Shadowing Practice: Neighbor Offered to Pay Some -- Not All! | Part 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Judge Judy: MR. PFEIFER, ON WHAT DATE DID THIS INCIDENT HAPPEN?
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IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
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Judge Judy: DATE.
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NOVEMBER 3rd, MONDAY.
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I APOLOGIZE.
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Judge Judy: YOU TWO NEIGHBORS?
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MM-HMM. Judge Judy: YOU HAVE A COUPLE LITTLE DOGS.
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I HAVE TWO 4-POUND DOGS.
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Judge Judy: AND YOU HAVE...?
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ONE DOG, 80 POUNDS.
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Judge Judy: SO, WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED?
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WELL, YOUR HONOR, WHAT HAPPENED THAT EVENING WAS IS I WAS BARBECUING DINNER DOWNSTAIRS, AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A BARBECUE AREA, 'CAUSE WE LIVE UPSTAIRS, I BARBECUE DOWN BY THE GARAGE.
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SO I HAD BEEN DOWNSTAIRS BARBECUING -- Judge Judy: SO, WHEN YOU SAY "WE DON'T HAVE," YOU WERE LIVING WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
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WELL, NO, I'M NOT -- I WAS VISITING HER.
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Judge Judy: YOU SAID, "WE DON'T HAVE AN AREA UPSTAIRS," SO, "WE" -- THAT SOUNDS LIKE MORE THAN JUST A VISIT.
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WELL, WE'RE BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND, SO...
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Judge Judy: SO IT SOUNDS MORE THAN JUST A VISIT.
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CORRECT, YOUR HONOR.
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Judge Judy: OKAY.
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SO THAT YOUR DOG IS REGULARLY THERE.
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FOR THE MOST PART, YES.
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Judge Judy: DON'T PLAY WITH ME.
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I'M SORRY.
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Judge Judy: SO -- DON'T PLAY WITH ME.
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DON'T THINK OF WHO'S WATCHING.
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IS YOUR WIFE WATCHING?
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IS YOUR MOTHER WATCHING?
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ARE THE AUTHORITIES WATCHING?
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DON'T PLAY WITH ME.
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I'M SORRY.
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Judge Judy: GREAT.
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SO, YOU LIVE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, AND YOU HAVE A DOG.
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YES. Judge Judy: AND YOUR DOG IS A PIT BULL?
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: COME ON. SO NOW YOU'RE BARBECUING DOWNSTAIRS.
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YES. DINNER IS FINISHED.
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I GO UPSTAIRS TO GO GET A PLATE TO BRING DINNER BACK UP, AND I MUST NOT HAVE GOT THE DOOR SHUT ALL THE WAY.
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Judge Judy: SO, ACCIDENTALLY, YOU LEFT THE DOOR OPEN.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU LEFT THE DOOR OPEN?
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WELL, I HAD MADE IT DOWN TO THE BARBECUE, AND WHEN I WAS GETTING THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL, HERE COMES MY DOG.
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SO, NATURALLY, I WENT TO GO GET MY DOG, AS SHE WAS COMING DOWN THE STREET WITH HER TWO LITTLE DOGS -- Judge Judy: OKAY.
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NOW YOUR DOG IS OUT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FENCED.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: AND YOU'RE GOING OUT 'CAUSE YOUR DOG TAKES OFF.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: NOW, WERE YOU RUNNING AFTER HER OR WALKING AFTER HER?
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NO, I WAS RUNNING AFTER HER.
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Judge Judy: AND WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING AFTER HER, I WANT YOU TO -- I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW.
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WHAT I SAW WAS A LITTLE DOG BARKING.
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MY DOG IS USED TO PLAYING WITH LITTLE -- Judge Judy: I DON'T CARE!
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LISTEN. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR DOG'S USED TO.
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I SAW MY DOG GOING OVER TO THE OTHER TWO DOGS, AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE OTHER DOG, SO I WAS TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF MY DOG.
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I ACTUALLY DOVE ONTO THE GROUND AND TORE MY PANTS GOING AFTER MY DOG TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY.
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Judge Judy: BUT EVERYTHING WASN'T OKAY.
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IT WASN'T. NO, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: BECAUSE BEFORE YOU COULD DIVE AND GET, AS YOU SAID, CONTROL OF YOUR DOG, YOUR DOG PICKED UP ONE OF HER DOGS IN ITS MOUTH AND RIPPED ITS SKIN OFF.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: NOW, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TELL ME, MR. PFEIFER, WHY ARE WE HERE?
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WELL -- Judge Judy: LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU.
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WHEN YOU HAVE A DOG, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO KEEP THAT DOG UNDER YOUR CONTROL AT ALL TIMES.
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SOMETIMES, IF I BELIEVE YOUR STORY ABOUT THE DOG GOT OUT, WHICH SHE SAYS -- IN HER COMPLAINT, SHE SAYS, ISN'T TRUE.
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BUT IF I BELIEVE YOUR STORY, YOU SAID TO ME, "I LOST CONTROL.
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I TRIED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY DOG." IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP YOUR DOG UNDER CONTROL.
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YES, MA'AM.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Neighbor Offered to Pay Some -- Not All!”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Judy, Judge, dog, watching, barbecuing. Este vídeo tiene 65 frases y 634 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:56. El hablante habla rápido, unas 216 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 11 de sus 65 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 12 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
upstairs adverbio/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/arriba
downstairs adverbio/daʊnˈstɛɹz/abajo
pants sustantivo/pænts/pantalón, pantalones
tear verbo/tɛɹ/rasgar, desgarrar
complaint sustantivo/kəmˈpleɪnt/queja
garage sustantivo/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/garaje, cochera
fence sustantivo/fɛns/cerca, cerramiento
apologize verbo/əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/disculparse [with con], pedir(le) perdón [with a]
bark sustantivo/bɑɹk/corteza
grill sustantivo/ɡɹɪl/rejilla
regain verbo/ɹiːˈɡeɪn/reconseguir
dove sustantivo/doʊv/pichón, urpi

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
back up verboretroceder, ciar
get out verbosalir
go out verbosalir
pick up verbocoger, asir
take off verboquitarse

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 barbecuing · WERE LIVING · was visiting
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasYOU'RE BARBECUING · YOU'RE GOING

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 19 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, wasn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, downstairs /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/

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 upstairs, downstairs, pants.

¿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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