Shadowing Practice: Learning to enjoy being alone is an underrated skill - Learn English Speaking with Video
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So one thing that really changed since I moved abroad and left everything behind is
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almost every single day I'm waking up to beautiful weather It's like vitamin D is directly hitting your face
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So recently I've been writing into a book a little just my thoughts what I think
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and I'm trying to do this every day but I mean no one is perfect and yeah.
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I mean I'm trying to do the best I can to just you know like do it
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and keep going I mean some days I don't but just trying to
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Now look at this.
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I really see myself, I really do see myself in this kid.
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I wish I was 14 only for once again.
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So one thing I really do love is just taking walks and just doing nothing else.
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enjoying nature, enjoying wherever you are.
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The sun is shining into your face and no one is disturbing a piece
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So this is art wonderful music could listen to this all day literally
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So I'm still discovering how everything works here basically It's already two months since I've moved,
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since I changed the country, since I've moved abroad.
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And I'm in a mentally better state than I ever was, I think.
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I had to change something about my life because I was never really happy at all.
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And I was always in that race, in that path of trying to chase happiness,
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of trying to chase peace, trying to chase something that was never really possible to chase at all.
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And for me, basically the last two to three years, I never really felt comfortable,
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I never really felt happy at all.
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And I knew this wasn't really for me.
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It's just a lot of things about Germany that didn't really make me happy.
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It's just living for 22 years in the same city
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and the same place and the same environment
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and it's literally every single day is always the same and especially when you're working a job you hate
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when you're coming home and the only thing you do is waiting until the next day begins.
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And that's something I really don't like and I'd rather do that in a place I like,
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with good weather, with sun, with great people, with people with a kind of different mindset.
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And if there's one thing I could really recommend you, it's please don't work a job you hate.
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Only because you're getting a little more money or whatever you get.
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It's not even about the money.
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But do something that makes you happy.
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Work a job that makes you happy.
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And also one of the most important things is you need to have good co-workers.
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You have to work with good people around you.
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If you don't have any good co-workers your job is only half as good as it is from my experience.
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Being alone for a specific time and moving abroad will really change you in a way you'd never expect.
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I'm going to get a job, but I'm going to get a job.
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I'm going to get a job.
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I'm going to get a job.
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One of the best skills or one of the best things I've ever learned is that it doesn't bother me anymore, not even 1% to just go on solo dates
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and doing things alone and I believe when you reach
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that states that doing things alone gives you peace
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and you don't need anyone around you you can you're just
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able to do things alone is a skill everyone should learn
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So recently I've been reading Tautostra from Nietzsche and what I can say is this guy really was someone.
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For me it's really peaceful doing things alone.
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No one is disturbing my peace and I can just do my own thing.
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I'm so sorry for those cats.
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If I could do something I would really take them all home with me but somehow I can't do nothing at all.
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Well, at least they have some water and some food over there.
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There are really a lot of cats I'm seeing on the streets lately, but...
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Well...
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Learning to enjoy being alone is an underrated skill”. Las palabras que más se repiten: alone, chase, abroad, moved, peace. Este vídeo tiene 54 frases y 693 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:23. El hablante habla despacio, unas 108 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
Las 13 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| chase verbo | /t͡ʃeɪs/ | perseguir, asenderear |
| abroad adverbio | /əˈbɹɔːd/ | en el extranjero, en el exterior |
| worker sustantivo | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | trabajador, obrero |
| skill sustantivo | /skɪl/ | destreza, habilidad |
| disturb verbo | /dɪˈstɜːb/ | molestar, disturbar |
| happiness sustantivo | /ˈhæpinɪs/ | felicidad |
| bother verbo | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | molestar, agobiar |
| discover verbo | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | descubrir |
| wherever | /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/ | dondequiera, donde sea |
| mentally adverbio | /ˈmɛntəli/ | mentalmente |
| shine verbo | /ʃaɪn/ | brillar, lucir |
| vitamin sustantivo | /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/ | vitamina, vitamínico |
| mindset sustantivo | /ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/ | mentalidad, actitud |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- I'm going to get a job.
- For me it's really peaceful doing things alone.
- I'm so sorry for those cats.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa | I've been writing · I've been reading |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've moved · I've ever learned |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the best · the most important |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | I'm waking · I'm trying · is just taking |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 31 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: discover /dɪˈskʌvə/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/, vitamin /ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como chase, abroad, worker.
¿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.