Shadowing Practice: CAE4 O TEST 2 PART 4 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Part 4 This part consists of two tasks.
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You will hear various people talking about the experience of winning something.
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Look at task 1.
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For questions 27 to 31, match the extracts as you hear them with the people listed A to H.
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Now look at task 2.
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For questions 32 to 36,
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match the extracts as you hear them with the topics listed A to H.
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You will hear the recording twice.
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While you listen, you must complete both tasks.
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It was such a wonderful surprise when the letter arrived.
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I'd sent in a couple of pictures I'd taken in the garden
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while I was still in work and then forgotten about it.
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You never think it could really happen to you, do you?
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The money certainly came in handy until I found something else.
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I was very sceptical when she first started going in for them.
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You know, when they're at that age and get these ideas, you worry, don't you?
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I'd never really seen her as exceptionally clever or well-read.
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I suppose you don't with your own.
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She certainly doesn't get her brains from me, and that's for sure.
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Well, we only started to play when we stopped working, and we certainly never intended to go in for competitions.
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It's a game that suits people of our age.
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Sort of slow-moving, but good exercise.
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And then we both found that we not only enjoyed it, but were rather good at it.
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And so now we've got this cup.
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Strange, really.
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I don't know why mine turn out better than anyone else's.
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Perhaps it's something to do with the soil.
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And of course it's not only a matter of size.
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To win, they have to be perfect in every way.
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And that comes from a lot of loving care and attention.
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The idea came to me one day in the garden as I was jotting down a few ideas.
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I thought, what would I do if I won a lot of money?
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Would it ruin everything, or would it be a new beginning?
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It's ironic that it should win, but literary prizes are not in the big league financially, so I won't be having any of those problems myself.
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Now you will hear the recording again.
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Remember, you must complete both tasks.
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It was such a wonderful surprise when the letter arrived.
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I'd sent in a couple of pictures I'd taken in the garden
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while I was still in work and then forgotten about it.
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You never think it could really happen to you, do you?
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The money certainly came in handy until I found something else.
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I was very sceptical when she first started going in for them.
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You know, when they're at that age and get these ideas, you worry, don't you?
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I'd never really seen her as exceptionally clever or well-read.
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I suppose you don't with your own.
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She certainly doesn't get her brains from me, and that's for sure.
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Well, we only started to play when we stopped working, and we certainly never intended to go in for competitions.
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It's a game that suits people of our age, Sort of slow-moving, but good exercise.
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And then we both found that we not only enjoyed it, but were rather good at it.
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And so now we've got this cup.
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Strange, really.
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I don't know why mine turn out better than anyone else's.
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Perhaps it's something to do with the soil.
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and of course it's not only a matter of size.
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To win they have to be perfect in every way, and that comes from a lot of loving care and attention.
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The idea came to me one day in the garden as I was jotting down a few ideas.
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I thought, what would I do if I won a lot of money?
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Would it ruin everything, or would it be a new beginning?
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It's ironic that it should win, but literary prizes are not in the big league financially, so I won't be having any of those problems myself.
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That is the end of part four.
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There will now be a ten-minute pause to allow you to transfer your answers to the separate answer sheet.
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Be sure to follow the numbering of all the questions.
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The question papers and answer sheets will then be collected by your supervisor.
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Teacher, pause the tape here for ten minutes.
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Remind your students when they have one minute left.
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That is the end of the test.
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That's the end of side one.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 74 frases y 765 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 10:21. El hablante habla despacio, unas 74 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 87 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
soil sustantivo/sɔɪl/suelo, tierra
sheet sustantivo/ʃit/hoja, folio
arrive verbo/əˈɹaɪv/llegar, arribar
literary adjetivo/ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/literario
ruin sustantivo/ˈɹuː.ɪn/ruina
clever adjetivo/ˈklɛv.ɚ/hábil, listo
intend verbo/ɪnˈtɛnd/pretender, intencionar
extract sustantivo/ˈɛkstɹækt/extracto
pause sustantivo/pɔːz/pausa
financially adverbiofinancieramente
ironic adjetivo/aɪˈɹɑ.nɪk/irónico
exceptionally adverbio/ɪkˈsɛp(t)ʃənəli/excepcionalmente
litter sustantivo/ˈlɪt.ɚ/cama, lecho
topic sustantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, tópico
collect verbo/ˈkɑlɪkt/juntar, recoger

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
turn out verboresultar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 20 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'd, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: sheet /ʃit/, exceptionally /ɪkˈsɛp(t)ʃənəli/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: literary /ˈlɪt.(ə.)ɹə.ɹi/, exceptionally /ɪkˈsɛp(t)ʃənəli/, supervisor /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/

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 soil, sheet, arrive.

¿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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