Shadowing Practice: Business Partner B1 Unit 2.1.1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Different countries often dominate in different industries.
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When we think of luxury goods, we think of France and Italy.
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And we associate internet technology with the USA.
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Japan is well known for its strong consumer electronics and car-making industries.
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Let's take a closer look at the country's economic development over the past decades.
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Japan's industrialized free market economy is the third largest in the world.
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In the past, the country's been seen as a mystical land of cherry blossoms and samurai.
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Nowadays, it's better known as one of the world's leading high-tech economies.
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Japan enjoyed rapid expansion after World War II.
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It recovered from devastation to become the world's second largest economy by the 1960s.
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Japan's service sector, which includes finance, trade, entertainment, tourism, retail, and transportation,
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accounts for a massive three quarters of Japan's total economic output.
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It isn't surprising, therefore, that within the financial world,
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the Nikkei is one the most important markets and that many Japanese banks are global players.
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But it has been Japan's manufacturing industries that have made the most global impact.
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The automotive industry has been particularly successful.
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Japanese car manufacturers enjoy a reputation for producing reliable, high quality and innovative vehicles.
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They pioneered technological advancements in the use of robots,
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which enabled the Japanese auto industry to to produce cars to a high standard and very efficiently.
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In the 1970s, Japanese car makers became aggressive and successful exporters.
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The cars were cheap, reliable, and popular with consumers.
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This meant domestic car makers in the USA and Europe lost market share.
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Japanese vehicles' continuing popularity enabled Japan to become the largest car-producing nation in the world in 2000.
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Despite increasing competition, Japanese automakers continue to innovate.
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The Toyota Prius was the first and is still one of the best-selling mass-produced hybrid cars.
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In 2010 Nissan released the world's first all-electric car, the Leaf.
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It isn't only the automotive industry however that provides world-beating products.
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Japanese electronics companies are known for producing small, well-designed, and often innovative products.
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Some of these have been so original that they've changed the way we live, work, and play.
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In 1979, Sony released the Walkman, a small and portable cassette player, allowing consumers to listen to music while on the go.
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A concept that was revolutionary back then.
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In the realm of video game technology,
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Japanese company Nintendo is credited with producing the best-selling handheld console in history, the DS.
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while electronics giant Sony claims the highest selling console of all time in the PlayStation 2.
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As we've seen, in the 20th century, Japan was very successful in using technology to innovate in areas like the automotive and electronics industries.
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Will it be able to use 21st century technologies as effectively?
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That is the challenge.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Business Partner B1 Unit 2.1.1”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Japanese, electronics, industries, producing, Japan. Este vídeo tiene 38 frases y 463 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:53. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 119 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| electronics sustantivo | /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪks/ | electrónica |
| automotive adjetivo | /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/ | automotor |
| innovate verbo | /ˈɪn.ə.veɪt/ | innovar |
| innovative adjetivo | /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/ | innovador, innovativo |
| maker sustantivo | /ˈmeɪk.ɚ/ | hacedor, fabricante |
| reliable adjetivo | /ɹɪˈlaɪəbl̩/ | fiable, confiable |
| enable verbo | /ɪˈneɪ.bəl/ | habilitar, posibilitar |
| cassette sustantivo | /kəˈsɛt/ | casete |
| devastation sustantivo | /ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/ | devastación, asolamiento |
| exporter sustantivo | exportador, exportadora | |
| industrialize verbo | /ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/ | industrializar |
| mystical adjetivo | /ˈmɪstɪkəl/ | místico |
| blossom verbo | /ˈblɑ.səm/ | florecer |
| samurai sustantivo | /ˈsæməˌɹaɪ/ | samurái |
| efficiently adverbio | eficientemente |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has been · have been · we've seen |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | been seen · are known · is credited |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the most important · the most global · the largest |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como isn't, they've, we've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: devastation /ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/, revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: electronics /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɑ.nɪks/, automotive /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/, innovative /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/, devastation /ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/, industrialize /ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: automotive /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/, innovate /ˈɪn.ə.veɪt/, innovative /ˈɪn.əˌveɪtɪv/, devastation /ˌdɛ.vəˈsteɪ.ʃən/, advancement /ædˈvæns.mənt/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: industrialize /ɪnˈdʌstɹiəlaɪz/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/, tourism /ˈtʊɹɪzəm/
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 electronics, automotive, innovate.
¿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.