Shadowing Practice: 🎧 How to Train Your Ear to Understand English Naturally - Learn English Speaking with Video

Este vídeo tiene 21 frases y 189 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 1:27. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 131 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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 menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

• ear /ˈɪə̯/ (sustantivo) — oído, oreja. The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
• painful /ˈpeɪn.fl̩/ (adjetivo) — doloroso. Causing pain or distress, either physical or mental.
• grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ (sustantivo) — gramática. A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
• cartoon /kɑɹˈtun/ (sustantivo) — viñeta. A humorous drawing, often with a caption, or a strip of such drawings.
• smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/ (adverbio) — suavemente, lisamente. in a smooth manner; smooth
• repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/ (sustantivo) — repetición. The act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.
• subtitle /ˈsʌbtaɪtəl/ (sustantivo) — subtítulo, título seccional / menor. A heading below or after a title.
• memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/ (verbo) — memorizar. To fully learn so as to have entirely available to the memory; to learn by heart, commit to memory.
• repeat /ɹɪˈpiːt/ (verbo) — repetir, menudear. To do or say again (and again).
• context /ˈkɑn.tɛkst/ (sustantivo) — contexto, marco. The surroundings, circumstances, environment, background or settings that determine, specify, or clarify the meaning of an event or other occurrence.
• sentence /ˈsɛn.təns/ (sustantivo) — sentencia, condena. The judicial order for a punishment to be imposed on a person convicted of a crime.
• spend /spɪnd/ (verbo) — gastar, despender. To pay out (money).
• brain /ˈbɹeɪ̯n/ (sustantivo) — cerebro, cerebral. The control center of the central nervous system of an animal located in the skull, consisting of the cerebrum, cerebellum, and brainstem, which is responsible…
• choose /t͡ʃuːz/ (verbo) — escoger, escogitar. To pick; to make the choice of; to select.
• easily /ˈi.zɪ.li/ (adverbio) — fácilmente, aína. Comfortably, without discomfort or anxiety.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

• look up /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ (verbo) — mejorar. To have better prospects.
• turn off (verbo) — apagar. To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
• turn on (verbo) — abrir. To set a flow of fluid or gas running by rotating a tap or valve.
• write down (verbo) — apuntar, anotar. To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

• Los sonidos de “th”: smoothly /ˈsmuːðli/, mouth /maʊθ/, method /ˈmɛθəd/

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 ear, painful, grammar.