Shadowing Practice: F and F - Learn English Speaking with Video

Seeking fame and fortune.

In a recent survey, over 80% of 18 to 25-year-olds said getting rich was their first or second most important life goal,

whilst 51% said the same about becoming famous.

Of course, being a celebrity can be problematic.

We have all seen stories about stars turning to drink

or drugs as they find themselves unable to cope with the emotional stress of life in the public eye.

However, this doesn't seem to discourage anyone.

The main problem for many seems to be how to actually become rich and famous, especially if you have no real talent.

Given this, here's our guide on how to go about it.

One date someone who's already famous.

Obviously, finding a famous partner is easier said than done.

However, anyone who can manage to catch the eye of a top footballer

or movie star can expect to find themselves on the front page of the gossip magazines before too long.

This might then be enough to get a TV or advertising company interested and you can end up becoming a star yourself.

To go on a reality TV show, the kind of out-of-tune singing

that was once reserved for the privacy of a karaoke room has now become primetime Saturday night TV

and shows such as The X Factor and Pop Idol have brought instant fame and fortune to hundreds around the world.

Take Norwegian Kurt Nilsson, for example.

His versions of well-known songs were so popular that he was able to give up his job as a plumber.

He then went on to win World Idol and became a huge star in his native country.

If you can sing, you could follow in Kurt's footsteps.

If this option isn't available to you, then why not just try to appear on any of the reality TV shows, which require no talent at all from their contestants?

Go viral.

The internet has given many their 15 minutes of fame.

You get a message from a friend containing a link to an online video, a blog or a new site.

You have a look, forward the link, and before long, things start getting out of control, and a million people have seen it.

And of course, the more views a video gets, the more money can be made from it.

A few years ago, Howard Davies Carr uploaded a short film of his two sons sitting side by side in a chair.

Entitled, Charlie Bit My Finger.

nothing much happens in it, apart from a finger being bitten.

However, the clip is now the fourth most watched film ever on YouTube, and the family has earned hundreds of thousands of pounds from advertising.

For inherit a fortune, obviously, if you want to come into a lot of money when one of your loved ones dies,

it helps if you have incredibly rich parents, like Paris Hilton's.

Alternatively, you just need to be lucky when choosing your friends, like Chinese restaurant owners Kim Sing and Bi Lian Man were.

They befriended an elderly widow, Golda Betchel, who then repaid their kindness by leaving the couple £10 million in her will when she died.

Become a hero.

Kuldeep Singh, one good way of getting yourself in the papers is to save someone's life or catch a wanted criminal.

Kuldeep Singh, for instance, became a national hero in India

when he removed a bomb from a bus he was driving in Delhi.

Mr Singh, who was injured when the bomb later exploded, was widely praised for his courage.

Six, don't give up.

The Zimmers.

Age is no barrier to becoming famous either, as plenty of old-age pensioners have proved.

The Zimmers are among recent examples.

A group of around 40 British pensioners, put together by a documentary filmmaker who was interested in the experiences of the elderly.

The band's first singer was 90 when he joined, and the oldest member was 101.

They had a hit with a cover version of the Who's My Generation

and went on to appear on TV and travel to America.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 48 frases y 677 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:00. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 170 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. 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:

fame /feɪm/ (sustantivo) — fama, nombradía. One's reputation.
fortune /ˈfɔːtjuːn/ (sustantivo) — fortuna. Destiny, especially favorable.
finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (sustantivo) — dedo, alambres. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
elderly /ˈɛldɚli/ (adjetivo) — anciano, entrado en años. old; having lived for relatively many years.
earn /ɝn/ (verbo) — ganar, granjear. To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/ (adverbio) — increíblemente. In an incredible manner; not to be believed.
privacy /ˈpɹaɪ.və.si/ (sustantivo) — intimidad, privacidad. The state of being secluded from the presence, sight, or knowledge of others.
instant /ˈɪnstənt/ (sustantivo) — instante. A very short period of time; a moment.
courage /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ (sustantivo) — coraje, valor. The quality of being confident, not afraid or easily intimidated, but without being incautious or inconsiderate.
bite /baɪt/ (verbo) — morder, tarascar. To cut into something by clamping the teeth.
documentary /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/ (sustantivo) — documental. A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.
praise /pɹeɪz/ (verbo) — alabar, elogiar. To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/ (sustantivo) — celebridad. Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
tune /tjuːn/ (sustantivo) — melodía. A melody.
barrier /ˈbæɹi.ə/ (sustantivo) — barrera. A structure that bars passage.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

give up (verbo) — rendirse, entregar. To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
end up (verbo) — terminar, ir a parar. To bring to a conclusion.
get out of (verbo) — salirse de, ponerse fuera de. To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
go about (verbo) — abordar, encarar. To busy oneself with.
go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verbo) — continuar. To continue in extent.
put together (verbo) — construir, elaborar. To assemble, construct, build, or formulate.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 3 contracciones y formas reducidas, como doesn't, don't, isn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Palabras largas — cuida el acento: incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, documentary /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/, celebrity /səˈlɛb.ɹɪ.ɾi/, problematic /ˌpɹɑ.bləˈmæt.ɪk/, alternatively /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv.li/

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 fame, fortune, finger.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

Estructura	En el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	has now become · have brought · has given
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	can be made · being bitten · was injured

¿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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