Shadowing Practice: Learn English While Shopping (Super Easy!) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This is like a hardware store.

You see right there, Kiwi.

So that's where we're going into right now.

Okay, so we are in the hardware store.

This is a hardware store.

Here you have a lot of sinks on display.

So when something is being shown, it's on display.

So you usually can't buy those sinks, but it's just to show you what the sinks look like that you do buy.

This area is the lighting area.

all these lights all these lights are on display they're on display

so they're being shown on display

so usually you can't buy these ones these ones are on display

and these ones are for sale so that's the difference

so this is a light for like your nightstand or something

so this could be called a table lamp

or a table light two words these are light bulbs light bulbs

and you put the light bulbs into here

so this is a light bulb and that's what gives you light

and yeah that's the parking lot out there

so yeah these are all like office chairs office chairs these

are like kids table lamps kid table lamps you have desks

here desks tvs tvs this is like shelving space shelves shelves

a lot of power outlets these are power outlets a lot

and these are all the light bulbs these are all the

light bulbs you can buy these light bulbs are called led led

and led light bulbs are better because they last longer they're brighter

and they're better for the environment

because you don't have to change them as often all of this stuff is for floors

so these are all floors tile floors tile floors this is like wood fake wood

but it looks like wood but i think it's metal Oh no. Metal or ceramic, but it looks like wood.

More tiles.

These are all different tiles, different styles.

So these are all different styles of tiles.

You could have different styles of clothes, different styles of tiles, different styles of anything, different styles of shoes.

Styles is just the way things look like different styles.

Okay, these are all faucets.

Faucets or for your kitchen sink or your bathroom sink.

These are the shower heads.

Toilets.

This is called urinal.

Urinal.

That you pee in a urinal.

A bathroom sink.

So this is the like washroom and toiletry area.

These are like recycling, organics and biological ones.

These are all trash cans.

just like pet snacks pet food all for your pets these

are all trash cans these are like dog collars for your dog

so you put it around a dog's neck dog collar these

are leashes these are dog houses dog houses more treats more

dog treats here you have some cleaning stuff toiletries mops a mop bucket

and this is all dog food dog food dog food is the food you give to your dogs

so all this this whole aisle this whole aisle is like

pet stuff dog stuff cleaning stuff little baby boy what'd you get

cleaning stuff these are rubber boots yellow rubber boots these are stools these are stools

so you see you could sit on them you could stand on them they're stools and there's no backrest

these are pylons safety pylons these are like work boots work shoes work boots

so this is safety tape it's safety yellow safety tape fire extinguishers fire extinguishers these are fire extinguishers

and they're used when there's a fire that breaks out you use it to extinguish the fire

or to use it to kill the fire

or to turn off the fire there's small fire extinguishers

and big fire extinguishers and the fire extinguishers are always red these are hard hats hard hats

hard hats that you put on your head you put the hard hats on your head

when you're working for safety it's used for safety

when you're working hard hat this is a lot of just i think work clothes

so you have knee pads safety harness work pants

and this is like rain rain gear rain jackets this one's a rain full rain poncho

and this one's a rain coat and a rain pants

and these are all work gloves these are called whippersnippers and they're used to cut grass whippersnippers These are lawn mowers.

Lawn mowers.

All these are lawn mowers.

This is oil.

Oil that's used for your lawn mower and wipper snipper.

So this isle I'm in is like garden isle and lawn care

and just stuff around your house

so here are some small rakes big rakes used to rake

up leaves this is a pitchfork this is a pitchfork these are all garden hoses

a garden garden hose a garden hose this is a garden hose and it's used to water your garden

so a garden hose used to water your garden

and these are all just shovels these are shovels a mini shovel

and a big shovel so all of these are screws

so these are screws all of this area is just filled with screws these are plastic screws

and these are metal metal screws so yeah this is a normal hardware store

and all this stuff is pretty normal

and typical to have we learned this the other day gas cylinder these are gas cylinders okay

and this is barbed wire now you can see there's little like it's very sharp barbed wire

and that barbed wire is used to make like fence

so you make a barbed wire fence all along usually to keep the animals in somewhere use barbed wire fence

and that's what barbed wire is because it's sharp and it pokes it pokes you if you touch

So it's used a lot for animals.

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Have you ever gone to a hardware store because you needed tools or materials to fix something at home or anywhere?

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Yeah, that's usually the main reason I go to hardware stores to buy material, mostly sometimes tools.

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Okay, and what kind of tools do you usually buy for your projects, like depending on what you fix, right?

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Yeah, that's true.

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I have most tools already, so most of the time it's a specialty tool

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that is only useful for one or two jobs that I need to get.

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So you go to a hardware store to buy specialty tools, right?

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Yeah.

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Okay, and can you name five things from a hardware store that you bought recently or that you usually buy?

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Usually I buy consumables, so like nuts and bolts, screws.

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What does consumables mean?

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Something that wears down and that needs to be replaced.

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Can you give me an example of like one consumable?

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Big one is like gasoline in a vehicle.

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What about a consumable that you would get from a hardware store?

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Paper towel, cleaning paper.

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And yeah, can you finish naming those five things?

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So name those five things that you usually get from a hardware store.

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Nuts and bolts, nails, sandpaper, wood sometimes, brackets, metal brackets, and then tools.

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So have you ever gone, bought something, and needed to return it because it was unusable or something?

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Like sometimes I go to the store and it's like, I don't know if this is the exact thing I need, if it's a part or something.

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And they usually have a return policy where if you buy it and it doesn't fit or you don't need it, you can just return it within 30 days.

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So I usually do it a lot actually because it's kind of convenient.

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If you're not exactly sure, you can just buy it, test it out.

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If it's good, you just keep it.

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If it's not, you can just return it.

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So yeah, I do.

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I buy stuff all the time and I return it if I don't need it.

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But it depends on some stuff some stuff you can't return like consumables like you said something

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that you use it could be like a can of spray paint you can't return

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that if you use it or gum something that you use

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and you can't return it after but if it's something like a tool

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or a socket

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or a wrench i buy it it's not the one i needed i could return it

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and then just buy the one i need or i could just

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if there's three that might work i could just buy all three

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and return the two that don't work and keep the one

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that does work so yeah returning I think is very useful and have you ever worked in a hardware store before

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I have my first job was in a hardware store I

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sold everything from screws to boards of wood to cement concrete

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everything before we get into the summary of all the words if you like this video

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and tell me which words or phrases did you learn today in this video in the comments.

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This was my favorite comment from last video and now here is the word summary.

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This is like a hardware store.

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You have a lot of sinks on display, a table lamp or a table light.

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So yeah these are all like office chairs.

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A lot of power outlets.

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These are power outlets.

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LED.

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So these are all different styles of tiles.

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This is called urino.

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Urino.

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just like pet snacks pet food all for your pets dog collars for your dog

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so you put it around the dog's neck dog collar these are dog houses dog houses

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and this is all dog food dog food these are rubber

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boots these are stools these are pylons work shoes work boots it's safety yellow safety tape,

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fire extinguishers, fire extinguishers.

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These are hard hats, hard hats, knee pads, rain gear, rain jackets.

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These are called whippersnippers.

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These are lawnmowers.

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So here's some small rakes, big rakes used to rake up leaves.

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Here's a pitchfork.

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So a garden hose used to water your garden.

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And these are all just shovels.

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So these are screws.

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This barbed wire.

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sure to comment again this video what country are you from

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Learn English While Shopping”. Las palabras que más se repiten: dog, store, hardware, garden, usually. Este vídeo tiene 170 frases y 1850 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 10:59. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 168 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 81 % 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:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
hardware sustantivo	/ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/	hardware, soporte físico
bulb sustantivo	/ˈbʌlb/	bulbo, cabeza
wire sustantivo	/ˈwaɪɚ/	alambre, hilo
sink verbo	/ˈsɪŋk/	hundir, afondar
tile sustantivo	/ˈtaɪ.əl/	azulejo, alicatado
boot sustantivo	/but/	bota
hose sustantivo	/hoʊz/	manguera
lawn sustantivo	/lɔːn/	césped, grama
lamp sustantivo	/ˈlæ̝mp/	lámpara
collar sustantivo	/ˈkɑlɚ/	cuello
outlet sustantivo	/ˈaʊtlɛt/	salida, escape
aisle sustantivo	/aɪ̯l/	nave
stool sustantivo	/stuːl/	taburete, banqueta
shoe sustantivo	/ˈʃu/	zapato, taba
rubber sustantivo	/ˈɹʌbɚ/	caucho, goma

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
check out verbo	investigar, chequear
break out verbo	escapar forzadamente, fugarse
turn off verbo	apagar
wear down verbo	desgastar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

Can you give me an example of like one consumable?
What about a consumable that you would get from a hardware store?
If it's good, you just keep it.
If it's not, you can just return it.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

Estructura	En el vídeo
“Used to” used to + verbo — un hábito o estado pasado que ya no es cierto	used to rake · used to water
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	being shown · could be called · are called
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días	we're going · is being · they're being
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario	need to learn · have to change · need to get

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 26 contracciones y formas reducidas, como they're, can't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shoe /ˈʃu/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, trash /tɹæʃ/, shelf /ʃɛlf/, specialty /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: biological /ˌbaɪ.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/, extinguisher /ɪkˈstɪŋɡwɪʃə(ɹ)/, consumable /kənˈsjuːməbəl/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como hardware, bulb, wire.

¿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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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Gramática en este vídeo

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?