Shadowing Practice: Cambridge 19 listening test 4 section 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello Charlotte, I'm Caden, one of the supervisors.
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Welcome to the team.
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Hi Aiden.
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It's Caden.
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I'm so sorry.
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Don't worry, people often get my name wrong.
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They never know how to spell it.
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It's K -A -E -D -E -N in case you ever need to write it?
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I'll try and remember.
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So, there are a few practical things you need to sort out this morning.
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Then I'll show you what you're going to do today.
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The email I received said to go to the front desk to show my letter of appointment.
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and pick up my badge.
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You'll need that for the staff room and other areas of the supermarket where shoppers aren't allowed.
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So after you've finished at the front desk, I'll take you to the staff room.
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"Put your coat and rucksack in one of the lockers there." Take whichever one is free.
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Will I have a key?
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Yes, try not to lose it.
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At the end of the day, leave it in the door for the next person to use. Will do.
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You also need to go to the HR department to see Tiffany.
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She's really helpful.
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I was told to bring my passport with me.
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HR need to take a note of the number in it.
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That's right.
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Or you can show your ID card.
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I don't have one of those.
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OK.
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Tiffany will give you a uniform.
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They have lots in different sizes, so you just tell her what you need.
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I won't come with you to HR.
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I've got to go and sort something else out.
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Um, problem with a bread slicer.
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Is the HR office near the staff room?
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The staff room's on the first floor, and HR are a couple of floors above that, on the third floor.
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There's a staircase outside the staff room.
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Okay.
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When you're finished with HR, come and find me in the bakery section of the shop.
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I'm looking forward to getting started.
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I'll just give you my phone number in case you can't find me.
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Have you got your phone there?
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Yes, okay ready.
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It's 0412 665903.
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Okay?
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Done.
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So Charlotte, your tasks today are in the bakery section on the sushi counter and on the meat and fish counters.
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The first job is to check sell -by dates on the bread and cakes.
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If any of the dates are today's, put a new price label on the packaging.
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What if any of the labels are yesterday's dates or older?
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Do I throw those items away?
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Yes, but that shouldn't happen.
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We check the stock every day.
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When something needs a new price label, put a yellow one on the package next to the original price.
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OK.
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After that you'll go to the sushi takeaway counter.
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Will I be preparing boxes of food?
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For today you'll just be helping the staff.
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Yes, of course.
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You'll see lots of flat cardboard boxes at one end of the counter.
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Beneath those is where we keep the plastic boxes.
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We run out of those really quickly, so you should bring more from the storeroom.
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Is that my only task on the sushi counter?
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No, you also need to clean the area where they prepare the dishes.
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There are cloths and bottles of spray by the sink.
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Oh, and please make sure you clean that, too.
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Sure, that's important, isn't it?
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Absolutely, but you mustn't wash up knives.
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You have to do some training before you're allowed to touch sharp objects.
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What should I do if there are any?
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Ask someone to put them in the dishwasher.
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Okay, thanks.
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I don't want to get anything wrong.
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Don't worry, you'll be fine.
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And I'll be around to help.
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Right.
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Er, finally the meat and fish counters.
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You need to clean the area where staff serve customers, including wiping the weighing scales.
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Okay.
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Anything else?
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Erm, the fish is laid on ice, but when that starts to melt, you'll need to get more from the cauldron.
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I know the staff on the food counters wear a hat.
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Will that be the same for me?
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You won't be serving customers directly, so no, but make sure you put on thermal gloves when you take anything out of the cold room.
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The temperature's low enough in there to get frostbite from touching things.
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Understood.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 84 frases y 720 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:28. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 161 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 84 % 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
label sustantivo/ˈleɪ.bəl/etiqueta, rótulo
sushi sustantivo/ˈsuːʃi/sushi
package sustantivo/ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/paquete, kete
desk sustantivo/dɛsk/escritorio, pupitre
bakery sustantivo/ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/panadería, tahona
practical adjetivo/ˈpɹæk.tɪ.kəl/práctico
sharp adjetivo/ʃɑɹp/agudo, afilado
helpful adjetivo/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/servicial, adyuvante
knife sustantivo/ˈnaɪ̯f/cuchillo
spell sustantivo/spɛl/hechizo, conjuro
coat sustantivo/ˈkoʊ̯t/abrigo, saco
uniform sustantivo/ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/uniforme
beneath/bɪˈniːθ/bajo de, abajo de
dish sustantivo/dɪʃ/vajilla
sink verbo/ˈsɪŋk/hundir, afondar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
look forward to verbono ver la hora de, quedar a la espera de
pick up verbocoger, asir
sort out verbodiscernir

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacearen't allowed · was told · is laid
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena ideashouldn't happen · should bring · should I do
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónI'll try · I'll show · You'll need
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesarioneed to write · need to sort · need to go

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 30 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you'll, I'll, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, thermal /ˈθɜːməl/, cloth /klɒθ/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: sushi /ˈsuːʃi/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, dish /dɪʃ/, dishwasher /ˈdɪʃˌwɑʃɚ/, shopper /ˈʃɑ.pɚ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: supervisor /ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como label, sushi, package.

¿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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