct descent and approach example - Learn English Speaking with Video

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So in this video we are flying into Tansenath airport and everything went correctly so let's have a look.
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So at the moment we are at 20 miles, passing 5000 feet at greenhouse speed.
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So let's do a profile calculation.
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20 times 3 is 6000 feet, minus 1000 to slow down, which makes 5000 feet.
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And we're on profile.
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Slightly below, so vertical speed is selected to reduce the vertical speed just a little bit to go back on profile.
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Next profile calculation will be at 15 miles, so knowing by heart this is 4500 feet.
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When we're doing green knot speed we should fly 1000 feet lower, so at 15 miles we should fly at 3500 feet.
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And it looks like we'll be able to make that just fine.
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So skipping ahead a little bit.
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Next, we want to start to slow down at 15 nautical miles, so selecting flap 1 and slowing down to S -speed.
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Um, Okay, so here is 15 NM and shortly after flap 1 is selected. About there.
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Okay, so it takes a little bit longer, that is fine.
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Okay, 13 miles a bit on the late side, but it still works okay.
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So vertical speed selected 800 feet a minute, and it should be reduced now so that the speed can reduce to S speed.
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Now we want to check where we can select flap to.
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So we either fly one dot below the glide slope like this and select the flap at 3000 feet, passing 3000 feet, or if we fly level at 3000 feet
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when the glide slope comes in and then one dot we select flap.
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So we are keeping descending here, so passing 3000 feet, one not below the glideslope at S speed, we can select flap 2.
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There's lab 2 selected.
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Yeah. And then you can...
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Okay, I see the approach wasn't armed yet.
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Okay, just armed in time, good.
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So now we can intercept the glide slope.
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And once it's on the glide slope, the aircraft will start to descend further.
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You can see that the aircraft is not yet on the localizer.
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So here you have to be a little bit careful with the vertical speed.
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Because if you set to a little vertical speed, the aircraft will end up above the glide slope because it's not yet in log star.
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So that's why now the vertical speed is increased to keep the aircraft on the glide slope.
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That's very important.
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How much do you set?
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Half the ground speed or more.
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Okay, so it will go into log star soon.
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when we're near this point here.
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and after that okay so that there's log star
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and now we can reduce the vertical speed again to force the aircraft on the glide slope.
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um So there's the vertical speed reduced, not too much.
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Okay, so a little bit more.
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So soon the aircraft will go into, yeah, this is better, a little bit small amount of vertical speed to force the aircraft on the glide slope.
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There we go, glide slope star.
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And next we have to look when to lower the gear.
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So if the speed is a bit on the high side, on the middle side upwards, we can lower the gear at 2 ,500 feet.
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And if the speed is on the low side from the middle downwards, we can lower the gear at 2 ,000 feet.
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take the ground or the wind into account.
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If there's any tailwind you might want to lower the gear a bit earlier.
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Okay, so gear is lowered.
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Next we want to select the flaps.
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Once we have three greens, we can select flap three and then flap full, not later than 1800 feet.
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So there's Flap tree will be selected right there.
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Next will be flap full.
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Now we want to be stable at 1500 feet to give us a little bit of margin. And...
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Let me skip ahead a little bit more.
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So we have full selected, we're at 1500 feet, we're almost on speed target, and flying a stable approach.
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So that was it.
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I hope you enjoyed, and thank you for watching.
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If you like this video, please consider buying my book Practical Descent Energy Management.
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It contains loads of examples of how to manage a descent and approach, and it is the only book available on this subject.
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There is a paperback and an e -book version available.
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You can find a link in the description below.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “A320 Energy Management - VVTS, correct descent and approach example”. Las palabras que más se repiten: speed, feet, flap, glide, slope. Este vídeo tiene 59 frases y 724 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:29. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 161 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. 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

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
flap sustantivo/flæp/solapa, solape
glide verbo/ˈɡlaɪd/planear
slope sustantivo/sloʊp/pendiente, cuesta
descend verbo/dəˈsɛnd/descender
calculation sustantivo/ˌkælkjuˈleɪʃn̩/cálculo, calculación
descent sustantivo/dəˈsɛnt/descenso
downwards adverbio/ˈdaʊnwɚdz/hacia abajo, para abajo
nautical adjetivo/ˈnɔːtɪ.kəl/náutico
tailwind sustantivo/ˈteɪlwɪnd/viento en popa, viento a favor
intercept verbo/ɪntɚˈsɛpt/interceptar, interrumpir
paperback sustantivo/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/libro de bolsillo, libro de tapa blanda
knot sustantivo/nɑt/nudo, ñudo
upwards adverbio/ˈʌpwɚdz/hacia arriba, arriba
greenhouse sustantivo/ˈɡɹːnˌ(h)aʊs/invernadero, invernáculo
minus/ˈmaɪ.nəs/menos

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
end up verboterminar, ir a parar
go back on verboretractarse, desdecirse
slow down verbodesacelerar, decelerar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 7 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, wasn't, we'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: downwards /ˈdaʊnwɚdz/, upwards /ˈʌpwɚdz/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como flap, glide, slope.

¿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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