Shadowing Practice: Chapter 4 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Chapter 4 Wednesday, Watching in the Night When I'm working on a case,
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I like to check everything.
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Perhaps this isn't the first time for our cyber thief.
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Cyber crime gets bigger and bigger every year.
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Lots of people are doing it again and again.
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Every private investigator needs to have a good friend in the police.
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I phone Saheed.
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Saheed, dear Saheed, I say.
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I need your help again.
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Why are you only nice to me when you want something?
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Saheed says.
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He's smiling.
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I can hear it in his voice.
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I'm always nice to you, I say, and you're going to be nice to me today.
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I know it.
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I have some names for you.
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Do any of these people have a police record?
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It's so easy for you.
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You just have to put the names into the police computer and...
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Okay, okay, says Saeed.
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I have a meeting very soon, but I can give you ten minutes now, not a second more.
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Give me the names.
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I give him Ken, Anna and Harry, and then 15 names from the Spark and Flash website.
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All these people work for a company called Spark and Flash Design, I say.
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Spark and Flash Design, Saheed says.
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He's typing the names on his keyboard.
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I can hear it through the phone.
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Clack, clack, clack.
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What kind of company is that?
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It's an electrical design company, I say.
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Saheed laughs.
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What a stupid name, he says.
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Who wants spark and flash in their electrics?' "'Well, of course not,' I say.
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But people laugh, and then they remember the name,
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and that's clever.' "'Here we are,' says Said.
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He reads from his computer screen.
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Ken Okobi, nothing.
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Anna Lund, nothing.
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No, there's nothing in the records for any of those names.
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Is that helpful?
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Yes and no, I say.
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But it was a great help to me.
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Thanks a million, Sahid.
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No problem, Sahid says.
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See you Friday night, then.
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I have a quiet day.
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I go for a walk, do some shopping, have a quick lunch with Layla.
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How's it going? she asks.
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The new case.
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The man in the Greek restaurant?
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OK, I say.
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I never talk about my cases with my friends.
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Only Saheed, because he's a detective and he understands the work.
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Jeff's staff usually finish work about 5.30, Jeff told me.
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They get home by about 6.30, At five o'clock, I'm at home,
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my laptop is ready and I have three little windows on the screen one for Ken's laptop,
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one for Anna's and one for Harry's.
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I'm good at waiting and watching.
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Every private investigator needs to be good at these things.
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You learn to watch every little thing and remember it.
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You learn to go for a long time without sleep and then sleep for twelve or fourteen hours.
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8 o'clock.
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I drink coffee and read on my iPad.
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I find a story on the internet about cyber crime.
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It's not very good.
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A hacker in a high school is taking millions of dollars from a bank in Switzerland.
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It sounds so easy.
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But in real life, it isn't easy.
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A really clever hacker can get through a bank's security, but it's very difficult.
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The weasel can do it, I think.
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But he doesn't.
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Well, I don't know.
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I don't ask questions.
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11 o'clock.
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I make some more coffee and drink it black.
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My laptop screen shows nothing.
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Maybe the cyber thief is waiting for a quiet time late at night.
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One o'clock.
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My iPad suddenly shows a green light.
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It's a message from the weasel.
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How's it going?
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He writes.
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Nothing happening yet?' I write back.
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"'Are the garden flowers all right?' "'Yes, they're beautiful.
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Thank you very much.' "'No problem.' "'Are you doing the night watch, then?
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Yes, boring.
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What are you doing?
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Talking to a guy in California about the new internet laws in America.
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Bad news, eh?
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Very bad.
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We don't want these laws.
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The internet must be free for everyone.
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I look at my laptop screen.
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Hey, something's happening. Must go.
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Talk to you later.
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I close my iPad and turn to my laptop.
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The screen is flashing.
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Somebody is getting into the Clayton office computer.
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They get to the password for the quotations folder.
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Yes, they break through that.
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Now the password for the Blandings file. And they're through that.
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Now the file is downloading to a laptop.
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Anna's laptop.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 105 frases y 738 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:25. El hablante habla despacio, unas 88 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| laptop sustantivo | /ˈlæp.tɑp/ | portátil, computador portátil |
| flash verbo | /flæʃ/ | destellar, flashear |
| spark sustantivo | /ˈspɑɹk/ | chispa, centella |
| clever adjetivo | /ˈklɛv.ɚ/ | hábil, listo |
| password sustantivo | /ˈpæs.wɜɹd/ | contraseña, santo y seña |
| thief sustantivo | /ˈθiːf/ | ladrón, caco |
| investigator sustantivo | /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.təː/ | investigador, investigadora |
| helpful adjetivo | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | servicial, adyuvante |
| flower sustantivo | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | flor |
| detective sustantivo | /dɪˈtɛktɪv/ | detective, inspector |
| keyboard sustantivo | /ˈki.bɔɹd/ | teclado |
| bore verbo | /boɹ/ | aburrir |
| folder sustantivo | /ˈfoʊldɚ/ | carpeta, fólder |
| quotation sustantivo | /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/ | presupuesto, cotización |
| weasel sustantivo | /ˈwizəl/ | comadreja, mustela |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| get through verbo | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | aguantar, salir adelante |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | I'm working · are doing · is taking |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | needs to have · have to put · needs to be |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 13 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, isn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: flash /flæʃ/, quotation /kwoʊˈteɪʃn̩/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: investigator /ɪnˈvɛs.tɪˌɡeɪ̯.təː/, electrical /ɪˈlɛktɹɪkəl/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como laptop, flash, spark.
¿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.