Shadowing Practice: Frida Kahlo: A Brief History (School Friendly) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist who became famous for her self-portraits that were strongly influenced by her Mexican culture.
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Frida was born near Mexico City on July 6th 1907 and grew up with her parents and six sisters.
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At age six, Frida contracted a disease called polio, which damaged her right leg and meant she couldn't leave her bed for nine months.
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So instead of playing with her sisters, she spent most of her time alone.
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Despite her childhood love of drawing, Frida Kahlo didn't always want to be an artist.
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She wanted to become a doctor.
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But in 1925, she was in a terrible bus accident
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that meant she was unable to walk for three months and she began to paint from her hospital bed.
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Painting helped her pass the time and to express the pain that she was feeling.
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Frida wanted to know if she was talented enough to become a professional painter, so she approached artist Diego Rivera for an opinion on her work.
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The two artists eventually got married in 1929.
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They both continued to paint and became very successful artists.
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In 1931, Diego was asked to paint a mural in San Francisco, so Frida and Diego moved to America.
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They lived there for three years.
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Diego wanted to stay, but Frida was very homesick and unhappy, so they soon moved back to live in Mexico.
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Her unhappiness in her life in America can be seen in her paintings.
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Frida Kahlo is most famous for her many self-portraits.
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She used her art to express her emotions in various moments of her life
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and to reflect the lifelong pain she felt after her accident.
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She was very proud of her Mexican heritage and this is also shown in her paintings, which feature bright colors, dramatic symbols and traditional Mexican clothing.
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Frida Kahlo died in 1954 when she was 47 years old.
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She is remembered as a strong woman who used her art to overcome her circumstances
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and to accomplish great things despite her struggles and she inspires artists to this day to express their emotions through their art.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 23 frases y 348 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:02. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 172 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 82 % 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
portrait sustantivo/ˈpɔɹtɹət/retrato
emotion sustantivo/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/afecto, emoción
clothing sustantivo/ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ropa, ropaje
strongly adverbio/ˈstɹɔŋli/fuertemente
dramatic adjetivo/dɹəˈmætɪk/dramático
reflect verbo/ɹɪˈflɛkt/reflejar, reflectar
heritage sustantivo/ˈhɛɹ.ɪ.tɪd͡ʒ/herencia, heredad
symbol sustantivo/ˈsɪmbəl/símbolo
talented adjetivo/ˈtæləntɪd/talentoso, dotado
overcome verbo/ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/sobreponerse a
unhappy adjetivo/ʌnˈhæpi/infeliz
inspire verbo/ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/inspirar, infundir
painter sustantivo/ˈpeɪntɚ/pintor, pintora
lifelong adjetivo/ˈlaɪf.lɔːŋ/vitalicio, de toda la vida
circumstance sustantivo/ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/circunstancia, tesitura

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/

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 portrait, emotion, clothing.

¿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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