Shadowing Practice: New headway series 4 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Creando lección...
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The End
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This is how it started.
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Another exciting evening at 53 Blackwood Road.
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Hi, Julia.
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How are you?
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Yeah, sure.
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When's your birthday?
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The 4th of August.
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That's Leo.
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You're a lion.
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What's wrong?
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Nothing.
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What about you?
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My birthday's the 16th of March.
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I'm a Pisces.
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A fish?
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Ow.
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So what's the horoscope sign for this month? May.
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The first part is Taurus.
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The bull.
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So Jane's a bull.
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Is Jane's birthday this month? When?
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The 13th.
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The 13th of May.
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It's the 11th of May today.
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That's in two days.
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Are you sure?
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That's what she said. Did you hear?
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No. It's Jane's birthday on Saturday.
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Why don't we have a party? In two days?
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Yeah.
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A surprise party.
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Good idea.
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Right.
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How many people?
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Just the four of us.
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A meal, the cake, something to drink, Presents?
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OK.
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Let's make a shopping list.
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I've got it.
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Let's see it. That looks great.
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Where did you get it?
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I bought it at Pascal's, you know, next to the bank.
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How much was it?
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It was £15.
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Did you get the candles?
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You didn't get the candles.
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I did.
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Thank you.
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When does Jane get home?
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Usually at half past six, after her game of tennis. In about twenty minutes.
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Oh, no!
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She's early.
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David, help me with the cake.
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Matt, don't let her come into the kitchen.
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How?
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Talk to her.
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Two minutes.
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What do you want me to talk about?
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Anything.
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Hi, Jane.
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Hi, Matt.
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It let me.
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Thanks.
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Did you have a nice day?
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Er, yes.
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What did you do?
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I went shopping.
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What did you buy?
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I bought a t-shirt and some shoes and I bought some food.
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Matt, are you okay?
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What else did you do?
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I played tennis. Where?
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At the sports centre.
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I had a good day. Did you?
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I got up at about, er, oh, about 11 o'clock.
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Er, and then I had breakfast, I had cornflakes, and I had toast and coffee. And orange juice.
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And then I watched television. And then...
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Matt, please move.
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Now.
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Happy Birthday!
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It's not your birthday.
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Matthew!
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But you said it was the 13th of May.
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The 30th of May, Matt.
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Not the 13th.
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Then what do we do with all this food and drink?
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We can still have a party.
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Then what about the 30th?
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We can have a party then too.
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Sure.
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Great.
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Two parties.
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But only one present, yeah?
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Oh, David.
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What?
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Really.
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So that was the surprise party.
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A real surprise for everyone.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 99 frases y 422 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:15. El hablante habla despacio, unas 68 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 84 % 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
tennis sustantivo/ˈtɛnɪs/tenis
candle sustantivo/ˈkæn.dəl/vela, candela
meal sustantivo/ˈmiːl/comida, pitanza
juice sustantivo/d͡ʒuːs/zumo, jugo
lion sustantivo/ˈlaɪən/león
shoe sustantivo/ˈʃu/zapato, taba
toast sustantivo/toʊst/pan tostado, tostada
cornflakes sustantivo/ˈkɔɹnfleɪks/copos de maíz, hojuelas maiceras
excite verbo/ɪkˈsaɪt/emocionar
horoscope sustantivo/ˈhɔ.ɹəˌskoʊp/horóscopo
cake sustantivo/keɪk/bizcocho, cake
kitchen sustantivo/ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)n/cocina
shirt sustantivo/ʃɜɹt/camisa, chema
orange sustantivo/ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒ/naranjo, naranja
breakfast sustantivo/ˈbɹeɪkˌfæst/desayuno, parva

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

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

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shoe /ˈʃu/, shirt /ʃɜɹt/

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 tennis, candle, meal.

¿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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