Shadowing Practice: Five Short Plays Chapter 3 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Canada can wait.
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Cox, Mills and Harris are sitting in a room.
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Dean and Wright are standing by a window.
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Chris comes in.
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Well, goodbye everyone.
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Are you going?
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Yes, I must.
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When are you going?
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Now.
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Now? So soon?
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Don't go. But I must.
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I need a change.
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What are you going to do?
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I'd like to travel for a time.
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Travel?
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How wonderful.
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Yeah.
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Think of us when you're travelling.
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Yes.
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Think of us.
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We have to stay here.
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It's the same old thing, day after day.
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The same old faces.
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The same old problems.
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Nothing different for us.
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But someone has to do it.
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Yes, that's right.
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We can't all go.
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Why not?
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You can travel too.
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Us?
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How can we travel?
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We have things to do here.
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What things?
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He says, what things?
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What a question.
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He's tired of us.
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No, I'm not.
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I'm not tired of you.
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I'm happy here. Are you?
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Well, I was happy here.
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It's a good place. And I...
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Yes?
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Well, I like you.
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I'm one of you.
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One of the group.
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That's nice.
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So where would you like to go?
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I don't know.
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Spain, perhaps? Or Greece?
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Maybe even Canada.
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Canada?
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Yes.
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I'm very interested in Canada.
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Canada?
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Well, that's interesting.
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You're very adventurous, Chris.
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We're not adventurous at all, I'm afraid.
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But then you're young.
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You have your life in front of you.
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You want to see exciting places.
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Like Canada.
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The lakes and the forests.
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The Great St Lawrence River.
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How wonderful.
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Lucky Chris.
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It's different for us.
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We have to stay here.
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We can't go to Canada.
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I'm one of you, you said.
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One of the group.
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But you're not.
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No. Chris, you're different from us.
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No, I'm not.
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Stop talking like this.
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I'm not different from you.
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Sometimes I'm happy, sometimes I'm not.
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I work and eat and sleep like you.
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Ah, but you are going away.
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And we are staying here.
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And that makes you different.
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I'm not different.
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But what about Canada?
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Stop talking about Canada!
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I'm not going to Canada.
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I'd like to go there, that's all.
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So you aren't going there now?
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I don't know.
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Perhaps I need some time to think about my life.
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Oh, yes.
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Everyone does.
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It's usual for people to do that.
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And there's lots of time.
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You're young.
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That's right.
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I have my life in front of me.
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So, take your time.
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Right.
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You can stay here as long as you like.
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And think about it.
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Yeah.
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So what are you going to do?
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Sorry?
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Are you leaving today?
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Leaving?
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Er, not today.
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I want to think about it first. Of course.
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When are you going then?
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Well, not now.
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Later, perhaps.
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I can stay here a bit longer.
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There's lots of time.
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Canada can wait, can't it?
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Yes, it can.
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It certainly can.
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You're one of us, really, aren't you?
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One of the group.
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Yes, I am, I think.
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But, you know, you say...
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Yes?
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Say what?
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Well, you say some funny things sometimes.
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Like what?
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Well, Canada.
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What's so funny about that?
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It doesn't matter.
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Forget it.
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Look at the time.
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We must go.
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Me too.
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I have a lot to do. And me.
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Let's all go.
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Yes.
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Let's leave Chris with his dreams. About Canada.
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See you later, Chris.
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Bye-bye.
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Bye-bye, traveller.
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Thailand.
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Malaysia.
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Indonesia Australia Hmm Australia
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Five Short Plays Chapter 3”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Canada, Chris, travel, perhaps. Este vídeo tiene 142 frases y 570 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:20. El hablante habla despacio, unas 90 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 89 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir. 31 de sus 142 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
dean sustantivo/diːn/decano
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego
adventurous adjetivo/ædˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ.əs/intrépido, aventurero
excite verbo/ɪkˈsaɪt/emocionar
traveller sustantivo/ˈtɹævəlɚ/viajero, viajera
usual adjetivo/ˈju.ʒuəl/usual, habitual
travel verbo/ˈtɹævəl/viajar, recorrer
tired adjetivo[ˈtaɪ̯ɚd]cansado, fatigado
certainly adverbio/ˈsɜː.tn̩.li/ciertamente, dejuramente
dream verbo/ˈdɹim/soñar, ensoñar
sit verbo/sɪt/sentarse, estar sentado
lake sustantivo/leɪk/lago
window sustantivo/ˈwɪndoʊ/ventana, fenestra
lucky adjetivo/ˈlʌki/afortunado, suertudo
afraid adjetivo/əˈfɹeɪd/con miedo, con temor

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
go away verboirse, marcharse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • When are you going?
  • What are you going to do?
  • I'd like to travel for a time.
  • When are you going then?
  • You're one of us, really, aren't you?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingStop talking
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare sitting · are standing · you're travelling
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohave to stay · has to do · must go

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 32 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, can't. 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 dean, goodbye, adventurous.

¿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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