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Section 2
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You will hear a woman who works in a theatre talking to two new staff members on their first day of work.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 16.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 16.
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Hi, great to see you.
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I'm Jodie, and I'll be looking after both of you for the first month you're working here at the Amersham Theatre.
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I'll tell you something about the theatre now, then take you to meet two of the other staff.
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It's an old building, and it's been modernised several times.
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In fact, as you can see, we're carrying out a major refurbishment at the moment.
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The interior has just been repainted, and we're about to start on the exterior of the building.
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That'll be a big job.
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The work's running over budget, so we've had to postpone installing an elevator.
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I hope you're happy running up and down stairs.
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When the theatre was built, people were generally slimmer and shorter than now, and the seats were very close together.
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We've replaced them with larger seats, with more legroom.
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This means fewer seats in total, but we've taken the opportunity to install seats that can easily be moved to create different acting spaces.
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We've also turned a few storerooms over to other purposes, like using them for meetings.
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We try hard to involve members of the public in the theatre.
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One way is by organising backstage tours, so people can be shown round the building and learn how a theatre operates.
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These are proving very popular.
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What we're finding is that people want to have lunch or a cup of coffee while they're here,
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so we're looking into the possibility of opening a cafe in due course.
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We have a bookshop which specialises in books about drama, and that attracts plenty of customers.
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Then there are two large rooms that will be decorated next month, and they'll be available for hire, for conferences and private functions, such as parties.
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We're also considering hiring out costumes to amateur drama clubs.
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Now I want to tell you about our workshops.
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We recently started a programme of workshops that anyone can join.
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eventually we intend to run courses in acting
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but we're waiting until we've got the right people in place as trainers
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that's proving more difficult than we'd expected
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there's a big demand to learn about the technical side of putting on a production
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and our lighting workshop has already started with great success
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we're going to start one on sound next month a number of people have inquired about workshops on makeup
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and that's something we're considering for the future a surprise success is the workshop on making puppets
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we happen to have someone working here who does it as a hobby
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and she offered to run a workshop it was so popular we're now running them every month
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 17 to 20.
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Now, a word about the layout of the building.
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The auditorium, stage and dressing rooms for the actors are all below ground level.
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Here on the ground floor, we have most of the rooms that the public doesn't see.
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The majority are internal, so they have windows in the roof to light them.
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Standing here in the foyer, you're probably wondering why the box office isn't here, where the public would expect to find it.
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Well, you might have noticed it on your way in.
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Although it's part of this building, it's next door, with a separate entrance from the road.
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For the theatre manager's office, you go across the foyer and through the double doors.
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Turn right, and it's the room at the end of the corridor, with the door on the left.
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The lighting box is where the computerised stage lighting is operated, and it's at the back of the building.
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When you're through the double doors, turn left, turn right at the water cooler, and right again at the end.
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It's the second room along that corridor.
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The lighting box has a window into the auditorium, which of course is below us.
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The Artistic Director's Office is through the double doors, turn right, and it's the first room you come to on the right -hand side.
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And finally, for the moment, the room where I'll take you next, the relaxation room.
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So if you'd like to come with me...
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That is the end of Section 2.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Now turn to section 3.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Cambridge 11 Test 2 Section 2 Listening”. Las palabras que más se repiten: theatre, workshop, door, lighting, seats. Este vídeo tiene 56 frases y 760 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:08. El hablante habla despacio, unas 107 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, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
workshop sustantivo/ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/taller
hire verbo/ˈhaɪɹ/contratar, emplear
install verbo/ɪnˈstɔl/instalar
corridor sustantivo/ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/corredor, andador
auditorium sustantivo/ˌɔ.dɪˌto.ɹi.əm/auditorio, sala
carefully adverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/cuidadosamente
entrance sustantivo/ˈɛn.tɹəns/entrada
fewer/ˈfjuː.ɚ/menos
involve verbo/ɪnˈvɑlv/involucrar
amateur sustantivo/ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃɚ/amateur
attract verbo/əˈtɹækt/atraer
costume sustantivo/ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/traje
stairs sustantivo/ˈstɛɹz/escalera, gradas
intend verbo/ɪnˈtɛnd/pretender, intencionar
layout sustantivo/ˈleɪ.aʊt/maquetación, impaginación

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
carry out verbo/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/llevar a cabo, llevar al cabo
run over verboatropellar, arrollar

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorait's been modernised · has just been repainted · we've had
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacebeen modernised · been repainted · was built

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 29 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, we've, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, relaxation /rᵻˌlækˈseɪ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: auditorium /ˌɔ.dɪˌto.ɹi.əm/, elevator /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stairs /ˈstɛɹz/, slim /ˈslɪm/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: involve /ɪnˈvɑlv/, elevator /ˈɛləˌveɪtɚ/
  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hire /ˈhaɪɹ/, hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/

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 workshop, hire, install.

¿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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