Shadowing Practice: 美音连读教程 | 雅思口语Part2：Describe a friend's success - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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Today I've got another IELTS topic for you.
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This is about describe a friend's success.
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Let's begin.
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I'm gonna tell you about a friend of mine.
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About a.. the T becomes very light.
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Friend of mine.
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When we speak quickly, friend of mine.
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Friend of mine.
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Named John.
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The D and the J connect together.
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Named John.
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I've known John for a really long time.
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Andes.
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The H disappears.
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Andes always been the type of person.
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Of becomes a.
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The type of person to apply himself.
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The Y makes the H disappear.
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Apply himself and work hard.
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The D disappears and work hard.
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The K and the H connect together.
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So it's not work hard, it's work hard.
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He was an was an was an becomes was an accounting major.
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He was an accounting major in college.
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In the U.S., there are four main accounting firms.
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There are.
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There are becomes there are.
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Very connected together with the R and the A.
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There are four main accounting firms and it's the D connects with the I here
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and it's considered a big deal if you get an internship.
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And then and then be sure to say those two vowels differently an-nin, an internship at one of these.
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At, the T disappears.
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At one of these firms, one of these, the of becomes a.
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While you're in college.
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Now, John got internships.
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The T becomes very light.
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Got in, got four of these, of becomes a, four of these firms,
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which totally blew everyone away.
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The W connects with the E.
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Blew everyone.
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Blew everyone away.
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I've always been very proud of John's success.
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Of becomes a.
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And John's connects with success.
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John's success.
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Because he's, the H disappears.
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Because he's inspired me, the D and the M connect together.
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The D is very light.
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inspired me to, inspired me to,
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very light to becomes, inspired me to work really hard for the things that I want.
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The T disappears and is,
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the H disappears and is shown that if the T is very light.
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That if you manage your.
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Manage connects with your and it just becomes manager.
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Manage your time well and you think about the T disappears.
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About good professional connections, you can get anywhere.
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Get anywhere.
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The T is very light.
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I'm going to tell you about a friend of mine named John.
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I've known John for a really long time, and he's always been the type of person to apply himself and work hard.
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He was an accounting major in college.
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In the US, there are four main accounting firms, and it's considered a big deal if you get an internship at one of these firms while you're in college.
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Now, John got internships at all four of these firms, which totally blew everyone away.
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I've always been very proud of John's success because he's inspired me to work really hard for the things that I want,
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and he's shown that if you manage your time well and you think about good professional connections, you can get anywhere.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Las palabras que más se repiten: becomes, disappear, firms, connect, accounting. Este vídeo tiene 67 frases y 519 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:18. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 121 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 82 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| connect verbo | /kəˈnɛkt/ | conectar, empalmar |
| disappear verbo | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | desaparecer, desparecer |
| inspire verbo | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | inspirar, infundir |
| internship sustantivo | /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/ | pasantía, práctica |
| topic sustantivo | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | tema, tópico |
| differently adverbio | /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/ | diferentemente |
| vowel sustantivo | /ˈvaʊ.əl/ | vocal |
| blow verbo | /bloʊ/ | soplar, bufar |
| manage verbo | /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ/ | manejar, gerenciar |
| describe verbo | /dɪˈskɹaɪb/ | describir |
| firm adjetivo | /fɜɹm/ | firme |
| apply verbo | /əˈplaɪ/ | aplicar |
| anywhere adverbio | /ˈɛn.i.(h)wɛɹ/ | en cualquier parte, dondequiera |
| totally adverbio | /ˈtəʊ.tə.li/ | totalmente, de todo punto |
| proud adjetivo | /ˈpɹaʊ̯d/ | orgulloso |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 10 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I've, I'm, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: internship /ˈɪntɜːnʃɪp/, connection /kəˈnɛkʃ(ə)n/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: manage /ˈmæn.ɪd͡ʒ/, manager /ˈmæn.ə.dʒəɹ/
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 connect, disappear, inspire.
¿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.