Shadowing Practice: Level 3 Book 1 B9 The Monkeys and the Fish - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Story 9.
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The Monkeys and the Fish.
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It began to rain in the rich and fertile valley.
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The rain came pounding down and did not stop for more than fifteen days.
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The rivers and the lakes were swollen and all the animals headed to the mountains seeking safety.
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The monkeys were not as worried as the other animals,
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for they had good brains and could easily make their way uphill to safety if they need to.
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For now, they were perched high in the trees overlooking the flooded lands.
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One monkey noticed fish swimming in the water, Swimming and leaping and having a great time.
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Fish, you know, love water, and they welcomed the floods with pleasure.
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In fact, it made them quite happy.
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And that was why they were leaping out of the water.
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The monkey said to his friends, Look there.
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What are those strange creatures doing?
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Can you see them in the water?
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They appear to be in danger.
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His friends looked too, and they all agreed with him.
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Perhaps we should go and save them, offered one monkey.
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After all, we are the smartest in the jungle.
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Everyone agreed.
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So the monkeys approached the edge of the flood waters and began to catch the fish and bring them safely to land.
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The fish were difficult to catch.
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One monkey even commented
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that it seemed a shame these animals without legs did not appreciate what the good monkeys were doing for them.
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Soon enough, all the fish were caught and piled and on land.
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They lay there motionless.
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Not a move from them at all, observed a monkey.
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See, we were right to save them, said a wise monkey.
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They were tired, and now they are resting.
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Surely they will sooner wake up and thank us for our efforts.
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And with that, the monkeys headed to the hills to see what else they could do.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Level 3 Book 1 B9 The Monkeys and the Fish”. Las palabras que más se repiten: monkey, fish, animals, land. Este vídeo tiene 31 frases y 317 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:21. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 135 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
monkey sustantivo/ˈmʌŋki/mono, chango
flood sustantivo/flʌd/inundación, avenida
swim verbo/swɪm/nadar
leap verbo/ˈliːp/saltar, brincar
safely adverbio/ˈseɪfli/seguramente, a salvamano
pile sustantivo/paɪl/montón, rimero
jungle sustantivo/ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/selva, jungla
observe verbo/əbˈzɜːv/servar, observar
swell verbo/swɛl/hincharse, inflarse
fertile adjetivo/ˈfɝːtəl/fértil, feraz
overlook verbo/ˈoʊ.vɚˌlʊk/pasar por alto, pasársele de alto
motionless adjetivo/ˈmoʊʃənlɛs/inmóvil, inerte
perch sustantivo/pɝt͡ʃ/perca
uphill adverbio/ʌpˈhɪl/cuesta arriba

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar

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 perched · were caught
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowere leaping · were doing

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: swim /swɪm/, swell /swɛl/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: observe /əbˈzɜːv/, overlook /ˈoʊ.vɚˌlʊk/

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 monkey, flood, swim.

¿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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