Shadowing Practice: Effortless English - Bubba’s Food - Audio - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Bubba's Food.
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Sarah Smith, who lives in San Francisco,
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went shopping for cat food.
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Sarah is 30 and lives at 3037 Market Street.
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She has lived there since 1990.
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Sarah is married.
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She is married to a man named John.
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She has been married for seven years.
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They have two children and one very big cat.
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Their son Bob is five years old and their daughter Nancy is three.
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Their cat Bubba is two years old.
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Bubba is huge.
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He weighs 258 pounds, 117 kilos.
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At 9 a.m.
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Sarah got into her car and drove to the pet store.
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She bought 68 bags of cat food for $10 each plus tax.
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The regular price was $15 so she got a good deal.
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The total was $680 plus tax.
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She paid by credit card.
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On her way home, Sarah stopped at a convenience store to buy milk.
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Bubba loves milk.
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The milk was $3 for one gallon and Sarah bought 30 gallons.
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She paid $100 and got $10 back in change.
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Sarah got home at 11 a.m.
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Bubba was waiting at the door.
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He was very hungry.
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Bubba's Food.
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Sarah Smith, who lives in San Francisco,
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went shopping for cat food.
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Sarah is 30 and lives at 3037 Market Street.
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She has lived there since 1990.
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Sarah is married.
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She is married to a man named John.
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She has been married for seven years.
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They have two children and one very big cat.
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Their son Bob is five years old and their daughter Nancy is three.
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Their cat Bubba is two years old.
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Bubba is huge.
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He weighs 258 pounds, 117 kilos.
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At 9 a.m.
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Sarah got into her car and drove to the pet store.
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She bought 68 bags of cat food for $10 each plus tax.
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The regular price was $15 so she got a good deal.
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The total was $680 plus tax.
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She paid by credit card.
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On her way home, Sarah stopped at a convenience store to buy milk.
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Bubba loves milk.
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The milk was $3 for one gallon and Sarah bought 30 gallons.
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She paid $100 and got $10 back in change.
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Sarah got home at 11 a.m.
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Bubba was waiting at the door.
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He was very hungry.
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Bubba's food.
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Sarah Smith, who lives in San Francisco,
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went shopping for cat food.
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Sarah is 30 and lives at 3037 Market Street.
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She has lived there since 1990.
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Sarah is married.
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She is married to a man named John.
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She has been married for seven years.
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They have two children and one very big cat.
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Their son Bob is five years old and their daughter Nancy is three.
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Their cat Bubba is two years old.
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Bubba is huge.
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He weighs 258 pounds, 117 kilos.
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At 9 a.m.
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Sarah got into her car and drove to the pet store.
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She bought 68 bags of cat food for $10 each plus tax.
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The regular price was $15 so she got a good deal.
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The total was $680 plus tax.
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She paid by credit card.
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On her way home, Sarah stopped at a convenience store to buy milk.
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Bubba loves milk.
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The milk was $3 for one gallon and Sarah bought 30 gallons.
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She paid $100 and got $10 back in change.
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Sarah got home at 11 a.m.
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Bubba was waiting at the door.
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He was very hungry.
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Bubba's Food Sarah Smith, who lives in San Francisco,
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went shopping for cat food.
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Sarah is 30 and lives at 3037 Market Street.
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She has lived there since 1990.
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Sarah is married.
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She is married to a man named John.
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She has been married for seven years.
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They have two children and one very big cat.
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Their son Bob is five years old and their daughter Nancy is three.
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Their cat Bubba is two years old.
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Bubba is huge.
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He weighs 258 pounds, 117 kilos.
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At 9 a.m.
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Sarah got into her car and drove to the pet store.
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She bought 68 bags of cat food for $10 each plus tax.
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The regular price was $15 so she got a good deal.
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The total was $680 plus tax.
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She paid by credit card.
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On her way home, Sarah stopped at a convenience store to buy milk.
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Bubba loves milk.
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The milk was $3 for one gallon and Sarah bought 30 gallons.
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She paid $100 and got $10 back in change.
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Sarah got home at 11 a.m.
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Bubba was waiting at the door.
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He was very hungry.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Effortless English - Bubba’s Food - Audio”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Sarah, Bubba, cat, milk, married. Este vídeo tiene 103 frases y 692 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:14. El hablante habla despacio, unas 96 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 9 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
gallon sustantivo/ˈɡælən/galón
hungry adjetivo/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/hambriento, tener hambre
convenience sustantivo/kənˈvinjəns/conveniencia
weigh verbo/weɪ/pesar
milk verbo/mɪlk/ordeñar, muir
plus/ˈplʌs/más
regular adjetivo/ˈɹɛɡjəlɚ/regular, eurítmico
shop sustantivo/ʃɑp/tienda, negocio
bag sustantivo/bæɡ/bolsa

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahas lived · has been married
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas waiting

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 gallon, hungry, convenience.

¿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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