Shadowing Practice: Listening A2, KET 3, 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?
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About 30.
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30. That's not many.
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No, but more than last time.
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The answer is 30.
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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 1.
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1. When did Gary start his new job?
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Hello Gary, I haven't seen you since March Hi Jane,
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no I've been busy with my new job Really?
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When did you start that?
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May, I left my last job in April.
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Now listen again.
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Hello, Gary.
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I haven't seen you since March.
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Hi, Jane.
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No, I've been busy with my new job.
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Really?
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When did you start that?
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May.
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I left my last job in April.
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Two.
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What time does the film start?
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Hello, Odeon Cinema.
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Could you tell me what time the film starts, please?
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Certainly.
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There are two screenings, one at 4.30 and the other at 7.
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Thank you very much.
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Now listen again.
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Hello, Odeon Cinema.
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Could you tell me what time the film starts, please?
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Certainly.
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There are two screenings, one at 4.30 and the other at 7.
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Thank you very much.
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Three.
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What was the weather like on Saturday?
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Did you have good weather at the beach at the weekend?
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Yes, it was sunny all weekend.
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Wasn't it windy too?
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Only on Sunday.
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Now listen again.
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Did you have good weather at the beach at the weekend?
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Yes, it was sunny all weekend.
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Wasn't it windy too?
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Only on Sunday.
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Four.
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Which motorway will they take?
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I've put the luggage in the car.
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Can we leave now?
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Okay.
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We'll go on the M6 motorway.
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Isn't it faster on the M1 and then the M62?
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Yes, usually, but there's been an accident on the M1,
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so I don't want to go that way.
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Now listen again.
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I've put the luggage in the car.
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Can we leave now?
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OK.
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We'll go on the M6 motorway.
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Isn't it faster on the M1 and then the M62?
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Yes, usually, but there's been an accident on the M1,
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so I don't want to go that way.
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Five.
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Which book does Lorna want?
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Have you finished studying yet, Lorna?
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No, not yet.
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Could you give me that book, please?
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Which one?
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There are three here.
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This one on the sofa?
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No, the one on the chair next to the sofa, please.
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Now listen again.
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Have you finished studying yet, Lorna?
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No, not yet.
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Could you give me that book, please?
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Which one?
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There are three here.
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This one on the sofa?
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No, the one on the chair next to the sofa, please.
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This is the end of part one.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 87 frases y 471 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:35. El hablante habla despacio, unas 103 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 87 % 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

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

  • sofa /ˈsoʊ̯fə/ (sustantivo) — sofá, sillón. An upholstered seat with a raised back and one or two raised ends, long enough to comfortably accommodate two or more people.
  • sunny /ˈsʌni/ (adjetivo) — asoleado, soleado. Featuring a lot of sunshine.
  • luggage /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/ (sustantivo) — equipaje. The bags and other containers that hold a traveller's belongings.
  • tick /tɪk/ (sustantivo) — garrapata, rezno. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
  • windy /ˈwɪn.di/ (adjetivo) — ventoso. Accompanied by wind.
  • motorway /ˈməʊtəweɪ/ (sustantivo) — autopista, autovía. A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles…
  • weekend /ˈwiˌkɛnd/ (sustantivo) — fin de semana, finde. The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
  • hello /hɛˈloʊ/ — hola, holi. A greeting (salutation) said when meeting someone or acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence.
  • weather /ˈwɛðɚ/ (sustantivo) — tiempo atmosférico, tiempo meteorológico m temperie. The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
  • 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.
  • certainly /ˈsɜː.tn̩.li/ (adverbio) — ciertamente, dejuramente. In a way which is certain; with certainty.
  • beach /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/ (sustantivo) — playa, playero. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
  • finish /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ (verbo) — acabar, fenecer. To complete (something).
  • accident /ˈæk.sə.dənt/ (sustantivo) — accidente. An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly…
  • chair /t͡ʃɛɚ/ (sustantivo) — silla, asiento. An item of furniture used to sit on or in, comprising a seat, legs or wheels, back, and sometimes arm rests, for use by one person.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verbo) — continuar. To continue in extent.
  • look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I've, don't, haven't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: conversation /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/, finish /ˈfɪnɪʃ/

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 sofa, sunny, luggage.

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 ahorahaven't seen · I've been · I've put
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingfinished studying
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill hear · will they · We'll go

¿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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