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Are you ready to show some interest in the conversation?
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So today we'll practice some phrases you can use to show interest in a conversation.
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When someone is telling you something and you want to encourage them to continue speaking, tell me more.
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That sounds interesting.
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That's something you can say and it shows that you're listening and interested.
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That sounds interesting.
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All right, you could also say, how did that go?
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Use this to ask about the result of something.
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How did that go?
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For example, if someone mentions an event, a meeting, or something they recently tried to do, like a job interview maybe,
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you can use this phrase to encourage them to tell you more.
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Tell me more.
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How did that go?
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How did that go?
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Now, notice we emphasize and we stress that, because it refers to the event,
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the situation the person just mentioned.
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And here's an example.
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I went to my sister's wedding on Saturday.
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Oh, really?
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How did that go?
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So you want to know more about that wedding, right?
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That is referring to the wedding.
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How did that go?
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What was that like?
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All right, this is very similar, but we use it to ask about someone's experience.
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What was that like?
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How was that experience?
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What was that experience like? So here's another one.
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No way, really?
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This is a common informal phrase you can use to show surprise.
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No way, really?
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Alright, so it's a casual, so use it with friends.
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That must have been, that must have been, use this phrase to respond to someone's experience with an adjective.
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Okay, that must have been adjective.
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For example, that must have been, that must have been scary.
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They tell you a scary story and you say, oh, that must have been scary.
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That must have been fun.
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That must have been interesting.
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That must have been boring.
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That must have been crazy.
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It's a natural way to react when someone tells you about something they experienced.
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All right, moving on.
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Here are a few more natural phrases you can use to show interest.
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No kidding?
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use this to show surprise or strong interest in what someone is saying.
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No kidding.
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Seriously?
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All right, this is surprise.
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Seriously?
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You're reacting with surprise?
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Seriously? And then what happened?
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Use this when you want the person to continue their story.
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And then what happened? And then? And then?
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Sometimes we just say it like that. And then? And then?
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How is that?
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This is a simple and natural way to ask about someone's experience.
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How is that experience?
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All right, now here's some sample conversations.
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Asking about an event.
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I had a job interview yesterday oh really how did
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that go oh really how did that go I think it went pretty well.
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Yeah, I think it went pretty well. That sounds interesting.
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What was it like?
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Alright, showing surprise.
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I saw my favorite actor at a cafe last weekend.
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No way, really?
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No way, really?
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Yes, he was sitting right next to me.
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Seriously?
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That must have been exciting.
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Seriously, that must have been exciting.
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All right.
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I'm going to tell you about the time I saw an actor.
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Twice in my life, I met an actor.
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the first time was at a ski resort
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and i was eating lunch with my friend at the lodge
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and he my friend was like look behind you and i look behind me and it was the actor robert redford
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you might not know him he's from a long time ago
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and uh he was eating with his family i was just It's like, oh, it's Robert Radford.
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Oh, my gosh.
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The second famous person I met was at an airport.
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And she was in the airport bookstore looking at the magazines.
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And she was searching for a magazine.
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You probably know this person.
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She's Monica from the TV show Friends.
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At that time, I didn't know the TV show Friends.
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But I recognized her from the movie Ace Ventura, Pet Detective with Jim Carrey.
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And I said, that's that girl from Ace Ventura, Pet Detective to my friend.
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And we went over to the magazine rack.
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And my friend spoke and he said, are you from the movie Ace Ventura, Pet Detective?
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And she looked up at us and she said, yes.
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And then I said, oh, we thought that was you. So stupid.
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But we were just young guys, and that was it.
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That was the whole conversation.
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And then we just nodded.
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So, bad example on how to keep a conversation going.
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All right, that was when I saw Monica from France.
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Moving on.
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Encouraging someone to continue.
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We got lost during our trip and ended up in a tiny village.
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Wow, that sounds interesting.
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And then what happened?
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A local family helped us find our hotel.
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That must have been such a memorable experience.
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Yeah, it was.
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Okay, asking about an experience.
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I tried rock climbing for the first time.
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Oh, nice.
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What was that like?
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It was difficult, but really fun.
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That must have been a good time.
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Yeah, it was.
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It was a great time.
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All right.
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That was a short one.
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Boom.
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Join me in the next lesson.
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In the next practice, we're going to practice some useful phrases to keep a conversation going.
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I could have used these phrases in my situation with Monica.
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All right.
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We'll see you there.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “English Speaking Practice: Show Interest in Conversation”. Las palabras que más se repiten: experience, phrase, conversation, surprise, seriously. Este vídeo tiene 121 frases y 913 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:29. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 122 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 89 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir. 35 de sus 121 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
phrase sustantivo/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/frase
encourage verbo/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/alentar, arengar
scary adjetivo/ˈskɛə.ɹi/temible, espantoso
refer verbo/ɹɪˈfɜː/referir, remitir
react verbo/ɹiːˈækt/reaccionar
lesson sustantivo/ˈlɛs.ən/lección
resort sustantivo/ɹɪˈzɔɹt/estación turística, complejo vacacional
boom verbo/bum/retumbar
casual adjetivo/ˈkæʒ(u)əl/casual
climb verbo/ˈklaɪ̯m/escalar, subir
lodge verbo/lɑd͡ʒ/meterse
memorable adjetivo/ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/memorable, inolvidable
distress sustantivo/dɪˈstɹɛs/distrés, distress
bore verbo/boɹ/aburrir
gosh/ɡɑːʃ/Dios mío, caramba

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Are you ready to show some interest in the conversation?
  • All right, you could also say, how did that go?
  • You're reacting with surprise?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas sitting · was eating · was searching
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasis telling · you're listening · is referring
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirI'm going to tell · we're going to practice
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwe'll practice · We'll see

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 7 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we'll, you're, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, resort /ɹɪˈzɔɹt/, emphasize /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: encourage /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/, lodge /lɑd͡ʒ/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/

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 phrase, encourage, scary.

¿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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