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Hello everyone.
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Welcome back to English Conversation Journal.
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Today, Tom and Sarah are going on a picnic.
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But, as always, things don't go as planned.
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Let's see what problems they face at the park.
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Are you ready?
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Let's watch their adventure.
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After the end of each sentence,
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try to repeat the sentence aloud.
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Planning the picnic Tom, let's go on a picnic today.
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A picnic?
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That sounds great.
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The weather is perfect.
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What should we bring?
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We need food, drinks, and a blanket.
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I'll make sandwiches.
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Good idea.
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I'll pack the fruit.
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Should we bring a ball?
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Yes, we can play after eating.
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What time should we leave?
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How about 11 o'clock?
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Perfect.
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I'll get everything ready.
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Don't forget the sunscreen.
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Got it.
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This will be fun.
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They forgot the blanket.
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We're here.
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Look at this beautiful park.
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It's so nice and green.
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Where should we sit?
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Under that big tree.
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Good choice.
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Let me put down the blanket.
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The blanket?
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Do you have it?
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What?
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I thought you packed it.
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No, you said you'd bring it.
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Oh no, what do we do now?
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We can't sit on the grass.
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Wait, I have an idea.
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What?
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My jacket.
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We can sit on my jacket.
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It's too small for both of us.
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Then we'll take turns sitting?
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Tom, that's silly.
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I know, I know.
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I'm sorry.
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Let's just be careful and sit on the grass.
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Okay, next time I'll remember the blanket.
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The ants attack.
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Finally, let's eat.
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I'm hungry.
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Me too.
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These sandwiches look delicious.
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I made lemonade too.
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You're the best.
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Wait, what's that?
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What's what?
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On your sandwich.
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Is that?
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An ant!
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There's an ant!
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Oh no!
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They're everywhere!
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On the food, on my leg.
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Close the basket!
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Quick!
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Too late!
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They're inside.
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Why are there so many ants?
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We're sitting near an ant hill.
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We need to move now.
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Grab everything.
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My lemonade, it's spilling.
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Just run, run.
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Let's keep the basket under this tree.
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This is terrible.
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Over there, that spot looks safe.
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The rain starts.
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Okay, we're safe from the ants now.
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Finally!
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Let's try eating again.
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Wait, do you feel that?
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Feel what?
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A water drop on my head.
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Is it raining?
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I think so.
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But the sky was clear.
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Not anymore.
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Look at those clouds.
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They're so dark.
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It's getting heavier.
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We need shelter.
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Where?
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Where do we go?
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That pavilion!
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Over there!
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It's too far!
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Just run faster!
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I'm running!
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I'm running!
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Oh, I forgot to take the basket!
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We can't go back.
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It's too far now.
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Don't worry.
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Food will be safe under that tree.
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We're getting so wet!
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This is the worst picnic ever!
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Waiting for the rain to stop.
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We made it!
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But we're soaked!
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Look at us!
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We're dripping wet!
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At least we're under a roof now.
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How long will this rain last?
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I don't know.
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Maybe ten minutes?
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Or maybe an hour.
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Don't say that.
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I'm cold.
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Here, take my jacket.
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But you're wet too.
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I'm okay.
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You need it more.
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Thank you, Tom.
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I'm sorry this picnic is terrible.
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It's not your fault.
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Yes, it is.
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I forgot the blanket.
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And I chose the spot with ants.
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And neither of us checked the weather.
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We're both bad at picnics.
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Should we just go home?
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No. We came here for a picnic.
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But everything went wrong.
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So, we'll make it work.
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A dog steals the food.
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Look, the rain is stopping.
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Finally, let's go back.
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Where did we leave our basket?
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Over there, under that tree.
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I see it.
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Come on.
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Wait, is that a dog?
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Where?
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Near our basket.
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Oh no, it's eating our food.
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Hey, stop, that dog.
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Shoo, go away.
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He's not leaving.
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He's eating my sandwich.
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And the fruit.
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Do something.
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What can I do?
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He's big.
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Try to scare him.
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You try to scare him.
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Okay, okay.
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Hey dog, go.
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Leave.
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He took the whole basket.
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He's running away with it.
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Come back.
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That's our food.
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Let him go, Tom.
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But our picnic...
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It's gone.
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All gone.
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Making the best of it.
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So, no blanket, ants, rain,
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and a dog stole our food.
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That's right.
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This is officially the worst picnic in history.
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Probably yes.
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I'm really sorry, Sarah.
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Stop saying sorry.
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But everything went wrong.
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I know.
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But look around.
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What?
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The sun is out now.
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The park is beautiful.
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I guess.
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And we're together.
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That's true.
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And it's a funny story.
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A funny story?
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Yes.
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We'll laugh about this later.
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Maybe in ten years Or tomorrow You're not angry?
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Oh, it's an adventure An adventure with no food Then let's buy ice cream Ice cream?
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There's an ice cream truck,
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over there You're right, let's go Race you there Hey,
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no fair, you started first Too slow, Tom.
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Too slow.
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Wait for me!

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Daily English Conversation”. Las palabras que más se repiten: picnic, ant, blanket, basket, Tom. Este vídeo tiene 200 frases y 802 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:20. El hablante habla despacio, unas 96 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 87 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir. 33 de sus 200 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
picnic sustantivo/ˈpɪknɪk/jira, pícnic
blanket sustantivo/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/manta, cobija
basket sustantivo/ˈbæskɪt/cesta, cesto
ant sustantivo/ænt/hormiga, huasho
adventure sustantivo/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/aventura
jacket sustantivo/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/chaqueta, campera
steal verbo/stiːl/robar, shacar
grass sustantivo/ɡɹɑːs/pasto, hierba
scare verbo/skɛɚ/asustar, atemorizar
cloud sustantivo/ˈklaʊ̯d/nube, nimbo
hungry adjetivo/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/hambriento, tener hambre
silly adjetivo/ˈsɪl.i/bobo, tonto
delicious adjetivo/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/delicioso, sabroso
shelter sustantivo/ˈʃɛltə/abrigo, amparo
spill verbo/spɪl/derramar, verter

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
go away verboirse, marcharse
put down verbomenospreciar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Should we bring a ball?
  • What time should we leave?
  • Then we'll take turns sitting?
  • Wait, do you feel that?
  • Should we just go home?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena ideashould we bring · should we leave · should we sit
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe best · the worst
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónI'll make · I'll pack · I'll get
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare going · We're sitting · Is it raining

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 39 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, shelter /ˈʃɛltə/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: steal /stiːl/, scare /skɛɚ/, spill /spɪl/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: adventure /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/, pavilion /pəˈvɪljən/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/, jacket /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/

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 picnic, blanket, basket.

¿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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