Shadowing Practice: Listening A2 | KET 6 | Test 1 | Part 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Cambridge Key English Test 6 by University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations in conjunction with Cambridge University Press.
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This recording is copyright.
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This is the Cambridge Key English Test, Paper 2, Listening.
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Test number 1.
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There are five parts to the test.
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parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
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We will now stop for a moment before we start the test.
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Please ask any questions now because you must not speak during the test.
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Now look at the instructions for part 1.
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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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For questions one to five,
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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 must the man turn off?
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Let's go or we'll be late.
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Did you turn off the lights upstairs?
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Yes, but wait a minute.
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I can hear the radio in the kitchen.
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Oh dear, that's the television.
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I was watching the news.
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Can you go and turn it off and I'll start the car?
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OK.
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Now listen again.
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Let's go or we'll be late.
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Did you turn off the lights upstairs?
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Yes, but wait a minute.
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I can hear the radio in the kitchen.
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Oh dear, that's the television.
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I was watching the news.
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Can you go and turn it off and I'll start the car?
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OK 2.
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Where's the girl's pen?
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Where's my blue pen?
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I'm sure I put it in my bag Oh, sorry.
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I used it to do my homework and I left it on the table in the kitchen I can't see it.
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Oh, I know.
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It's by the phone.
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I used it again to take a message and forgot to put it back in your bag.
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I'll get it for you.
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Now listen again.
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Where's my blue pen?
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I'm sure I put it in my bag.
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Oh, sorry.
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I used it to do my homework and I left it on the table in the kitchen.
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I can't see it.
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Oh, I know.
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It's by the phone.
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I used it again to take a message and forgot to put it back in your bag.
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I'll get it for you.
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3. What will the boy do this evening?
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Are you going to practice your guitar with your friends here this evening?
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Matthew's playing in a football match tonight,
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so we're going to do it tomorrow.
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Will you wash the car for me then?
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It's very dirty.
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Sorry, Mum.
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I'm going to go and watch Matthew play.
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I'll do the car for you at the weekend.
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Now listen again.
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Are you going to practice your guitar with your friends here this evening?
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Matthew's playing in a football match tonight,
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so we're going to do it tomorrow.
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Will you wash the car for me then?
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It's very dirty.
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Sorry, Mum.
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I'm going to go and watch Matthew play.
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I'll do the car for you at the weekend.
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4. What animals did they see on their holiday?
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Did you see any monkeys when you were on holiday in Kenya?
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Lots of them, but we weren't so lucky with the lions.
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Oh, that's a pity.
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What about elephants?
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Not this time, but we're going back next year,
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so maybe we'll see some elephants then.
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Now listen again.
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Did you see any monkeys when you were on holiday in Kenya?
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Lots of them, but we weren't so lucky with the lions.
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Oh, that's a pity.
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What about elephants?
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Not this time.
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But we're going back next year,
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so maybe we'll see some elephants then.
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5. What does the man want to buy?
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Do you think this sweater will look nice with my jacket?
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The colour isn't quite right.
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What about that lovely blue shirt over there?
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It is nice, but I've got lots of shirts already.
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I need something warm to wear under my jacket.
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Well, let's look in another shop then.
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Now listen again.
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Do you think this sweater will look nice with my jacket?
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The colour isn't quite right.
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What about that lovely blue shirt over there?
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It is nice, but I've got lots of shirts already.
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I need something warm to wear under my jacket.
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Well, let's look in another shop then.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 106 frases y 732 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:26. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 114 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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

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

  • jacket /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/ (sustantivo) — chaqueta, campera. A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length.
  • elephant /ˈɛlɪfənt/ (sustantivo) — elefante. A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
  • guitar /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ (sustantivo) — guitarra, jarana. A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
  • lion /ˈlaɪən/ (sustantivo) — león. A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
  • homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ (sustantivo) — deberes, tarea. Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
  • monkey /ˈmʌŋki/ (sustantivo) — mono, chango. A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails…
  • pity /ˈpɪt.i/ (sustantivo) — piedad, lástima. A feeling of sympathy at the misfortune or suffering of someone or something.
  • upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/ (adverbio) — arriba. Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
  • tick /tɪk/ (sustantivo) — garrapata, rezno. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
  • sweater /ˈswɛtɚ/ (sustantivo) — sudadera, suéter. A knitted jacket or jersey, usually of thick wool, worn by athletes before or after exercise.
  • copyright /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ (sustantivo) — derechos de autor, derecho de autor. The right by law to be the entity which determines who may publish, copy and distribute a piece of writing, music, picture or other work of authorship.
  • instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ (sustantivo) — instrucción. The act of instructing, teaching, or providing with information or knowledge.
  • conjunction /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/ (sustantivo) — conjunción. The act of joining, or condition of being joined.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • turn off (verbo) — apagar. To power down, to switch off, to put out of operation, to deactivate (an appliance, light, mechanism, functionality etc.).
  • look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 26 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'll, I'm, we'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, conjunction /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/

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 jacket, elephant, guitar.

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas watching
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill now stop · will hear · we'll be
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirwe're going to do · I'm going to go
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díaswe're going

¿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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