Shadowing Practice: Imitating Accent with Morgan Freeman | American Accent | Shadowing Exercises - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Now he has publicly said many times that during rehearsal he came to me with questions
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suggestions about how we should play a sword fight scene that could be extended with some extra stabbing and wounding and shit.
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He said that, I looked at him.
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after asking his name.
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And I told him this: Kid.
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We click swords three times, I scare you, you fall down and die.
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I'm going to tell you the correct story.
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What I actually said to Denzel was, You know that Brilliant young actor just out of Fordham University.
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- That was a great suggestion.
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Joe Patton never thought of it.
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You know, Shakespeare didn't think of that one.
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Clearly you know better than the two of them how this thing should be staged.
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What a fine eye for action.
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I think you have a bright career ahead of you.
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And I hope one day to perhaps work with you in a film.
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But until then, get back where you belong, when you come out on stage, We click so as three times.
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I stab you and you fall down and die.
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Now he has publicly said many times Now he has publicly said many times Now he has publicly said many times
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And then during rehearsal he came to me with questions And then during rehearsal he came to me with questions
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And then during rehearsal he came to me with questions.
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Suggestions about how we should play a sword fight scene.
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Suggestions about how we should play a sword fight scene.
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Suggestions about how we should play a sword fight scene.
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that could be extended with some extra stabbing and wounding and shit.
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that could be extended with some extra stabbing and wounding and shit.
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that could be extended with some extra stabbing and wounding and shit.
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He said that I looked at him after asking his name,
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He said that I looked at him after asking his name,
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He said that I looked at him after asking his name.
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And I told him this,
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kid, And I told him this,
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kid, And I told him this,
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kid, We click swords three times, I stab you, you fall down and die.
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We click swords three times, I stab you, you fall down and die.
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We click swords three times, I scare you, you fall down and die.
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I'm going to tell you the correct story.
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I'm going to tell you the correct story.
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I'm going to tell you the correct story.
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What I actually said to Denzel was,
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What I actually said to Denzel was,
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What I actually said to Denzel was, You, that brilliant young actor,
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You're that brilliant young actor You're that brilliant young actor Just out of Fordham University.
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Just out of Fordham University.
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Just out of Fordham University.
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That was a great suggestion.
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That was a great suggestion.
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That was a great suggestion.
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Joe Papp never thought of it.
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Joe Papp never thought of it.
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Joe Papp never thought of it.
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You know, Shakespeare didn't think of that one.
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You know, Shakespeare didn't think of that one.
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Yo, Shakespeare didn't think of that one.
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Clearly you know better than the two of them how this thing should be staged.
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Clearly you know better than the two of them how this thing should be staged.
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Clearly you know better than the two of them how this thing should be staged.
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What a fine eye for action.
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What a fine eye for action.
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What a fine eye for action.
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I think you have a bright career ahead of you.
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I think you have a bright career ahead of you.
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I think you have a bright career ahead of you.
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And I hope one day to perhaps work with you in a film.
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And I hope one day to perhaps work with you in a film.
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And I hope one day to perhaps work with you in a film.
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But until then, But until then,
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But until then, Get back where you belong when you come out on stage.
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Get back where you belong when you come out on stage.
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Get back where you belong when you come out on stage.
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We click source three times, We click source three times,
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We click source three times, I said you and you fall down and die.
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I said you and you fall down and die.
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I stabbed you and you fall down and die.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Imitating Accent with Morgan Freeman”. Las palabras que más se repiten: suggestion, sword, click, die, fall. Este vídeo tiene 73 frases y 740 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 10:18. El hablante habla despacio, unas 72 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 12 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
sword sustantivo/soɹd/espada, tizona
suggestion sustantivo/səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/sugerencia, propuesta
stab verbo/stæb/apuñalar, acuchillar
belong verbo/bɪˈlɒŋ/pertenecer [with en or a]
extend verbo/ɛkˈstɛnd/extenderse, ampliarse
publicly adverbio/ˈpʌb.lɪ.kli/públicamente
wound sustantivo/ˈwund/herida, llaga
rehearsal sustantivo/ɹɪˈhɝsl̩/ensayo, emprimado
establishment sustantivo/ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/establecimiento
scare verbo/skɛɚ/asustar, atemorizar
bright adjetivo/ˈbɹaɪ̯t/brillante, claro
brilliant adjetivo/ˈbɹɪl.jənt/brillante

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
get back verboregresar

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacecould be extended · should be staged
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena ideashould play · should be
Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosasbetter than
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirI'm going to tell

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 10 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, I'm, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: suggestion /səˈd͡ʒɛst.ʃən/, establishment /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stab /stæb/, scare /skɛɚ/

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 sword, suggestion, stab.

¿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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