Shadowing Practice: Lesson 42-1 - I Was Minding My Own Business - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello, I'm Guy Newsman with news channel XYZ.
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I'm here in Washington DC at the scene of a crime.
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We are talking with this woman.
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She saw the crime during her lunch break.
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It looks like she hurt herself while she was trying to stop the crime.
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Tell us your name.
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Hi Guy, I'm Anna.
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Anna, what did you see and what happened to your arm?
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Guy, I was minding my own business.
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See, I work over there.
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I left work to get some lunch.
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Then suddenly, I heard a woman yelling.
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She was yelling like this, Help!
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Help!
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Two robbers were grabbing her bag.
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She was hitting them with her umbrella.
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Is that when you hurt your arm?
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No. At that time, I was not fighting the robbers.
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See, I was too far away, and I didn't have my own umbrella.
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So what happened next?
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They grabbed her bag and ran away.
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So I grabbed her umbrella and ran after the robbers.
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Then that is the time that you hurt your arm?
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No. I was yelling, stop, robbers, stop.
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She was yelling, hey, come back with my umbrella.
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Were you afraid?
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I had no time to be afraid, guy.
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Well, I had time while I was resting on a bench.
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I had a lot of time.
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Then what happened?
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The robbers got on a bus, so I ran after the bus.
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While I was running, I tripped and fell.
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And that is the time that you hurt your arm?
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No. While I was lying on the ground, someone stepped on my arm.
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Ouch.
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That's too bad.
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Yeah, and they didn't apologize.
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Well, then the robbers got themselves kicked off the bus.
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Why?
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They didn't pay.
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You've got to pay when you get on a bus.
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The police came and took them away.
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And that's when you hurt your arm?
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No. Then when did you hurt yourself?
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Well, Guy, by this time, I was feeling very hungry.
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So I went to my office to get a snack.
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Ana, I'm calling for help right now.
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Hello, yes, please come right away.
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My co-worker is stuck in a vending machine.
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You hurt your arm in a vending machine buying a bag of chips?
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I was really hungry and the bag was stuck.
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I had to...
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That's all from news channel XYZ.
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This is Guy Newsman saying goodbye.
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Okay, we have to find ourselves another story, guys.
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Until next time.
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Hi, Mom!

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 57 frases y 410 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:18. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 124 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

  • umbrella /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/ (sustantivo) — paraguas, ambrela. A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
  • yell /jɛl/ (verbo) — gritar, vociferar. To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
  • hungry /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ (adjetivo) — hambriento, tener hambre. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
  • worker /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ (sustantivo) — trabajador, obrero. One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
  • bench /ˈbɛnt͡ʃ/ (sustantivo) — banco, banca. A long seat with or without a back, found for example in parks and schools.
  • chip /t͡ʃɪp/ (sustantivo) — astilla, cepa. A small piece broken from a larger piece of solid material.
  • goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ — adiós, hasta luego. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
  • apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/ (verbo) — disculparse [with con], pedir(le) perdón [with a]. To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
  • snack /snæk/ (sustantivo) — tentempié, refrigerio. A light meal.
  • ouch /ˈaʊt͡ʃ/ — ay, uy. An expression of one's own physical pain.
  • robber /ˈɹɑ.bɚ/ (sustantivo) — ladrón, ladrona. A person who robs.
  • vend /vɛnd/ (sustantivo) — venta. The act of vending or selling; a sale.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • get on (verbo) — montar, cabalgar. To board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
  • run after (verbo) — perseguir. To follow quickly, often in an effort to catch or catch up with (someone or something).
  • call for (verbo) — llamar. To shout out in order to summon (a person).
  • run away (verbo) — huir. To flee by running.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 8 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, didn't, you've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 umbrella, yell, hungry.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas trying · was minding · was yelling
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare talking · I'm calling

¿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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