Shadowing Practice: Antarctica Is Bigger Than You Think - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Most people are totally wrong about this.
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Guess how big Antarctica really is?
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It's bigger than all of Europe.
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Bigger than the United States.
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Twice the size of Australia.
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For reference, from here on the coast, it would take you about three and a half hours to fly to the South Pole.
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And it's mostly ice, which is way thicker than people think.
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On average, it's over two kilometers thick.
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Around 91 % of the world's total fresh water is frozen in the ice I'm hiking across.
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And if it melted, it would raise global sea levels by 60 meters.
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All of this would be underwater.
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Well, there goes my home.
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But there's something hidden deep beneath this ice.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 14 frases y 120 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 0:37. El hablante habla rápido, unas 192 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
thick adjetivo/θɪk/grueso, espeso
beneath/bɪˈniːθ/bajo de, abajo de
freeze verbo/ˈfɹiːz/helarse, congelarse
meter sustantivo/ˈmitəɹ/medidor, contador
subscribe verbo/səbˈskɹaɪb/suscribirse, subscribirse
melt verbo/mɛlt/derretirse, fundirse
hike sustantivo/haɪk/caminata
underwater adjetivo/ʌndɚˈwɔtəɹ/sumergido, subacuático
global adjetivo/ˈɡloʊ.bəl/global, mundial
coast sustantivo/koʊst/costa, litoral
twice adverbio/twaɪs/dos veces, doblemente
fresh adjetivo/fɹɛʃ/fresco, hodierno
mostly adverbio/ˈmoʊstli/más que nada, en su mayoría
totally adverbio/ˈtəʊ.tə.li/totalmente, de todo punto
raise verbo/ɹeɪz/levantar, alzar

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultadoif it melted, it would raise
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceis frozen
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosaice, which is
Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosasbigger than · thicker than

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “th”: thick /θɪk/, beneath /bɪˈniːθ/

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 thick, beneath, freeze.

¿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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