Shadowing Practice: Free Time Activities | A1 English Conversation - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the Two Voice English podcast.
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Hello, hello, welcome back.
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I am Zara.
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And I am Sam.
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Hello, Zara, how are you?
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I am great, Sam, thank you.
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How are you?
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I am very good.
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Today we have a fun topic.
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Oh, a fun topic.
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What is it?
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Today we talk about free time, things we do for fun.
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Yay!
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I love free time.
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It's my favorite time.
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Me too.
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So, Zara, I have a question for you.
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Okay, what is your question?
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What do you do in your free time?
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Hmm, and my free time.
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I do many things.
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I love reading books.
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You love reading.
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Nice.
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What else do you do?
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I also like listening to music, and I go swimming.
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Wow, swimming.
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When do you go swimming?
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I usually go swimming on the weekend, on Saturday.
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That is great.
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Do you go with friends?
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Sometimes.
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I sometimes go with my friend Sarah.
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Okay, Sam, what about you?
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What do you do in your free time?
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Oops, you ask me now.
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Yes, what do you do?
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Well, I play football.
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I love playing football.
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Football.
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That is cool.
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Who do you play with?
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I always play with my friends.
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We play at the park.
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Fun.
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When do you play?
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We usually play every weekend.
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We love it.
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What else do you like doing?
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I like playing video games.
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Video games.
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Do you play often?
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Yes, I play often.
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I like new games.
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So, Zara, you like swimming.
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What about running?
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Do you like running?
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Running?
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Oh, no, I don't like running.
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I never go running.
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Haha, okay, no running.
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But you like doing yoga, right?
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Yes, I love doing yoga.
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It is very relaxing.
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I do yoga once a week.
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Now, let's talk about other activities.
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Do you play an instrument, like the guitar?
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No, I don't play the guitar.
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Do you play the guitar, Sam?
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No, I don't.
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But I like listening to music.
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Me too.
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I always listen to music.
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What about movies?
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Do you go to the cinema?
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Yes, I do.
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I sometimes go to the cinema.
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I like watching movies.
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What kind of movies do you like?
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I like funny movies.
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They make me happy.
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Me too.
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I love funny movies.
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I don't like sad movies.
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Okay, another question.
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Do you go shopping?
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Go shopping.
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Hmm.
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I sometimes go shopping, not often.
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What about you, Zara?
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Do you like going shopping?
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Yes, I love going shopping with my friends.
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It's fun.
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Okay, I have a different activity.
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Do you play chess?
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Chess?
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No, I don't play chess.
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It's very difficult.
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I agree.
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I don't play chess.
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What about puzzles?
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Do you do puzzles?
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Oh, yes.
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I love doing puzzles.
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It's so relaxing.
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I like puzzles, too.
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I do puzzles on rainy days.
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That's a great idea.
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Okay, let's think.
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We have play, go, do.
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What about karate?
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Do you do karate?
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Karate?
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Wow.
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No, I don't do karate. Do you?
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No, I don't.
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But my friend Tom does karate.
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He loves it.
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Oh, cool.
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What about photography?
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Do you do photography?
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Photography.
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Taking pictures.
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Yes, I like doing photography.
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It's fun to take pictures of trees and flowers.
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I like photography, too.
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I take pictures of my cat.
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A cat.
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That is so cute.
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So Zara, let's review.
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You love playing football.
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Yes, I do.
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You like playing video games.
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Yes, that's right.
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And you don't like playing chess.
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No, I do not.
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Correct.
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And you, Zara, you love reading.
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I do.
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I love reading.
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You like going swimming.
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Yes.
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But you don't like running.
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No, I never go running.
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You are right.
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We have so many different free time activities.
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Yes, it is important to have fun in our free time.
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Yes, it is.
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Free time is for relaxing and doing things you love.
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So to everyone listening, what do you do in your free time?
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Yes, do you play football?
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Do you go swimming?
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Do you do puzzles?
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You can tell us in the comments below.
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This was a lot of fun, Zara.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, Sam.
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I had fun, too.
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Well, that is all our time for today.
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Yes.
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If you like our podcast, please remember to like the video.
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And subscribe to our channel.
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It helps us a lot.
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Thank you for listening, everyone.
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Yes, thank you.
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye, Sam.
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See you next time.
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Bye-bye.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A1 se basa en el vídeo “Free Time Activities”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Zara, running, swimming, puzzles, Sam. Este vídeo tiene 169 frases y 742 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:48. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 155 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. 41 de sus 169 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
swim verbo/swɪm/nadar
puzzle sustantivo/ˈpʌzəl/enigma, rompecabezas
photography sustantivo/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/fotografía
chess sustantivo/t͡ʃɛs/ajedrez, escaques
karate sustantivo/kəˈɹɑ.ti/karate
guitar sustantivo/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/guitarra, jarana
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar
yoga sustantivo/ˈjoʊ.ɡə/yoga
topic sustantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, tópico
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego
cinema sustantivo/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/cine, cinematógrafo
podcast sustantivo/ˈpɑdˌkæst/podcast, pódcast
flower sustantivo/ˈfloʊɚ/flor
instrument sustantivo/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/instrumento
subscribe verbo/səbˈskɹaɪb/suscribirse, subscribirse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • What do you do in your free time?
  • What else do you do?
  • When do you go swimming?
  • Do you go with friends?
  • Yes, what do you do?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 10 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don'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. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como swim, puzzle, photography.

¿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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