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Welcome to Daily Dictation 14, but first we got to go back to Daily Dictation 13.
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It's about the mosquitoes.
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How was your dictation?
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One more time, listen up.
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Asian tiger mosquitoes are native to the tropics of Southeast Asia, but in the past few years, they've spread all across the southeastern United States.
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Yes, scary mosquito news.
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How did you do?
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Let's check out the answers.
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Asian tiger mosquitoes, Asian tiger mosquitoes.
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Now, Asian tiger mosquitoes, mosquitoes.
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Mosquitoes?
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No, mos -ki -toes.
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Mosquitoes.
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Mosquitoes.
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I'm from Wisconsin in the United States and mosquitos, we have a cute name for mosquitos.
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Skeeters.
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Skeeters.
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And it comes from the pronunciation.
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We don't say mosquitos, we say mosquitos, mosquitos, skeetos, skeeters.
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So we have that kind of name.
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So if you know another American from Wisconsin, you can ask him or her about skeeters.
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Do you have skeeters in Wisconsin?
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You could ask a question like that.
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Anyway, Asian tiger mosquitoes, wow, tiger mosquitoes, are native to the tropics of Southeast Asia.
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So, native to, native to.
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Shane is native to the United States.
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Shane is native to Wisconsin in the United States.
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Where are you native to?
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Are you native to Vietnam?
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Are you native to Korea?
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Are you native to France?
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Leave me a message.
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I'm native to somewhere, somewhere, somewhere.
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So, I'm native to the United States, but I live in South Korea.
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Now, these Asian tiger mosquitoes are native to Southeast Asia, but they've moved to the United States.
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Just like I'm native to the United States, but I moved to Asia, South Korea, the tiger mosquitoes have moved to the United States.
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So we've changed positions.
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So Asian tiger mosquitoes are native to the, native to the, native to the.
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You don't hear to, it sounds more like a d, d, very short d sound.
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Native to the, native to the, native to the tropics, the tropics.
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When we say tropics, we think of palm trees and coconuts and very hot weather, rainforests, oceans.
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We have this image, the tropics, kind of a beautiful image.
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The tropics of, not the tropics of the Caribbean, the tropics of Southeast Asia.
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Southeast Asia, so Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, these countries in Southeast Asia.
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But, in the past few years, now, when we say it fast, but in the, but in the, but in the, we gotta connect the sound,
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and this N cancels out the TH, and what we have is, but in the, but in the,
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but in the, in, na but in the past few, this S cancels the T,
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past few, but in the past few years, but in the past few years, and these words put them together,
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because many students, if they don't connect the sounds, it sounds like few ears.
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You don't want to say few ears, you want to say few years,
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But in the past few years,
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they've spread all across.
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They've spread.
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The mosquitoes have spread.
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Just like spread to spread out, to expand, to go to more places.
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They've spread.
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Right now I'm spreading my arms.
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I'm spreading my fingers.
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The mosquitoes have spread from Southeast Asia to where?
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To all across, all over, every part of...
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The Southeastern United States.
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So the United States, the Southeastern part, that's going to be Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas.
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These states would be Southeast United States.
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And in this video, if you watch the full video, and I'll put the link, they're now in California.
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So from the southeast U .S., they've gone over to the southwest U .S.
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And they're dangerous mosquitoes.
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They're scary.
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They have many, they can have many diseases, and they sting.
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So let's say it together.
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Let's go slow.
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Ready?
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One, two, three.
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Asian tiger mosquitoes are native to the tropics of southeast Asia
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but in the past few years they've spread all across the southeastern United States.
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Let's say it faster.
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Asian tiger mosquitoes are native to the tropics of Southeast Asia
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but in the past few years they've spread all across the United States.
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It's not easy.
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It's a little bit long.
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You listen two more times with the announcer and try and repeat with the announcer
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And then I'll have
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Daily Dictation 14 for you.
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Good luck.
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Asian tiger mosquitoes are native to the tropics of Southeast Asia, but in the past few years they've spread all across the Southeastern United States.
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Asian tiger mosquitoes are native to the tropics of Southeast Asia, but in the past few years they've spread all across the Southeastern United States.
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Okay, now it's time for Daily Dictation 14 and the theme is cats.
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Cats, kittens, cats.
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Do you like cats?
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Well, I hope so.
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If you don't like cats, it's okay.
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This is an interesting story about a cat.
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Now, cats are stubborn animals, and this cat is definitely stubborn, but the cat had a sad story,
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but it ended up as a happy story.
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Listen Listen carefully, not too difficult, do the dictation and I'll give you the full story and I'll give you the answers tomorrow.
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So good luck everybody, see you tomorrow.
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Cats reputedly have nine lives and he clearly wanted to spend at least one of them here in New York City.
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Cats reputedly have nine lives and he clearly wanted to spend at least one of them here in New York City.
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Cats reputedly have nine lives and he clearly wanted to spend at least one of them here in New York City.
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The cats reputedly have nine lives and he clearly wanted to spend at least one of them here in New York City.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Daily English Dictation 14”. Las palabras que más se repiten: native, mosquitoes, tropics, southeast, tiger. Este vídeo tiene 99 frases y 939 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:01. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 117 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 81 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| mosquito sustantivo | /məsˈki.toʊ/ | mosquito, mosco |
| tiger sustantivo | /ˈtaɪɡə/ | tigre |
| southeast sustantivo | /sawˈθɪjst/ | sudeste, sureste |
| southeastern adjetivo | del sudeste, al sureste | |
| ear sustantivo | /ˈɪə̯/ | oído, oreja |
| connect verbo | /kəˈnɛkt/ | conectar, empalmar |
| scary adjetivo | /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ | temible, espantoso |
| cancel verbo | /ˈkæn.sl̩/ | tachar |
| stubborn adjetivo | /ˈstʌbɚn/ | testarudo, obstinado |
| announcer sustantivo | /əˈnaʊnsɚ/ | anunciador, locutor |
| finger sustantivo | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | dedo, alambres |
| carefully adverbio | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | cuidadosamente |
| expand verbo | /ɪkˈspænd/ | ampliar |
| palm sustantivo | /pɑm/ | palma, palma de la mano |
| southwest sustantivo | /saʊθˈwɛst/ | sudoeste, suroeste |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear |
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- How was your dictation?
- How did you do?
- Let's check out the answers.
- Where are you native to?
- I'm native to somewhere, somewhere, somewhere.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | they've spread · they've moved · have moved |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | I'll put · I'll have · I'll give |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | I'm spreading |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 30 contracciones y formas reducidas, como they've, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: southeast /sawˈθɪjst/, southwest /saʊθˈwɛst/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, dictation /dɪkˈteɪʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scary /ˈskɛə.ɹi/, stubborn /ˈstʌbɚn/, sting /ˈstɪŋ/
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 mosquito, tiger, southeast.
¿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.