Shadowing Practice: Listening A2, KET 3, Test 3, 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.
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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 will they go on holiday?
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Do you want to come on holiday with me in the summer?
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Sure.
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I can go in June, July or September.
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Well, June will be best for me.
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July is too hot and I have to work in September.
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Okay.
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Where shall we go?
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Now listen again.
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Do you want to come on holiday with me in the summer?
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Sure.
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I can go in June, July or September.
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Well, June will be best for me.
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July's too hot and I have to work in September.
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Okay.
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Where shall we go?
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Two.
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How is Patty going to travel?
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I'm going to go to Vienna on Saturday.
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How long does it take to fly there, Patty?
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Oh, I'm going to drive.
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Oh, yes.
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You get ill on planes, don't you?
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Yes, and trains.
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Now listen again.
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I'm going to go to Vienna on Saturday.
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How long does it take to fly there, Patty?
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Oh, I'm going to drive.
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Oh, yes.
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You get ill on planes, don't you?
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Yes, and trains.
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Three.
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What will Sam do?
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You must phone me while you're on holiday, Sam.
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Telephoning's too expensive.
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I'll send you a postcard from the campsite.
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But I want to know you're all right.
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Can't you send me a letter?
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I won't have time for writing letters.
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Now listen again.
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You must phone me while you're on holiday, Sam.
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Telephoning's too expensive.
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I'll send you a postcard from the campsite.
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But I want to know you're all right.
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Can't you send me a letter?
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I won't have time for writing letters.
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Four.
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What was the weather like in Portugal?
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What was the weather like in Portugal?
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Debbie.
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It was cloudy every day, but it didn't rain.
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Really?
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It was lovely and sunny on our holiday in Spain.
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Yes, but we were in the north of Portugal, and it's different there.
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Now listen again.
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What was the weather like in Portugal Debbie?
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It was cloudy every day but it didn't rain.
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Really?
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It was lovely and sunny on our holiday in Spain.
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Yes but we were in the north of Portugal and it's different there.
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Five.
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What has the girl broken?
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Be careful, Mum.
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There are some pieces of glass on the floor.
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You haven't broken that nice picture, have you?
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It's all right.
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The lemonade bottle fell on the floor.
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Oh well, at least it was empty.
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Now listen again.
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Be careful, Mum.
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There are some pieces of glass on the floor.
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You haven't broken that nice picture, have you?
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It's all right.
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The lemonade bottle fell on the floor.
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Oh well, at least it was empty.
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This is the End of part one.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Listening A2, KET 3, Test 3, Part 1”. Las palabras que más se repiten: holiday, Portugal, listen, floor, letter. Este vídeo tiene 89 frases y 526 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:48. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 110 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 89 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir. 23 de sus 89 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
sunny adjetivo/ˈsʌni/asoleado, soleado
tick sustantivo/tɪk/garrapata, rezno
litter sustantivo/ˈlɪt.ɚ/cama, lecho
cloudy adjetivo/ˈklaʊ̯diː/nublado, nublo
campsite sustantivo/ˈkæmpˌsaɪt/camping, campamento
postcard sustantivo/ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/tarjeta postal, postal
holiday sustantivo/ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/festividad, fiesta
careful adjetivo/ˈkɛɹfəl/cauto, cuidadoso
empty adjetivo/ˈɛm(p).ti/vacío
bottle sustantivo/ˈbɒt.l̩/botella, frasco
floor sustantivo/flɔː/piso, suelo
weather sustantivo/ˈwɛðɚ/tiempo atmosférico, tiempo meteorológico m temperie
conversation sustantivo/ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/conversación, plática
train sustantivo/ˈtɹeɪn/cola
letter sustantivo/ˈlɛtɚ/letra, carácter

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Do you want to come on holiday with me in the summer?
  • Where shall we go?
  • You get ill on planes, don't you?
  • Can't you send me a letter?
  • You haven't broken that nice picture, have you?

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 broken
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill hear · will they · will be
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirI'm going to go · I'm going to drive
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohave to work · must phone

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 20 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: conversation /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/, lovely /ˈlʌv.li/, expensive /ɪkˈspɛnsɪv/, travel /ˈtɹævəl/

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 sunny, tick, litter.

¿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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