Shadowing Practice: Nobody Believed Me! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Have you ever felt completely invisible to the world?
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Hi, I am Anna.
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I am a very quiet and shy girl.
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I do not have many friends.
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Today, I am looking at Lily.
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She was my best friend.
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But now, she only plays with Sophia.
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My life at home is also very difficult.
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When I was a little child, my real mom and my dad divorced.
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My real mom moved to another city.
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I miss her every day.
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Now, my dad has a new wife.
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She is my stepmother.
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She is not a bad person.
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But she does not love me.
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Of course, everything's fine.
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Last year, my stepmother had a baby boy.
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Look at our beautiful baby.
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My dad and my stepmother only care about the baby.
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They forgot my birthday last week.
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I always eat dinner alone in my bedroom.
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I am so lonely.
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Yesterday, a terrible thing happened at home.
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I went to the kitchen to get some water.
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Suddenly, I saw a broken milk bottle on the floor.
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The cat did it.
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But my stepmother ran into the kitchen.
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She looked at the broken glass.
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Then she looked at me with angry eyes.
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Anna, did you break the baby's bottle?
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You are so careless.
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You always make trouble in this house.
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No, it was the cat.
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I didn't do it.
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I looked at my dad.
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I wanted him to believe me.
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but he just sighed and shook his head.
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Anna, go to your room now.
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Say sorry to your mother tomorrow.
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My heart broke into a thousand pieces.
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My own father believed a stranger, not his daughter.
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I ran to my room and cried until morning.
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The next morning, school was the only place I wanted to go Because I had Lily.
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Lily was always kind and friendly to me.
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Anna, what is wrong with you?
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I am totally fine.
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But everything changed when Sophia came back to our school.
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Sophia is rich, beautiful, and very confident.
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Lily and Sophia started talking every day.
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They go to the park together.
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They study together.
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I tried to talk to Lily yesterday.
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What is it?
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But Sophia looked at me very coldly.
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She does not like me at all.
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Lily, let's go to the luxury cafe.
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The weather here is too boring.
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Okay, Sophia.
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Goodbye, Anna.
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See you later.
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See you later.
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Lily waved at me.
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But she walked away with Sophia.
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My hands were shaking.
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I wanted to cry right there.
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But Sophia did not stop there.
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She wanted to destroy my life completely.
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During gym class, I left my backpack near the locker.
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Sophia saw it.
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She opened her pocket and dropped her expensive diamond necklace into my bag.
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Ten minutes later, Sophia started crying and shouting in front of everyone.
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Teacher, my diamond necklace is missing.
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I saw Anna standing near my locker earlier.
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What?
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I didn't touch your locker.
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That is a lie.
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The teacher walked to my bag and opened it.
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She pulled out the shiny necklace.
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Everyone gasped.
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I looked at Lily.
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her eyes were full of shock
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and sadness I wanted Lily to say Anna is not a thief but Lily stayed quiet
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she didn't say a single word the teacher gave me a warning but my soul was already dead
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I ran to the restroom locked the door
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and cried quietly suddenly I heard voices outside It was Sophia and her friend Nora.
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They were laughing.
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Did you see Anna's face?
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It was so funny.
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Now Lily knows that Anna is a poor thief.
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Yeah!
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She is like a sad ghost.
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Lily will never talk to her again.
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You are so smart, Sophia.
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Their words were like knives in my heart.
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Sophia did everything to make Lily hate me.
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And it worked.
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i lost my family and now i lost my only friend after school it was raining heavily
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i saw lily standing near the gate she looked at me and ran to me with her yellow umbrella
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anna you are completely wet where is your umbrella please listen to me about today I looked at Lily's kind eyes.
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But then, I saw Sophia standing far away, looking at me with a triumphant smile.
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For the first time in my life, I felt a giant anger inside me.
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I pushed Lily's umbrella away.
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Stop it, Lily!
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Go back to Sophia!
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I do not need your fake pity!
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I do not need anyone anymore!
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Lily was very shocked.
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She froze under the rain.
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I turned around and ran away as fast as I could.
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I am running in the heavy rain right now.
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My clothes are wet, but my heart is completely on fire.
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The shy, quiet Anna died that day.
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From then on, I did not need Lily, Sophia, or anyone else to make me happy.
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Can a lonely girl stand up and find her own happiness?
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Hey, do you know why I really hate Anna?
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Leave your thoughts in the comments below.
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See you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Nobody Believed Me!”. Las palabras que más se repiten: lily, Sophia, anna, looked, ran. Este vídeo tiene 120 frases y 867 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:23. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 117 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| stepmother sustantivo | /ˈstɛpmʌðə/ | madrastra |
| necklace sustantivo | /ˈnɛkləs/ | collar |
| umbrella sustantivo | /ʌmˈbɹɛl.ə/ | paraguas, ambrela |
| locker sustantivo | /ˈlɑ.kɚ/ | armario, casillero |
| thief sustantivo | /ˈθiːf/ | ladrón, caco |
| lonely adjetivo | /ˈloʊnli/ | solitario, solo |
| shake verbo | /ˈʃeɪk/ | agitar, sacudir |
| coldly adverbio | /ˈkoʊldli/ | fríamente |
| restroom sustantivo | /ˈɹɛstˌɹum/ | servicio, baño |
| careless adjetivo | /kɛɹ.ləs/ | descuidado, irresponsable |
| backpack sustantivo | /ˈbæk.pæk/ | mochila, alforja |
| sadness sustantivo | /ˈsædnəs/ | tristeza, engurrio |
| bore verbo | /boɹ/ | aburrir |
| sigh verbo | /saɪ/ | suspirar |
| pity sustantivo | /ˈpɪt.i/ | piedad, lástima |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| pull out verbo | retirarse |
| run away verbo | huir |
| stand up verbo | levantarse, ponerse de pie |
| turn around verbo | darle una vuelta, dar(se) una vuelta |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Have you ever felt completely invisible to the world?
- Anna, did you break the baby's bottle?
- Anna, what is wrong with you?
- Lily, let's go to the luxury cafe.
- I didn't touch your locker.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasado | were shaking · were laughing · was raining |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | started talking · started crying |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | am looking · is missing · am running |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: stepmother /ˈstɛpmʌðə/, thief /ˈθiːf/, cloth /klɒθ/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, shout /ʃaʊt/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, freeze /ˈfɹiːz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como stepmother, necklace, umbrella.
¿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.