Shadowing Practice: How Squeezed Pronunciation Can Help You Sound More English - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Do you want to improve your English pronunciation?
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Well, there is a simple trick that can make you sound more English.
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And it is squeezed pronunciation.
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Want to find out more?
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Then keep watching.
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Hello, it's Keith once again from the Keith Speaking Academy, here to help you become a much more confident speaker of English.
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Now then, do you sometimes listen to a native speaker and think, what did he say?
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And then maybe you check the transcript and you go, he didn't say that.
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For example, you may hear them say, that's interesting.
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And then you look at the transcript and it says, that's interesting.
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It should be interesting.
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But he said interesting.
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What's happening?
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Well, this is what you could call squeezed pronunciation.
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To squeeze, right?
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To take the word and make it smaller.
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Basically, what's happening is certain words in English, we don't pronounce every syllable.
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We kind of swallow some of the sounds and it becomes squeezed.
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It's something we do so that foreigners can't understand us, basically.
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Just joking.
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Now, what I'm going to do then in this video is I'm going to show you 12 everyday common words
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that we use regularly and to see if you can hear the correct or this squeeze pronunciation.
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I'm going to let you guess first and then so you can try and then we're going to go through each one.
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Are you ready for the English vocabulary squeeze challenge?
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Let's do it.
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right are you ready to go
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so what i'll do i'll show you the word you try
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and say it and then compare to how i say it here we go first one
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chocolate so it's not chocolate it's chocolate chocolate chocolate like the word clear clear chocolate.
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Chocolate.
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I love chocolate.
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Dark chocolate, milk chocolate, any kind of chocolate.
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Number two.
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Memory.
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Not memory.
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Memory.
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Memory.
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If my memory serves me right.
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If I remember correctly, right?
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Number three.
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Favourite.
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Not favourite.
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Favourite.
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Vr.
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Little children when they play with a car they go vroom.
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Vroom.
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Vr.
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Like every.
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The same.
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Favourite.
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It's my favourite.
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Look, this is my favourite pen.
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If you can see it, got it on holiday.
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It reminds me of my holiday with my family and my sister in Austria.
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Favourite.
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Vr.
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Next one.
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Comfortable. So not comfor -table.
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Comfortable.
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Ft. Ft. The F and the T are together.
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Comfortable.
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Yeah, this is a really comfortable chair.
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A similar word is this one.
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Vegetable.
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Comfortable, vegetable.
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Right?
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Vegetable meaning kind of a kind of food.
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Aubergine, courgette, carrot, vegetable.
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Comfortable.
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Okay, next one.
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DIFFERENT DIFFERENT Not DIFFERENT DIFFERENT The FR Like FROM DIFFERENT Right?
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Easier OK DIFFERENT We are all different We are all the same But we are all different NUMBER SIX BUSINESS
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business or business.
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It's a z and a n together, not busy -ness, although we are busy when we're in business.
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Business, business or business.
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Business.
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Business is good.
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Business is bad.
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Business has never been better.
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Let's move on to the next.
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OK, next one.
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Library.
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Library.
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Actually, you can also say library.
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Library.
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We do say that, but more often than not, I would say library.
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So I'd move, I'd kind of swallow the A and the R and just have library, library.
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So a library, meaning a place full of books, right?
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It's a bit like the word, you may know the word itinerary, which is the route you're going to follow on a trip.
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Often we don't say itinerary, we say itinerary.
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So the rery becomes itinerary.
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Library.
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Similar kind of thing, okay?
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Next one.
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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, happy days.
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Wednesday.
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Wednesday.
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This is a double whammy because we kind of drop the D sound and then the N -E -S becomes N -Z.
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Wednesday.
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And it's a Z, not a S.
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Wednesday.
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Famous character from the Addams Family.
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Wednesday.
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Gave a really strong stress on the when. When.
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When will you come?
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Wednesday.
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Next one.
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Literature.
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Literature.
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I know.
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Strange, right?
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Literature.
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The T -R becomes T -E -R.
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Like train.
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Litrain.
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Literature.
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Another way of remembering this is think of the word rich as in a lot of money.
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If you've got more money, you're richer.
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Richer.
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Lit.
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Richer.
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Literature.
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Similar to this word.
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Temp.
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Richer.
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Temperature.
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That is how you can remember how to pronounce it literature
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temperature we're all richer for my teaching can i say
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that let's move on to the next one average not average
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average the vr again remember the little kid with the car vroom Average.
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Average.
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Average height, medium build, middle class, middle -aged.
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Average.
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Average height.
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And the next one.
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There are two ways of pronouncing this.
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It could be actually, actually,
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with a chua, actually, or actually, actually, actually.
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Like the film, love actually, actually.
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Imagine chilli, if you enjoy eating chillies or chilli con carne, chilli, actually, actually.
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Actually, it's really good.
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But you can also say actually, chuali.
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You will find some dialects say chwelly, actually.
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All right, next one.
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Our favourite place for food.
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Restaurant.
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So it's not restaurant or restaurant.
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Restaurant.
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Like the train.
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Again, restaurant.
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Sometimes you can say restaurant.
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Restaurant.
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So it's not even an aunt.
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It's just an ent restaurant.
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It's a restaurant.
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It's an interesting restaurant.
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It's a nice restaurant.
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Restaurant.
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OK, that's it.
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So there you have it.
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12 words with that squeezed pronunciation.
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Let me know in the comments which one you found the most difficult.
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And if you know any other examples of this kind of squeezed pronunciation.
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Thank you for watching today.
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Give me a like if you enjoyed it.
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Do remember to subscribe and turn on notifications to find out about future videos coming soon.
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Thanks again for watching.
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Hope it helps you on your journey to become a more confident speaker of English.
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And I look forward to seeing you in the next video.
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Take care now.
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Bye -bye.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “How Squeezed Pronunciation Can Help You Sound More English”. Las palabras que más se repiten: restaurant, chocolate, word, library, favourite. Este vídeo tiene 171 frases y 991 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:45. El hablante habla despacio, unas 102 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 86 % 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:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| squeeze verbo | /skwiːz/ | exprimir, apretar |
| pronunciation sustantivo | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | pronunciación |
| vegetable sustantivo | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | verdura, legumbre |
| chili sustantivo | /ˈt͡ʃɪli/ | chile, ají |
| swallow verbo | /ˈswɑ.loʊ/ | tragar, engullir |
| transcript sustantivo | /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/ | transcripción |
| trick sustantivo | /ˈtɹɪk/ | truco, artimaña |
| everyday adjetivo | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ | de diario, cuotidiano |
| compare verbo | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | comparar, parangonar |
| remind verbo | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | (hacer) recordar/arrecordar, hacer acordar/arrecordar (se de) |
| correctly adverbio | /kəˈɹɛk(t).li/ | correctamente |
| aunt sustantivo | /ɑːnt/ | tía |
| subscribe verbo | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | suscribirse, subscribirse |
| distress sustantivo | /dɪˈstɹɛs/ | distrés, distress |
| notification sustantivo | /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/ | notificación |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse |
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| look forward to verbo | no ver la hora de, quedar a la espera de |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- For example, you may hear them say, that's interesting.
- Let's move on to the next.
- Often we don't say itinerary, we say itinerary.
- When will you come?
- If you've got more money, you're richer.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | may hear · may know |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | keep watching · enjoy eating |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venir | I'm going to do · I'm going to let · you're going to follow |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | i'll do · will you · will find |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 17 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, we're, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, aubergine /ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/, courgette /kʊɚˈʒɛt/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, notification /ˌnoʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, itinerary /aɪˈtɪnəˌɹɛɹi/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: squeeze /skwiːz/, swallow /ˈswɑ.loʊ/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, everyday /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, vroom /vɹum/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, joking /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como squeeze, pronunciation, vegetable.
¿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.