Shadowing Practice: Life Vision. Intermediate. Vlog Video U2. Best Mates - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hey, today's vlog is all about your mates, your buds, your pals, your besties, your squad, you know, your friends.
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And for Lewis and Yasmin, that's us.
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And that's why we've decided to take control of their vlog.
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I'm Isabel.
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And I'm Max.
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And we're actually cousins.
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But today we're talking about friends, what they mean to us and what makes a good one.
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Well for me, that's easy.
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It's the people who you get on well with.
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If you meet someone and you like the same things and have the same sense of humour, you make friends.
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That's it.
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End of.
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End of?
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Oh come off it.
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There's way more to it than that.
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A real friend is someone who's always there for you.
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Somebody who takes an interest in your life and gives you support when you need it.
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They're not just there for a good time, they're there all the time.
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Well, I guess that's true, which means I have three really good friends and one best friend.
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Let me guess.
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Lewis?
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Yeah, I mean, obviously.
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We've been friends for ages.
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We met in the first year of primary school and we've been best friends ever since.
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We're both very similar and we're into a lot of the same things like film and sport.
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Although he supports the wrong team which we fight about a lot.
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But have you ever had any massive arguments?
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You can say that again.
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I mean serious arguments.
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Like not about football?
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Um, no. We haven't really fallen out ever.
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I don't think, no. Lewis is a great friend.
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Over the years he's always been there.
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I broke my leg a couple of years ago and he came to the hospital every day.
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I mean, he made fun of me every day too, but his visits really cheered me up.
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That sounds like a good friend to me.
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And reminds me of Yasmin.
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We haven't known each other as long as you and Lewis, because we only made friends with each other about three years ago.
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But she's definitely my best friend.
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That isn't just because we get on well, although we do have loads in common.
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It's because she always tells the truth.
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Actually, some people think she can be too honest.
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But she's never nasty about it.
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She's actually really kind, if that makes sense.
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Yeah, I get you.
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And I think that shows real respect.
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It's not always easy to tell the truth.
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Exactly.
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But don't get me wrong, she's a great laugh too.
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But what about you guys?
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Who are your best friends?
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How long have you known each other and why are they so important to you?
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And as always, send us your messages or to Lewis and Yasmin.
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Bye!

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Life Vision. Intermediate. Vlog Video U2. Best Mates”. Este vídeo tiene 54 frases y 463 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:00. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 154 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 89 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 11 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
cousin sustantivo/ˈkʌz(ə)n/primo, prima
remind verbo/ɹəˈmaɪnd/(hacer) recordar/arrecordar, hacer acordar/arrecordar (se de)
nasty adjetivo/ˈnæs.ti/sucio
bud sustantivo/bʌd/brote, retoño
humour sustantivo/ˈhjuːmɚ/humor, gracia
vlog sustantivo/ˈvlɑɡ/videobitácora
argument sustantivo/ˈɑɹɡjʊmənt/argumento
squad sustantivo/ˈskwɑd/escuadra, cuadrilla
laugh verbo/læf/reír
load sustantivo/loʊd/carga, lastre
mate sustantivo/meɪt/socio, compañero

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
fall out verbocaerse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • It's the people who you get on well with.
  • We've been friends for ages.
  • We haven't really fallen out ever.
  • Who are your best friends?

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 ahorawe've decided · We've been · haven't really fallen
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosapeople who you · Somebody who takes · true, which means

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 16 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, we've, don't. 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. 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 cousin, remind, nasty.

¿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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