Shadowing Practice: Adjust Your Ears to Fast English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In this short session, I'm going to help you train your ears to understand real, fast American English speech.
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We're going to go over some reductions, some connected speech, we're going to go over some slang words,
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some idioms, everything that will help you understand native speakers like myself when we're speaking quickly and casually in conversation.
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Now, let's get started with the lesson.
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Let's start out with some repeating and we're going to listen once.
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Try to think of what I'm saying before you see the text on screen.
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I'll say the phrase a second time with the text on screen
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and then I want you to imitate my tone and my connected speech.
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Let's get started.
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I was going to text you back.
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I was going to text you back.
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Nice job.
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Make sure you're repeating out loud, you're practicing this video in a space where you can do that.
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The phrase is, I was going to text you back.
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Now we tend to have connected speech here when we say text you, text you, text you, text you.
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I was going to text you back.
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So here you is sounding more like chew, text you back.
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Go ahead and practice that one more time.
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I was going to text you back.
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What have you been up to?
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What have you been up to?
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Here, we're saying, what have you been up to?
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Here, we're using the reduction, or when we write it, we're using the contraction to say, what have, what have, instead of, what have you been up to?
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What have you been up to?
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And sometimes when I say this quickly, you don't even hear the, what have, you hear just what you've been up to what have you been up to
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so let's try it one more time go ahead and repeat what have you been up to
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nice job that's a really common way to greet someone
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and ask how they've been i don't know if it's worth it i don't know if it's worth it Here,
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I don't know if it's worth it.
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What could you be talking about here?
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Maybe you're talking about you don't know
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if something's worth the amount of money it is or the amount of effort it takes.
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Whatever it might be, here we're changing I don't know to I don't know.
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I don't know.
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I don't know if it's worth it.
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Let's try it one more time.
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Go ahead and repeat.
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I don't know if it's worth it.
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Nice.
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You gotta be kidding me.
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You gotta be kidding me.
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So this phrase, it's used when you're kind of frustrated or annoyed with a situation.
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I actually say this all the time to my friends or to my husband.
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Again, it's really kind of a negative phrase and it's used in a more casual, informal environment.
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But here you say, you gotta, you gotta, instead of you have got to be kidding me.
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I can't even say the whole phrase.
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You have got to be kidding me.
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I say, you gotta be kidding me.
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You gotta.
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So here again, more connected speech.
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Go ahead and repeat.
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You gotta be kidding me.
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Nice.
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If you repeated that out loud, you're definitely sounding more American in your English.
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Let's move on to the next phrase.
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I'm just trying to figure it out.
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I'm just trying to figure it out.
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Here, the main reduction that we hear is I'm just trying to, tryna, tryna.
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Again, a lot of times in English, I'm sure you're very familiar with it, English speakers will say ta instead of to, and here it all comes into one word.
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I'm just tryna, tryna, tryna.
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So go ahead and practice that once more repeating.
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I'm just trying to figure it out.
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nice job let's move on to the next portion of this lesson let's go over a few natural English expressions
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that I think are a little tricky for English learners
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but they also just help you sound more natural
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and speed up your English a bit the first one
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that threw me off that threw me off we use this phrase just to say
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that something was unexpected or super confusing to you it just you off.
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The next phrase, running a little behind.
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I'm running a little behind.
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This means you're running a little late or behind the schedule that you had planned.
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If you're at a restaurant and they say, sorry, your reservation is going to take a little bit longer.
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We're running a little behind means behind schedule.
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I'll keep you posted.
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I'll keep you posted.
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This phrase, it's super useful to say that you're going to keep someone updated on a situation or a project.
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So you can use this in your personal life like I'll keep you posted on how this date goes
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or at work I'll keep you posted on the project that's
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not really my thing that's not really my thing this phrase
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it means you're not really interested in something sports that's not really my thing
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or you could say oh Chinese food that's not really my
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thing meaning you're just not interested in it you don't typically like it
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or enjoy it or you could say oh that's totally my thing this means
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that this is something that really interests you and that you usually like or partake in.
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I'm still getting the hang of it.
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I'm still getting the hang of it.
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If you say that you are getting the hang of something, it means you're getting used to it or you're getting good at it.
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We use this phrase when we're talking about learning a new skill
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or practicing something new at work or any sort of process that we're getting used to.
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We're getting the hang of it.
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Now, get your ears ready maybe get a pencil or get ready to type.
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I'm going to say a phrase or a sentence in English, something that I would actually say in my everyday life.
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And I want you to try to copy it down and figure out the words that I'm saying.
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I'm going to say it three times and I'm going to make sure
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that every time I say it maybe a little bit differently, maybe slightly.
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It might sound similar, but I'll try to change it up
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and then we'll put the text on screen and I'll say it slowly and explain anything that needs to be explained.
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Are you ready?
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Let's go.
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She ended up backing out.
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She ended up backing out.
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She ended up backing out. Are you ready?
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She ended up backing out.
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If someone backs out, it means they canceled plans or they changed their mind on something last minute.
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She ended up backing out.
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I'm wiped out after today.
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I'm wiped out after today.
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I'm wiped out after today.
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Pause if you need to.
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Think about what I just said.
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The phrase is wiped out.
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I'm wiped out after today.
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If you are wiped out, it's just an expression that means you are exhausted or very tired.
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He totally brushed it off.
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He totally brushed it off.
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he totally brushed it off are you ready he totally brushed it off
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if you brush something off it means you kind of just ignore it
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or forget about it very casually so if someone says something rude to you
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and you just say well I don't care you kind of
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brush off their rude comment we're just hanging out tonight we're just hanging out tonight we're just hanging out tonight
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the phrase the sentence here is we're just hanging out tonight
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and it comes together really quickly we're just hanging out hang
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in hanging out we're just hanging out tonight this just means you're just relaxing
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or just you know having a casual time getting together as
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friends nothing formal at all here are some shortened words
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or some slang that i think you should know that will really help your ears listen to fast English.
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The first one is app or apps.
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You might already know this means an application on your phone or on your computer.
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Sometimes we can say, do you want to get apps?
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Meaning do you want to get appetizers at a restaurant for dinner?
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So these would be the small plates that you kind of share together before the main dish of a meal.
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Do you want to get apps or what app is that?
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Meaning what application on your phone is it?
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Sometimes in English we say pics instead of pictures you want
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to go take some pics with your friends this just means take pictures usually on your phone
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or on a camera have you ever heard someone say that's
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legit do you think that's legit this is short for legitimate
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so we use this as a way to say legitimate like
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in a more formal sense like is this paper legit is
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that document legit meaning is it real or
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if you want to just kind of compliment someone sometimes it's slang to say oh that was
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so legit like it was really good it was really well
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done sometimes formally people will shorten conversation as convo like we
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had a convo earlier about this it's just it can be used formally
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or informally convo for conversation i see it a lot in
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writing as well fam can be shortened for family you might
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say to someone oh how's your fam doing my fam's doing
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good it's used not in a really cool slang way
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but just a shortened way to say family
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so people my age especially men will say oh they're my bro that's my bro over there
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that means their friend they could literally mean their brother
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but i noticed that younger kids girls
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and boys as a slang phrase is just kind of a goofy way of greeting each other
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or you know saying like what are you doing they go bruh bruh
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so bruh or bro can mean a lot of of different things here
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but usually it just means friend or fa or like your family
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or it can mean like what are you talking about bruh
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in the uk they will say holiday for a vacation here in the united states we don't often use holiday
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but we do say vacay instead of vacation
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and finally one of my last shortened words on here is
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comfy instead of comfortable are you comfy i'm comfy this is just a shortened way to say comfortable
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and i think a lot of native english speakers don't even
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realize this is the shortened version we just use this word
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so often like that was
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so comfy good job taking your english to the next level by training your ears with this lesson
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if you want to learn more with me kayla make sure
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i'll teach you every week a new lesson you'll get the guides on a pdf
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and a quiz and access to my community to ask me more questions about these words
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and phrases thank you so much for watching and
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if you're in the mood make sure to watch another video that's on screen
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so i can teach you more english i'll see you guys in the next lesson goodbye
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Adjust Your Ears to Fast English”. Las palabras que más se repiten: phrase, text, english. Este vídeo tiene 173 frases y 1922 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:13. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 171 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 86 % 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:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| phrase sustantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | frase |
| shorten verbo | /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/ | acortar, acorzar |
| wipe verbo | /waɪp/ | enjugar, trapear |
| brush sustantivo | /bɹʌʃ/ | pincel, cepillo |
| sling sustantivo | /ˈslɪŋ/ | honda |
| comfy adjetivo | /ˈkʌm.fi/ | cómodo, confortable |
| casually adverbio | /ˈkæʒuəli/ | ligeramente, de pasada |
| greet verbo | /ɡɹiːt/ | saludar |
| formally adverbio | /ˈfɔː.mə.li/ | formalmente |
| legitimate adjetivo | /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/ | legítimo |
| casual adjetivo | /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/ | casual |
| rude adjetivo | /ɹuːd/ | rudo, grosero |
| appetizer sustantivo | /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə/ | aperitivo, antojito |
| contraction sustantivo | /kənˈtɹækʃ(ə)n/ | contracción |
| frustrate verbo | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | frustrar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| back out verbo | dar marcha atrás, echarse atrás | |
| wipe out verbo | aniquilar, exterminar | |
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar | |
| go ahead verbo | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | venga, adelante |
| go over verbo | sentar, pasar | |
| brush off verbo | ignorar | |
| come together verbo | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | juntarse, concitarse |
| figure out verbo | averiguar, captar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- What have you been up to?
- Here, we're saying, what have you been up to?
- I don't know if it's worth it.
- What could you be talking about here?
- Meaning what application on your phone is it?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was unexpected · be explained · is wiped |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've been · they've been |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might be · might sound · might already know |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | we're speaking · I'm saying · you're repeating |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 89 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, we're, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shorten /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, casually /ˈkæʒuəli/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, contraction /kənˈtɹækʃ(ə)n/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: legitimate /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/, appetizer /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: convo /ˈkɑnvoʊ/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, appetizer /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə/, confuse /kənˈfjuːz/, exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔst/, quiz /kwɪz/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: legit /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt/, legitimate /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como phrase, shorten, wipe.
¿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.