Shadowing Practice: Basic English Conversation Practice | Simple English for Daily Life - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The shop wants $89. For one oil change.
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And a two -hour wait.
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Then we change it at home. Do you know how?
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I did it on my old car.
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Show me what we need.
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Five quarts, a filter, a wrench.
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Then why are there six bottles?
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One extra quart, just in case.
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The new filter has a black ring.
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That ring seals the filter.
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I am putting cardboard down first.
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The driveway will be fine.
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Cardboard first, then the ramps.
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Fine.
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30 minutes, then lunch.
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The drain pan is in place.
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Here is your wrench.
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Sliding under now.
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Can you see the plug?
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No. I see a plastic panel.
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A panel under the whole car?
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My old car did not have one.
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So it has to come off?
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Count the bolts with me.
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Two, four, six, eight.
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Eight bolts before one drop.
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Put them in this cup.
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Six in the cup, two to go.
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Hold the panel.
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It is falling.
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Leaves.
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A whole pile of leaves.
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They were sitting on top of it.
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I am wearing half a tree.
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Shake it off.
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There is the plug.
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Opening it slowly.
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Here it comes.
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Black as old coffee.
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And the filter?
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Plug is back in and tight.
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Then where is the filter?
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Up here, beside the engine.
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Your hand will not fit.
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Your arm is thinner.
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Try it.
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Turning left, and it is tight Keep going.
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It will break loose There it comes.
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Oil everywhere Set it in the box This old one lost its ring Set it down.
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New one goes on Five quarts poured.
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Start it up Tom, turn it off What is wrong?
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black oil on my cardboard how big is it like a dinner plate
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and growing check the drain plug first it is dry down
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there then look at the filter it is wet all around it I am taking it off again
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that filter is full of oil off now look at the engine.
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A black ring is stuck there.
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That is the old gasket.
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It stayed when I pulled the filter.
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And the new one went over it.
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Two rings so it leaks.
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Two gaskets never seal.
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My mistake.
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I took it off.
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Half mine.
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How much did we lose?
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The old ring peeled right off good new filter second try hand tight plus a quarter turn you learn fast
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started again i am watching 30 seconds and off dry completely dry now check the dipstick
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it is below the line we lost about a quart the sixth bottle you were right Just in case, pour it in.
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Full line, now the panel.
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Only seven bolts in the cup.
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Look inside the drain pan.
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There it is, swimming in black.
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Your hands are still black.
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I wash them three times.
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They come clean on Tuesday.
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We started this at nine.
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And it is almost two.
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I said 30 minutes.
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Nobody warned us about the panel. Or about the leaves.
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I am making a sticker.
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Like the shop puts on?
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Date, miles, and the oil name. Where does it go?
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Corner of the windshield, both names.
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Mine is a black thumbprint.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 84 frases y 522 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:40. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 112 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:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
filter sustantivo/ˈfɪltɚ/filtro
plug sustantivo/plʌɡ/enchufe, clavija
leaf sustantivo/lif/hoja, foja (desus.)
drain sustantivo/dɹiːn/desagüe, drenaje
bolt sustantivo/boʊlt/tornillo, bulón
cardboard sustantivo/ˈkɑɹdˌbɔɹd/cartón, cartulina
seal sustantivo/siːl/sello
pour verbo/poɹ/escanciar, echar
sixth adjetivo/sɪksθ/sexto, seiseno
shake verbo/ˈʃeɪk/agitar, sacudir
slide sustantivo/ˈslaɪ̯d/tobogán, resbaladilla
swim verbo/swɪm/nadar
pile sustantivo/paɪl/montón, rimero
leak sustantivo/liːk/gotera, agujero
warn verbo/woɹn/alertar, avisar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
go over verbosentar, pasar

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasam putting · is falling · am wearing
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill be · will not fit · will break

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “th”: thin /ˈθɪn/, sixth /sɪksθ/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, windshield /wɪnˈʃiːld/

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 filter, plug, leaf.

¿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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