Shadowing Practice: My Son Smashed My TV 📺 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I walked in on my son, throwing his controller at the TV in rage.
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Screw this video game!
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The screen smashed as the whole thing toppled onto the floor.
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I gripped my head, because I'd just bought that TV last night and was so excited to use it.
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That TV was $800.
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I stormed over.
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You're saving up and replacing it.
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But he looked up at me, still smashing the controller against the carpet.
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I'm not paying for anything.
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If you try to make me, I'll call CPS and say it's child abuse.
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I laughed.
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Try me.
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I shoved the lawnmower into his hands and pushed him outside.
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Don't come back until you have $800.
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I shut the door, but he just stood there, smirking, typing on his phone.
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I was about to walk back out when suddenly my doorbell rang.
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A woman stood in a suit with a clipboard while he fake cried behind her.
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We have a report about forced child labor.
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I gripped my head and explained everything, but she shook her head.
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You shouldn't traumatize a child for a TV.
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This is your final warning.
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My son laughed from behind her, and I gritted my teeth as he walked inside.
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Told you I'd call CPS.
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He walked up to play his video games while I sat on the couch, staring at my smashed TV.
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That's when I got the idea.
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I walked to his room and pulled the Nintendo Switch from his hands, then started boxing up his video games.
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He screamed, What are you doing?
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So I told him, Since you won't work for it, I'm selling your games.
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He shot up, You're not selling my games.
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He swung his fist, punching me in the face.
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But he was only 11 and couldn't hit hard, so I just carried the box down.
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He cried as I stuffed everything he loved into my trunk.
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You have to learn one way or another, son.
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I came back three hours later after selling his games, but while hauling my brand new $800 TV up the driveway, my son came running with the same woman, but this time an officer was here too.
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My blood ran cold as I put the TV down and asked what's going on, but he was already pointing his finger.
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My dad sold my video games for this TV.
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Arrest him.
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The officer looked at me, and the woman immediately wrote on her clipboard, this is grounds for removal.
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I gripped my head in disbelief, but the officer then turned to my son.
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Wait, selling your games isn't a crime.
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You told me he hit you.
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He started walking back to his car, and my son instantly went red.
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He flailed his fists in the air and kicked my car in anger.
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The bumper dented, and that's when I had enough.
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Officer, can I press charges on him for destruction of property?
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My son immediately gripped his head.
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But I'm your son.
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I shook my head.
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No, you're not.
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I turned to the woman with the clipboard.
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Can you place him in a foster home?
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I don't want him anymore.
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She quickly wrote something down, then nodded.
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I hauled my brand new TV through the door
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and sat down to watch it while the officer put my screaming son in the squad car.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “My Son Smashed My TV 📺”. Las palabras que más se repiten: officer, gripped, walked, selling, clipboard. Este vídeo tiene 55 frases y 555 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:22. El hablante habla rápido, unas 235 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
grip sustantivo/ˈɡɹɪp/agarre
smash verbo/smæʃ/estrellar, destrozar
shake verbo/ˈʃeɪk/agitar, sacudir
scream verbo/skɹiːm/gritar, alaridar
controller sustantivo/kənˈtɹoʊlɚ/controlador, contralor
fist sustantivo/fɪst/puño
haul verbo/hɔl/empujar, tirar fuerte
finger sustantivo/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/dedo, alambres
anger sustantivo/ˈæŋɡə/enfado, enojo
destruction sustantivo/dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/destrucción, escante
removal sustantivo/ɹɪˈmuː.vəl/remoción, eliminación
swing verbo/ˈswɪŋ/balancear, mecerse
foster verbo/ˈfɒstə/acoger, cobijar
punch sustantivo/pʌnt͡ʃ/puñetazo, puñete
instantly adverbio/ˈɪnstəntli/al instante, al tiro

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
save up verboahorrar
shoot up verbobalear, abalear

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • You're saving up and replacing it.
  • I'm not paying for anything.
  • That's when I got the idea.
  • Wait, selling your games isn't a crime.
  • Can you place him in a foster home?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingstarted boxing · started walking
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasYou're saving · I'm not paying · I'm selling
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónI'll call · won't work

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 15 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: smash /smæʃ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, destruction /dɪsˈtɹʌkʃən/, shove /ʃʌv/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: smash /smæʃ/, scream /skɹiːm/, swing /ˈswɪŋ/, stare /stɛɚ/, smirk /smɝk/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: removal /ɹɪˈmuː.vəl/, shove /ʃʌv/, driveway /ˈdɹaɪvˌweɪ/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como grip, smash, shake.

¿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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