Shadowing Practice: CAMBRIDGE IELTS 18 TEST 1 PART 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Part 2.
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You will hear a woman speaking to a group of people who are interested in becoming volunteers for an organisation called ACE.
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First you have some time to look at questions 11 to 15.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 15.
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Good evening, everyone.
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Let me start by welcoming you all to this talk
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and thanking you for taking the time to consider joining ACE voluntary organisation.
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ACE offers support to people and services in the local area, and we're now looking for more volunteers to help us do this.
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By the way, I hope you're all comfortable.
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We have brought in extra seats so that no one has to stand, but it does mean that the people at the back of the room may be a bit squashed.
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We'll only be here for about half an hour, so hopefully that's okay.
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One of the first questions we're often asked is how old you need to be to volunteer.
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Well, you can be as young as 16 or you can be 60 or over.
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It all depends on what type of voluntary work you want to do.
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Other considerations, such as reliability, are crucial in voluntary work and age isn't related to these in our experience.
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Another question we get asked relates to training.
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Well, there's plenty of that and it's all face to face.
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What's more, training doesn't end when you start working for us.
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It takes place before, during and after periods of work.
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Often it's run by other experienced volunteers as managers tend to prefer to get on with other things.
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Now, I would ask you to consider a couple of important issues before you decide to apply for voluntary work.
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We don't worry about why you want to be a volunteer.
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People have many different reasons that range from getting work experience to just doing something they've always wanted to do.
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But it is critical that you have enough hours in the day for whatever role we agree is suitable for you.
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If being a volunteer becomes stressful, then it's best not to do it at all.
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You may think that your income is important, but we don't ask about that.
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It's up to you to decide if you can work without earning money.
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What we value is dedication.
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Some of our most loyal volunteers earn very little themselves
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but still give their full energy to the work they do with us.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 16 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 16 to 20.
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Okay, so let's take a look at some of the work areas
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that we need volunteers for and the sort of things that would help you in those.
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You may wish simply to help us raise money.
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If you have the creativity to come up with an imaginative or novel way of fundraising,
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we'd be delighted, as standing in the local streets or shops with a collection box can be rather boring.
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One outdoor activity that we need volunteers for is litter collection,
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and for this it's useful if you can walk for long periods, sometimes uphill.
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Some of our regular collectors are quite elderly, but very active and keen to protect the environment.
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If you enjoy working with children, we have three vacancies for what are called playmates.
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These volunteers help children learn about staying healthy through a range of out-of-school activities.
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You don't need to have children yourself, but it's good if you know something about nutrition and can give clear instructions.
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If that doesn't appeal to you, maybe you would be interested in helping out at our story club for disabled children,
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especially if you have done some acting.
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We put on three performances a year based on books they have read
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and we're always looking for support with the theatrical side of this.
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The last area I'll mention today is first aid.
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Volunteers who join this group can end up teaching others in vulnerable groups who may be at risk of injury.
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Initially, though, your priority will be to take in a lot of information and not forget any important steps or details.
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Right, so does anyone have any questions for me about...
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That is the end of part two.
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You now have 30 seconds to check your answers to part two.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 53 frases y 723 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:08. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 118 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 89 % 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
volunteer sustantivo/ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/voluntario
voluntary adjetivo/ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/voluntario
earn verbo/ɝn/ganar, granjear
carefully adverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/cuidadosamente
priority sustantivo/pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/prioridad
suitable adjetivo[ˈsjuː.tə.bɫ̩]indicado, idóneo
consideration sustantivo/kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/consideración
crucial adjetivo/ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/crucial
relate verbo/ɹɪˈleɪt/relatar
outdoor adjetivo/aʊtˈdɔː/al aire libre, al fresco
vulnerable adjetivo/ˈvʌln(ə)ɹəbl̩/vulnerable
depend verbo/dɪˈpɛnd/depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de)
loyal adjetivo/ˈlɔɪəl/leal
elderly adjetivo/ˈɛldɚli/anciano, entrado en años
instruction sustantivo/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/instrucción

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
come up with verboingeniar, ingeniarse
end up verboterminar, ir a parar
get on with verbohacer, realizar

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 ahorahave brought · they've always wanted · have done
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceisn't related · be delighted · are called

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, we're, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: organisation /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/, consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, crucial /ˈkɹuː.ʃəl/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, nutrition /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: voluntary /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/, organisation /ˈɔː.ɡə.naɪˌzeɪ.ʃən/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/, consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/

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 volunteer, voluntary, earn.

¿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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