Shadowing Practice: Get ready for Movers Unit 4 (Page 29+30+31+32+34) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Listening 18.
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Listen and circle.
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Please, can I ask you some questions?
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OK.
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Do you live in a house or a flat?
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I live in a flat.
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It's on the fourth floor.
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Right.
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And how many bedrooms are there?
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We've got three bedrooms, one for my mum and dad,
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one for me and one for my sister.
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Do you listen to music in your bedroom?
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Yes, I've got a CD player and lots of CDs.
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I love music.
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That's great.
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Thank you.
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Listening 19.
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Listen and read, then act.
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Mum, I can't find my library book.
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Oh dear, where did you put it?
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Is it upstairs?
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No, it isn't.
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And I'm looking for my football too.
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Oh Jack, you always lose things.
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I think your football is outside.
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You're right.
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I played football with Daisy yesterday.
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Three.
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Is it there?
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Yes, it is.
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And my library book's here too.
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Great.
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Four.
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But it's wet.
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Oh, Jack.
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Listening 20.
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Listen and say.
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I skipped and I danced and I shouted at my brother.
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I planted some flowers and I smiled at my mother.
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I picked up a ball and I dropped it on the ground.
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I walked and I shopped and I looked around the town.
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Listening 21.
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Listen and tick the pictures.
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Can I ask you some questions about this morning, Daisy?
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OK.
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What did you do first?
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Well, I woke up.
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Of course.
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Then I got up.
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And then?
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Then I got dressed.
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I put on my trousers and T-shirt.
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Did you have breakfast?
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Yes, I did.
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I love breakfast.
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What did you do after that?
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I made a cake.
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It was a chocolate cake.
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Hmm, my favourite.
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And then?
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Well, I saw Jack.
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He was outside my house.
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And what did you do?
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I went outside and I rode my bike with Jack.
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It was fun.
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Listening 22 Movers Practice Test Listening Part 2 Listen and look.
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There is one example.
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What are you doing, Jim?
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I'm doing my homework.
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Can I ask you some questions, please?
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OK.
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Did you go shopping yesterday?
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Yes, I did.
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How many shops did you go to?
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Uh.. five.
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Can you see the answer?
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Now you listen and write.
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One.
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Which was your favourite shop?
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Well, I liked the computer shop,
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but my favourite was the bookshop.
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Is the bookshop big?
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Yes, it is.
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It's got four floors.
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Two.
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Where is that shop?
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It's in Castle Street.
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How do you spell that?
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C-A-S-T-L-E Great.
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I'd like to go there.
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3. Have you got the phone number of the shop?
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Er, yes, it's here.
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What is it?
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It's 5341695.
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Thanks.
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4. Did you buy any books?
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No, but I bought some CDs.
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How many?
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I bought two, but I wanted to buy six.
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Five.
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Where did you go after that?
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I went to a clothes shop.
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Did you buy some clothes?
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Yes, I bought a new hat.
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It's very nice.
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Great, thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A1 se basa en el vídeo “Get ready for Movers Unit 4”. Las palabras que más se repiten: listen, Listening, shop, Jack, bedroom. Este vídeo tiene 106 frases y 487 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:05. El hablante habla despacio, unas 96 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 82 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 29 de sus 106 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
bedroom sustantivo/ˈbɛdˌɹum/alcoba, dormitorio
cloth sustantivo/klɒθ/tela
flower sustantivo/ˈfloʊɚ/flor
spell sustantivo/spɛl/hechizo, conjuro
skip verbo/skɪp/saltar
homework sustantivo/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/deberes, tarea
shout verbo/ʃaʊt/gritar, desgañitarse
upstairs adverbio/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/arriba
tick sustantivo/tɪk/garrapata, rezno
bookshop sustantivolibrería
favourite adjetivo/ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/favorito, preferido
breakfast sustantivo/ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/desayuno, parva
cake sustantivo/keɪk/bizcocho, cake
smile verbo/ˈsmaɪl/sonreír
shirt sustantivo/ʃɜɹt/camisa, chema

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
get up verbolevantarse
pick up verbocoger, asir
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Please, can I ask you some questions?
  • Do you live in a house or a flat?
  • Do you listen to music in your bedroom?
  • What did you do first?
  • What did you do after that?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 8 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, can't, I'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shout /ʃaʊt/, shirt /ʃɜɹt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spell /spɛl/, skip /skɪp/, smile /ˈsmaɪl/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, trousers /ˈtɹaʊzɚz/

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 bedroom, cloth, flower.

¿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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