Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: Lost Cause - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to English in a Minute from home.
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In life, some things can be helped while others cannot.
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What happened to your indoor plant?
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I don't know, Jonathan.
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I watered it.
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I put it next to this window, but I don't think it's doing too good.
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Anna, that plant is dead.
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Maybe if I...
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Anna, it's a lost cause.
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Just accept it and move on.
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A lost cause is something that is certain to fail.
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You can use this expression for a person, a thing, or even a movement.
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It's not worth spending extra time and energy on a lost cause.
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And that's English in a Minute.
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English in a Minute: Chalk It Up to Something
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English in a Minute: Stay in Touch
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English in a Minute: Wishful Thinking
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English in a Minute: Two Left Feet
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English in a Minute: Like Oil and Water
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English in a Minute: It's Up To You
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English in a Minute: Tie the Knot
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It's Been Ages
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English in a Minute: Sharp Cookie
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English in a Minute: By the Skin of My Teeth
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English in a Minute: Hollywood Ending
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English in a Minute: Mixed Feelings
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 14 frases y 107 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 0:50. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 129 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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
10 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- indoor /ˈɪndoɹ/ (adjetivo) — para interiores, de interiores. Situated in, or designed to be used in, or carried on within, the interior of a building.
- fail /feɪl/ (verbo) — fracasar, zozobrar. To be unsuccessful.
- expression /əkˈspɹɛʃ.n̩/ (sustantivo) — expresión. The action of expressing thoughts, ideas, feelings, etc.
- plant /plɑːnt/ (sustantivo) — planta, mata. An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis, and typically a small or herbaceous organism of this kind, rather than a…
- welcome /ˈwɛl.kəm/ — ¡bienvenido!, ¡bienvenida!. Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
- extra /ˈɛkstɹə/ (adjetivo) — extra, exceso. Beyond what is due, usual, expected, or necessary; extraneous; additional; supernumerary.
- movement /ˈmuːv.mənt/ (sustantivo) — movimiento, muebda (diused). Physical motion between points in space.
- spend /spɪnd/ (verbo) — gastar, despender. To pay out (money).
- accept /əkˈsɛpt/ (verbo) — aceptar, adir. To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval.
- window /ˈwɪndoʊ/ (sustantivo) — ventana, fenestra. An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
- move on (verbo) — superarlo, seguir adelante. To continue; to proceed; to go on.
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 indoor, fail, expression.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
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| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | can be helped |
¿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.