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- Test four.
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Section 1.
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You will hear a woman phoning a hotel about holding a party there.
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First, You have some time to look at questions 1 to 7.
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Now we shall begin.
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You should answer the questions as you listen, because you will not hear the recording a second time.
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Listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 7.
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Good morning, Claire House Hotel.
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Andrew speaking.
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I'm the Events Manager.
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Good morning, Andrew.
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My name's Samantha.
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I'm arranging a party for my parents 50th wedding anniversary, and I'm ringing to ask about hiring a room sometime next September.
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Also, my parents and several of the guests will need accommodation.
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Okay, I'm sure we can help you with that.
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Will you be having a sit -down meal or a buffet?
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Probably a sit -down.
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And do you know how many people there'll be?
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Around 80, I think.
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Well, we have two rooms that can hold that number.
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One is the Adelphi room.
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That can seat eighty -five, or hold over a hundred if people are standing for a buffet.
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Right.
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If you have live music, there's room for four or five musicians in the gallery.
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Overlooking the room.
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Our guests usually appreciate the fact that the music can be loud enough for dancing, but not too loud for conversation.
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Yes.
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I really don't like it when you can't talk.
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Exactly.
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Now, the Adelphi room is at the back of the hotel.
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and there are French windows leading out onto the terrace.
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This has a beautiful display of pots of roses at that time of the year.
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Which direction does it face?
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South -west.
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So that side of the hotel gets the sun in the afternoon and early evening.
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Very nice.
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From the terrace, you can see the area of trees within the grounds of the hotel.
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Or you can stroll through there to the river.
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That's on the far side, so it isn't visible from the hotel.
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Okay.
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Then another option is the Carlton room.
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This is a bit bigger.
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It can hold up to 110 people.
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And it has the advantage of a stage, which is useful if you have any entertainment, or indeed a small band can fit onto it.
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Hmm.
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And can you go outside from the room?
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No. The Carlton room is on the first floor.
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But on one side the windows look out onto the lake, Lovely.
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I think either of those rooms would be suitable.
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Can I tell you about some of the options we offer in addition?
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Please do.
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As well as a meal, you can have an MC.
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A master of ceremonies, who'll be with you throughout the party.
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What exactly is the MC's function?
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I suppose they make a speech during the meal if we need one, do they?
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That's right.
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All our MCs are trained as public speakers, so they can easily get people's attention.
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'Many guests are glad to have someone who can make themselves heard above the chatter.
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And they're also your support.
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If anything goes wrong, The MC will deal with it, so you can relax.
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Great.
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I'll need to ask you about food, but something else that's important is accommodation.
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You obviously have rooms in the hotel, but do you also have any other accommodation?
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Like cabins, for example?
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Yes, there are five in the grounds.
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All self -contained.
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They each sleep two to four people and have their own living room, bathroom and small kitchen.
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That sounds perfect for what we'll need.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Las palabras que más se repiten: hotel, accommodation, guests, meal, onto. Este vídeo tiene 68 frases y 579 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:52. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 119 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 87 % 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 11 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
accommodation sustantivo/əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/alojamiento, hospedaje
buffet sustantivo/bəˈfeɪ/bufé, bufet
terrace sustantivo/ˈtɛɹəs/terraza, terrado
chatter verbo/ˈt͡ʃætɚ/cotorrear, parlar
overlook verbo/ˈoʊ.vɚˌlʊk/pasar por alto, pasársele de alto
stroll verbo/stɹoʊl/pasearse, pasear
arrange verbo/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/arreglar, acotejar
musician sustantivo/mjuˈzɪʃən/músico, música
cabin sustantivo/ˈkæbɪn/barraca, cabaña
sometime adverbio/ˈsʌmˌtaɪm/al rato, algún día
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
sit down verbosentarse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Will you be having a sit -down meal or a buffet?
  • And do you know how many people there'll be?
  • I really don't like it when you can't talk.
  • That sounds perfect for what we'll need.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosastage, which is · someone who can
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill hear · will not hear · will need
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasI'm arranging · are standing

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, can't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, musician /mjuˈzɪʃən/

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 accommodation, buffet, terrace.

¿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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