Shadowing Practice: New headway series 15 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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It was a typical Saturday night, but Matt was acting rather strangely.
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Thanks.
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Thank you.
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Oh, thanks.
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Are you all right, Matt?
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Yes. Are you expecting someone?
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No. Well.
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Oh, huh.
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Come on, Matt, tell us.
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What's been going on?
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Well, I was working today, and I'd just gone out for lunch.
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I was walking into Radcliffe Square when I saw a girl.
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She was doing a survey, you know, interviewing people on the street.
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Except she wasn't having much luck.
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Nobody wanted to stop.
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How long have you been standing here?
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Since ten o 'clock.
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And how many people have you interviewed?
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Four.
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My boss said he wanted me to interview at least 20.
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You could interview me.
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Okay.
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Right.
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My name's Matt.
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Actually, I don't need your name.
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Oh.
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But my name's Mel.
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So, Matt, do you live in Oxford?
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Yes, I do.
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How long have you been living here? Since 1997.
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How many jobs have you had since then?
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Two.
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and what do you do now i manage a computer games shop how long have you been working there
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nearly five years what newspapers do you read she asked me about what newspapers i read
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and the observer what food do you like the food i
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like anything what kind of clothes do you buy the clothes
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i buy we got on really well where do you go
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for entertainment uh the cinema clubs restaurants not really although I
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quite often eat at Freud's I've been there a few times
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really I've never seen you there I'm going there tonight actually oh
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okay holidays
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which kind of holiday do you usually prefer I'm really like
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going abroad I've been to Italy a few times I want you to ask her lots of questions
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but she was asking me so many I didn't really get a chance.
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Did you go to a gym?
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Yeah.
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After the interview, I went to buy her a coffee but when I got back, she'd gone.
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Oh, Matt.
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Is she going to be here tonight?
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She said she was coming.
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How romantic.
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We haven't arranged anything.
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Oh, I'm sure she'll come. Of course she'll come. Is that her?
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Go on, then.
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Go on, Matt.
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Go for it.
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Hi.
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oh hello so you came then yes would you like a drink hi hi
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oh this is peter peter this is uh matt nice to
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meet you uh there's a table over there are you sitting with us, Matt?
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No, no. Go ahead.
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Bye, then.
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Yeah.
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See you around.
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Oh, poor Matt.
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I'll be back in a minute.
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who's that a boyfriend what do you think sorry it's okay are you all right not really
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I feel a bit of an idiot Come on.
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What?
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Let's go and get some fresh air. Where are they going?
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I don't know.
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It seems a shame to waste their drinks.
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Oh, David.
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Why is it always happier to me?
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It happens to everyone.
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What, even you?
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Yes, Matt.
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Even me. Did you like her?
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I thought she was really nice.
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Don't worry.
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There'll be someone else. Where?
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Anywhere.
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here hmm Matt oh you mean
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you gosh how long have you you know quite a long time
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Me too.
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What are we going to tell the others?
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We can worry about that later.
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Yeah.
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Who said there was no such thing as a happy ending?
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Thank you.

Objetivos de habla para este clip

Este video es perfecto para practicar el shadowing, una técnica clave para mejorar la fluidez y la pronunciación. Los hablantes interactúan de forma natural, lo que lo convierte en un recurso ideal para práctica de speaking para el IELTS y para cualquier persona que quiera aprender inglés con videos. El objetivo principal es dominar la conversación cotidiana, usando preguntas y respuestas estructuradas, y mejorar la capacidad de seguir un diálogo fluido.

Banco de frases

  • Are you expecting someone? (¿Estás esperando a alguien?)
  • How long have you been standing here? (¿Cuánto tiempo has estado parado aquí?)
  • We got on really well (Nos llevamos realmente bien)
  • I've been there a few times (He estado allí varias veces)
  • She said she was coming (Ella dijo que vendría)

Estas frases son reutilizables en situaciones cotidianas, como charlar con amigos o hacer una entrevista. ¡Practica pronunciándolas en voz alta, usando un sitio de shadowing para imitar el tono y el ritmo!

Corrige tus puntos débiles

El diálogo presenta muchos present perfect continuous (¿Cuánto tiempo has estado...?) y present perfect simple (He estado allí...), lo que puede ser un reto para la pronunciación. Presta atención a la forma en que se reducen las palabras, como "I've been" en lugar de "I have been", y al ritmo natural de las preguntas. Con la técnica de shadowspeak, puedes repetir cada frase justo después de escucharla, imitando la entonación y la velocidad. Esto te ayudará a mejorar tu práctica de inglés hablado y a sonar más natural en conversaciones reales. ¡No te preocupes si al principio te cuesta! La clave es la constancia.

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 ahoraI've been · I've never seen · haven't arranged
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas acting · was working · was walking
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónshe'll come · I'll be · There'll be

¿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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