Shadowing Practice: Describing People's Appearance and Personality Conversation - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hi, my name is Laura and I am 15 years old.
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I am an optimistic and energetic person.
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I have many great friends.
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I like dancing, reading books,
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playing volleyball and cooking in my spare time.
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I have long curly blonde hair and blue eyes.
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I am tall and slim.
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My favorite color is red.
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That's why I love wearing red clothes.
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What is she like?
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She is cheerful and fun to be with.
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What does she look like?
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She is brunette, she has a ponytail and blue eyes.
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She is very pretty.
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How old is she?
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She is 6 years old.
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What is she wearing?
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She is wearing a t-shirt,
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a red skirt and red shoes.
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Hello.
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Dinner is here.
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Cheer up.
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Stop being sad young man.
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What is she like?
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She is optimistic, nice and patient.
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What does she look like?
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She has black eyes.
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She is pretty, tall and rather plump.
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She wears her hair in a bun.
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She also wears glasses.
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How old is she?
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She is in her mid-forties.
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What is she wearing?
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She is wearing a blue uniform.
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What is he like?
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He is confident and positive.
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What does he look like?
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He has dark short hair,
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black eyes and a big smile.
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He is handsome and muscular.
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How old is he?
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He is around 30 years old.
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What is he wearing?
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He is wearing a gym suit.
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What is he like?
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He is mean to other kids.
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What does he look like?
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He has short brown hair and green eyes.
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How old is he?
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He is 7 years old.
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What is he wearing?
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He is wearing a blue polo shirt,
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black trousers, and white sneakers.
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What is he like?
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He is passionate about music.
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What does he look like?
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He has medium length blonde hair and black eyes.
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How old is he?
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He is around 20 years old.
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What is he wearing?
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He is wearing an elegant black suit,
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black shoes and a red bow tie.
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What is she like?
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She's nice and friendly.
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What does she look like?
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She is beautiful.
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She has long, wavy red hair and blue eyes.
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She's slim and tall.
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How old is she?
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She is around 18 years old.
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What is she wearing?
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She is wearing a short black dress and black shoes.
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What is he like?
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He is intelligent and self-confident.
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What does he look like?
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He is bald.
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He has a black beard and a mustache.
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He is thin and tall and he has green eyes.
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How old is he?
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He is in his mid-40s.
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What is he wearing?
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He is wearing a blue shirt and gray trousers.
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What is he like?
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He is messy and bad-tempered.
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What does he look like?
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He has black, curly hair and small black eyes.
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He is short in average weight.
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How old is he?
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He is around 15 years old.
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What is he wearing?
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He is wearing a red pullover,
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blue jeans and blue shoes.
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What is he like?
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He is honest and hardworking.
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What does he look like?
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He has gray hair and brown eyes.
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He is tall and plump.
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How old is he?
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He is middle-aged.
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What is he wearing?
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He is wearing an orange t-shirt,
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blue overalls and black boots.
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What is she like?
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She is rude and disobedient.
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What does she look like?
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She is cute.
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She has long, straight, blonde hair and black eyes.
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How old is she?
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She is 8 years old.
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What is she wearing?
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She is wearing a short pink dress,
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purple socks and white shoes.
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What is he like?
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He is very shy.
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What does he look like?
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He has short black hair and black eyes eyes.
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He is medium height and thin.
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How old is he?
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He's kind of young.
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What is he wearing?
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He is wearing a Czech shirt,
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brown trousers and black shoes.
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What is he like?
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He is nice and energetic.
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What does he look like?
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He has gray hair, blue eyes and a mustache.
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He is short and plump.
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How old is he?
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He is elderly.
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What is he wearing?
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He is wearing a green track suit and black shoes.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Describing People's Appearance and Personality Conversation”. Las palabras que más se repiten: wearing, eyes, hair, blue, shoes. Este vídeo tiene 131 frases y 695 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:55. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 117 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 48 de sus 131 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
shoe sustantivo/ˈʃu/zapato, taba
gray adjetivo/ɡɹeɪ/gris
blond adjetivo/blɑnd/rubio, macho
optimistic adjetivo/ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/optimista
energetic adjetivo/ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/enérgico, energético
curly adjetivo/ˈkɝli/rizado, chino
uniform sustantivo/ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/uniforme
purple sustantivo/ˈpɝ.pl̩/morado, púrpura
intelligent adjetivo/ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/inteligente
spare adjetivo/spɛɚ/de reserva, de repuesto
rude adjetivo/ɹuːd/rudo, grosero
handsome adjetivo/ˈhæn.səm/apuesto, guapo
boot sustantivo/but/bota
elderly adjetivo/ˈɛldɚli/anciano, entrado en años
passionate adjetivo/ˈpæʃənɪt/apasionado

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
cheer up verboanimarse

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “th”: thin /ˈθɪn/, cloth /klɒθ/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shoe /ˈʃu/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, moustache /ˈmʌstæʃ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: optimistic /ˌɒptɪˈmɪstɪk/, energetic /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, disobedient /dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪənt/

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 shoe, gray, blond.

¿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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