Shadowing Practice: Không có tiêu đề P2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hey, Anna, how much did you get on the math exam?
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Just an 8.
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Not bad, I think.
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Oh, that's lucky for you.
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What do you mean, lucky?
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Well, if you got a 10, the police might come and investigate you.
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What?
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Are you serious?
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No, I'm just joking.
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But actually, there is a real story about this right now.
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Okay, now I'm curious.
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Tell me.
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So, after the 2026 national exam results came out, People noticed something strange at a high school in Chuenquang province.
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Strange how?
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The school had 328 students in total, and 299 of them got a 9 points or higher on the math exam.
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Wait, that's almost everyone.
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Yes, and it gets even crazier.
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147 students got a perfect 10.
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147 students?
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That sounds impossible for one school.
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That's exactly what people online thought too.
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And there's another strange detail, most of the students with a perfect 10 had exam numbers that were close together, like they were sitting next to each other in the exam room.
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Hmm, that does sound suspicious.
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What was the school's average score?
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9 .58.
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That's the highest in the whole country.
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Higher than the famous specialized schools in Hanoi?
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Much higher.
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For example, the Specialized School for Natural Sciences in Hanoi only got an 8 .51 on average.
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This small school in Tu and Kuang beat all of them.
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So what happened after people noticed this?
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The Ministry of Education got involved.
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They checked the whole process, how the exam papers were printed, delivered, and graded.
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They also compared the exam scores with the students' normal school grades.
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And what did they find?
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They didn't find any problems with printing or delivering the exam papers, but they said the results looked abnormal, especially in the exam room itself,
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during the part when students take the test.
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So they think someone helped the students cheat during the exam?
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That's what they're investigating, and a few days later, the police arrested a teacher from that school.
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He's 28 years old and teaches at the Specialized High School in Tu and Kwong.
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Wow, this is getting serious.
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Do we know why he was arrested?
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Not exactly, but it's connected to the math exam results.
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The police are still investigating and might arrest more people.
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What did the school say about all this?
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The Department of Education in Tu and Kwong defended the results at first.
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They said these students are very talented.
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Apparently, they won 59 awards in a national competition earlier this year, and some of them are even preparing for an international competition.
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That sounds impressive, but it still doesn't explain why almost half the students got a perfect score.
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Right.
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They also said the students practiced with eight or nine mock exams before the real one, so they were very familiar with this kind of test.
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Practicing a lot can improve your score, but it can't turn an average student into someone who gets a perfect 10 in math.
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That subject is not easy at all.
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Exactly, and people online are not convinced either.
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Someone joked the Twin Kwong is about to carry the whole world's math education on its shoulders.
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Haha, that's a funny way to put it, but really, this is a serious problem.
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If it's true, it's very unfair to other students who studied honestly.
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I agree.
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Imagine studying hard for years and then someone gets the same score as you just because of cheating.
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That would be so frustrating.
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I hope the investigation finds the truth soon.
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Me too.
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This isn't just about one school.
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It affects trust in the whole exam system.
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True.
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If people believe the exam can be cheated, then a perfect score doesn't mean anything anymore.
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Exactly.
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Let's just wait and see what the police find out.
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Yeah, and I guess I'm actually happy with my 8 now.
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See, I told you, an 8 is a safe score these days.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Không có tiêu đề P2”. Las palabras que más se repiten: exam, student, score, math, perfect. Este vídeo tiene 69 frases y 640 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:54. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 164 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 13 de sus 69 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
examination sustantivo/ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/examen, examinación
mathematics sustantivo/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/matemáticas, matemática
investigate verbo/ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/indagar
cheat verbo/ˈt͡ʃiːt/enfullar, machetear
defend verbo/dɪˈfɪnd/defender, defensar
impressive adjetivo/ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/impresionante
province sustantivo/ˈpɹɔv.ɪns/provincia
compare verbo/kəmˈpɛɚ/comparar, parangonar
curious adjetivo/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/curioso, tener curiosidad
connect verbo/kəˈnɛkt/conectar, empalmar
talented adjetivo/ˈtæləntɪd/talentoso, dotado
convince verbo/kənˈvɪns/convencer, llevar al huerto
unfair adjetivo/ʌnˈfɛɚ/injusto, que no vale
suspicious adjetivo/səˈspɪʃ.əs/sospechoso, suspecto
mock verbo/mɑk/imitar, remedar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
come out verbo/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/revelarse, salir a la luz
find out verboaveriguar, anoticiarse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • What do you mean, lucky?
  • What was the school's average score?
  • Do we know why he was arrested?

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 hacewere printed · was arrested · are not convinced
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosasomeone who gets · students who studied
Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguromight come · might arrest
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasI'm just joking · they're investigating · is getting

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 9 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, doesn't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: investigate /ɪnˈvɛs.tə.ɡeɪt/, impressive /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/, province /ˈpɹɔv.ɪns/, convince /kənˈvɪns/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, exam /ɪɡˈzæm/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/

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 examination, mathematics, investigate.

¿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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