Shadowing Practice: B1 - British council - Sport centers - Learn English Speaking with Video
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A. Hi, come in.
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I'm Maya.
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Hello, everybody.
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Hello.
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Welcome to the Grange Park Sports Centre.
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I'll just show you around the centre and explain what we offer here.
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And then you can ask me questions.
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Well, as you can see, this is quite a small centre.
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but we offer a lot of different activities at different times of the day.
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If you'd just like to come through here, you can see the main rooms.
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That's nice.
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These are nice and light and airy and we have a very good air conditioning system.
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So they are warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
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Nice.
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Here we have classes of yoga, tai chi, pilates and zumba at different levels.
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We also have different types of dance class,
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jazz dancing, Indian dancing and Latin dancing.
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Oh, we've just started offering flamenco.
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All our teachers are fully qualified and experienced.
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We have beginners classes up to advanced.
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Some of our students have been coming since we opened 10 years ago.
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So if a good time.
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So, if you could follow me through here.
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Oh, mind the steps here.
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We've got the sauna and massage rooms.
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We have very reasonable prices for massages.
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And over here, we have the gym with exercise machines.
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It's quite a small gym
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But usually there's plenty of room for people to move around without any problems OK, that's about it
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Over there we have the changing rooms with showers
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You do need to bring your own towel if you want a shower
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But you don't need to bring a mat for the yoga and pilates classes
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Oh, and I must mention the cafe.
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It's just off the main entrance.
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That's very popular with our clients.
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We have a great selection of teas, fresh juices, sandwiches and cakes.
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Very nice.
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Right, the prices
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You can join for three months,
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six months or a year and that gives you the right to use the gym and go to two classes a week
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If you want to go to more classes or use the sauna there's a small extra charge
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For three months the fee is £86.
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B. OK, let me show you the gym.
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My name's Bill and I'm the main sports trainer here.
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But we have a team of four specialists who are always around to help you with exercise programmes
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and give advice about lifestyle and diet.
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We strongly recommend that you talk to one of us as soon as you sign up
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and set up your personalized training program.
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So through here we have the main gym.
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As you can see, it's enormous and we have lots of brand new machines.
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You can do everything here, running, cycling, rowing, weights, you name it.
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although we have a lot of clients
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it's very unusual to have to wait for a machine over there is the area for weight training
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if you want a closer look at the machines
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you can come back later oh by the way
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you can only come in here with trainers on no outdoor shoes please okay
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then okay through here we have the swimming pool it's great isn't
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it we're very proud of it you can use it most of the time without booking
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but there are certain times of the day when we have swimming classes
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and water aerobics there is always a lifeguard in attendance who will also offer informal swimming tips.
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Okay, just over there you have the changing rooms and lockers and on the right are the bathrooms and showers.
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We have our own shop here where you can buy our own brand of sportswear and sports drinks and supplements.
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Right, I can see you're impressed and as I said we're very proud of our centre.
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However, I should warn you that we are slightly more expensive than other gyms in the area,
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but then we offer a much higher level of services and a very wide range of activities.
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Here's a brochure with the timetables of the extra classes that we offer, such as boxing,
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taekwondo and capoeira and quite a few others besides swimming activities swimming classes diving classes water aerobics
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and water polo okay
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so have a look at the brochure
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then you can speak to one of the secretaries in reception
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about the best combination of activities for you this recording was brought to you by the british council
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To find others like it,
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visit www.britishcouncil.org forward slash learnenglishteens
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “B1 - British council - Sport centers”. Las palabras que más se repiten: classes, gym, swimming, offer, machine. Este vídeo tiene 73 frases y 746 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:02. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 123 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| swim verbo | /swɪm/ | nadar |
| yoga sustantivo | /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/ | yoga |
| trainer sustantivo | /ˈtɹeɪnɚ/ | entrenador, entrenadora |
| massage sustantivo | /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/ | masaje |
| strongly adverbio | /ˈstɹɔŋli/ | fuertemente |
| unusual adjetivo | /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/ | inusual, inusitado |
| gym sustantivo | /d͡ʒɪm/ | gimnasio |
| entrance sustantivo | /ˈɛn.tɹəns/ | entrada |
| juice sustantivo | /d͡ʒuːs/ | zumo, jugo |
| jazz sustantivo | /d͡ʒæz/ | jazz |
| lifestyle sustantivo | /ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/ | género/estilo de vida/vivir/vivencia, estilo/género vital/vivencial |
| specialist sustantivo | /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/ | especialista |
| enormous adjetivo | /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ | enorme, ingente |
| shoe sustantivo | /ˈʃu/ | zapato, taba |
| outdoor adjetivo | /aʊtˈdɔː/ | al aire libre, al fresco |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| move around verbo | movilizarse |
| sign up verbo | inscribir, alistar |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | need to bring · must mention · have to wait |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | I'll just show · will also offer |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 11 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, we're, we've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: massage /məˈsɑ(d)ʒ/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, specialist /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/, shoe /ˈʃu/, reception /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃn̩/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, capoeira /kɑpəˈwɛɹə/, personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: swim /swɪm/, strongly /ˈstɹɔŋli/, specialist /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: jazz /d͡ʒæz/, personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: gym /d͡ʒɪm/, juice /d͡ʒuːs/, jazz /d͡ʒæz/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como swim, yoga, trainer.
¿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.