Shadowing Practice: English - Seaside (A1-B1- with subtitles) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This is a typical seaside view in Britain.
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People protecting themselves from the elements with a windbreaker.
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Brighton's on the south coast of the UK and is a popular destination for Londoners escaping from the city.
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This is the Brighton Marine Palace and Pier.
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The original structure is over 100 years old although it was refurbished in 2003
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and is now full of shops and amusement arcades.
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It's a kind of tradition to eat fish and chips at the seaside in the UK
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They used to wrap them in newspaper, but they're still good straight from normal paper.
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Brighton has the UK's highest percentage of young people
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and in the summer there are also a lot of international students doing language courses.
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This is what's left of the old West Pier.
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It was closed in 1975 and has since been badly damaged by a series of fires but may reopen one day.
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- The first time we have been in the first time, This is the Grand Hotel, a great Victorian building with over 200 rooms on the seafront.
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And this is the seafront itself.
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It's ten kilometres long and great for a walk on a sunny day, They sometimes organise car races along here too.
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The area has seen significant development and Brighton now features one of Europe's largest yachting marinas.
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although this has angered some local residents.
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Seaside towns such as Brighton have suffered in the last 30 years or so
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as it's become common for Britons to take low -cost flights to warmer destinations like Spain
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and Greece where food and accommodation are often much cheaper and, of course, the weather's more reliable.
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Brighton has tried hard to attract visitors back, especially the young, by organizing various events,
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such as the Brighton Festival in May which is the largest arts festival in the UK after Edinburgh.
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and a parallel fringe festival of alternative comedy.
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The town still remains a popular destination for holidaymakers during weekends and especially spring or summer bank holidays,
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where you often have to queue several hours by car to reach the seaside.
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In the 60s, it was a meeting point for mods and rockers to have fights along the seafront.
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But it's much more peaceful these days.
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If you come on New Year's Day, you'll see hundreds of people going for a traditional New Year's swim here.
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with temperatures often around freezing.
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This is only for the really brave.
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That water's cold here, even at the height of summer.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 31 frases y 410 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:43. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 151 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
seaside sustantivo/ˌsiːˈsaɪd/costa, litoral
destination sustantivo/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/destino, destinación
percentage sustantivo/pə(ɹ)ˈsɛntɪd͡ʒ/porcentaje
element sustantivo/ˈɛləmənt/elemento
suffer verbo/ˈsʌfɚ/sufrir, penar
badly adverbio/ˈbæd.li/malamente, mal
anger sustantivo/ˈæŋɡə/enfado, enojo
resident sustantivo/ˈɹɛzɪdənt/residente, habitante
brave adjetivo/bɹeɪv/bravo
chip sustantivo/t͡ʃɪp/astilla, cepa
reliable adjetivo/ɹɪˈlaɪəbl̩/fiable, confiable
parallel adjetivo/ˈpæ.ɹəˌlɛl/paralelo
swim verbo/swɪm/nadar
attract verbo/əˈtɹækt/atraer
wrap verbo/ɹæp/envolver, fajar

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahave been · has seen · has angered
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewas refurbished · was closed

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, refurbish /ɹiˈfɝbɪʃ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/

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 seaside, destination, percentage.

¿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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