Shadowing Practice: An Unlucky Day - Luck Animation Clips - Learn English Speaking with Video

Este vídeo tiene 41 frases y 194 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:34. El hablante habla despacio, unas 54 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. 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

12 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

• skill /skɪl/ (sustantivo) — destreza, habilidad. A capacity to do something well; a technique, an ability, usually acquired or learned, as opposed to abilities that are regarded as innate.
• bother /ˈbɑðɚ/ (verbo) — molestar, agobiar. To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
• patrol /pəˈtɹoʊl/ (sustantivo) — patrulla. A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from…
• sweat /swɛt/ (verbo) — sudar, transpirar. To emit sweat.
• resume /ˈɹɛz.ə.meɪ/ (verbo) — reanudar, retomar. To start (something) again that has been stopped or paused from the point at which it was stopped or paused; continue, carry on.
• cart /kɑɹt/ (sustantivo) — carro, carreta. A small, open, wheeled vehicle, drawn or pushed by a person or animal, often with two wheels on one axle, more often used for transporting goods than…
• balloon /bəˈlun/ (sustantivo) — globo, vejiga. An inflatable buoyant object, often (but not necessarily) round and flexible.
• lastly /ˈlæstli/ (adverbio) — postreramente, postrimeramente. Used to mark the beginning of the last in a list of items or propositions.
• restart /ˈɹiːˌstɑɹt/ (verbo) — reiniciar. To start again.
• unicorn /ˈju.nɪ.kɔɹn/ (sustantivo) — unicornio. A mythical, horselike creature with a horn on its forehead, supposed to be very rare and to be drawn to virgins and other chaste maidens.
• daffodil /ˈdæfəˌdɪl/ (sustantivo) — narciso. A bulbous plant of the genus Narcissus, with yellow flowers and a trumpet shaped corona, especially Narcissus pseudonarcissus, the national flower of Wales.
• unbox (verbo) — desembalar, desempacar. To remove from a box.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

• get on (verbo) — montar, cabalgar. To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 5 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, you'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 skill, bother, patrol.