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So, you got a new
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Mortal Kombat movie for me?
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Yes, sir, I do.
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Uh, you know what?
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Maybe this is gonna make people wanna go re -watch the first one to prepare.
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Eh, I wouldn't.
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What's that?
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Probably fine if they don't.
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Well, okay then.
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So anyway, we're gonna start this movie in this place called Edenia.
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I thought Cole was from Earthrealm.
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Cole?
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Cole, that guy we made up to lead the first movie, he was the main character.
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Oh, right, Cole, yeah.
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Well, it turns out people didn't love
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that we focused the movie on some guy we made up rather than all the characters
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that were already established that people liked.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, so in this one, he just, Cole gets killed quite violently in his first fight.
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He's taken care of.
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Well, I should hope so, if he's going to be compromising my bottom line.
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So we're going to meet a young Katana who's the daughter of a king.
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She's from the games.
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She sure is, sir.
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But this freaking bad guy, Shao Kahn, wants to kill her dad and unite the realms.
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Er, uniting realms is tight.
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I don't know how you managed to make that sound slightly inappropriate, but you did it.
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I did it.
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So he freaking kills this guy and Katana's upset.
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But that's tough toodles for her because now she's this guy's daughter.
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How does that work?
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He kills her dad and he says, you're my daughter now.
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That'll do it.
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That'll work.
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So fast forward 20 years.
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I don't have the ability to do that.
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That's okay.
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I did it all pretend like with words.
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Oh, that's so neat.
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So Katana's fake dad is like, well, about time to start the Mortal Kombat tournament, wouldn't you say?
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Oh yeah, Mortal Kombat is a tournament.
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Remind me, didn't we put a tournament in the first movie?
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No. Seems like a major oversight.
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Why didn't we do that?
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We were, like, really into that coal guy we made up.
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That was so weird of us.
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A little bit.
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So anyway, if Shao Kahn wins this tournament, his realm gets to take over Earthrealm.
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I have no further questions about the logistics of that kind of deal.
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Well, that's great, because I have no further answers.
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Well, this is perfect.
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So freaking Raiden is hanging out with four fighters, but they need five fighters if they want to fight in this tournament, which they do.
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Well, four plus Raiden, isn't that.. that's five.
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Raiden's not gonna fight, but he's a fighter in the games.
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It won't even be considered, and no one will mention it.
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Fair enough.
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So they find this washed -up 90s action movie star, Johnny Cage.
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He does the splits and punches people in the nuts!
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He sure does, sir.
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So frickin' Sonya from the game shows up and she's like, don't you want to realize your full potential?
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And he's like, no. More like Johnny Cage -y, classic reluctant hero behavior.
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Is he ever gonna realize his full potential?
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Yeah, at the end of the movie!
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I knew it!
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So then the Mortal Kombat tournament starts, and Katana's chosen as the first fighter for the bad guys.
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Oh, you know what?
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I bet she's secretly a good guy, what with this guy having killed her dad and then being her dad.
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Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep, obviously not even trying to hide that.
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So Johnny Cage gets freaking lightning portaled to this fight.
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Uh -oh, lightning portals.
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And so the whole thing is if either side loses five times, it's over.
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And there we got like torches in the sky representing the winds.
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Excuse me?
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Ten torches floating in the sky, five blue, five red.
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Torches floating?
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They lightning portal people into death matches.
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You don't think they could figure out how to make some torches float to keep track of the score?
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I guess.
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If anyone watching wants to know the score, they just gotta look at these torches.
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You gotta think about this kind of stuff when you're organizing a death tournament.
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Okay, I was just wondering how they floated.
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Listen, sir, I've said the word realms several times already, and that means I don't need to explain a dang thing.
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That is how that word works.
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Okay, yeah, I'm all good now.
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So Katana kicks Johnny Cage's butt so bad that he's, like, wobbling in place.
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That's from the game!
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And Shao Kahn, who's watching, yells, FINISH HIM!
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That's from the game.
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But Katana takes too long, so he just falls over.
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Oh, that's from the game, but, like, in a disappointing way.
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Yeah.
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Didn't smash the right buttons in time, it sounds like.
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And then later, Kung Lao shows up at Raiden's place.
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Oh, good guy with the razor hat from the first movie.
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What's he been up to?
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He's a zombie for the bad guys now.
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It do be like that sometimes.
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Yeah, so he's here to steal Raiden's god power
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so he can put it in an amulet and make Shao Kahn immortal so he can win the Mortal Kombat tournament.
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Oh man, stealing Raiden's powers seems like it's gonna be hard to do.
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He's like a freaking god.
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Actually, it's gonna be super easy.
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Barely an inconvenience.
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Oh really?
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Yeah, just goes ahead and slashes his throat.
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Oh my god.
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And that just makes the god juice start pouring out.
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You know, just bright light juice squirting everywhere.
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That stuff stains.
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So the bad guys take Raiden's god juice and put it in the amulet.
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Ehh, stealing some guy's god juice is tight.
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Oh god, oh whoa.
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I did it again!
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Anyway, so then a bunch of people violently kill each other for a long period of time.
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And we bring back a bunch of dead people from the first movie.
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I don't, you know, like, why not?
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How?
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Realms.
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Got it.
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So Kano, who's back from the dead, explains that Sub -Zero, who's back from the dead,
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It has the amulet, and he went into the nether realm.
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Sounds like the kind of place where anything goes.
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It better be.
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Oh, it's a threatening vibe now.
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So they go find
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Sub -Zero's nemesis, Scorpion, who's chilling in his nether realm garden, just tending to it.
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Tending to the garden of your own personal nether realm is tight.
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That's what, okay, three tights is more than enough.
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I'm just seeing where the limits are, and now I know.
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So anyway, then, you know, a bunch of the good guys get together, a bunch of the bad guys turn good.
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Katana slices her fake dad's head off, and that's it.
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Fatality.
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Oh, someone should say fatality.
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No, not ever in the whole movie.
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Ah, dang it.
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So what do you think?
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Well, I mean, we're kicking off summer 2026 movie season in a crazy way.
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Everybody's going to want to see the punchy, kicky movie with floating torches.
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Amazing.
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And I checked.
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There is nothing on the slate for May 2026.
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There's nothing.
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Like, what?
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If we don't win the box office for the full month, it's because something weird happened, okay?
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Hi, this is Ryan George from The Thing You Just Watched.
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Please enjoy this slideshow from The Thing You Just Watched.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Mortal Kombat II Pitch Meeting”. Las palabras que más se repiten: movie, realm, tournament, torches, Kombat. Este vídeo tiene 147 frases y 1219 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:18. El hablante habla rápido, unas 230 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 82 % 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:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| torch sustantivo | /ˈtɔːtʃ/ | antorcha |
| float verbo | /fləʊt/ | flotar |
| juice sustantivo | /d͡ʒuːs/ | zumo, jugo |
| fighter sustantivo | /ˈfaɪtɚ/ | guerrero, combatiente |
| steal verbo | /stiːl/ | robar, shacar |
| lightning sustantivo | /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/ | relámpago, rayo |
| portal sustantivo | /ˈpɔːɹtl̩/ | portada, portal |
| unite verbo | /juˈnaɪt/ | unir, uñir |
| violently adverbio | /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/ | violentamente, a lo bestia |
| establish verbo | /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/ | establecer, establir |
| wash verbo | /wɑʃ/ | lavar |
| remind verbo | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | (hacer) recordar/arrecordar, hacer acordar/arrecordar (se de) |
| pretend verbo | /pɹəˈtɛnd/ | aparentar, hacer de |
| punch sustantivo | /pʌnt͡ʃ/ | puñetazo, puñete |
| throat sustantivo | /ˈθɹoʊt/ | garganta, gorja |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| make up verbo | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | reponer, suplir |
| fall over verbo | caerse | |
| figure out verbo | averiguar, captar | |
| get together verbo | reunir, juntar | |
| go ahead verbo | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | venga, adelante |
| head off verbo | echarse a andar | |
| show up verbo | comparecer, personarse | |
| take over verbo | apoderarse, enseñorearse |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- I don't have the ability to do that.
- Remind me, didn't we put a tournament in the first movie?
- Why didn't we do that?
- What's he been up to?
- I don't, you know, like, why not?
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 | I've said · What's he been |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | were already established · be considered |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 35 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, gonna, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/, nether /nɛð.ə/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: establish /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ/, wash /wɑʃ/, smash /smæʃ/, slideshow /ˈslaɪdˌʃoʊ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: violently /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/, inappropriate /ˌɪnəˈpɹoʊpɹi.ət/, inconvenience /ɪnkənˈvinjəns/, fatality /feɪˈtælɪti/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: steal /stiːl/, smash /smæʃ/, slice /slaɪs/, stain /steɪn/, slideshow /ˈslaɪdˌʃoʊ/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: violently /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/, vibe /vaɪb/, oversight /ˈəʊvəˌsaɪt/, inconvenience /ɪnkənˈvinjəns/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: compromise /ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/, organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/, zombie /ˈzɑmbi/, razor /ˈɹeɪzɚ/, toodles /ˈtuːd(ə)lz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como torch, float, juice.
¿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.