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What are you doing today?
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I'm a fan So let's find out what the people of York are up to.
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So the question is, what are you doing today?
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I'm working at the National Memory Museum.
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We've been to a hotel for the night.
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As a birthday present from our youngest son.
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Oh, happy birthday.
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So we're just returning from the hotel, stopping off in York, and then going home.
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I'm handing out leaflets.
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Alright, what for?
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Go on, sell it to me to me.
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This is good advertising.
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I'm a new hairdresser, I'm just trying to build up my clientele.
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Okay, so what are you doing today?
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I'm delivering parcels by a bicycle, or a bicycle, strictly speaking.
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Really, so how many parcels have you got in there?
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That's more than one question.
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May I ask the second one?
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You may, you may.
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Okay, how many parcels have you got in there?
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About a dozen, I think, about 150 kilos.
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Do you know what's in them?
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No, that's like asking the postman what's in the post.
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Do you never kind of feel them to try and guess what's in?
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Not really, no. Occasionally, maybe.
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That's what I do at Christmas, with presents.
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I'm going to the university to study.
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What do you study?
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Physiotherapy.
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And you're from Norway, you said?
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I'm from Norway.
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I've been on placement for 10 weeks on your hospital.
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I'm going to have a cup of tea.
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A cup of tea?
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Okay.
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Why did you put your hand up like that?
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What have you got there?
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I've just been to the post office, I went to the depot to pick up things my mum hadn't put sufficient postage on.
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Ah, okay, so then you had to pick it up.
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Yeah.
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That's annoying of your mum, isn't it?
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Yeah, doesn't understand stamps.
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Yeah.
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What do you have to do?
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I have to serve coffee, clean tables and serve customers.
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Or so I'm just delivering posters and stuff everywhere at the moment, but then going back to the office and doing some more work.
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We might go shopping.
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What is the special or favourite shop?
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I'm not sure, I haven't lived here that long.
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Why should I choose to have my hair cut at your place and nowhere else?
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Go on, sell it to me.
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Because it's £20 and you got 20% student discount off and I was trained really well, So it's a high standard.
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It's Sally's birthday, so we've come to York, to have a walk around, and then probably go to the seaside, to Whitby.
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Oh, well.
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I tried on wedding dresses because I'm getting married.
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Oh.
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Yeah, that's what we did.
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I went with her and said things, commented upon them.
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And what are you doing tonight to relax?
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Erm, packing for my holiday.
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Erm, I'm on my way to uni to go to some classes.
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What am I doing today?
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Getting wet shopping.
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And what is your favorite shop?
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I have no idea.
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I should think the one down there that sells toffee.
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We're going to a restaurant tonight.
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Yeah, we're going to a Porsche Indian restaurant.
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Porsche Indian restaurant?
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Yes, apparently.
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Okay.
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Tonight I'm eating dinner with my host family.
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Ah, okay.
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Last dinner with them.
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The last supper?
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Yeah.
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Oh, really?
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Yeah.
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And what are you doing this evening?
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I'm going to a friend's birthday party.
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Cool, how old is she?
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21. Okay, and what's her name?
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It's two people together, so it's Chantal and Jemima.
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Okay, would you like to say happy birthday to Chantal and Jemima?
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Happy birthday, Chantal and Jemima.
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Thank you very much.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Easy English 8 - What are you doing today?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: birthday, Chantal, Jemima, parcels, restaurant. Este vídeo tiene 86 frases y 602 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:21. El hablante habla rápido, unas 180 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 28 de sus 86 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
parcel sustantivo/ˈpɑɹsəl/paquete, encomienda
bicycle sustantivo/ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/bicicleta, bici
nowhere adverbio/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/en ninguna parte, en ningún lugar
discount sustantivo/ˈdɪskaʊnt/descuento, rebaja
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar
poster sustantivo/ˈpoʊstɚ/cartel, póster
strictly adverbio/ˈstɹɪktli/estrictamente, terminantemente
stamp sustantivo/stæmp/estampado, timbrado
youngest adjetivo/ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/más joven, jovencisímo
placement sustantivo/ˈpleɪ̯smənt/colocación, emplazamiento
depot sustantivo/ˈdiːpoʊ/depósito
supper sustantivo/ˈsʌpɚ/cena, resopón
seaside sustantivo/ˌsiːˈsaɪd/costa, litoral
postage sustantivo/ˈpoʊstɪd͡ʒ/franqueo
annoy verbo/əˈnoɪ̯/enchilar, crispar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
find out verboaveriguar, anoticiarse
pick up verbocoger, asir
walk around verbodeambular

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • What are you doing today?
  • May I ask the second one?
  • Do you know what's in them?
  • Why did you put your hand up like that?
  • That's annoying of your mum, isn't it?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 27 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, we're, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: strictly /ˈstɹɪktli/, stamp /stæmp/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como parcel, bicycle, nowhere.

¿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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