Shadowing Practice: Listening B2, FCE 1 (2015), Test 1, Part 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Elige un modo de práctica

Cada modo abre una sala de práctica a pantalla completa.

90 oraciones

Si las oraciones son demasiado cortas o largas, haz clic en Editar para ajustarlas.

Now turn to part two.

You will hear a photographer called Ian Gerard talking about his career.

For questions nine to eighteen, complete the sentences with a word or short phrase.

You now have forty-five seconds to look at part two.

Thank you.

Good evening everyone.

My name's Ian Gerard and I'm a photographer.

I'm here to tell you a bit about my career so far and also about my new book.

I often get asked if I studied photography at university and people are sometimes surprised that I didn't.

I wanted to, but my parents wouldn't let me, so I had to choose something else.

I loved history, but my marks weren't very good, but I was keen on geography too, so that is what I did in the end.

I actually think it's made me a better photographer and has given my work a broader context.

On my degree course, in my final year, we studied all aspects of the development of cities and we had to do a presentation.

We could do what we wanted and it was really interesting the topics people chose.

I chose street markets for mine, but a friend did his on the growth of urban transport networks.

On graduation, I went to the USA.

I knew I wanted to work as a photographer, so I'd sent pictures to news organisations and advertising agencies, hoping I might get something in a brochure or even a newspaper.

In fact, it was a magazine that noticed my pictures, and I worked for it for a year.

I learnt a huge amount, but what I really wanted to do was see the USA for myself.

I needed a theme, something really American, maybe photographing diners or shopping malls around the country.

Then I remembered all those westerns I'd seen, and I just knew it had to be horses.

I'd found what I wanted to focus on.

It was an amazing six months.

I started off in the baking heat of summer on the East Coast and finished my journey up in the mountains.

I get the most striking shots in the winter light, although I do love the warmth in summer photos.

Anyway, I came back to Britain at the beginning of spring and published my US photos in a small book.

I earned just enough to finance my next trip round the UK.

I felt it was time I explored my own country.

I'd done a lot of driving in the USA and I wanted a change from the car, so went by motorbike instead.

I love train travel, but I wanted to get to more remote areas.

I wanted to explore the relationship between people and place.

Interestingly, in the last few decades, many photographers from the UK haven't done much on fishing communities here, so that's what I did.

They've tended to focus on family life in inner-city communities instead.

The resulting photos I'm putting together for my new book.

One thing I've learnt is that it takes ages to produce a book,

almost as long in fact as it took me to travel around Britain and then develop all the photos I'd taken.

I started my journey in August and finished last month in November.

My book won't be in the shops until March, though there's an exhibition of my pictures touring the UK from January.

It's funny, I really wanted to call my book Visions, but apparently there's already one called that,

so my publishers suggested the title In Focus, which I thought was horrible.

In the end, we settled for Images, which is OK.

Now I'm planning my next tour.

I wasn't sure which theme to choose this time.

I initially thought I'd look at lakes and mountains, but then I saw a tractor in a field, and I knew I'd do farming.

I've decided to use a special camera to create very large photos, which I'm hoping to exhibit next year.

Well, if you have any questions about my new...

Now you'll hear part two again.

Good evening, everyone.

My name's Ian Gerard, and I'm a photographer.

I'm here to tell you a bit about my career so far, and also about my new book.

I often get asked if I studied photography at university and people are sometimes surprised that I didn't.

I wanted to, but my parents wouldn't let me, so I had to choose something else.

I loved history, but my marks weren't very good, but I was keen on geography too, so that is what I did in the end.

I actually think it's made me a better photographer, and has given my work a broader context.

On my degree course, in my final year, we studied all aspects of the development of cities, and we had to do a presentation.

We could do what we wanted and it was really interesting the topics people chose.

I chose street markets for mine, but a friend did his on the growth of urban transport networks.

On graduation, I went to the USA.

I knew I wanted to work as a photographer, so I'd sent pictures to news organisations and advertising agencies, hoping I might get something in a brochure or even a newspaper.

In fact, it was a magazine that noticed my pictures, and I worked for it for a year.

I learnt a huge amount, but what I really wanted to do was see the USA for myself.

I needed a theme, something really American, maybe photographing diners or shopping malls around the country.

Then I remembered all those westerns I'd seen, and I just knew it had to be horses.

I'd found what I wanted to focus on.

It was an amazing six months.

I started off in the baking heat of summer on the East Coast and finished my journey up in the mountains.

I get the most striking shots in the winter light, although I do love the warmth in summer photos.

Anyway, I came back to Britain at the beginning of spring and published my US photos in a small book.

I earned just enough to finance my next trip round the UK.

I felt it was time I explored my own country.

I'd done a lot of driving in the USA and I wanted a change from the car, so went by motorbike instead.

I love train travel, but I wanted to get to more remote areas.

I wanted to explore the relationship between people and place.

Interestingly, in the last few decades, many photographers from the UK haven't done much on fishing communities here, so that's what I did.

They've tended to focus on family life in inner-city communities instead.

The resulting photos I'm putting together for my new book.

One thing I've learnt is that it takes ages to produce a book,

almost as long in fact as it took me to travel around Britain and then develop all the photos I'd taken.

I started my journey in August and finished last month in November.

My book won't be in the shops until March, though there's an exhibition of my pictures touring the UK from January.

It's funny.

I really wanted to call my book Visions, but apparently there's already one called that.

So my publishers suggested the title In Focus, which I thought was horrible.

In the end, we settled for Images, which is OK.

Now I'm planning my next tour.

I wasn't sure which theme to choose this time.

I initially thought I'd look at lakes and mountains, but then I saw a tractor in a field, and I knew I'd do farming.

I've decided to use a special camera to create very large photos, which I'm hoping to exhibit next year.

Well, if you have any questions about my new...

That is the end of part two.

Descargar app

Todo lo que necesitas para hablar con fluidez

Pronunciación con IAEvalúa cada oración

Práctica de IPADomina cada sonido

VocabularioConstruye tu banco de palabras

Juego de vocabularioAprende mientras juegas

Escanea el QR

Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play

📺 Mismo canal

✨ Recomendar Video

393 oraciones

Cambridge CAE 2 Listening Test 2

Cambridge Exam PrepUniversity Students

143 oraciones

HỌC FCE1 TEST 1 PART 4

Cambridge Exam PrepHigh School StudentsUniversity Students

79 oraciones

Cambridge 17 listening (Test-1) (Part-3)

Cambridge Exam PrepUniversity Students

165 oraciones

Cambridge English Speaking Practice | B2

Cambridge Exam PrepHigh School StudentsUniversity Students

97 oraciones

HỌC FCE 1 TEST 1 PART 2

Cambridge Exam PrepBusiness EnglishInterview English

451 oraciones

Full B2 First (FCE) Listening Test 66 with Answers

Cambridge Exam PrepUniversity Students

153 oraciones

IELTS Speaking Part 1 – Books

IELTS PrepCambridge Exam PrepUniversity Students

299 oraciones

IELTS Listening Test : 5 with answers | Vision Series | British Council | IDP | Latest listening

IELTS PrepCambridge Exam PrepUniversity Students

145 oraciones

INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH STORY 📍A Trip Around England🚘 B1 - B2 | British English Listening Practice

Cambridge Exam PrepTravel EnglishDaily Conversation

87 oraciones

CAM 10 (LISTENING)_TEST 1_ SECTION 1 (KÈM GIẢI THÍCH TIẾNG VIỆT)

IELTS PrepCambridge Exam PrepTravel English

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Listening B2, FCE 1 (2015), Test 1, Part 2”. Las palabras que más se repiten: photos, photographer, Usa, pictures, focus. Este vídeo tiene 90 frases y 1315 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:36. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 137 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 10 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
brochure sustantivo	/bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/	folleto
interestingly adverbio		interesantemente
tractor sustantivo	/ˈtɹæktɚ/	tractor, tractor agrícola
warmth sustantivo	/wɔɹmθ/	calidez
bake verbo	/beɪk/	hornear, enhornar
geography sustantivo	/d͡ʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/	geografía
graduation sustantivo	/ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/	graduación
publisher sustantivo	/ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/	editor, editorial
keen adjetivo	/kin/	entusiasta, ardoroso
exhibit verbo	/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/	exhibir

Gramática en este vídeo

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

Estructura	En el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	has given · haven't done · They've tended
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa	Images, which is

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 43 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'd, I'm, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: brochure /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, publisher /ˈpʌblɪʃɚ/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: geography /d͡ʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

/dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: geography /d͡ʒiˈɑɡɹəfi/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como brochure, interestingly, tractor.

¿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.

Técnica de shadowing: lee la guía completa paso a paso →

Shadowing Practice: Listening B2, FCE 1 (2015), Test 1, Part 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Elige un modo de práctica

Descargar app

Listening B1, PET 3, Test 3, Part 3

Listening B1, PET 1 for Schools, Test 1, Part 4

Listening A2, KET 1, Test 4, Part 4

Listening A2, KET 3, Test 3, Part 1

Listening B1, PET 3, Test 1, Part 1

Listening A2, KET 3, Test 4, Part 1

Listening B1, PET 1 for Schools, Test 2, Part 2

Listening A2, KET 1, Test 4, Part 5

Listening A2, KET 2, Test 1, Part 1

Listening A2, KET 3, Test 1, Part 1

Listening A2, KET 1, Test 4, Part 3

Listening B1, PET 1 for Schools, Test 1, Part 1

Listening B2, FCE 1 (2015), Test 3, Part 2

Listening A2, KET 3, Test 2, Part 1

Listening B1, PET 1 for Schools, Test 3, Part 2

Listening A2, KET 1, Test 4, Part 1

Listening B2, FCE 1, Test 1, Part 1

Listening B1, PET 3, Test 4, Part 2

Listening B2, FCE 1 (2015), Test 2, Part 4

Listening B2, FCE 1 (2015), Test 3, Part 1

Cambridge CAE 2 Listening Test 2

HỌC FCE1 TEST 1 PART 4

Cambridge 17 listening (Test-1) (Part-3)

Cambridge English Speaking Practice | B2

HỌC FCE 1 TEST 1 PART 2

Full B2 First (FCE) Listening Test 66 with Answers

IELTS Speaking Part 1 – Books

IELTS Listening Test : 5 with answers | Vision Series | British Council | IDP | Latest listening

INTERMEDIATE ENGLISH STORY 📍A Trip Around England🚘 B1 - B2 | British English Listening Practice

CAM 10 (LISTENING)_TEST 1_ SECTION 1 (KÈM GIẢI THÍCH TIẾNG VIỆT)

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Gramática en este vídeo

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?