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So Meg, what do you like to do in your free time?
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Actually, I love cooking.
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I like to try new dishes and I love baking as well.
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Oh, nice.
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That's interesting because I hate cooking.
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Oh, really?
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Yeah, and I don't know anything about baking, but I like cleaning.
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Cleaning is relaxing.
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Really?
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Is that true?
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Yeah, really.
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I like cleaning.
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So my house is usually very clean.
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My house is usually clean also, but I don't like cleaning very much.
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Yeah, I think most people don't like cleaning, but some people think cleaning is relaxing, like me.
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That's true.
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What else do you like to do?
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Well, I like exercising.
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I like going to the gym.
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I like listening to podcasts.
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So I listen to a lot of podcasts a lot.
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And I like surfing the internet.
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And sometimes I enjoy reading books.
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I also enjoy reading books when I have time.
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But these days, I often listen to books instead.
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I listen to audiobooks.
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Oh, really?
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Yeah, I like listening to audiobooks.
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Why?
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Because I can't exercise at the same time.
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Ah, so exercising and reading at the same time.
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Yeah, it's fun.
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So I love jogging, and I go jogging almost every day, usually for one hour so I listen to audiobooks when I jog.
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So you can do two things at once.
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Very important.
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Multitasking.
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I love multitasking.
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Sounds like you're good at multitasking.
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Let's talk about outdoor activities.
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Do you like doing yard work?
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I don't especially like doing yard work, but right now I don't have a yard,
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so doing yard work isn't something I have to worry about.
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What about you?
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I like doing yard work.
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I think it's very relaxing.
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It's like cleaning, so I enjoy it.
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But like you, I don't have a yard, so now I don't do yard work very much.
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Or I can't do yard work.
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So you like gardening if you have a yard?
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Yeah, so I grew up on a big house, so we had lots of yard work, lots of gardening. So, yeah.
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Right.
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But what about other things like hiking?
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Do you like hiking?
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I love hiking.
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Anything that is in nature, I love doing.
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So I love hiking.
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I love kayaking.
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I love canoeing.
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Any outdoor sports.
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Do you like hiking?
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I do.
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I'm with you.
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I love hiking.
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What about things like rock climbing?
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I have never been rock climbing.
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Have you gone rock climbing?
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No, rock climbing looks dangerous, so I'm a little scared, so I've never done rock climbing either.
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What about things like singing and dancing?
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Do you enjoy singing and dancing?
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I enjoy singing, but I'm not very good at it, so I like singing when I'm alone or in my car.
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Are you good at singing?
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No, I'm terrible at singing, so I hate singing.
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I really, really hate singing.
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But I like going to karaoke and listening to people sing.
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Yeah, some people are really good at singing.
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Yeah.
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What about dancing?
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I hate dancing too.
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Yeah.
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I'm not good at dancing, so dancing is very embarrassing for me.
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So I don't like it.
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I'm not good at dancing either.
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Are there any other activities you really dislike doing?
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Like for me, I hate writing letters.
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For example, I don't like writing thank you letters.
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I don't like writing anything with my hand.
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Typing is okay.
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I don't mind typing things, but I hate writing.
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So using your hand to write, you hate writing.
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Yeah, I like typing.
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Fingers is okay.
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Thumb is okay on the phone.
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Like, I don't mind texting.
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I don't mind typing.
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I just don't like physically writing with a pencil or pen.
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Like, yeah, pen or pencil, like a letter, writing a letter.
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Right, because my writing is really bad, and it's hard to read, so it's embarrassing.
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I'm sure it's fine.
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How about you?
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For example, do you like ironing your clothes?
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I don't like ironing my clothes, but...
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My clothes usually don't need ironing, so I don't have to worry about it too much.
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I don't like doing laundry.
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It's related to ironing clothes.
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So it takes a long time, and the clothes, I have to dry the clothes.
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So doing laundry is a little bit boring for me.
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I don't mind doing laundry if I go to the coin laundry, but I hate hanging my laundry out.
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So I hate hanging out my laundry.
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It takes forever.
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I don't know why.
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You put it out, you take it back in.
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It just takes so much time.
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That's funny.
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I'm kind of the opposite.
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So I don't mind hanging out my laundry because I like saving money.
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So I don't have to use money at the coin laundry.
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Plus you are helping the environment.
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That's true.
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I like helping the earth.
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Yeah.
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I should change.
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Okay.
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Thanks, Meg.
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Yeah.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Beginner English Conversation about Free Time Activities”. Las palabras que más se repiten: yard, singing, hate, laundry, writing. Este vídeo tiene 124 frases y 821 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:52. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 140 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 79 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente. 22 de sus 124 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
laundry sustantivo/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/colada, lavado
cloth sustantivo/klɒθ/tela
hike sustantivo/haɪk/caminata
climb verbo/ˈklaɪ̯m/escalar, subir
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar
outdoor adjetivo/aʊtˈdɔː/al aire libre, al fresco
coin sustantivo/ˈkoɪ̯n/moneda, numerario
podcast sustantivo/ˈpɑdˌkæst/podcast, pódcast
pencil sustantivo/ˈpɛnsəl/lápiz
bake verbo/beɪk/hornear, enhornar
finger sustantivo/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/dedo, alambres
physically adverbio/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kli/físicamente
dish sustantivo/dɪʃ/vajilla
scare verbo/skɛɚ/asustar, atemorizar
thumb sustantivo/ˈθʌm/pulgar, pólice

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • What else do you like to do?
  • Do you like doing yard work?
  • Have you gone rock climbing?
  • Do you enjoy singing and dancing?
  • Are you good at singing?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahave never been · Have you gone · I've never done
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -inglove cooking · love baking · hate cooking
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohave to worry · have to dry · have to use

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 36 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: cloth /klɒθ/, thumb /ˈθʌm/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: audiobook /ˈɔdi.oʊbʊk/, karaoke /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/

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 laundry, cloth, hike.

¿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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