Shadowing Practice: Listening A2, KET 2, Test 1, Part 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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You will hear five short conversations.
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You will hear each conversation twice.
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There is one question for each conversation.
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The questions one to five put a tick under the right answer.
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Here is an example.
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How many people were at the meeting?
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Were there many people at the meeting? About 30.
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That's not many.
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No, but more than last time.
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The answer is 30, so there is a tick in box C.
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Now we are ready to start.
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Look at question one.
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One.
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What will they eat for dinner this evening?
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What do you want for dinner this evening, Maria?
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We could have pizza or chicken.
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Hmm, what about fish?
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I had a pizza last night.
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OK, that's easy to cook.
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Good.
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Now listen again.
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What do you want for dinner this evening, Maria?
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We could have pizza or chicken.
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Hmm, what about fish?
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I had a pizza last night.
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OK, that's easy to cook.
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Good.
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Two.
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What time is it?
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Have you got the right time?
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I think my watch is wrong.
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Uh, it's half past two.
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Ah, my watch says twenty past.
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Well, it's ten minutes slow then.
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Now listen again.
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Have you got the right time?
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I think my watch is wrong.
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Uh, it's half past two.
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Ah, my watch says twenty past.
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Well, it's ten minutes slow then.
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Three.
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What's Michelle going to read?
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Can I read your newspaper, Michelle?
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Didn't you bring a book with you?
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Yes, but it's not very interesting.
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Oh, here you are.
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I'll read this letter from John.
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Now listen again.
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Can I read your newspaper, Michelle?
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Didn't you bring a book with you?
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Yes, but it's not very interesting.
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Oh, here you are.
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I'll read this letter from John.
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Four.
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How much did the tickets cost?
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Oh, hi.
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Did you have a good time at the theatre last night?
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Well, the play was excellent, but the tickets cost $90 each.
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That's not too bad if the play was good.
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No, perhaps you're right.
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Now listen again.
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Oh, hi.
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Did you have a good time at the theatre last night?
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Well, the play was excellent, but the tickets cost $90 each.
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That's not too bad if the play was good.
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No, perhaps you're right.
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Five.
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Where is the chemist's?
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Excuse me, can you tell me where the chemist's is, please?
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Hmm, just a moment.
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Oh, yes, it's past the post office, next to a big supermarket.
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Is it far from here?
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No, just two minutes' walk.
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Now listen again.
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Excuse me, can you tell me where the chemist's is, please?
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Hmm, just a moment.
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Oh yes, it's past the post office, next to a big supermarket.
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Is it far from here?
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No, just two minutes' walk.
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This is the end of part one.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 80 frases y 458 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:20. El hablante habla despacio, unas 86 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 90 % 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

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

  • pizza /ˈpi.tsə/ (sustantivo) — pizza. A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
  • tick /tɪk/ (sustantivo) — garrapata, rezno. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
  • supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/ (sustantivo) — supermercado. A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing.
  • litter /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ (sustantivo) — cama, lecho. Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.
  • ticket /ˈtɪk.ɪt/ (sustantivo) — entrada, boleto. A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
  • cook /kʊk/ (verbo) — cocinar, cocer. To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
  • newspaper /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpə/ (sustantivo) — periódico, diario. A publication, usually published daily or weekly, containing news and other articles. Traditionally a print publication typically printed on cheap, low-quality…
  • excuse /ɪksˈkjuz/ (verbo) — excusar, perdonar. To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
  • dinner /ˈdɪnɚ/ (sustantivo) — cena. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
  • conversation /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/ (sustantivo) — conversación, plática. Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
  • fish /ˈfɪʃ/ (sustantivo) — pez, pescado. A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.
  • excellent /ˈɛk.sə.lənt/ (adjetivo) — excelente, sobresaliente. Having excelled, having surpassed.
  • twice /twaɪs/ (adverbio) — dos veces, doblemente. Two times.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 6 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, I'll, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: conversation /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/, fish /ˈfɪʃ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, twenty /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i], conversation /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/

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 pizza, tick, supermarket.

¿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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