Shadowing Practice: Apartments Facilities Other Information Cost | IELTS LISTENING TEST | SECTION-1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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You will hear a telephone conversation between a travel company employee and a customer.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.
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Thank you. be played first.
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Greek Island holidays.
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Can I help you?
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Yes, I hope so.
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I have a friend who's just come back from Corfu,
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and she's recommended some apartments in Aralus.
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She thought they might be on your list.
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Aralus, Aralus, let me see.
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Can you give me the names?
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Yes, the first Rose Garden apartments.
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I'd like to go with another friend in the last week of October.
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Well, we've got a lovely studio flat available at that time.
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I'm sure you'd enjoy the entertainment programme there too,
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with Greek dancing in the restaurant.
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The entertainment programme offers Greek dancing,
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so Greek dancing has been written in the space.
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Now we shall begin.
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You should answer the questions as you listen,
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because you will not hear the recording a second time.
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Listen carefully and answer questions one to five.
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Greek island holidays, can I help you?
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Yes, I hope so.
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I have a friend who's just come back from Corfu,
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and she's recommended some apartments in Aralus.
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She thought they might be on your list.
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Aralus, Aralus, let me see.
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Can you give me the names?
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Yes, the first Rose Garden Apartments.
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I'd like to go with another friend in the last week of October.
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Well, we've got a lovely studio flat available at that time.
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I'm sure you'd enjoy the entertainment program there too,
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with Greek dancing in the restaurant.
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And the cost for each of us?
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£219.
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That sounds very reasonable.
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I'm just jotting down some notes.
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Now, the second one she mentioned was called Blue Bay.
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Blue Bay.
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Yes, in fact, that's very popular,
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and it has some special features.
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Really?
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The main attraction is the large swimming pool with salt water.
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Much healthier, I understand.
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That's right.
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And it isn't far from the beach, either.
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Only 300 metres and only around half a kilometre to some shops,
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so you don't have to be too energetic.
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Is it much more expensive than the first one?
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Let me just check.
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I think at the time you want to go, it's around £260.
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No, £275 to be exact.
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Right, I've got that.
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Now, there are just two more apartments to ask you about.
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um i can't read my own writing something to do with
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sun sunshine is it i think you meant the sunshade apartments
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they're on a mountainside any special features yes each room has its own sun terrace
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and there are shared barbecue facilities oh sounds lovely yes it
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is rather well equipped it also provides water sports it has its own beach there are facilities for water skiing.
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Any kite surfing?
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My friend's quite keen.
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Not at the hotel, but I'm sure you'll find some in Arillis.
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There's also satellite TV in the apartments.
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And how much is that one?
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£490 with two sharing.
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You mean £245 each?
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I'm afraid not.
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Each person has to pay that amount,
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and there must be at least two in an apartment.
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Oh, I don't think that would be within our budget, unfortunately and the last one sounds a bit expensive too.
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The Grand?
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Actually, it's quite reasonable.
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It's an older style house with Greek paintings in every room and a balcony outside.
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Sounds nice.
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What are the views like?
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Well, there are forests all round and they hide a supermarket just down the road,
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so that's very useful for all your shopping needs.
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There's a disco in the area too.
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And the price?
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£319 at that time, but if you leave it till November it goes down by 40%.
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Hmm, too late I'm afraid.
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Well, why don't I send you a brochure with full details, Miss...
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Nash.
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But don't worry about that.
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I'm coming to Upminster soon,
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and I'll call and get one.
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I just wanted to get an idea first.
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Well that's fine.
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Erm, we've got plenty here when you come.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation,
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you have some time to look at questions six to ten.
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Now listen, and answer questions 6 to 10.
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If you've got a minute,
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could I just check a couple of points about insurance?
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I got one policy through the post,
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but I'd like to see if yours is better.
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Fine.
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What would you like to know?
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Well, the one I've got has benefits,
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and then the maximum amount you can claim.
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Is that like yours?
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Yes, that's how most of them are.
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Well, the first thing is cancellation.
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If the holiday's cancelled on the policy I've got, you can claim £8,000 pounds we can improve on
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that miss nash uh for greek island holidays our maximum is
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ten thousand pounds that's good of course our holiday won't even cost one thousand pounds together
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it's still sensible to have good cover now
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if you go to hospital we allow 600 pounds yes mine's similar
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and we also allow a relative to travel to your holiday resort my policy just says their representative will help you.
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You can see there's another difference there.
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And what happens if you don't get on the plane?
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Uh, nothing as far as I can see on this form.
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Don't you have a missed departure?
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No, I'll just jot that down.
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We pay up to a thousand pounds for that, depending on the reason.
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And we're particularly generous about loss of personal belongings,
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up to three thousand pounds
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but not more than five hundred pounds for a single item
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then i'd better not take my laptop not unless you insure
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it separately okay thanks very much for your time you've really
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been helpful can i get back to you your name is ben ludlow that's l-u-d-l-o-w I'm the assistant manager here.
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I'll give you my number.
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It's 081 260 543 216.
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But didn't I phone 081 260 567 294?
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That's what I've got on the paper.
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That's the main switchboard.
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I've given you my direct line.
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Right.
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Thank you very much for your time.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Apartments Facilities Other Information Cost”. Las palabras que más se repiten: greek, apartment, pounds, Aralus, holiday. Este vídeo tiene 130 frases y 1003 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:36. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 117 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
brochure sustantivo/bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/folleto
insure verbo/ɪnˈʃʊɚ/asegurar
kilometre sustantivo/kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/kilómetro, quilómetro
mountainside sustantivoladera
sunshade sustantivo/ˈsʌnˌʃeɪd/tapasol
switchboard sustantivo/ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbɔɹd/cuadro de distribución, tablero
equip verbo/ɪˈkwɪp/equipar
kite sustantivo/ˈkiːtɛ/aguililla, milano
energetic adjetivo/ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/enérgico, energético
metre sustantivo/ˈmiːtəɹ/metro
cancellation sustantivo/kænsəˈleɪʃən/cancelación, rescisión
supermarket sustantivo/ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/supermercado
disco sustantivo/ˈdɪskoʊ/disco
balcony sustantivo/ˈbælkəni/balcón
surf verbo/sɝf/surfear

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
get back to verboresponder / contestar (en un rato), volver / tornar a contactar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Can I help you?
  • Can you give me the names?
  • Greek island holidays, can I help you?
  • What would you like to know?
  • Don't you have a missed departure?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacebe played · has been written · was called
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahas been written · I've given
Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguromight be
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill hear · will not hear · you'll find

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 40 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: nesh /nɛʃ/, brochure /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/, insure /ɪnˈʃʊɚ/, sunshade /ˈsʌnˌʃeɪd/, cancellation /kænsəˈleɪʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, energetic /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/, cancellation /kænsəˈleɪʃən/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: switchboard /ˈswɪt͡ʃˌbɔɹd/, ski /skiː/, swim /swɪm/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: energetic /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/, generous /ˈd͡ʒɛn(ə)ɹəs/

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 brochure, insure, kilometre.

¿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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