Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: Under the Hood - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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The engine of a vehicle is under the hood.
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Anna and Dan must be fixing cars when they look under the hood.
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Or are they?
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My laptop is so slow, and nothing I've tried has helped.
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If you want, I can take a look under the hood.
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Do you even know how to fix laptops?
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I will in a minute soon as I find a video on how to fix laptops.
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You know, I think I'll just go ask a tech expert.
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When you look under the hood of something, you learn how it works and see if anything is wrong.
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We say this about machines, like cars and computers.
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But we can also say it about an organization, a process, or even a person.
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And that's English in a Minute.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 13 frases y 137 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 0:54. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 153 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. 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
10 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- laptop /ˈlæp.tɑp/ (sustantivo) — portátil, computador portátil. A laptop computer.
- neighborhood /ˈneɪbɚˌhʊd/ (sustantivo) — vecindad, barrio. The residential area near one's home.
- expert /ˈɛk.spɜːt/ (sustantivo) — perito, experto. A person with extensive knowledge or ability in a given subject.
- minute /ˈmɪnɪt/ (sustantivo) — minuto. A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds).
- welcome /ˈwɛl.kəm/ — ¡bienvenido!, ¡bienvenida!. Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
- computer /kəmˈpju.tɚ/ (sustantivo) — computador, computadora. A programmable electronic device that performs mathematical calculations and logical operations, especially one that can process, store and retrieve large…
- organization /ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ (sustantivo) — organización. The quality of being organized.
- machine /məˈʃiːn/ (sustantivo) — máquina. A device that directs and controls energy, often in the form of movement or electricity, to produce a certain effect.
- engine /ˈɛnd͡ʒɪn/ (sustantivo) — motor. A large construction used in warfare, such as a battering ram, catapult etc.
- vehicle /ˈvi.ə.kəl/ (sustantivo) — vehículo, medio de transporte. A conveyance: a spacious device for carrying or transporting substances, objects, people or animals.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: organization /ˌɔː.ɡə.naɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, machine /məˈʃiːn/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como laptop, neighborhood, expert.
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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| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've tried |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | will in · I'll just go |
¿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.