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Part 1 You will hear two recent graduates talking about their jobs.
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You have 30 seconds to read questions 1 to 5.
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Hello, Annie.
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Haven't seen you for ages.
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Hi, James.
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You're right.
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I've been working really long hours.
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How's your job going?
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Pretty well. And yours?
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I'll have to admit, it's not what I expected, but at least I've got a job.
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Plenty of people who graduated with me are still looking.
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You're working in the City Archives, aren't you?
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Yes, near Central Library.
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It's a terrific location.
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Lucky you.
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The one thing I don't like about my job is all the travelling.
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I'd no idea how big the region was until I had to catch so many buses, trains and taxis.
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Why don't you drive?
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I haven't saved up enough for a car.
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Too bad.
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I'm sure you've told me before, but what exactly is your job?
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I'm a biodiversity advisor for the council.
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What does that involve?
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A lot of surveying.
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There are four divisions in our team.
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Ecological assessment, native species management, ecosystem restoration, and I've forgotten the last one.
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Anyway, I'm in ecological assessment.
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What kind of land do you survey?
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All kinds.
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And who do you advise?
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Anyone who manages or owns property public or private
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when a person wants to make changes we run through his
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or her legal obligations and suggest the best use of the land
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while protecting or restoring ecosystems ecology was your major at university wasn't it yes
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but the real world is rather more complex than the one
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we described in our assignments before you listen to the rest
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of the conversation you have We have 30 seconds to read questions 6 to 10.
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What are you working on at the moment?
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A development application.
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A farmer wants to reduce her reliance on sheep by planting olives.
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She'd also like to build some tourist accommodation, plus some walking tracks and a road.
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That's quite a lot of work.
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It is.
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Moreover, there's a deep volcanic crater on her property as well as a large wetland, home to a rare bird.
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So what should she do?
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The tourist accommodation will be relatively straightforward as long as it's on high ground.
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With the track into the crater, where there are unusual rock formations and steam, she'll need to consider health and safety regulations.
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But they shouldn't be too hard.
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It's the wetland that presents a challenge.
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I doubt she'll be able to drain it.
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At some expense, she might be able to build a road around it, but it's more likely she'll have to forego new access to the olive grove.
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I had no idea development applications were so detailed.
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Well, this process means a carefully controlled use of land, for which I believe future generations will be grateful.
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Future generations?
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Working at the archives, I'm completely immersed in the lives of past generations.
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I bet.
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Although the technology is up to date, we've got amazing scanners.
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Really?
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I spent all last week scanning tram tickets and timetables from 1902 to 1956.
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Why?
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The archives keep all kinds of documents.
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1902 was when the electric tram service began here, and 1956 was when buses took over completely.
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But didn't you major in psychology?
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Yes, I did.
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The archives are about as far away from that as you could imagine.
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Although, working with so many different staff and public means I do have to apply some psychology from time to time.
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That is the end of part 1.
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You now have one minute to check your answers to part 1.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 74 frases y 598 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:03. El hablante habla despacio, unas 74 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. 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
archive sustantivo/ˈɑɹˌkaɪv/archivo
assessment sustantivo/əˈsɛsmənt/evaluación, expertización
psychology sustantivo/saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/psicología
olive sustantivo/ˈɑ.lɪv/aceituna, oliva
accommodation sustantivo/əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/alojamiento, hospedaje
ecological adjetivo/ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/ecológico
ecosystem sustantivo/ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/ecosistema
crater sustantivo/ˈkɹeɪ.tɚ/cráter
carefully adverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/cuidadosamente
unusual adjetivo/ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/inusual, inusitado
regulation sustantivo/ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/reglamento
grateful adjetivo/ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/agradecido
involve verbo/ɪnˈvɑlv/involucrar
expense sustantivo/ɪkˈspɛns/gasto, dispendio
sheep sustantivo/ˈʃiːp/pusilánime, papanatas

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
run through verboresumir
save up verboahorrar
take over verboapoderarse, enseñorearse

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 ahoraHaven't seen · haven't saved · you've told
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosapeople who graduated · Anyone who manages

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 25 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, I've, she'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, regulation /ˌɹɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/, sheep /ˈʃiːp/, restoration /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, ecological /ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/, ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/

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 archive, assessment, psychology.

¿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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