Shadowing Practice: Master the "Royal" Accent: PRINCE HARRY Shadowing Practice (lesson #41) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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It is an honour to join you all on Nelson Mandela International Day.
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It is an honour to join you all on Nelson Mandela International Day.
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It is an honour to join you all on Nelson Mandela International Day.
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Having spent time with many of Mandela's family members over the years,
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Having spent time with many of Mandela's family members over the years,
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Having spent time with many of Mandela's family members over the years,
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I speak to you today with humility.
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I speak to you today with humility.
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Mindful of how much the man they loved means to so many.
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mindful of how much the man they loved means to so many.
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mindful of how much the man they loved means to so many.
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Those of us not fortunate enough to know Mandela well,
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Those of us not fortunate enough to know Mandela well
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Those of us not fortunate enough to know Mandela well have come to understand the man through his legacy
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legacy, have come to understand the man through his legacy, have come to understand the man through his legacy.
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The letters he wrote alone in his prison cell,
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The letters he wrote alone in his prison cell.
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The letters he wrote alone in his prison cell.
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The speeches he delivered to his people.
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The speeches he delivered to his people.
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The speeches he delivered to his people.
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And those incredible shirts that he sported.
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And those incredible shirts that he sported.
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and those incredible shirts that he sported.
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We've also come to know him through the photographs of a
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person who We've also come to know him through the photographs of a person who
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We've also come to know him through the photographs of a person who even when confronting unimaginable cruelty and injustice
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Even when confronting unimaginable cruelty and injustice,
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almost always had a smile on his face.
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Almost always had a smile on his face.
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Almost always had a smile on his face.
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For me, there's one photo in particular that stands out.
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For me, there's one photo in particular that stands out.
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For me, there's one photo in particular that stands out.
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On my wall and in my heart every day.
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my wall and in my heart every day On my wall and in my heart every day
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is an image of my mother and Mandela meeting in Cape Town in 1997.
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is an image of my mother
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and Mandela meeting in Cape Town in 1997 is an image of my mother
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and Mandela meeting in Cape Town in 1997.
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The photo was presented to me by the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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The photo was presented to me by the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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The photo was presented to me by the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu whose friendship and inspiration were their own treasured gift
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whose friendship and inspiration were their own treasured gift whose friendship and inspiration were their own treasured gift.
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In our own time, a time of global uncertainty and division.
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In our own time, a time of global uncertainty and division.
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In our own time, a time of global uncertainty and division,
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when it's all too easy to look around and feel anger or despair,
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when it's all too easy to look around and feel anger or despair,
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When it's all too easy to look around and feel anger or despair.
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I've been inspired to go back to Mandela's writings for insight.
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I've been inspired to go back to Mandela's writings for insight.
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I've been inspired to go back to Mandela's writings for insight into how this could be.
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into how this could be.
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into how this could be.
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how he could experience so much darkness,
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how he could experience so much darkness,
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how he could experience so much darkness and always manage to find the light.
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and always manage to find the light.
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And always manage to find the light.
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It is an honour to join you all on Nelson Mandela International Day.
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Having spent time with many of Mandela's family members over the years, I speak to you today with humility,
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mindful of how much the man they loved means to so many.
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Those of us not fortunate enough to know Mandela well have come to understand the man through his legacy,
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the letters he wrote alone in his prison cell, the speeches he delivered to his people,
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and those incredible shirts that he sported.
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We've also come to know him through the photographs of a person who, even when confronting unimaginable cruelty and injustice,
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almost always had a smile on his face.
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For me, there's one photo in particular that stands out.
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On my wall and in my heart every day
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is an image of my mother and Mandela meeting in Cape Town in 1997.
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The photo was presented to me by the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu, whose friendship and inspiration were their own treasured gift.
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In our own time, a time of global uncertainty and division, when it's all too easy to look around and feel anger or despair,
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I've been inspired to go back to Mandela's writings for insight into how this could be.
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How he could experience so much darkness and always manage to find the light.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Master the "Royal" Accent: PRINCE HARRY Shadowing Practice”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Mandela, photo, legacy, Desmond, mindful. Este vídeo tiene 75 frases y 870 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:26. El hablante habla despacio, unas 76 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 11 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
mindful adjetivo/ˈmaɪnd.fl̩/consciente, cognoscente
despair sustantivo/dɪˈspɛə(ɹ)/desespero
fortunate adjetivo/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/afortunado, propicio
inspire verbo/ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/inspirar, infundir
uncertainty sustantivo/ʌnˈsɜːtənti/incertidumbre, incerteza
treasure sustantivo/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/tesoro
unimaginable adjetivo/ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl/inimaginable
humility sustantivo/hjuːˈmɪlɪti/humildad
cruelty sustantivo/ˈkɹu(.ə)lti/crueldad
confront verbo/kənˈfɹʌnt/enfrentar, confrontar
injustice sustantivo/ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/injusticia

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 ahorahave come · We've also come · I've been inspired
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewas presented · I've been inspired
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosaperson who We · person who even

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 8 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I've, we've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/, unimaginable /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl/, humility /hjuːˈmɪlɪti/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: unimaginable /ˌʌnɪˈmædʒɪnəbəl/, injustice /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/

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 mindful, despair, fortunate.

¿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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