Shadowing Practice: Eminem - Mockingbird (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Yeah, I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now, but hey, what daddy always tell you,
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straighten up little soldier, stiffen up that upper lip, what you crying about, you got me?
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Haley, I know you miss your mom And I know you miss your dad
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when I'm gone But I'm tryna give you the life that I never had I can see you sad, even when you smile Even when you laugh, I can see it in your eyes Deep inside you wanna cry,
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cause you're scared I ain't there Daddy's with you in your prayers No more crying, wipe them tears Daddy's here, no more nightmares We gon' pull together through it, we gon' do it Laney uncle's crazy, ain't he?
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Yeah, but he loves you girl and you better know it What are we got in this world?
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When it spins, when it swirls, when it whirls, when it twirls Two little beautiful girls looking puzzled in a daze I know it's confusing you, daddy's always on the move Mama's always on the news,
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I try to keep you sheltered from it But somehow it seems, the harder that I try to do that The more it backfires on me, all the things Growing up as daddy, that he had to see Daddy don't want you to see,
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but you see just as much as he did We did not plan it to be this way, your mother and me But things have got so bad between us, I don't see us ever being together ever again Like we used to be
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when we was teenagers
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But then of course everything always happens for a reason I guess it was never meant to be
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But it's just something we have no control over And that's what destiny is But no more worries, rest your head and go to sleep Maybe one day we'll wake up and this'll all just be a dream Now,
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us little baby, don't you cry Everything's gonna be alright Stiffing at a bulletproof, little lady I told ya,
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daddy's here to hold ya through the night I know mommy's not here right now
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And we don't know why We feel how we feel inside It may seem a little crazy, pretty baby, but I promise, mama's gonna be alright It's funny,
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I remember back one year when daddy had no money Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
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and stuck them under the tree And said some of them were from me, cause daddy couldn't buy them I'll never forget that Christmas, I sat up the whole night crying Cause daddy felt like a bum, see daddy had a job
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But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom And at the time, every house that we lived in either kept getting broken into
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and robbed You dropped a shot up on the block
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and your mom was saving money for you in a jar Trying to start a piggy bank for you
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so you could go to college Almost had a thousand dollars, till someone broke in and stole it And I know it hurt
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so bad it broke your mama's heart
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And it seemed like everything was just starting to fall apart Mom
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and dad was arguing a lot
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so mama moved back on the traumas in a flat One bedroom apartment
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and dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
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And that's when daddy went to California with his CD
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and met Dr. Dre And flew you and momma out to see me But daddy had to work, you and momma had to leave me Then you started seeing daddy on the TV
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And momma didn't like it And you and Lainey were too young to understand it Papa was a rolling stone, momma developed a habit
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And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it I'm just sorry you were there
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and had to witness it Press hand cause all I ever
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wanted to do was just make you proud Now I'm sitting in this empty house Just reminiscing, looking at your baby pictures It just tricked me out to
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see how much you go through grown it's almost like your sisters now wow i guess you pretty much are
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and daddy's still here laney i'm talking to you too daddy's still here i like the sound of
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that chair it's got a ring to a donut mama's only
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gone for the moment now little baby don't you cry everything's gonna be all right slipping
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that up all the bunk little lady i told you daddy's
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here to hold you through the night I know mommy's not here right now, but we don't know why We feel how we feel inside It may seem a little crazy,
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pretty baby But I promise, mama's gonna be alright And if you ask me to,
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daddy's gonna buy you a Markin' Bird I'ma give you the world I'ma buy a diamond ring for you, I'ma sing for you I'll do anything for you to see you smile
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And if that Markin' Bird don't sing and
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that ring don't shine I'ma break that birdie's neck I go back to the Julo, sold it to ya And they can meet every carrot F* with that

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Eminem - Mockingbird”. Las palabras que más se repiten: daddy, baby, momma, mom. Este vídeo tiene 42 frases y 899 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:05. El hablante habla rápido, unas 220 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.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
backfire verbo/bækˈfaɪə(ɹ)/petardear
bulletproof adjetivo/ˈbʊlɪtpɹuf/antibalas, a prueba de balas
doughnut sustantivo/ˈdəʊnʌt/dona, rosquilla
reminisce verbo/ˌɹɛm.əˈnɪs/rememorar, memorar (se de)
stiffen verbo/ˈstɪfən/atiesar, entiesar
carrot sustantivo/ˈkæɹət/zanahoria
confuse verbo/kənˈfjuːz/confundir, barahustar
puzzle sustantivo/ˈpʌzəl/enigma, rompecabezas
wipe verbo/waɪp/enjugar, trapear
scare verbo/skɛɚ/asustar, atemorizar
teenager sustantivo/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/adolescente, adolescentes
trauma sustantivo/ˈtɹɔm.ə/traumatismo
shine verbo/ʃaɪn/brillar, lucir
nightmare sustantivo/ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/pesadilla, mal sueño
destiny sustantivo/ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/destino, destinación

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
fall apart verbodespedazarse, desintegrarse
go through verboatravesar
grow up verbocrecer
sit up verbosentarse
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas saving · was just starting · was arguing
Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguromay not always make · may seem
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingkept getting · started seeing
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirgonna be · gonna buy

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 28 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, gonna, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shine /ʃaɪn/, shelter /ˈʃɛltə/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stiffen /ˈstɪfən/, straighten /ˈstɹeɪtn̩/, scare /skɛɚ/, slip /ˈslɪp/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: confuse /kənˈfjuːz/, puzzle /ˈpʌzəl/

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 backfire, bulletproof, doughnut.

¿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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