Shadowing Practice: COMPLETE PET TRACK 2 UNIT 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Unit 1.
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Listening, Part 2.
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Exercise 3.
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For each question, choose the correct answer.
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1. You will hear two friends talking about the kind of flat they would like to live in.
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Wouldn't it be great to live right at the top of that block of flats, with views across the city?
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Nice views are fine, but I'm not very keen on lifts.
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I think I'd rather be on the ground floor.
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It'd be good to live in a building that's not far from a bus stop, too.
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Or an underground station.
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Right.
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But the most important thing for me would be to have my own room, so it'd have to be a three-bedroom apartment.
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I don't mind sharing with my brother, so two would be enough for me.
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Two.
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You'll hear a boy telling his friend about changing school.
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I haven't seen you for a long time.
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How do you feel now about your new school?
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Well, before I moved at the beginning of January, I thought it'd be difficult to make friends with people in my new class,
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but they've given me a really warm welcome.
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Of course, I'm a bit sad that I don't see anyone from my previous school, but there's nothing I can do about that.
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My studies seem to be going better than I'd expected too, so making the change hasn't been too hard, really.
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3. You will hear a girl talking about a trip to the beach.
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How was your day out?
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Great.
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The bus left early on Saturday, so I had to get up at 5am, but that meant we got to the beach really early.
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Did you go for a swim?
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Yes.
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I thought I would enjoy that, but it was a bit cold so we hired a little boat instead and sailed round the bay.
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That was fun too, but not as much as having a game of volleyball.
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We're going there again in July when it'll be too hot for beach sports, but swimming in the sea will be wonderful.
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4. You will hear two friends talking about the town where they live.
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It's quite a good place to live, isn't it?
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I mean, for a small town.
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Yes, and it's probably about the right size too.
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In bigger places there are problems like street crime, especially at night, but here you feel safe anywhere really.
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That's true.
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Although everywhere you go round here, the roads are really busy.
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All that noise and pollution is horrible early in the morning.
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I know.
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I wish people would walk or go by bike instead.
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Five.
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You will hear a boy talking to a friend about a shop.
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I don't really know this part of town.
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Where's the best place to buy a T-shirt?
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The little shop on the corner isn't bad.
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The range of things there is a bit limited, but just about everything is amazingly good value,
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especially if you compare it to the bigger shops.
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The one opposite the station?
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Yes, you can find almost anything you want there, but it always seems to be really crowded,
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with lots of people waiting to pay because it's short of staff.
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Thanks, I'll definitely avoid that one.
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6. You will hear two friends talking about their homes.
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I like my room, though I haven't got much space for my things.
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Mine's about the right size, really, but I know what you mean.
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My cupboards and shelves are far too small.
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At least mine's got big windows, so I get plenty of sunshine.
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I do too, though it's a pity I can't turn the central heating up in winter.
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Does it get noisy?
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It can do at my place, especially in the morning rush hour.
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My flatmate complains about traffic noise waking her up too,
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but I'm on the inside of the building so I hardly notice it.

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¿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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