Shadowing Practice: CAE TEST6 PART3 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Part 3.
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You'll hear a radio interview with the gardening experts Jed and Helena Stone.
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For questions 15 to 20, choose the answer A, B, C or D, which fits best according to what you hear.
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You now have one minute to look at Part 3.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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1990s which brought them fame and high living.
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Then they lost it all and some years later bought a derelict house
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which they renovated and now together they've created a garden.
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They join me in the studio today.
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You do seem to do most things in partnership like the jewellery business but using Jed's name.
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Why is that?
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Helena?
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Well this is a bit of a bone of contention actually.
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We have a friend in PR who said you have a great name Jed Stone.
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People would pay a fortune for such a good name
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but sadly at the time it never crossed my mind
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that I wouldn't get the credit for what we do and
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that does get to me sometimes
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but there again I'm very bad at putting myself forward people see Jed as a figurehead
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which is fine actually because I don't enjoy being recognized
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or get any thrill out of that whereas Jed loves it is
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that right Jed obviously I'd love to say no I don't
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but but yeah I do even as a child I thought it must be marvellous to walk down a street
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and have people know who you were.
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Ironically, that's the worst of it now.
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It would be nice just to go and buy a paper without somebody saying something, but I suppose I do like being a public figure.
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It gives me a sense that I've done something people appreciate.
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It doesn't stop me doing anything, but it does modify how I do it.
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But Helena, you did appear on our television screens briefly as a presenter on The Travel Show.
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That must have been a dream job, travelling around the world.
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Actually, I thought I was being heroic taking that job.
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I'd actually rather have gone down a coal mine.
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It was ironic really because Jed adores travelling whilst I hate it.
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The timing was critical though.
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I mean, we were living in this derelict house.
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We'd knocked huge holes in the walls to make windows
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and we could hardly afford to get the job finished and I wanted to be there when it was done.
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So I genuinely didn't want to do the job they were offering
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but I felt I had no choice because apart from anything else it would provide us with a reasonable income.
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So what about this jewel garden?
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Did you have a clear idea of what you wanted to do when you bought the house?
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Not at all.
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In fact, we were provoked into action.
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I was giving a lecture on gardening
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and I was including some snaps of our own wilderness to show what certain plants looked like
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but these photos hadn't loaded onto my laptop properly, and you couldn't see a thing.
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So I started to make it all up, describing this jewel garden with magical colours.
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It came straight out of my imagination.
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It hadn't been a long -term plan or anything.
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Anyway, as soon as I'd finished, these journalists came rushing up, saying, we must come and take pictures of your jewel garden.
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And I heard myself replying, fine, but come when the colours are good.
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Don't come now.
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To cut a long story short, we had to make the jewel garden before they came.
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And actually, we did 90 % of the work that summer.
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That was our incentive.
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And why did you call it a jewel garden?
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Having read about the disasters with the jewellery business, one would have thought you wouldn't want the word jewel in your house at all.
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Well, I like to work on projects.
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And if you have a project where you're thinking only of jewel colours, then that starts to limit you.
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And design is all about reduction.
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Really, it was just a good, positive way of tackling what plants we were putting in and the way we were going to design the garden, wasn't it, Jed?
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Yeah, but for me, it was also partly a metaphor.
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It's making something worthwhile out of a failure.
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We did spend years doing the jewellery, and it wasn't all disastrous.
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There were good things about it too, and we wanted to salvage them and treasure them.
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um seem to waste not to take that bit of our lives
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and to somehow incorporate it into our new design venture to take the bad experience
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and use it in a creative way jed and helena thank you for telling us about it today
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now you'll hear the recording again Jed Stone's best known now for his talents as a garden designer,
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but he and his wife Helena ran a highly successful jewelry business in the 1990s, which brought them fame and high living.
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Then they lost it all, and some years later bought a derelict house, which they renovated, and now together they've created a garden.
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They join me in the studio today.
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You do seem to do most things in partnership, like the jewelry business, but using Jed's name.
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Why is that?
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Helena?
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Well, this is a bit of a bone of contention, actually.
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We have a friend in PR who said, you have a great name, Jed Stone.
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People would pay a fortune for such a good name.
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But sadly, at the time, it never crossed my mind that I wouldn't get the credit for what we do.
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And that does get to me sometimes.
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But there again, I'm very bad at putting myself forward.
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People see Jed as a figurehead, which is fine, actually, because I don't enjoy being recognised or get any thrill out of that.
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Whereas Jed loves it.
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Is that right, Jed?
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Obviously, I'd love to say no, I don't.
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But yeah, I do.
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Even as a child, I thought it must be marvellous to walk down a street and have people know who you were.
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Ironically, that's the worst of it now.
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It would be nice just to go and buy a paper without somebody saying something.
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But I suppose I do like being a public figure.
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It gives me a sense that I've done something people appreciate.
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It doesn't stop me doing anything, But it does modify how I do it.
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But Helena, you did appear on our television screens briefly as a presenter on the travel show.
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That must have been a dream job, travelling around the world.
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Actually, I thought I was being heroic taking that job.
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I'd actually rather have gone down a coal mine.
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It was ironic, really, because Jed adores travelling, whilst I hate it.
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The timing was critical, though.
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I mean, we were living in this derelict house.
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We'd knocked huge holes in the walls to make windows, and we could hardly afford to get the job finished.
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And I wanted to be there when it was done.
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So I genuinely didn't want to do the job they were offering, but I felt I had no choice because, apart from anything else, it would provide us with a reasonable income.
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So what about this jewel garden?
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Did you have a clear idea of what you wanted to do when you bought the house?
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Not at all.
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In fact, we were provoked into action.
108
I was giving a lecture on gardening, and I was including some snaps of our own wilderness to show what certain plants look like.
109
But these photos hadn't loaded onto my laptop properly, and you couldn't see a thing.
110
So I started to make it all up, describing this jewel garden with magical colours.
111
It came straight out of my imagination.
112
It hadn't been a long -term plan or anything.
113
Anyway, as soon as I'd finished, these journalists came rushing up saying, we must come and take pictures of your jewel garden.
114
And I heard myself replying, fine, but come when the colours are good.
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Don't come now.
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To cut a long story short, we had to make the jewel garden before they came.
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And actually, we did 90 % of the work that summer.
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That was our incentive.
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And why did you call it a jewel garden?
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Having read about the disasters with the jewellery business, one would have thought you wouldn't want the word jewel in your house at all.
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Well, I like to work on projects.
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And if you have a project where you're thinking only of jewel colours, then that starts to limit you.
123
And design is all about reduction.
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Really, it was just a good, positive way of tackling what plants we were putting in and the way we were going to design the garden, wasn't it, Jed?
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Yeah, but for me it was also partly a metaphor.
126
It's making something worthwhile out of a failure.
127
We did spend years doing the jewellery, and it wasn't all disastrous.
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There were good things about it too, and we wanted to salvage them and treasure them.
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It seemed to waste not to take that bit of our lives and to somehow incorporate it into our new design venture, to take the bad experience and use it in a creative way.
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Jed and Helena, thank you for telling us about it today.
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That's the end of Part 3.
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Now turn to Part 4.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “CAE TEST6 PART3”. Las palabras que más se repiten: jed, garden, jewel, helena, colours. Este vídeo tiene 132 frases y 1576 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:40. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 163 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| jewel sustantivo | /ˈd͡ʒuːəl/ | joya, alhaja |
| jewellery sustantivo | /ˈd͡ʒʊ-/ | joyería, joyas |
| partnership sustantivo | /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/ | asociación, colaboración |
| rush verbo | /ɹʌʃ/ | correr, apurarse |
| bone sustantivo | /boʊn/ | hueso |
| whereas | /(h)wɛɹˈæz/ | mientras que (locution) |
| disaster sustantivo | /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/ | desastre |
| reduction sustantivo | /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/ | reducción |
| journalist sustantivo | /ˈd͡ʒɝnəlɪst/ | diarista |
| knock verbo | /nɑk/ | llamar a, golpear |
| fame sustantivo | /feɪm/ | fama, nombradía |
| fortune sustantivo | /ˈfɔːtjuːn/ | fortuna |
| partly adverbio | /ˈpɑɹtli/ | en parte, en cierto modo |
| venture verbo | /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/ | aventurar |
| laptop sustantivo | /ˈlæp.tɑp/ | portátil, computador portátil |
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 | they've created · I've done · have gone |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | being recognized · was done · were provoked |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 42 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'd, hadn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: worthwhile /ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/, thrill /θɹɪl/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: partnership /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, reduction /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/, imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, incorporate /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/, ironically /aɪˈɹɑnɪkli/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: venture /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/, incentive /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/, marvellous /ˈmɑɹvələs/, provoke /pɹəˈvəʊk/, renovate /ˈɹɛn.ə.veɪt/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: whereas /(h)wɛɹˈæz/, disaster /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/, presenter /pɹɪˈzɛntə(ɹ)/, disastrous /dɪˈzæs.tɹəs/, designer /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: jewel /ˈd͡ʒuːəl/, jewellery /ˈd͡ʒʊ-/, journalist /ˈd͡ʒɝnəlɪst/, imagination /ɪˌmæd͡ʒəˈneɪʃən/, magical /ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como jewel, jewellery, partnership.
¿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.