Shadowing Practice: Buying a Train Ticket to Bath - Learn English Speaking with Video
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1
Good morning. I'd like a ticket to Bath, please.
Buenos días. Quisiera un billete para Bath, por favor.
2
Single or return?
¿Solo ida o vuelta?
3
Return, please. I'm coming back this evening.
Regresa, por favor. Vuelvo esta noche.
4
When would you like to travel?
¿Cuándo te gustaría viajar?
5
The next train, if possible.
El próximo tren, si es posible.
6
The next train leaves at ten fifteen from platform four.
El próximo tren sale a las diez y cuarto del andén cuatro.
7
It arrives in Bath at eleven forty.
Llega a Bath a las once y cuarenta.
8
Perfect. Do I need to change trains?
Perfecto. ¿Tengo que cambiar de tren?
9
No, it's a direct train.
No, es un tren directo.
10
Great. How much is the return ticket?
Genial. ¿Cuánto cuesta el billete de vuelta?
11
It's thirty-two pounds. Do you have a railcard?
Son treinta y dos libras. ¿Tienes una tarjeta de transporte ferroviario?
12
Yes, I've got a senior railcard.
Sí, tengo una tarjeta de descuento para personas mayores en el transporte público.
13
Then it's twenty-one pounds forty.
Entonces son veintiún libras cuarenta.
14
Lovely. Here's my card.
Precioso. Aquí está mi tarjeta.
15
Thank you. Here are your tickets. Keep them safe.
Gracias. Aquí tiene sus entradas. Guárdelas bien.
16
Is there a cafe on the train?
¿Hay una cafetería en el tren?
17
There's a trolley with hot drinks and snacks.
Hay un carrito con bebidas calientes y aperitivos.
18
And is it busy on Saturdays?
¿Y hay mucha gente los sábados?
19
It can be. I'd get on early for a seat.
Puede ser. Yo llegaría temprano para conseguir asiento.
20
Which way is platform four?
¿Hacia dónde está el andén cuatro?
21
Go through the barrier and turn left.
Atraviesa la barrera y gira a la izquierda.
22
Thanks very much. You've been very helpful.
Muchas gracias. Me has sido de gran ayuda.
23
You're welcome. Have a lovely day in Bath.
De nada. Que tengas un buen día en Bath.
24
I will. The weather's nice, so I'm going to walk by the river.
Sí, lo haré. Hace buen tiempo, así que voy a dar un paseo junto al río.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 24 sentences and 171 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:17. The speaker talks at a steady 134 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 80% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.
Key vocabulary in this video
13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| pound noun | /ˈpaʊ̯nd/ | A unit of weight in various measurement systems. |
| forty adjective | /ˈfoɹti/ | Resembling or characteristic of a fort. |
| helpful adjective | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | Furnishing help; giving aid; useful. |
| arrive verb | /əˈɹaɪv/ | To reach; to get to a certain place. |
| thirty noun | /ˈθɝti/ | A commercial lasting 30 seconds. |
| leaf noun | /lif/ | The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants. |
| barrier noun | /ˈbæɹi.ə/ | A structure that bars passage. |
| fifteen noun | /ˈfɪf.tiːn/ | An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut. |
| eleven noun | /əˈlɛv.ən/ | A cricket team of eleven players. Hence first eleven - the team of best cricket players (at a school), second eleven - the "B" team, etc. |
| snack noun | /snæk/ | A light meal. |
| railcard noun | A card allowing reduced fares for travelling by train. | |
| café noun | /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ | A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the… |
| trolley noun | A trolley pole; a single-pole device for collecting electrical current from an overhead electrical line, normally for a tram/streetcar or a trolleybus. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| go through verb | To travel from one end of something to the other. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 7 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'd, I'm, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like pound, forty, helpful.
¿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.