Shadowing Practice: Daily Life | A1 English Conversation - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello everyone and welcome to the show.
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I'm Avery.
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And I'm Melody.
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Hi, Avery.
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Hi, Melody.
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How are you today?
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I'm great, thank you.
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Today we have a fun topic.
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We are talking about our daily routines.
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Yes, what we do every day.
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So, Melody, let's start with the morning.
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What is your routine on weekdays?
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For example, on Mondays?
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Okay.
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On Mondays, I usually wake up at 7 o'clock.
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7 o'clock.
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Okay.
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Do you get up at 7 o'clock?
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No, I don't.
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I wake up, but I stay in bed for 10 minutes.
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I get up at 10 past 7.
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Oh, me too.
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I always check my emails in bed.
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What do you do after you get up?
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Well, first I go to the bathroom.
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I always brush my teeth.
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Then I get dressed.
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Right.
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After that, I go to the kitchen and I have breakfast.
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I usually have toast and an apple.
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That sounds healthy.
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And then do you leave the house?
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Yes, I leave the house at 8 o'clock and I go to campus.
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What about you, Avery?
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What is your morning routine?
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My routine is a little different.
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I never wake up at 7 o'clock.
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That is too early for me.
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I usually wake up at 8.30.
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Wow, 8.30.
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Yes, I get up right away.
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Then I get dressed and brush my hair.
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Okay.
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Do you eat breakfast?
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That's a funny question.
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I sometimes eat breakfast.
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If I have time, I eat cereal.
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But I often just have coffee.
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Just coffee?
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Oh, Avery.
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I know.
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Then I leave the house at 9 o'clock.
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That's interesting.
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Our mornings are very different.
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What about your family?
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Let's talk about your brother.
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What time does he get up?
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Oh, my brother?
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He is very different.
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He works at night, so he always wakes up very late.
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He wakes up at 11 o'clock in the morning.
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11 o'clock?
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So he never eats breakfast?
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That's right.
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He never eats breakfast.
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He has lunch when he wakes up.
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He gets stressed, and he usually watches TV in the afternoon.
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That's a very relaxed routine.
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Yes, it is.
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What about your sister, Melody?
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What does she do in the morning?
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My sister is a student, like us.
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She is very busy.
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She always wakes up at 6.30.
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6.30?
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That is early.
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Yes, she gets up and goes for a run.
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After that, she has a big breakfast.
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She always brushes her teeth, and then she goes to campus.
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She leaves the house at 8.30.
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She sounds very organized.
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She is!
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So, after the morning, we go to campus.
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What do you do in the afternoon, Avery?
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On Mondays and Wednesdays, I attend a lecture at 10 o'clock.
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It's a big class.
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After class, I usually go to the library.
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The library?
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Okay.
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Yes, I do my homework there, I check my emails, and I study for an hour.
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Do you take a break?
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Of course, I always take a break.
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At 1 o'clock, I have lunch with my friends.
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That's nice.
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My afternoon is similar.
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I have a class at 9 o'clock, then I often study with friends.
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We do homework together.
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Mm-hmm.
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We sometimes take a long break and drink coffee.
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Then I have another class in the afternoon.
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You are very busy.
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Yes.
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Now let's talk about the evening.
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What time do you get home?
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I usually get home at 6 o'clock.
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The first thing I do is cook dinner.
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I love cooking.
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That's great.
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I don't cook.
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My roommate cooks dinner.
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You are lucky.
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What do you do after dinner?
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In the evening, I often watch TV or I listen to music.
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I find it relaxing.
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I agree.
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I never watch TV, but I always listen to music when I cook.
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It makes me happy.
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Me too.
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And finally, the end of the day.
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What time do you go to bed, Avery?
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I try to go to bed at 11 o'clock at night, but I sometimes read a book so I fall asleep around midnight.
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What about you?
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Because I get up early, I go to bed early.
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I am usually in bed at 10 o'clock.
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I fall asleep very fast.
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That is a good habit.
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So this is our routine on weekdays, but what about on weekends?
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On Saturday, for example, Is your routine different?
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Oh, yes, very different.
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On Saturdays, I sometimes wake up at 10 o'clock.
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I never do homework.
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I often play football with my friends.
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That sounds fun.
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My weekends are relaxed, too.
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I get up late, and I often watch movies in the afternoon.
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It is good to take a break.
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Well, that was a great chat about our daily routines.
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We learned about mornings, afternoons, and evenings.
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Yes, and how our routines are the same and how they are different.
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Thank you everyone for listening.
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We hope you enjoyed it.
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Bye for now.
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Goodbye.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Las palabras que más se repiten: routine, wake, usually, Avery, breakfast. Este vídeo tiene 142 frases y 799 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:52. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 136 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 26 de sus 142 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
routine sustantivo/ɹuˈtin/rutina
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar
brush sustantivo/bɹʌʃ/pincel, cepillo
homework sustantivo/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/deberes, tarea
asleep adjetivo/əˈsliːp/dormido, jato
topic sustantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, tópico
midnight sustantivo/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/medianoche, madrugada
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego
habit sustantivo/ˈhæb.ɪt/costumbre, hábito
leaf sustantivo/lif/hoja, foja (desus.)
lecture sustantivo/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/aleccionamiento, lectivo
organize verbo/ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/organizar
toast sustantivo/toʊst/pan tostado, tostada
roommate sustantivo/ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/compañero de cuarto
cereal sustantivo/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/cereal, herbal

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
get up verbolevantarse
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • What is your routine on weekdays?
  • What do you do after you get up?
  • What is your morning routine?
  • Do you take a break?
  • What time do you get home?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 5 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 routine, relax, brush.

¿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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