Shadowing Practice: Jason Mraz - I'm Yours (LYRICS) - Learn English Speaking with Video

Este vídeo tiene 30 frases y 381 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:20. El hablante habla despacio, unas 88 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

15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

• fate /feɪt/ (sustantivo) — azar, hado. The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
• hesitate /ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/ (verbo) — vacilar, dudar. To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
• mirror /ˈmiɹɚ/ (sustantivo) — espejo. A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
• crack /kɹæk/ (sustantivo) — grieta. A thin and usually jagged space opened in a previously solid material.
• spin /spɪn/ (verbo) — girar, rotar. To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction.
• breathe /bɹiːð/ (verbo) — respirar. To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
• intervention /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/ (sustantivo) — intervención. The action of intervening; interfering in some course of events.
• divine /dɪˈvaɪn/ (adjetivo) — divino. Of or pertaining to a god.
• chill /tʃɪl/ (verbo) — enfriar. To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
• bend /bɛnd/ (verbo) — cimbrar, cimbrear. To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
• entity /ˈɛn.tə.ti/ [-tʰi] (sustantivo) — entidad. That which has a distinct existence as an individual unit, often used for organizations which have no physical form.
• melt /mɛlt/ (verbo) — derretirse, fundirse. To change (or to be changed) from a solid state to a liquid state, usually by a gradual heat.
• virtue /ˈvɝt͡ʃu/ (sustantivo) — virtud. The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known…
• fog /fɑɡ/ (sustantivo) — niebla. A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
• reckon /ˈɹɛkən/ (verbo) — censar. To count; to enumerate; to number; also, to compute; to calculate.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

• look into (verbo) — indagar (sobre/en). To investigate, explore, or consider.
• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — hala, vamos. Come along with me; join me in going.
• get back (verbo) — regresar. Return to where one came from.
• pop up (verbo) — aparecerse. To come up with a "pop" sound.
• run out (verbo) — agotar, quedarse sin. To use up or consume all

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 26 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, won't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

• Palabras largas — cuida el acento: intervention /ɪntɚˈvɛnʃən/, entity /ˈɛn.tə.ti/ [-tʰi]

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 fate, hesitate, mirror.