Shadowing Practice: Lesson 17 Dear Mom And Dad - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Dear Mom and Dad, I love you.
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I love you so much.
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I love you with all my heart.
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This letter to you is to tell you my true feelings from the bottom of my heart.
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Thank you so much for bringing me up.
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Thank you so much for raising me.
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I know how hard you've worked during the past years.
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I can imagine how many difficulties and obstacles you've conquered.
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I can imagine all the problems you have faced
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and all the sweat and tears you have shed to make my life better.
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I can fully understand what a huge responsibility it is to raise a child
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You've been very patient with me You've encouraged me
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and you've helped me You've tried your hardest to give me
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the best things in life You've made a lot of sacrifices
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and many difficult choices I also know
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that you have great expectations of me You want me to be very successful
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and happy You want me to be the best person I
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can be You want me to do great things with my life You want me to make the world a better place.
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I know you have so many hopes and dreams for my future.
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Today I want to tell you something extremely important.
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Today I want to tell you that you don't need to worry about me anymore.
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I'm grown up.
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I will be responsible for my life and for my future.
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I will study very hard.
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I will exercise every day to keep fit.
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I will read English every morning and every night.
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I will make the best use of every spare minute.
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I will be happy, confident, positive, and energetic every day.
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I will develop good habits and use them to constantly improve myself.
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I will never do anything that would harm my body or my mind.
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I will never do anything that would make you feel disappointed
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or ashamed I will learn as much as I can
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and become smarter and stronger every day I have learned by watching you
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that the best way to reach my goals is to work hard and never give up You're my best role models.
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You set a great example for me.
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I I have so many great dreams.
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I know that realizing all these dreams takes a lot of time and effort, but don't worry about me.
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I have strong confidence in myself.
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I know if I keep trying, keep working hard, and keep dreaming, I will definitely realize all my dreams.
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I will be somebody special, but I will not only care about myself.
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I will contribute to my school, my hometown, and my country.
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I will contribute to society.
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I will use all my abilities and talents to help my family and my country have a glorious future.
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I will make a difference in this world.
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Dear Mom and Dad, you will be proud of me.
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You will see great results from all your hard work and sacrifice.
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Thank you very much for your continued support.
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Thank you very much for your patience, love, and understanding.
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I love you.
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I appreciate you.
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I'm very proud of you.
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Exercise every day to keep healthy.
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Enjoy life every day and stay happy.
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My only hope for you is for you both to enjoy continued health and happiness.
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You brought me into this world to share your life.
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I will do my best to make sure each day of it is filled with joy and pride.
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Mom and Dad, you were the best parents in the world.
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I don't know what I would have done without you.
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All my everlasting love, your daughter.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 59 frases y 613 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:23. El hablante habla rápido, unas 181 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. 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
contribute verbo/kənˈtɹɪb.jut/contribuir, aportar
sacrifice sustantivo/ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/sacrificio
encourage verbo/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/alentar, arengar
happiness sustantivo/ˈhæpinɪs/felicidad
disappointed adjetivo/ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/decepcionado
tear verbo/tɛɹ/rasgar, desgarrar
difficulty sustantivo/ˈdɪfɪkəlti/dificultad
spare adjetivo/spɛɚ/de reserva, de repuesto
habit sustantivo/ˈhæb.ɪt/costumbre, hábito
patience sustantivo/ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/paciencia
sweat verbo/swɛt/sudar, transpirar
glorious adjetivo/ˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/glorioso
ashamed adjetivo/əˈʃeɪmd/avergonzado, abochornado
expectation sustantivo/ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/expectación
hometown sustantivo/ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/patria chica

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
give up verborendirse, entregar
grow up verbocrecer

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorayou've worked · you've conquered · have faced
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe best
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill be · will study · will exercise

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 13 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you've, don't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, energetic /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/, everlasting /ˌɛvəɹˈlæstɪŋ/

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 contribute, sacrifice, encourage.

¿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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