Shadowing Practice: Do you know these *everyday objects* in English? - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I'm on the table now.
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Are you ready to make a video with me?
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Yeah.
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Hi.
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I've noticed that even my most advanced learners in English sometimes don't know everyday words.
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I have curly hair.
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You have curly hair, that's right.
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You have very curly hair.
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And so that's what we're going to talk about in today's video.
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Everyday words that you can use around the house.
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Sound good?
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Yeah.
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Okay, are you going to help me teach?
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I'm an English teacher and Dory is only three years old,
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but he's already a much better teacher than I am.
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If you would like a simple Google Docs guide for today's lesson,
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I have created one for you and it's free.
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You can download it from the link down below along with my free email newsletter.
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What's this called?
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Oh, bless you, bless you.
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That was a double sneeze.
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You feel better?
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Yeah.
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Alright, what is this called?
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What is it?
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Paper towels.
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Paper towels.
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What do we use paper towels for?
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Wiping some water.
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Wiping up some water sometimes.
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Yeah, wiping up spills, wiping up liquids in the kitchen and all over the house, right?
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What are these called? And uh, guac.
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Tissues, or we call them by the brand name Kleenex.
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Do you have any Kleenex?
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Can I have a Kleenex?
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No. Although we, we're American,
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I'm American but we live in Canada, right? right Dory is Canadian.
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But I'm both.
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You're both you're right you're right and so in Canada maybe they call them Scotties I'm not sure.
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If you're watching this and you're Canadian what do you call these?
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They're for dogs.
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They're for dogs oh yeah there is a little dog on here there's a little dog at the bottom.
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Are they for dogs?
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No these are for people the logo has a dog on it,
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but these are for people.
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Dogs can use them too, I guess.
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Yeah, they can use it.
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That's nice.
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If a dog needs to blow his nose,
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he can use these too.
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A lot of the names of these items are regional,
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so it will really depend on what part of the U.S you're from,
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or if you're from Canada,
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or the U.K., or wherever in the world.
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Some of these things are said differently,
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depending on the exact place you're from.
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Are you tired? Should we keep going?
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Are you too tired?
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Do we need to stop?
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No. Okay.
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Because I'm yawning.
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You're yawning, I know.
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What are these?
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Napkins.
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Napkins.
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Good job.
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I have to wipe our hands.
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What's this?
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Oh, we put this back.
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Oh, put this back.
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Okay.
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What is this called?
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toilet paper toilet paper yeah where do we use toilet paper
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in the toilet in the toilet in the bathroom right mm-hmm yeah sometimes I use it
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because sometimes I use a lot sometimes you use a lot?
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What are these called?
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Wipes.
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What do we use wipes for?
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For wiping some bum-bums.
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For wiping some bum-bums, yeah.
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When you were a baby,
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I used wipes a lot when I had changed your diapers,
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but now you're potty trained.
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What are these?
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Slippers.
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Good job, buddy.
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Yes, these are slippers.
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Okay, do you want to wear them right now?
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No. No?
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Okay.
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Alright, what is this called, Dory?
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What is it?
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This is a Tupperware container.
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Tupperware container.
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This is a brand name because Tupperware is a popular brand of containers.
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I don't know what else we would call it.
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A food container?
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Maybe?
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Yep.
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Alright, what are these?
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Sneakers.
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Sneakers.
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Good job, bud.
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Yeah.
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A lot of these words are very,
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very different in British English.
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So if you know the word for sneakers in British English,
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please tell us down below.
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What is this?
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A strainer.
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What did you say?
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A strainer.
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A strainer.
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You're right.
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This is called a strainer.
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It's for straining pasta. And some what?
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For straining pasta and vegetables.
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And some shrimp. And shrimp.
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Yeah, sure.
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We could strain shrimp in this.
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We put water inside.
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Yeah, we put water.
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We run water over it, right?
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We run water over the shrimp.
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We put it in the sink.
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We put it in the sink, yeah.
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What is this?
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What's this called?
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What do we use it for?
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Laundry.
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yeah we use it for washing the laundry right we take this little cup off this is laundry detergent
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and we put the laundry detergent in here
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and then we put this in the in the laundry machine what is What is this?
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Soap.
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What do we use this for?
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Dishing.
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Washing dishes.
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This is dish soap.
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Dish soap.
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Yeah.
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And with dish soap, we use one of these.
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What is this?
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A sponge!
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For rubbing things.
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Yeah, for washing things.
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For rubbing and washing the dishes.
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Scrubbing the dishes.
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This side scrubs and this side washes.
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This is a sponge.
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A sponge.
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Mama, I popped a bubble in your mouth.
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You popped a bubble in your mouth?
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That's funny.
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What is this?
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What is it?
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This is for washing our hands and we call this hand soap.
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So we squirt a little bit onto our hands
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and we wash our hands in the sink and then we rinse our hands.
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Don't do don't do it for real.
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You're just pretending right?
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Yeah.
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So we go and then we wash our hands and then we rinse our hands with water after.
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What is this?
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Yes, this is soap.
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Good job.
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A bar of soap.
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Can we hear the noise?
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The noise?
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Yeah.
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Oh, Oh, you can hear it.
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You're right.
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There is a noise.
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There's soap in there.
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Does it smell good?
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Yeah.
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What is this called?
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A towel.
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A towel.
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Yes, a towel.
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And this one?
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It's a towel towel.
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Yeah, this is a towel too.
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This is a hand towel that we use in the kitchen.
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And what is this?
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I would call this a washcloth.
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A washcloth or a facecloth.
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This is called?
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This is called a hoodie.
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A hoodie.
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Do you want to say bye bye then to the camera?
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Bye bye.
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Bye.
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I want to show it.
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Oh you want to show it?
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Okay go ahead show the calculator.
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What is the calculator for? for doing math.
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Math.
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Thanks for watching, everybody.
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We'll see you next time.
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One plus eight.
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One plus eight.
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What's one plus eight?
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Nine.
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Nine.
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Good job, bud.
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High five.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A1 se basa en el vídeo “Do you know these *everyday objects* in English?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: towel, soap, dog, wiping, paper. Este vídeo tiene 206 frases y 1084 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 10:20. El hablante habla despacio, unas 105 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 79 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 59 de sus 206 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
wipe verbo/waɪp/enjugar, trapear
towel sustantivo/ˈtaʊ̯əl/toalla, toballa
soap sustantivo/soʊp/jabón, sopín
dish sustantivo/dɪʃ/vajilla
wash verbo/wɑʃ/lavar
laundry sustantivo/ˈlɔːn.dɹi/colada, lavado
container sustantivo/kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/recipiente, envase
shrimp sustantivo/ʃɹɪmp/camarón
sink verbo/ˈsɪŋk/hundir, afondar
strain sustantivo/stɹeɪn/cepa, variedad
curly adjetivo/ˈkɝli/rizado, chino
sponge sustantivo/spʌnd͡ʒ/esponja
everyday adjetivo/ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/de diario, cuotidiano
depend verbo/dɪˈpɛnd/depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de)
bubble sustantivo/ˈbʌbəl/burbuja, pompa

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
go ahead verbo/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/venga, adelante

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Are you ready to make a video with me?
  • What do we use paper towels for?
  • Do we need to stop?
  • What do we use wipes for?
  • What do we use it for?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceare said · is called
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraI've noticed · have created
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasyou're watching · I'm yawning · You're yawning
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesarioneeds to blow · need to stop · have to wipe

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 29 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, washcloth /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: dish /dɪʃ/, wash /wɑʃ/, shrimp /ʃɹɪmp/, tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, washcloth /ˈwɔʃ.klɔθ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, calculator /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: strain /stɹeɪn/, sponge /spʌnd͡ʒ/, spill /spɪl/, scrub /skɹʌb/, strainer /ˈstɹeɪnɚ/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: everyday /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/, vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: newsletter /ˈn(j)uzˌlɛtɚ/, sneeze /sniːz/

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 wipe, towel, soap.

¿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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