Shadowing Practice: Five Short Plays Chapter 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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The Robbery, Scene 1, The Plan Harry comes into the room.
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His friends look up at him.
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Hello, everyone.
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What are you doing?
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Nothing, Harry, nothing.
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What can we do?
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We haven't got any money.
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I know, I know.
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But it's OK.
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I have some work for us.
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We can make a lot of money.
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Work?
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But you don't like work, Harry.
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Ah, but this work is different.
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How, Harry?
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What are we going to do?
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We're going to rob a bank.
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Rob a bank?
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But how can we?
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I have a plan, a very good plan.
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Which bank are we going to rob?
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The capital bank.
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Which one is that?
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The one next to the library in the high street.
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That's a very big bank.
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Be quiet and listen.
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Now, I want Wilf to drive the car and Gladys to stand outside the bank and watch the street.
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OK, Harry.
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Sid.
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Yes, Harry.
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What do you want me to do?
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You must go into the bank and speak to everyone there.
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Say to them, stay there.
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Don't move.
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I've got a gun in my pocket.
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But, Harry, we haven't got a gun.
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I know that.
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You just put your hand in your pocket like this.
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Move your hand up and down in your pocket and say, this is a gun.
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I understand.
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Good.
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Now, Ron, I want you to go with Sid.
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Yes, Harry.
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And then what?
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Go to one of the bank workers and say, My friend has a gun.
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Give me the money.
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What are you going to do, Harry?
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I'm going to wait in the car with Wilf.
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Do you have any questions?
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No. OK, so let's look at the plan again.
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Scene 2.
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The robbery.
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Sid and Ron run into the library.
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The people there look up from their books.
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Listen to me, all of you.
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This is a robbery.
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Don't move!
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I've got a gun in my pocket!
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Oh, don't shoot!
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Please don't shoot!
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We don't want to die!
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Nobody's going to die, but you must do what I say!
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Go on, Ron!
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What are you waiting for?
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Get the money, quick!
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Listen, my friend over there has got a gun.
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Give me the money.
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Give it to me now!
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What money?
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What do you mean, what money?
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The money in this bank, of course.
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I'm sorry, this is not a bank.
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This is a library.
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What did you say?
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A library?
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That's right.
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People come here to borrow books.
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We don't have any money here.
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Er, you don't have any money.
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Oh dear.
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Sid?
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Sid?
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What?
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Have you got the money?
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There isn't any money.
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It's not a bank, Sid.
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We're not in a bank.
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This is a library.
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A library?
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That's right.
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They've only got books.
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Lots and lots of books.
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Books?
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Well, get some of those then.
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We must take something or Harry's going to be angry.
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Give me lots of books.
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Have you got a library card?
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A card?
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No, I haven't.
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I'm sorry.
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You can't borrow books without a library card.
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Look, you don't understand.
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We're not borrowing books.
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We're stealing them.
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I'm sorry, but you can't do that.
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Sid, we can't steal books, she says.
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I've got a gun.
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Tell her that.
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My friend's got a gun and he knows how to shoot.
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Look, it's not a problem.
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I can give you and your friend a library card.
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Then you can borrow the books and not steal them.
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What are your names?
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Oh, all right.
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I'm Ronald Savage and he's Sidney Dupree.
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Ronald Savage, Sidney Dupree. And what's your address?
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27 Dunfor Road, Hamley.
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27 Dunfor Road, Hamley.
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Good.
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Here you are.
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Now you can borrow some books.
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But I don't know anything about reading.
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You must help me.
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Which books are best?
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Quick, Ron.
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I can't stand here much longer.
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Here are some good books for you.
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The Great Train Robbery, The Return of Sherlock Holmes and The Adventures of Robin Hood.
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They're all very famous books.
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Oh, that's nice.
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They look interesting.
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Thanks.
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Ron, come on, quick!
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It's OK, Sid.
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I've got the books.
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All right.
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We're going now, but don't move.
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Don't move or talk for five minutes.
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Can we read?
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Erm, all right, but you must read quietly, OK?
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Come on, Sid.
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Let's go.
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Harry and the others are waiting.
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Goodbye and happy reading.
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Oh, yes, thank you.
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All right, Sid, I'm coming.
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Oh dear, I was so afraid Oh, they weren't so bad The one called Sid, he didn't really have a gun,
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you know Perhaps, but they were robbers They wanted to rob the bank Yes,
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but they came into the wrong building Why do you look so pleased?
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Well, it's important for everybody to read books Not just you and me, but everybody, even bank robbers.
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But you aren't going to get those books back, are you?
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Oh, yes, I am.
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Remember, I've got their names and their address.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 155 frases y 828 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:12. El hablante habla despacio, unas 101 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 85 % 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 del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
pocket sustantivo/ˈpɑ.kɪt/bolsillo, bolsa
borrow verbo/ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/pedir prestado, tomar prestado
robbery sustantivo/ˈɹɑbəɹi/robo, choreo
steal verbo/stiːl/robar, shacar
worker sustantivo/ˈwɝ.kɚ/trabajador, obrero
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego
quietly adverbio/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/mansamente, despacio
robber sustantivo/ˈɹɑ.bɚ/ladrón, ladrona
angry adjetivo/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/enojado, enfadado
quiet adjetivo/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/quieto, silencioso
library sustantivo/ˈlaɪˌbɹɛɹ.i/biblioteca
quick adjetivo/kwɪk/rápido, célere
shoot verbo/ʃut/disparar, tirar
everybody/ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/todos, todo el mundo
dear adjetivo/dɪɹ/querido, caro

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 41 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 pocket, borrow, robbery.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasWe're not borrowing · We're stealing · We're going
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariomust go · must do · must take
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirWe're going to rob · I'm going to wait · Nobody's going to die

¿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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