Shadowing Practice: Minions & Monsters Extended Preview (2026) - Learn English Speaking with Video

Creando lección...
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Alright, everybody gather round.
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This is our latest very special exhibit where you'll learn all about your favorite movies and actors.
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Welcome to the magic of Hollywood!
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Look at all this cool stuff.
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Look up there.
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It's E.T.
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Oh, and look at this one.
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Keanu Reeves.
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And you all know George Lucas, right?
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Oh, George!
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I'd really like to go home, though.
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Come on, only a few more weeks left in the exhibit.
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You can do it.
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Can I at least have my cell phone?
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Oh, George, you're just gonna use it to call for help.
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Oh, and over here.
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Oh, wow.
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The most important figures in the exhibit.
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Without them, there would be no Hollywood.
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James and Henry! Who?
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Are you serious?
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James and Henry.
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Minions.
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I know the minions, but I've never seen, uh...
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James and Henry!
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Yeah.
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Never heard of them.
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Me neither!
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Wait, uh, this is insane!
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James and Henry are legends, and they changed Hollywood forever.
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Not just Hollywood, they changed the world.
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And their story is epic.
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What?
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What is she talking about?
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You know what?
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Change of plans.
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Everybody sit down.
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Now all of you come on sit down Tommy YouTube glasses and mr. Johnson and and and you to bubble girl
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As you may know throughout time dozens of minion tribes have been roaming our planet
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Searching for the perfect villain to serve And among them was a very special guy.
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That's him right there.
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James.
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He liked to draw, paint, but above all, he loved to invent stories and share them with his buddies
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The rest of his tribe however, they were just interested in one thing
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to serve the most evil master they can find and this guy checked all the boxes scary check burly check super mean
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double check Oh my god!
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Poot!
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Poot!
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Poot!
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Poot!
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Poot!
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Poot!
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He was a perfect ten.
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Yeah!
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Poot!
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Poot!
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Poot!
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Poot!
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Poot!
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Poot!
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To show their new master how much they cared, the minions did everything for him.
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The courtant!
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But James wanted to go one step further and create something truly wonderful for his master.
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Ha ha ha!
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B-boot boot!
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Uhhh...
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I don't know about boop-boot boot!
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Oh no!
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Ha ha ha!
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Huh?
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Oh?
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Aaaaaaah!
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Quick out!
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Quick out!
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Oh ho ho ho!
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Shaaaaaah!
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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Oh no!
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Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
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Oh The
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gocass, get the gocass, come on!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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No!
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James!
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The Minions were banished from the Cyclops' island that day
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And everyone was mad at James James James James Do it on bass!
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Well, not everyone.
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One other minion found it very funny. And that was Henry.
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Hey James, well then, put the water in here!
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Yes, yes...
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Nope, nope, nope...
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Hey!
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Come on!
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Oh And
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from that moment on, James and Henry were inseparable.
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The best of friends, and by each other's side, no matter where they went, or who they worked for.
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Their next master was extremely promising, very powerful, and more importantly, very evil.
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And his book, oh dear me, it had some wicked spells in it.
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Misha Struganov.
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Oh!
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Oh la la la!
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Oh!
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Butros Latravinsky!
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Bross up!
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Bross up!
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Yes, yes, yes!
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No touch of Lambukiski.
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No touch of Okay, okay, no touch of No touch of No,
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no Hey, Jeff, Jeff, come, come Luca, touch of the bookies Luca,
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come, come Oh, bella la monstra Oh,
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e là, oh Oh, la, la la vita!
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Oh, le kawaii!
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Vai alla spella!
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Eh...
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Ahem...
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Le damamo, le damami!
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Aw...
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Le mega kyuta!
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Oh no no no no no no!
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Go to the robot!

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Minions & Monsters Extended Preview”. Las palabras que más se repiten: James, poot, minion, Henry, touch. Este vídeo tiene 129 frases y 618 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:26. El hablante habla despacio, unas 73 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
boot sustantivo/but/bota
nope/noʊp/nop, no po
exhibit verbo/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/exhibir
legend sustantivo/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/leyenda
buddy/ˈbʌdi/compañero, acompañante
insane adjetivo/ɪnˈseɪn/enfermo mental, enajenado
scary adjetivo/ˈskɛə.ɹi/temible, espantoso
spell sustantivo/spɛl/hechizo, conjuro
epic sustantivo/ˈɛp.ɪk/epopeya
bass sustantivo/beɪs/bajo
robot sustantivo/ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/robot
bubble sustantivo/ˈbʌbəl/burbuja, pompa
importantly adverbio/ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/importantemente
villain sustantivo/ˈvɪl.ən/villano
invent verbo/ɪnˈvɛnt/inventar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
sit down verbosentarse
look up verbo/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/mejorar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • I'd really like to go home, though.
  • Can I at least have my cell phone?
  • I know the minions, but I've never seen, uh...
  • I don't know about boop-boot boot!

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 6 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, gonna, I'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, inseparable /inˈsɛ.p(ə).ɹə.bl/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scary /ˈskɛə.ɹi/, spell /spɛl/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: villain /ˈvɪl.ən/, invent /ɪnˈvɛnt/, vita /ˈvitə/

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 boot, nope, exhibit.

¿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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