Shadowing Practice: Business Partner B2+ Unit 3. Video 3.1.1. Online task in the description👇 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In developing countries, rural populations have limited access to banks.
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In some sub-Saharan African countries, like Uganda, less than a quarter of the population have a bank account.
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One of the reasons for this is that there are very few branches.
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The average Uganda, the average East African, has no time to come to the bank.
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Two, some of the banks are situated very far from where the people are, where they live and where they do their businesses.
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And in countries like Uganda, one of the key issues is that bank accounts are simply too expensive for many.
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Secondly, the cost of opening a bank account in this part of the world is still very prohibitive.
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Sadly, the cost of maintaining a bank account is very high.
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However, there are other ways of accessing the services banks can provide.
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In 2018, 70% of the Ugandan population had a mobile phone.
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This is why the mobile money service, MSENTE, has become popular and has significantly improved many aspects of people's lives.
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Mobile money is typically a money transfer service.
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It is in the ordinary language, sending of money from one person to another.
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Sending money through a mobile phone is safe and easy.
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An agent, usually a shopkeeper, can accept your deposit and top up your balance, which is saved to the SIM card in your phone.
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Most of people use mobile money because it's very easy.
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There's no need of carrying money, taking to bank, we are carrying money paying somebody.
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Once a customer has made a deposit, money can then be transferred to another account through a text message for a small fee.
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This system doesn't require an internet connection, so people can use even a very basic phone.
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It can be used to pay for anything from food to gas and electricity.
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They are in control of their money and expenses without having to open a bank account.
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Customers can also use the system to send money to friends
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and relatives relatives and can even have their salary paid directly into their MSENTE account.
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The success of MSENTE's mobile money services in Uganda has encouraged companies in other African countries
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and in other continents to set up similar models.
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It is spreading quickly through Asia where rural communities also face challenges with traditional banking.
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Wherever they are used, mobile money services provide financial freedom for people in developing countries
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and benefit the economy from the bottom up.
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The simpler it is to make transactions, the easier it is for poorer or rural communities to do business.
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And more business means more economic growth.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Business Partner B2+ Unit 3. Video 3.1.1. Online task in the description👇”. Las palabras que más se repiten: bank, mobile, account, countries, Uganda. Este vídeo tiene 31 frases y 437 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:25. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 128 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 14 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| relative sustantivo | /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/ | familiar, pariente |
| deposit sustantivo | /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/ | depósito |
| encourage verbo | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | alentar, arengar |
| ordinary adjetivo | /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ | ordinario |
| aspect sustantivo | /ˈæspɛkt/ | aspecto |
| salary sustantivo | /ˈsæləɹi/ | salario, sueldo |
| wherever | /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ | dondequiera, donde sea |
| expense sustantivo | /ɪkˈspɛns/ | gasto, dispendio |
| transaction sustantivo | /tɹænˈzækʃən/ | transacción |
| situated adjetivo | /ˈsɪt͡ʃueɪtɪd/ | situado |
| sadly adverbio | /ˈsædli/ | tristemente, con alma en pena |
| continent sustantivo | /ˈkɑntɪnənt/ | continente |
| secondly adverbio | /ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/ | en segundo lugar |
| prohibitive adjetivo | /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/ | prohibitivo |
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 become · has made · has encouraged |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | are situated · is saved · be transferred |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: transaction /tɹænˈzækʃən/, shopkeeper /ˈʃɑpkiːpɚ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/, prohibitive /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: relative /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/, prohibitive /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: deposit /dɪˈpɑ.zɪt/, transaction /tɹænˈzækʃən/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/, prohibitive /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/
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 relative, deposit, encourage.
¿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.