Shadowing Practice: Cambridge 19 listening test 4 section 3 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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So, Jane, you'll be off to Denmark soon to do your work placement.
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Yes, I'm really looking forward to it.
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And I've just started packing up all my books to put in storage.
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Well, I hope they don't get spoiled.
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It's OK.
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My grandfather works in a bookshop and he told me how to pack them.
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Oh, that's helpful.
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He says you have to support the spine, otherwise the paper can come away from the cover.
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Yeah, that's obvious.
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He also told me to pack them flat in the box, not on their side.
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Again, because they can bend, and if you leave them like that for, say, a year, it's quite hard to get them back to their normal shape.
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Well, it's pretty clear that ruins them.
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But a lot of people just can't be bothered to protect their books.
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He always says it's such a shame that publishers don't use better quality paper.
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It's the acid in the paper that causes the problem, isn't it?
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Yeah, that's why old books go yellow.
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You know, some of the books my grandfather's given me are like that already.
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Oh.
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I should dump them really if they're going to deteriorate further, but I'd feel bad.
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They'll always remind me of him.
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He's quite a collector, you know.
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Well, if they're important to you.
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Yeah, I'd regret just throwing them away.
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You know, maybe it's because I was taught to treasure books, but I hate seeing students force open the pages of paperbacks.
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They press so hard they end up breaking the spine.
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I know.
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But unfortunately, paperbacks aren't designed to last a long time, and people know that.
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Hardbacks aren't quite as weak.
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Yeah, they're different, I suppose.
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but I still don't think people value hardbacks like they used to.
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Well, they aren't decorative, are they, like other objects?
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Plus, nowadays people don't keep them out on shelves as much as they used to.
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That's such a pity.
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When I visit someone, if they have, say, a colourful book on a table, it's the first thing I'm drawn to.
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I agree.
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And book covers can be a work of art in themselves.
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Some are really eye-catching.
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I've always been taught to handle books carefully.
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If you watch someone take a book off a shelf, well, they usually do it wrong.
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My grandfather says you should put your hand right over the top of the book.
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Or, if you can't do that, pull the other books on the shelf aside, so that you can hold the whole cover.
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When did you learn all this?
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He watched me pull a heavy book off the shelf
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when I was small and it fell on the floor and broke apart.
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Oh dear.
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I can still remember it.
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You know what I really like?
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What?
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The smell of new books.
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Me too.
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My parents used to laugh at me when I was a kid
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because I loved putting books up to my nose almost as much as reading them.
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New books aren't cheap though are they?
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I guess we're lucky we can buy them.
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My grandfather stock second-hand books as well as new ones and they don't smell quite as good.
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I'd love to have a bookshop like your grandfather.
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What's it like?
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Well, it's quite big.
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It's got two floors and an attic and he stocks all kinds of books really.
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I guess he treasures things like first editions and other rare books.
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Yeah, you might think he'd keep those in the attic or somewhere.
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So they'd be hidden?
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Yeah, but he likes people to know that he has them.
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So he puts them out in the shop, but makes sure you need a ladder to get them.
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Right, that would prevent any thefts.
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Uh-huh.
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Does he stock books for children?
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He does.
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He particularly likes to encourage kids to read.
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He always says
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that he used to to sit under the stairs as a child with a pile of books and read them all.
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Is that where he keeps them then?
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Not exactly.
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He's got a dedicated area on the ground floor with cushions, so that parents can enter with their toddlers,
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go there and spend some time reading to them.
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Oh, cool.
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And then there's a place for push chairs by the front door, and a cafe if anyone needs refreshments.
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That's good to know.
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As I said, it's a big shop and there's a storage area out the back as well.
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Oh, what does he keep there?
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Books he wants to throw away?
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He hardly ever throws anything away.
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He just leaves unwanted books by the front door for customers to take.
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Well, that's very nice.
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Yeah, and books people or institutions have requested, they all go at the far end.
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Oh.
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He thinks it's best to keep these out of the main shopping area as they're boxed and new.
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Did you get your course books from him?
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Naturally.
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He stocks books for a lot of the colleges.
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He used to keep these books on the first floor, but now there's a new university in my hometown.
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He's moved them downstairs to attract the students.
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They're actually part of the coffee shop on low shelves all around it.
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Pretty central then.
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You'll have to take me there sometime.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Cambridge 19 listening test 4 section 3”. Las palabras que más se repiten: grandfather, stock, floor. Este vídeo tiene 96 frases y 891 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:22. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 166 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
shelf sustantivo/ʃɛlf/estante, balda
grandfather sustantivo/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/abuelo
bookshop sustantivolibrería
hardback sustantivo/ˈhɑɹdˌbæk/tapa dura, cartoné
paperback sustantivo/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/libro de bolsillo, libro de tapa blanda
attic sustantivo/ˈætɪk/buhardilla, desván
spine sustantivo/spaɪn/columna vertebral, espinazo
treasure sustantivo/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/tesoro
deteriorate verbo/dɪˈtɪɹ.iə.ɹeɪt/deteriorar
refreshment sustantivo/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/refrescamiento
dedicate verbo/ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/dedicar
cushion sustantivo/ˈkʊʃən/cojín, almohadón
downstairs adverbio/daʊnˈstɛɹz/abajo
decorative adjetivo/ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/decorativo
spoil sustantivo/spɔɪl/botín, expolio

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
end up verboterminar, ir a parar
look forward to verbono ver la hora de, quedar a la espera de
throw away verbotirar, echar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Yes, I'm really looking forward to it.
  • They'll always remind me of him.
  • When did you learn all this?
  • You know what I really like?
  • Did you get your course books from him?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
“Used to” used to + verbo — un hábito o estado pasado que ya no es ciertoused to laugh · used to to · used to keep
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacecan't be bothered · was taught · aren't designed
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraI've just started · I've always been taught · have requested
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingstarted packing · hate seeing · loved putting

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 30 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, they're, aren't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/, theft /θɛft/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shelf /ʃɛlf/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, refreshment /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ.mənt/, cushion /ˈkʊʃən/, publisher /ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: deteriorate /dɪˈtɪɹ.iə.ɹeɪt/, decorative /ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spine /spaɪn/, spoil /spɔɪl/, stairs /ˈstɛɹz/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: downstairs /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/, stairs /ˈstɛɹz/
  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hardback /ˈhɑɹdˌbæk/, hometown /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/

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 shelf, grandfather, bookshop.

¿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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