Shadowing Practice: it’s about to happen - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Your life is about to change.
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Your life is about to change so drastically that it will blow your mind.
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So many changes are happening right now beneath the surface that you cannot see with your bare eyes.
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But God is with you.
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The universe is with you.
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Your ancestors and your spirit guides are all by your side right now, guiding you toward your dream life.
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This video is made specifically for you.
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You will only find it when a big transformation is about to come into your life.
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Six months from now, at the end of this year, you'll be in a completely different place.
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A place that is so much better than anything you have ever imagined.
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You'll be looking back at this moment and laughing at the worry and anxiety you are currently experiencing.
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Your prayers are always heard, but it's not the right time yet.
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there are several things that the higher power is still working on for you right now
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so be patient i know you don't like the words be patient
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but blessings are only blessings when they come to you at the right time
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when you are mentally emotionally and spiritually ready to welcome
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and preserve them and that moment is coming very soon the gold
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that you're looking for is right in front of you just
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a few inches away a lot of people give up before
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they find the gold they lose hope they lose patience
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so they stop trying not from a place of detachment
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and letting go but from a place of disappointment distrust
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and frustration they give up
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because they forget something important as they are hyper focused on the gold at the destination they ignore the goal
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that has always been present throughout the journey in every step they take in every turn they choose
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and that gold is not money possessions or external validation
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that gold is the joy they find in doing what they
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love the development of their character the expansion of their minds
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and the experience of their souls that gold can be collected at any moment
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and give you all the energy you need to keep going to remain hopeful
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and optimistic but if you are
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if you are too obsessed with the final result you won't be able to see it
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and you'll become frustrated because you can't find any meaning
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and fulfillment in the process so keep working on your goals keep maintaining
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that frequency don't give up because the life you want is right around the corner
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when those big changes happen you'll probably feel shocked
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and overwhelmed by how dramatically your life transforms in such a short period of time
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but don't be too shocked a lot of things are already
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happening right now at this very moment you just cannot see them with your bare eyes just imagine
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that you planted a seed of desire hope and intention months
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or years ago even though nothing seems to be changing
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and everything appears quiet on the surface beneath the ground that seed is growing
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the changes are dormant silent and invisible and then suddenly one day
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that seed will sprout and grow so quickly
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and it will turn into a beautiful tree overnight that's what's gonna happen for you one day you meet someone
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and your life changes forever one day you move to a new place a new city a new country
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and your life changes forever one day you start that business
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and your life changes forever one day you dare to say what you have always wanted to say
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and your life changes forever one day you wake up look around and realize
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that your life will never be the same again a completely
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new chapter has been unlocked you're moving into one of the most exhilarating exciting
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and beautiful stages of your life and you are not going back
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but in order for all of this to happen you need
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to work with the higher power as well your future is determined by your present energy
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so just focus on harnessing and reinforcing the energy
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that is aligned with the future that you want to create
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and experience don't entertain anything that is irrelevant to it Your present reality is simply the residue of the past.
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Everything that you are experiencing right now is the direct product of your past beliefs, thoughts and emotions.
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Which means you can pull, you know, reverse card and turn your life around by changing your inner world, your inner monologue and your belief systems.
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And listen to your intuition.
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Your intuition is whispering words of wisdom and guidance into your ears.
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The things you need to do, the places you need to go, the words you need to say but you are ignoring this voice
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and you are choosing to listen to the voices of other people.
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And to the voices of fear and anxiety, these voices are very loud, but the voice of your intuition is quiet.
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So you need to pause, sit in silence and pay attention.
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Let the wisdom of your soul guide you and take action accordingly.
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If you do this, you will never go astray.
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And that's everything for today's message.
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I know it's quite specific and it's not for everybody, but if you happen to find it, this message is 100 % meant for you
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so congratulations in advance your life is about to change
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and remember when these blessings come into your life welcome them with open arms
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and remind yourself that you deserve all of these wonderful things
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because you do all right thank you so much for watching I'll see you again soon bye

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “it’s about to happen”. Las palabras que más se repiten: gold, voice, forever, happen, moment. Este vídeo tiene 73 frases y 954 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:45. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 166 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
blessing sustantivo/ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/bendición
intuition sustantivo/ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/intuición
ignore verbo/ɪɡˈnɔː/ignorar, desoír
belief sustantivo/bɪˈliːf/creencia
shock sustantivo/ʃɔk/choque
anxiety sustantivo/æŋˈzaɪ.əti/zozobra, ansiedad
wisdom sustantivo/ˈwɪzdəm/sabiduría
beneath/bɪˈniːθ/bajo de, abajo de
silence sustantivo/ˈsaɪ̯ləns/silencio
silent adjetivo/ˈsaɪ̯lənt/silencioso, callar
ear sustantivo/ˈɪə̯/oído, oreja
prayer sustantivo/pɹɛɚ/oración, rezo
congratulations/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/felicidades, enhorabuena
possession sustantivo/pəˈzɛʃn̩/posesión
collect verbo/ˈkɑlɪkt/juntar, recoger

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
give up verborendirse, entregar
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar

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 haceis made · are always heard · can be collected
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahave ever imagined · has always been · have always wanted

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, you'll, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: intuition /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/, shock /ʃɔk/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, possession /pəˈzɛʃn̩/, intention /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: intuition /ˌɪn.tjuːˈɪʃ.ən/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: reverse /ɹɪˈvɝs/, overnight /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/, preserve /pɹəˈzɝv/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, irrelevant /ɪˈɹɛləvənt/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, wisdom /ˈwɪzdəm/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, possession /pəˈzɛʃn̩/, preserve /pɹəˈzɝv/
  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hopeful /ˈhoʊpfl̩/, whisper /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/, harness /ˈhɑɹ.nəs/

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 blessing, intuition, ignore.

¿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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