Shadowing Practice: DON’T FALL ASLEEP AT A MATT RIFE SHOW | crowdwork - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This dude is fully asleep in the show right now.
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No, no, no, no, let him be, let him be, let him be, let him be.
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Who wants to jack off on him first?
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That's the...
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Louis C .K comes down the stairs and he's like, this is my time to shine.
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This is gonna be fun.
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We're gonna figure out something to do to him.
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It can't be anything illegal, but it should be borderline.
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Signing his head.
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I'm not gonna make him worth more.
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Drunk or just tired?
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Because the show is going well.
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A little bit of both?
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That's fine man, it's Thursday.
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I get it.
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Week's almost over.
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Sometimes he needs to come a day earlier.
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I get that.
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How old is he?
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25?
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He thinks he's tired now?
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It's gonna get so much worse.
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He's got work tomorrow?
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Where does he work?
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Construction.
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Construction?
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Nah, he probably is fucking tired then, to be honest.
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And that is how you get replaced by a Mexican.
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That was exactly it.
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Being lazy and ungrateful for an opportunity.
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White people just aren't built for manual labor.
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You know what I mean?
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He works in the office.
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He what?
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He works in the office?
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He works in the office?
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Still asleep.
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This is great Call his girlfriend he has a girlfriend too?
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This is probably the only time he knows he has to go home to an argument after this.
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He's like let me fucking fuel up.
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What's his name?
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Miguel.
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Oh.
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This is the replacement.
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That is how you get replaced by the Chinese. Or a robot.
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I don't know what comes after.
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I don't know what comes after the peck -mortar hard workers.
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But, uh, well, he bought a ticket, so.
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No refunds, Miguel.
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You bought that ticket?
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Oh, you about to get a Venmo request.
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He's Mexican.
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You about to get a Cash App request.
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Let's do something fun.
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I'm thinking we turn off all the lights.
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Nobody rob anybody.
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I just want one light on him.
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I'm gonna sneak up on him.
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Shhh!
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You're gonna wake him on!
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Snaps!
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Snaps!
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You guys are so stupid.
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I can't believe you're playing along with this.
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Also, bro, I can't sleep ever.
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I have such bad insomnia.
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Like I can't sleep in any bed ever with - I've got like a $300 pillow.
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That shit doesn't work at all.
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This motherfucker's sitting upright.
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In a public setting.
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Out cold.
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Getting the best sleep I've never had.
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Alright, you over there now, y 'all?
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You over there, dude?
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Okay, here's what I wanted to do.
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See the - can you see the - the blue? light that's on him right there just leave
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that one on turn off every other light.
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What do you mean can't do it?
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Like physically you can't?
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Turn the stage lights off.
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Take him a while.
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Is it not a switch?
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There we go.
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That's good.
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Uh oh.
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Hold on.
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Okay.
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Now I'm glad there wasn't more black people here.
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Alright, hold on a second.
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Let me find the piano.
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I swear to God, nobody steal anybody's wallet.
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Hold on.
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He doesn't know how to fight does he?
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That's so funny for you guys to say no. You guys can rob one person after this show.
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How do I bring up the police lights He said let's not sit in the front
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so he won't call on us Nothing?
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Dude, he might be dead.
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Miguel.
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Miguel.
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You've been in a coma for eight minutes.
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Trump is on his fourth term, and we need you back in the office.
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You good, dog?
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What were you dreaming about?
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There was a fire!
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You didn't hear none of that?
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Oh, wow, man.
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Miguel, I am very jealous of your abilities to sleep, though.
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I wake up.
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I'm the lightest sleeper, dude.
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If the AC kicks on, I'm like, someone's in my ass.
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Someone's trying to dig in me.
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You scared us man.
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We thought you died You were out so cold man your boy put his nuts on your shoulder Well,
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let me go.
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What was your favorite part about the show?
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Yeah, if you had to say recap the night.
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What was your favorite part of the evening thus far?
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It's over Yeah, man, it's Saturday Ever, dude.
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So I've been up here for 35 minutes, dude.
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Oh my God.
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I'm Matt, by the way.
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I don't know if you were awake when I got up here or not.
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But a lot happened.
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The police showed up.
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You didn't budge, dude.
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You gotta work with your awareness.
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You were almost out of here, amigo.
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What kind of construction do y 'all do?
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Yeah, there's certain kinds of construction.
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It could be residential, it could be commercial, Miguel.
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What kind of construction y 'all do?
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Residential and commercial.
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Well, those are the two.
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He does it all.
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It only gets worse from here.
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25. You think you tired now, Miguel?
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You just got on your own insurance.
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Shit's about to get real, man.
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you.
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Management tried to wake you up.
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You didn't budge.
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I was like, let him sleep.
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Management was like, you gotta get out of here.
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I respect that dude.
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I can't sleep at all.
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That's a fucking skill set.
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You're gonna sleep in a public place like this.
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I know you shit in public places, dude.
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You're not worried.
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You're not worried to use a stall whatsoever, man.
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You're not even putting a flap down.
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They put the flap down because of me.
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You sleep at church? In front of Jesus?

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “DON’T FALL ASLEEP AT A MATT RIFE SHOW”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Squeak, dude, sleep, Miguel, construction. Este vídeo tiene 152 frases y 939 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:05. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 116 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 33 de sus 152 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
budge verbo/bʌd͡ʒ/mover
flap sustantivo/flæp/solapa, solape
borderline sustantivo/ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/frontera, línea divisoria
insomnia sustantivo/ɪnˈsɒmniə/insomnio
sleeper sustantivo/ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/dormilón
ungrateful adjetivo/ʌnˈɡɹeɪtfəl/desagradecido, ingrato
upright adjetivo/ˈʌpɹaɪt/vertical, recto
coma sustantivo/ˈkoʊmə/coma
mortar sustantivo/ˈmɔːtə/mortero, argamasa
stall sustantivo/stɔːl/compartimento, compartimiento
refund sustantivo/ɹɪˈfʌnd/reembolso, reintegro
pillow sustantivo/ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈpʰɪɫ.ö̞]almohada, citara
sneak verbo/sniːk/moverse con sigilo
scare verbo/skɛɚ/asustar, atemorizar
stairs sustantivo/ˈstɛɹz/escalera, gradas

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
turn off verboapagar
bring up verbolevantar, alzar
figure out verboaveriguar, captar
get out of verbosalirse de, ponerse fuera de
get up verbolevantarse
show up verbocomparecer, personarse
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:

  • You know what I mean?
  • Alright, you over there now, y 'all?
  • See the - can you see the - the blue?
  • What do you mean can't do it?
  • You didn't hear none of that?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 45 contracciones y formas reducidas, como can't, gonna, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: sleeper /ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/, stall /stɔːl/, sneak /sniːk/, scare /skɛɚ/, stairs /ˈstɛɹz/

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 budge, flap, borderline.

¿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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