Shadowing Practice: Every Childhood Flashback on Suits | Suits - Learn English Speaking with Video

Este vídeo tiene 256 frases y 1673 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:53. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 141 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

15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

• rumor /ˈɹumɚ/ (sustantivo) — rumor, voz. A statement or claim of questionable accuracy, from no known reliable source, usually spread by word of mouth.
• snake /sneɪk/ (sustantivo) — serpiente, culebra. Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
• orphan /ˈɔɹfən/ (sustantivo) — huérfano, huérfana. A person, especially a minor, both or (rarely) one of whose parents have died.
• horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ (adjetivo) — horrible, horroroso. Causing horror; terrible; shocking.
• regret /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ (verbo) — lamentar, arrepentirse [de]. To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
• approve /əˈpɹuːv/ (verbo) — aprobar, sancionar. To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
• inspire /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ (verbo) — inspirar, infundir. To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the spirit; to convey, as by a divine or supernatural influence; to disclose preternaturally; to produce in, as by…
• sweetheart /ˈswiːtˌhɑːt/ (sustantivo) — dulzura. A person who is always very kind.
• dismissal [dɪsˈmɪsəɫ] (sustantivo) — despido. The act of sending someone away.
• bedroom /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ (sustantivo) — alcoba, dormitorio. A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
• ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ (adjetivo) — ridículo. Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
• wash /wɑʃ/ (verbo) — lavar. To clean with water.
• hungry /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ (adjetivo) — hambriento, tener hambre. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
• guarantee /ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/ (sustantivo) — garantía, caución. Anything that assures a certain outcome.
• honey /ˈhʌni/ (sustantivo) — miel. A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

• come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verbo) — revelarse, salir a la luz. To be discovered; to be revealed.
• find out (verbo) — averiguar, anoticiarse. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
• go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verbo) — continuar. To continue in extent.
• think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (verbo) — pensar en, ocurrírsele. To ponder.
• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — hala, vamos. Come along with me; join me in going.
• do for (verbo) — hacer por. To doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
• get into (verbo) — entrar en, entrar a. To move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
• head off (verbo) — echarse a andar. To begin moving away.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 97 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

• Los sonidos de “th”: grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/, thrill /θɹɪl/
• Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: wash /wɑʃ/, malicious /məˈlɪʃəs/, shampoo /ʃæmˈpuː/, sugarcoat /ˈʃʊɡɚˌkoʊt/
• Palabras largas — cuida el acento: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, inadmissible /ˌɪnədˈmɪsəbəl/

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 rumor, snake, orphan.