Shadowing Practice: IELTS Speaking: Talking about a memorable meal - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This week, we are looking at an IELTS Speaking Part 2 cue card that asks you to speak about a memorable meal.
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I'll read the cue card to you now.
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Describe a meal you enjoyed eating outside your home.
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You should say what the meal was, where you ate it, who you were with, and explain why you enjoyed this meal.
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In this week's free sample lesson, you will hear the speaker drop one of the T sounds when they say, A short trip.
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Listen to how I drop the T in short when I say this phrase.
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A short trip.
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A short trip.
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Alright, let's listen to this week's sample so you can hear the model spoken naturally.
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Remember to listen for the phrase, a short trip.
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Here is the sample.
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We will now start part two of the exam.
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Here is your cue card.
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Start speaking now, please.
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One of the most enjoyable meals I've had outside my home was during a short trip I took to Hanoi, Vietnam last year.
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I had the chance to try Nem Ran, which are traditional Vietnamese spring rolls.
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I spent the whole afternoon walking around the old quarter, and by evening, I was craving something warm and satisfying.
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A local friend of mine recommended a small, family-run restaurant near the lake, so I went with her to try it.
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The spring rolls were absolutely delicious.
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They were made with minced chicken, glass noodles, mushrooms, and finely chopped vegetables,
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all wrapped in rice paper and then deep fried until crispy.
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They were served with a small bowl of tangy sauce made from fish sauce, garlic, and chili.
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We also had them with rice vermicelli, fresh herbs like mint, and lettuce to wrap everything up.
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What made the experience really memorable was the contrast in textures and flavors.
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The crunch of the roll, the softness of the noodles, and the freshness of the herbs all came together amazingly well.
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It felt light but filling.
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I also enjoyed it because my Vietnamese friend was with me to explain the ingredients that went into the dish.
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Even now, when I think of Hanoi, the taste of those spring rolls is one of the first things that comes to mind.
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Thank you.
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Okay, we will now start this week's speech shadowing exercise.
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In this week's free sample exercise, you will repeat the response to the first few sentences from the model.
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I'll read the section again to you now just to refresh your memory.
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One of the most enjoyable meals I've had outside my home was during a short trip I took to Hanoi, Vietnam last year.
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I had the chance to try Nem Ran, which are traditional Vietnamese spring rolls.
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Okay, let's go ahead and start this week's speech shadowing exercise.
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Okay, here's this week's speech shadowing exercise.
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Enjoy.
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We will now start part two of the exam.
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Here is your cue card.
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Start speaking now, please.
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One of the most enjoyable meals I've had outside my home was during a short trip I took to Hanoi, Vietnam last year.
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Was during a short trip I took to Hanoi, Vietnam last year.
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To Hanoi, Vietnam last year.
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Last year.
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Last year.
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to Hanoi, Vietnam last year.
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Was during a short trip I took to Hanoi, Vietnam last year.
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During a short trip was during a short trip I took to Hanoi, Vietnam last year.
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One of the most enjoyable meals I've had outside my home
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One of the most enjoyable meals
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One of the most enjoyable meals I've had outside my home
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was during a short trip I took to Hanoi, Vietnam last year.
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One of the most enjoyable meals I've had outside my home was during a short trip I took to Hanoi, Vietnam last year.
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I had the chance to try Nem Ran, which are traditional Vietnamese spring rolls.
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Traditional Vietnamese spring rolls.
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Vietnamese spring rolls.
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Vietnamese spring rolls.
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Traditional Vietnamese spring rolls.
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I had the chance to try...
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Chance to try...
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Chance to try...
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I had the chance to try...
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I had the chance to try Nem Ran, which are traditional Vietnamese spring rolls.
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I had the chance to try Nem Ran, which are traditional Vietnamese spring rolls.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “IELTS Speaking: Talking about a memorable meal”. Las palabras que más se repiten: trip, roll, Hanoi, meal, spring. Este vídeo tiene 73 frases y 843 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:19. El hablante habla despacio, unas 101 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 77 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
enjoyable adjetivo/ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/agradable, ameno
noodle sustantivo/ˈnu.dəl/fideo, tallarín
herb sustantivo/hɜːb/hierba culinaria
memorable adjetivo/ˈmɛm.(ə)ɹə.bl̩/memorable, inolvidable
wrap verbo/ɹæp/envolver, fajar
crispy adjetivo/ˈkɹɪs.pi/crujiente
freshness sustantivo/ˈfɹɛʃnəs/frescura, frescor
softness sustantivo/ˈsɔftnəs/suavidad, molicie
vermicelli sustantivo/vəɹməˈsɛli/vermicelli
lettuce sustantivo/ˈlɛt.ɪs/lechuga
craving sustantivo/ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/ansia, anhelo
amazingly adverbio/əˈmeɪzɪŋli/asombrosamente
refresh verbo/ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/refrescar
crunch verbo/kɹʌnt͡ʃ/ronzar, crujir
chili sustantivo/ˈt͡ʃɪli/chile, ají

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
come together verbo/ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/juntarse, concitarse
go ahead verbo/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/venga, adelante
walk around verbodeambular

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraI've had · have found
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosaRan, which are
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewere made · were served

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 8 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I've, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: freshness /ˈfɹɛʃnəs/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: vermicelli /vəɹməˈsɛli/, amazingly /əˈmeɪzɪŋli/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vermicelli /vəɹməˈsɛli/, craving /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/, vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, flavor /ˈfleɪvə/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: enjoyable /ɛnˈd͡ʒɔɪ.ə.bl̩/, vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/

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 enjoyable, noodle, herb.

¿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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