Shadowing Practice: Essential English for Skiing - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey everybody, it's Arianita La Gringa and welcome back to my YouTube channel.
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Today we're doing a special kind of video.
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I'm doing a ski trip vlog.
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Yes, I'm here in Denver, Colorado at Copper Mountain.
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Let's start skiing!
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Before skiing on the mountain, you need to buy a lift ticket.
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Yes, I bought a four-day pass and that cost me around $400.
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This is my little ID card.
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It's my lift ticket and it'll go right in my jacket and I'll scan it before getting on the lift.
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And where do I buy a lift ticket?
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This is the correct place.
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Yes, you'll walk inside, go to the customer service desk, and they have several different options like a one-day pass,
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a two-day pass, a four-day pass, or a season pass.
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After picking up your Lyft ticket, you need to go and rent skis or a snowboard.
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Over here, they have different snowboards.
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They have junior, basic, performance, and demo.
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I do not know how to snowboard, so today I'm going to rent a pair of skis.
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Over here, you're going to rent some skis, poles, a helmet, as well as boots.
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This is the place to grab your ski boots or your snow boots for snowboarding.
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So they have different kinds of boots for skis versus a snowboard.
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I'm a nine and a half or a ten, but I usually go with a ten because I wear thick socks when I ski.
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As you can see, they have different sizes of skis.
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Some are shorter and some are taller.
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I picked up my skis yesterday, and normally if you do ski, they should go up to your chin level.
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Snowboarding is way different than skiing.
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For example, you have two skis, one for each leg.
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But with snowboarding, your feet are sideways on one board.
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And when you rent a snowboard, they'll ask you how you want your foot position.
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For example, they'll say, are you a regular or are you goofy?
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If they ask you if you're goofy, that doesn't mean you make a lot of jokes.
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No, they're talking about the foot position.
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For example, if you're goofy, your right side, your right foot will be at the front.
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But if you're regular, your left side will be at the front.
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Are you goofy or are you regular?
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Let me know down below.
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These are my rental skis as well as my poles.
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and I'm going to leave them over here by the racks to show you guys around this ski resort.
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When you rent skis, how do you know which skis are yours?
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Because look, there are snowboards here, multiple skis, and sometimes it could be difficult to remember.
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Well, when you rent skis, you have your initials.
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My initials are AD, so that way I'll remember them.
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And I'll also remember the color of my skis as well as the color of my straps, which are red.
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Let's leave these skis here on the rack.
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Let's walk around a little bit before we go ski.
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Copper Mountain, Colorado is one of the most popular ski resorts in the Rocky Mountains.
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It's about 75 miles west of Denver and sits at 9,700 feet.
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It's known for great snow and beautiful views.
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With over 150 trails and 24 lifts, there's something here for everyone.
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Copper Mountain also hosts international competitions and is a popular training spot for Olympic athletes.
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This place is not only known for skiing or snowboarding,
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no they have many different restaurants or cafes in case you get hungry and if you do get cold.
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So let's go ahead and check out a coffee shop.
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Something I've noticed here at this ski resort is that the prices are a bit expensive.
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For example, if I want to buy a bottle of water, this will cost $7.
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Would you pay $7 for a bottle of water?
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Let me know down below.
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At this resort, they also have a huge store that sells jackets,
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vests, hats, just in case if you forgot anything at home or in case you just want a souvenir from Copper Mountain.
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Something that I've noticed here at this store is they sell oxygen.
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So I'm going to ask Emma, so why do people buy oxygen here?
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Yeah, honestly, we get a lot of people who are coming from lower elevation
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and literally the air is thinner so they can get elevation sickness or they find it hard to breathe.
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It takes a couple days to get used to it.
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I don't know if this actually does anything, but it does make them feel less like they're dying.
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After giving you guys a tour around this ski resort, I think we're ready to hit the slopes.
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But first, I need to put on my ski boots as well as change my gloves
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because I have heated gloves and the last thing is a helmet so let's go inside and change.
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This area is where you can put on your ski gear like your snowboarding boots or your ski boots.
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If you guys need extra help with your skis
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or snowboards then you can come to the tuning center where they have a full tune they'll give your skis
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or a snowboard a hot wax.
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They can also bind your skis and they can also adjust them as well.
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And if you already know how to adjust your skis or your snowboard, you can just come over here and adjust them with a screwdriver.
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I changed into my ski boots.
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I finally am wearing gloves that are nice and warm.
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I have a helmet on and I also have my ski goggles.
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I think it's time to hit hit the slopes.
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Let's start skiing.
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Today is one of the coldest days.
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It's 18 degrees.
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The snow is so fresh and light we call this powder, which means it's perfect for skiing.
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I'm carrying my skis and poles and I'm heading to the lift line.
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Right now I'm waiting in line to go up the lift.
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As you can see the line is pretty long, but that's okay.
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We have time to wait
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and before getting on the lift you have to remember to bring your lift ticket or your ID card.
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And I have that right in my pocket to scan.
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We are getting on the ski lift.
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You let the chair come behind you, then you sit down.
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I am sitting on a chairlift.
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This is a safety bar so I don't fall off the chairlift.
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And this is a blue covering to protect me from the snow and the wind.
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This chairlift is very nice.
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You have a beautiful view of the trees, of skiers, and the snow, and it's very safe, and it takes about five minutes to get to the very top of the mountain.
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I just went up the ski lift.
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That's the ski lift, and a ski lift takes you all the way up to the top of the mountain.
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And this is the unloading area.
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As you can see, snowboarders and skiers are unloading, and they're going on to their trails.
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Let's take a look at the map of Copper Mountain.
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It's all the way over here, and it'll show you which trails are blue,
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red, black, etc. Now, why are these slopes different colors?
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This is the map of Copper Mountain.
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Some runs are open, but some are closed.
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But what is a run?
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Well, a run is a specific path all the way down the mountain.
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This is a green run.
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This is a blue run and this is a red run
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and they have different colors
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because some are more difficult than others A green run is an easy run
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and it's great for beginners This is a green run
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but a blue run is a little bit more difficult This is a blue run.
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I am going to go down a run We are going down a blue run
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and you know it's blue because it says wind song and it has a blue color and it says it's more difficult.
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So let's go down the more difficult run.
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I'll see you guys down there.
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I'm stopping at a mountain restaurant halfway down the slope.
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I'm heading upstairs to order a drink.
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You'll see a lot of people drinking beer even in this cold weather.
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That's very common when skiing.
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I'm getting hot chocolate to warm up.
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It's perfect on a cold day.
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I'm halfway down the run, but it was getting a little bit difficult,
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and over here they have a bypass.
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What is a bypass?
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A bypass is kind of like a detour.
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It's also called a cutoff, and it's basically an easier part of the trail.
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So I'm not going down that way.
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Instead, I will be going this way.
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Now I'm in the middle of the bypass.
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And since there aren't many people around me, I'm going to teach you guys how to ski.
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First things first, if you want to slow down, make a pizza or a triangle and that'll allow you to slow down.
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But if you want to go really fast, you want your skis to be parallel like this
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and that's called french fries so remember french fries to go fast
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and pizza to slow down now that you guys know how to ski let's go down the bypass
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Now I'm at the day lodge This is where you'll find the cafeteria, bathrooms, and places to rest I'm filling up my water cup
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If you don't want to pay $7 for a water bottle This is a great
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and free option This small hill is called the bunny hill It's perfect for beginners and new skiers
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This is a chairlift and that is a gondola.
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A gondola is a closed cabin that takes people up the mountain.
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Now I'm riding the gondola up to the top of the mountain.
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And here we are at the top of the mountain, also called the peak, at 12,441 feet above sea level.
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At this height, it's very important to talk about avalanches.
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An avalanche is when a large amount of snow slides down the mountain and it can be very dangerous.
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This is an avalanche rescue dog.
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These dogs are trained to find people trapped in the snow.
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Now let's meet the trainer and learn how these amazing dogs help save lives.
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She does avalanche, drowning, and missing people in the wilderness.
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Wow, how do you guys train a dog like that?
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It's all in little bite-sized pieces, you know, visual drills where you're like somebody runs and hides behind that barrel,
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something she can see yeah you like get their hunt drive
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and then it's like hide and seek yeah then you start obscuring them
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and hiding them and
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so you just you just manipulate the game in bite size
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pieces to where she's just like it's just her hunt drive
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and then she knows her nose is the best how many
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people has she rescued oh you know terminology i guess um we've recovered like six people rescued one wow
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so but because a lot of times the people we go to look for are already dead something happened
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and so we just need to find where they are
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so avalanches yeah you know high percentage of fatalities in avalanche
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so an avalanche happens
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because of just a lot of snow compacted at the top of the mountain yeah
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and then steep slope okay slope can't support it and
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so it wants to slide down
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and gravity just overtakes it wow people a lot of times it needs a trigger somebody's skiing
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and then if they get on that slope it may be the thing that keeps the balance
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If they don't have an avalanche transceiver, then we have no other way to really find them
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other than using her nose and the odor that comes up through the snowpack from their body.
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Okay, everybody.
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I hope you guys enjoyed my ski trip vlog.
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Let me know down below how many new words you guys learned.
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And if you guys like this video, go ahead and give me a like, subscribe, and I'll see you guys next week.
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Bye!
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Essential English for Skiing”. Las palabras que más se repiten: ski, mountain, lift, snowboard, avalanche. Este vídeo tiene 173 frases y 2052 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 12:28. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 165 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
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| ski sustantivo | /skiː/ | esquí |
| snowboard sustantivo | /ˈsnoʊˌbɔɹd/ | tabla de snow |
| avalanche sustantivo | /ˈævəlɑːnʃ/ | alud, avalancha |
| boot sustantivo | /but/ | bota |
| slope sustantivo | /sloʊp/ | pendiente, cuesta |
| bypass sustantivo | /ˈbaɪpæs/ | puenteo, baipás |
| chairlift sustantivo | telesilla | |
| goofy adjetivo | /ˈɡufi/ | bobalicón, bobo |
| gondola sustantivo | /ˈɡɑndələ/ | góndola |
| skier sustantivo | /ˈskiːə(ɹ)/ | esquiador, esquiadora |
| glove sustantivo | /ɡlʌv/ | guante, maniquete (fingerless) |
| helmet sustantivo | /ˈhɛlmɪt/ | casco, yelmo |
| adjust verbo | /əˈd͡ʒʌst/ | ajustar, arreglar |
| pole sustantivo | /pəʊl/ | polo |
| unload verbo | /ʌnˈloʊd/ | descargar, desfletar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| slow down verbo | desacelerar, decelerar | |
| go ahead verbo | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | venga, adelante |
| go up verbo | subir | |
| pick up verbo | coger, asir | |
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear | |
| come up verbo | salir a relucir | |
| fall off verbo | caer | |
| fill up verbo | llenar, repletar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Today we're doing a special kind of video.
- I'm doing a ski trip vlog.
- For example, they'll say, are you a regular or are you goofy?
- Are you goofy or are you regular?
- When you rent skis, how do you know which skis are yours?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultado | if you're regular, your left side will be |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've noticed · have heated · we've recovered |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is not only known · are closed · is called |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | straps, which are · people who are · powder, which means |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 53 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, I'll, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: athlete /ˈæθ.liːt/, breathe /bɹiːð/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: avalanche /ˈævəlɑːnʃ/, elevation /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: cafeteria /ˌkæ.fə.ˈtɪ(ə).ɹi.ə/, fatality /feɪˈtælɪti/, terminology /ˌtɝ.məˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, manipulate /məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: ski /skiː/, snowboard /ˈsnoʊˌbɔɹd/, slope /sloʊp/, skier /ˈskiːə(ɹ)/, scan /skæn/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: avalanche /ˈævəlɑːnʃ/, glove /ɡlʌv/, vlog /ˈvlɑɡ/, elevation /ˌɛlɪˈveɪʃn̩/, overtake /əʊ̯vəːˈteɪ̯k/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: goggles /ˈɡɑ.ɡəlz/, sideways /ˈsaɪdweɪz/, upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/
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 ski, snowboard, avalanche.
¿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.