Shadowing Practice: Jack and the Beanstalk | Classic Tales Level 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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We've got no food, Jack, says his mother.
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We've got no money.
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Go and sell the cow.
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So Jack goes up the road.
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Look, says a strange old man, magic beans.
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Give me that cow and you can have them.
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Oh, says Jack.
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All right.
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What? shouts Jack's mother.
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No money?
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Beans?
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Go to bed now.
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But in the morning, there's a beanstalk.
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Tall, tall, tall.
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And green, green, green.
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Ooh, says Jack.
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Wonderful.
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Magic.
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Jack climbs out of the window.
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He climbs up the beanstalk.
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Up, up, up.
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Jack comes to a road.
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He walks and walks.
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Then he sees a house.
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A big, big house.
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And a woman.
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A big, big woman.
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Can I have some breakfast?
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Says Jack.
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All right, she says.
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Come in. But listen.
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My man is a giant.
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He eats boys.
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So be quiet.
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She gives Jack some breakfast.
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Then there's a noise.
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Thump, thump, thump.
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My big man is here, she says.
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Quick, hide.
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Get in there.
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Fee, fie, foe, foy.
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I can smell a little boy," says the big giant.
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No, you can't, says his wife.
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Wash your hands.
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Your breakfast is ready.
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He eats his breakfast.
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Then he says, Wife, bring me my gold.
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He puts the gold on the table.
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One, two, three.
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The giant goes to sleep.
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Then Jack comes out quietly.
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He takes a bag of gold, and quietly he runs away.
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Jack runs back down the long road.
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He climbs back down the beanstalk, and he takes the gold home to his mother.
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Look, mother, look, he says.
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Now they live well, but one day there's no more gold.
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So Jack climbs up the beanstalk again.
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Up, up, up.
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He comes to the road again.
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He walks and walks.
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He sees the house again.
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The big, big house.
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Can I have some breakfast?
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Jack says.
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Go away, says the big woman.
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My big man eats boys, and you're a bad boy.
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You take things, don't you?
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I don't take things, says Jack.
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That's another boy.
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I can tell you his name, but I want some breakfast first." "'All right,' says the woman.
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Come in.
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She gives Jack some breakfast.
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Then there's a noise.
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Thump!
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Thump!
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Thump!
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My big man is here, says the woman.
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Quick!
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Hide!
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Get in there!
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Fee, fi, fo, foy.
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I can smell a little boy, says the giant.
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No, you can't, says his wife.
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Wash your hands.
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Your breakfast is ready.
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After breakfast, the giant says, Wife, bring me my hen.
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I want some gold eggs.
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So she brings the hen to the table.
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Lay, says the giant, and the hen lays a gold egg.
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Yes, says the giant.
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Lay, lay.
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Then he goes to sleep.
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Then Jack comes out, and he takes the magic hen, and he quietly runs away.
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He runs back home to his mother.
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Jack and his mother are happy.
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They are never hungry now.
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But Jack wants to climb up the beanstalk one more time.
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He comes to the road again.
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He walks and walks.
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He sees the house again.
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The big, big house. And the woman.
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The big, big woman.
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But this time, she doesn't see him.
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Jack hides behind some books.
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Soon he hears a noise.
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Fee-fie-foe-foy.
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I can smell a little boy," says the giant. Can you?
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Says his wife.
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Is that bad boy here again?
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Let's look in here.
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Perhaps he's hiding.
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But they can't find Jack.
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After breakfast, the giant says, Wife, bring me my magic harp.
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She brings it, and he says, Play, harp, play!
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Then he goes to sleep.
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Quietly, Jack comes out.
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He takes the magic harp, and quietly he runs away.
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But the harp calls out, Giant!
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Giant!
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The boy is taking me!
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Then the giant opens his eyes.
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Help! says Jack.
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He runs away fast.
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He runs down the long road.
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He's taking me!
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sings the harp.
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Stop! shouts the giant.
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Bring back my harp!
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Jack gets to the beanstalk.
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Quickly he climbs down.
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Down, down, down.
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Mother, get the axe!
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Quick!
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The big giant is coming!
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Jack cuts down the beanstalk.
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And the giant falls down.
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His head hits the ground.
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Thump! And he is dead.
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That's the end of him, says Jack.
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Now, can I have some breakfast?

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Jack and the Beanstalk”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Jack, giant, breakfast, boy, beanstalk. Este vídeo tiene 140 frases y 715 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:32. El hablante habla despacio, unas 75 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:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
climb verbo/ˈklaɪ̯m/escalar, subir
quietly adverbio/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/mansamente, despacio
shout verbo/ʃaʊt/gritar, desgañitarse
bean sustantivo/ˈbi(ː)n/haba, frijol
egg sustantivo/ɛɡ/huevo, aguautle
hungry adjetivo/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/hambriento, tener hambre
thump verbo/θʌmp/golpear, azotar
giant sustantivo/ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/gigante
breakfast sustantivo/ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/desayuno, parva
noise sustantivo/ˈnoɪ̯z/ruido, estrépito
tall adjetivo/tɔl/alto
smell verbo/smɛl/oler
quiet adjetivo/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/quieto, silencioso
lay verbo/leɪ/acostar, echar
strange adjetivo/stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/extraño, raro

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
run away verbohuir
come out verbo/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/revelarse, salir a la luz
back down verborecular, echarse atrás
call out verboespecificar
cut down verbotalar
go away verboirse, marcharse
go up verbosubir
run down verboatropellar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Can I have some breakfast?
  • No, you can't, says his wife.
  • You take things, don't you?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 9 contracciones y formas reducidas, como can't, don't, we've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: smell /smɛl/, strange /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: giant /ˈd͡ʒaɪ.ənt/, strange /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/

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 climb, quietly, shout.

¿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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