Shadowing Practice: english file elementary 7.1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This painting is a self -portrait by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.
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Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands on the 30th of March 1853.
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His parents weren't poor.
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His father was a church minister, and his mother was an artist.
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Van Gogh's first job was in his uncle's company selling paintings.
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But later, he was a teacher in England, and finally a painter.
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We only really know what he looked like because of his many self -portraits.
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Only three photographs of him exist, and they are all from when he was young.
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This portrait is from his time in Arles, in the south of France, in 1888, when he was 35.
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He was very poor, but he was happy because of the beautiful light and colours there.
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This portrait was a present for his friend, the painter Paul Gauguin.
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Gauguin and Van Gogh were together in Arles for a month.
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Van Gogh was not strong mentally, and the relationship between them was difficult.
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After a big fight, Van Gogh cut off his ear and was in a mental hospital for some time.
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He died on the 29th of July 1890.
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He was only 37 years old.
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His paintings weren't popular during his lifetime, and he was never rich or famous.
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But today, people think that Vincent van Gogh is one of the greatest painters in the world,
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and his paintings, like Sunflowers and The Starry Night, sell for millions of pounds.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 19 frases y 238 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 1:55. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 124 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

12 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

  • portrait /ˈpɔɹtɹət/ (sustantivo) — retrato. A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
  • painter /ˈpeɪntɚ/ (sustantivo) — pintor, pintora. An artist who paints pictures.
  • lifetime /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ (sustantivo) — vida. The duration of the life of someone or something.
  • photograph /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ (sustantivo) — fotografía, toma fotográfica. A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
  • mentally /ˈmɛntəli/ (adverbio) — mentalmente. In a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.
  • paint /peɪnt/ (verbo) — pintar. To apply paint to.
  • sell /sɛl/ (verbo) — vender. To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
  • rich /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ (adjetivo) — cargado. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
  • teacher /ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/ (sustantivo) — enseñador, enseñadora. A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
  • famous /ˈfeɪ.məs/ (adjetivo) — famoso, célebre. Well known.
  • artist /ˈɑɹ.tɪst/ (sustantivo) — artista. A person who creates art.
  • exist /ɪɡˈzɪst/ (verbo) — existir. to be; have existence; have being or reality

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 portrait, painter, lifetime.

¿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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