Shadowing Practice: ENGLISH FILE pre-intermediate - 7A. First day nerves. p. 54, ex.7.1 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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7.1 Simon When I was about 30,
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I got a job as an editor in a publishing company.
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It was my first office job, and I didn't really know what to wear.
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But for the interview, I wore a suit.
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In fact, I bought the suit specially for the interview.
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I got the job, so I thought that must be okay.
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So, on the first day, I went to work wearing a suit and tie.
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I got to work early.
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I wanted to make a good impression, and I was the first person in the office.
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So I went in, I found my desk with my name on it, and I sat down.
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And there were a few papers and documents for me to read, so I started reading those.
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I turned on my computer and after about 10, 15 minutes, the other people in the office started to arrive.
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And I noticed that nobody else was wearing a suit.
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And I thought, okay, it's not a big problem.
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So I introduced myself to the other people.
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I said, hello, how are you?
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Hello, pleased to meet you
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and the next thing someone said to me was my computer's
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really slow do you think you know what the problem is
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and I said no no not really
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so then I introduced myself to somebody else
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and said hello nice to meet you
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and she replied hello nice to meet you
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and then she said do you know how I can connect my computer to the printer.
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And I said, no, I have no idea how to do that.
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Anyway, I went back to work and about half an hour later I had a meeting with my boss.
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And she said, how's it going?
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And I said, yeah, it's all good.
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Well, everybody seems really nice.
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Um, just one thing.
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Why does everybody think I can fix their computer?
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And she looked at me and what I was wearing, and she said, it's your suit.
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Nobody in this office ever wears a suit.
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So they think you're from the IT department and you've come to help with a computer problem.
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They're the only ones who wear suits.
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So, I never wore it again, to this day.
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It was my first day at work as a teacher at a language school.
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And they asked me to come the first week of term to observe some teachers, to watch their lessons.
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and then I was going to start teaching the following week.
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But when I arrived there, they told me that one of the teachers was ill
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and they asked me to take the class and it was three-year-old kids.
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So I was in a class with about ten three-year-olds who were running around.
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My boss gave me a storybook to read to them but the kids couldn't speak any English.
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I'd never taught, or never been trained to teach children that small.
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I tried to read the book to two of them
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but the others were running around shouting and hitting each other
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and at the worst possible moment just
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when all of them were being really noisy
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and not doing anything I was telling them to my boss the director of the school opened the door
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and just looked at me I felt terrible
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but then she said these children are too young for you aren't they and I said yes I was nearly crying
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luckily after that she never gave me any classes with really young children
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but it was the most stressful class I've ever tried to teach
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 53 frases y 599 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:21. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 138 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| arrive verbo | /əˈɹaɪv/ | llegar, arribar |
| introduce verbo | /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ | presentar |
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| desk sustantivo | /dɛsk/ | escritorio, pupitre |
| connect verbo | /kəˈnɛkt/ | conectar, empalmar |
| impression sustantivo | /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/ | impresión, sensación |
| publish verbo | /ˈpʌblɪʃ/ | publicar |
| observe verbo | /əbˈzɜːv/ | servar, observar |
| shout verbo | /ʃaʊt/ | gritar, desgañitarse |
| specially adverbio | /ˈspɛʃəli/ | especialmente, específicamente |
| printer sustantivo | /ˈpɹɪntɚ/ | impresor |
| luckily adverbio | /ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/ | afortunadamente, por suerte |
| stressful adjetivo | /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ | estresoso, estresante |
| noisy adjetivo | /ˈnɔɪzi/ | ruidoso |
| storybook sustantivo | libro de cuentos |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| sit down verbo | sentarse |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 8 contracciones y formas reducidas, como aren't, couldn't, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/, publish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/, shout /ʃaʊt/, specially /ˈspɛʃəli/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como arrive, introduce, lesson.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've come · I've ever tried |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasado | was wearing · were running · were being |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the worst · the most stressful |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | started reading · start teaching |
¿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.