Shadowing Practice: Getting To Know Kimi Antonelli - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I need to think about this.
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What is your name?
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My name is Andrea Kimi Antonelli.
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What is today's date?
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Today's date is the 7th of February, 2025.
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How old are you?
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I'm 18 years old.
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How many Instagram followers do you have?
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I think 1.2 million.
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Yeah. Not bad.
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Describe yourself as to who is Kimi?
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The Kimi outside the track, I will say is chill when he’s alone, but when he’s with friends is pretty crazy.
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Someone who really likes to eat pasta a lot at home.
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While the Kimi on track is someone who really trusts his instincts while driving.
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He's quite aggressive as well, but at the same time, just around the paddock with the engineers also tries to be funny as well.
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2025 is a huge season for you.
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How are you feeling about it at the moment?
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I'm feeling great.
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Really, you know, going through the preparation with the team.
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Really trying to work the best way as possible in order to prepare and to arrive ready for the season.
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I’m starting to realise now that it's all getting real.
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It's a dream coming true.
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And I'm really, really excited and I cannot wait to to get started.
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What do you want to achieve this year, what are your main aims?
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The mindset is going to be the same one as always.
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So, trying to go on track and win every race.
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But at the same time, I'm realistic that the level is super high, very competitive.
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So it's not going to be easy.
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But I believe, if I work well with the team and work well on myself, we can achieve some great things together.
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You mentioned those great things there.
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Are you going to win a Grand Prix this year?
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Well, that's the goal.
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Not only one, but more.
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Hopefully, as many as possible.
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What inspires you at the moment?
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I have a driver who I'm inspired by it’s Ayrton Senna.
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But, at the same time, I'm inspired by my dad as well.
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My mum as well, they’re both really big figures in my life.
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And they've helped me to become the person I am today and the driver as well, eventually.
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So definitely, you know, both of them and, yeah.
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That's it. What will it mean for you to see your parents there at your first race?
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It’s going to be quite a unique moment.
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Also my little sister is going to be there so, I think it’s going to be a really nice moment to share and hopefully it’s going to be a good weekend.
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But yeah, super-happy to have them and I feel it's really important to have them by my side.
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24 races of course, this season, which one are you most looking forward to?
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I mean, all of them, to be honest.
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Of course, Melbourne, because it's going to be my first race, then my two home races Imola and Monza.
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But if I have to be really honest, I'm really looking forward to the whole season.
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I'm just really excited and I cannot wait to get started.
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What do you think will be the most difficult part of 2025 for you?
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It's going to be completely something new for me.
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So definitely it's a lot to learn.
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A lot of new scenarios to face.
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Just trying to learn as much as possible to get up to speed and gain as much experience as possible every race to improve myself and level up.
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What advice would you give your future self, a year on from now?
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To my future self, I will just tell him to enjoy, not worry about external circumstances.
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Just enjoy the process and try to be happy.
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And also, always remind yourself that you're in a privileged position and to make the best out of it.
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Finally, what's your message to everyone who's watching this video?
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Thank you so much for following me and eventually supporting me.
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I really appreciate it and I think you're a really big part of motorsport in general because, the fans and all the supporters, is what that makes the sport so great.
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So thank you very much and hopefully we're going to do a great season.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Getting To Know Kimi Antonelli”. Las palabras que más se repiten: race, Kimi, moment, hopefully, track. Este vídeo tiene 62 frases y 704 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:39. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 151 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 89 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir. 14 de sus 62 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 14 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
inspire verbo/ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/inspirar, infundir
motorsport sustantivoautomovilismo, deporte motor / motriz
follower sustantivo/ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/seguidor
circumstance sustantivo/ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/circunstancia, tesitura
mindset sustantivo/ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/mentalidad, actitud
instinct sustantivo/ˈɪn.stɪŋkt/instinto
pasta sustantivo/ˈpɑ.stə/pasta
supporter sustantivo/səˈpɔɹ.tɚ/apoyador, apoyadora
realistic adjetivo/ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/realista, realístico
chill verbo/tʃɪl/enfriar
scenario sustantivo/sɪˈnɛəɹioʊ/escenario, supuesto
privilege sustantivo/ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/privilegio
preparation sustantivo/ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/preparación
aggressive adjetivo/əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/agresivo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
look forward to verbono ver la hora de, quedar a la espera de
get up to verbocometer
go through verboatravesar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • What is your name?
  • How old are you?
  • How are you feeling about it at the moment?
  • What inspires you at the moment?
  • Finally, what's your message to everyone who's watching this video?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosaSomeone who really
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe best · the most difficult
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve veniris going to be · it's not going to be · It's going to be
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill say · will it · will be

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: privilege /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/, aggressive /əˈɡɹɛs.ɪv/

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 inspire, motorsport, follower.

¿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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