Shadowing Practice: Master SPEAKING Three English Sentences - Practice with me SHADOWING - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Okay, this lesson only has three sentences,  but we're going to do them over and over and master them. Okay, so let's  take a look at this first sentence.
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My cousin from California, who's been traveling  around Europe for the for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me  next month if she can find affordable flights.
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Okay, so we got one sentence there. I'm  gonna say it again and again and again.
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And I want you to just try to feel the  flow and say it along with me and mimic me.
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And if you're really good, look away  from the screen. Don't look at the text and try to say it without looking after you do  it a few times. All right. Oops. Here we go.
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My cousin from California, who's been traveling  around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me next month  if she can find affordable flights. All right, try again. My cousin from California, who's been  traveling around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me  next month if she can find affordable flights.
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All right, go again. My cousin from California,  who's been traveling around Europe for the past six months, just texted me saying she's planning  to visit me next month if she can find affordable flights. All right. Shall we do you want  to slow it down a bit? Let's slow it down.
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My cousin from California, who's been  traveling around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit  me next month if she can find affordable flights again. My cousin from California, who's been  traveling around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me  next month if she can find affordable flights.
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My cousin from California, who's been  traveling around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me  next month if she can find affordable flights.
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My cousin from California, who's been  traveling around Europe for the past 6 months, just texted me saying she's planning to visit me  next month if she can find affordable flights.
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All right, how was it? Let's try  another sentence. Here it is.
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I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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All right, let's go again.
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I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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All right, let's catch our breath.  That's a lot to say in one sentence.
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All right, let's try again. Here we go.
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I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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One more. I was thinking that maybe we could grab  dinner at that new Italian restaurant downtown before catching the 8:00 p.m. movie. Unless you'd  prefer to just stay in and order takeout instead.
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All right, good job. Let's do our third and  final sentence. Here it is. The project deadline got moved up to this Friday because the client  changed their requirements at the last minute.
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So now we'll probably have to work late a  couple of nights to get everything done on time.
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Here we go. The project  deadline got moved up to Friday because the client changed their  requirements at the last minute.
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So now we'll probably have to work late a  couple of nights to get everything done on time.
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The project deadline got moved up to this  Friday because the client changed their requirements at the last minute. So now we'll  probably have to work late a couple of nights to get everything done on time. The project  deadline got moved up to this Friday because the client changed their  requirements at the last minute.
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So now we'll probably have to work late a  couple of nights to get everything done on time.
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The project deadline got moved up to this  Friday because the client changed the requirements at the last minute. So now we'll  probably have to work late a couple of nights to get everything done on time. Oh, I I switched  words. I said the instead of their requirements.
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All right, let's say it one last time. Here we go.  The project deadline got moved up to this Friday because the client changed their  requirements at the last minute.
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So now we'll probably have to work late a  couple of nights to get everything done on time.
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All right, how was that? Was that good practice  for you? I know it's difficult. I know it's long and you run out of air, but hey, I thought  maybe this would be a good little practice.
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Thank you for practicing with me again.  Keep moving forward one step at a time.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 31 frases y 915 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:46. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 135 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 88 % 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 del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
cousin sustantivo/ˈkʌz(ə)n/primo, prima
affordable adjetivo/əˈfɔɹ.də.bəl/asequible
requirement sustantivo/ɹɪˈkwaɪɹmənt/exigencia, requisito
downtown sustantivo/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/centro, centro/núcleo urbano/ciudadano/citadino
deadline sustantivo/ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/plazo, expiración/caducidad de/del plazo
lesson sustantivo/ˈlɛs.ən/lección
breathe verbo/bɹiːð/respirar
takeout sustantivo/ˈteɪkaʊt/comida para llevar
mimic verbo/ˈmɪm.ɪk/arremedar, remedar
restaurant sustantivo/ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/restaurante, restorán
sentence sustantivo/ˈsɛn.təns/sentencia, condena
prefer verbo[pɹɪˈfɝ]preferir, anteponer
client sustantivo/ˈklaɪ.ənt/cliente
grab verbo/ˈɡɹæb/asir, agarrar
flow verbo/ˈfloʊ̯/fluir

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
move forward verboir adelante, adelantar

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 thinking
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwe'll probably have
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohave to work
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirwe're going to do · gonna say

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 17 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we'll, you'd, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 cousin, affordable, requirement.

¿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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