Shadowing Practice: Personal Best A2 Learning Curve Unit 6 pt. 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Now, let's talk to our viewers about where they live.
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This is Josh on video chat.
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He's calling from California.
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Hi Josh, tell us about your home.
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Well, I live in a big parking garage. That sounds uncomfortable.
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Oh no, it's very comfortable.
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I don't mean a garage at a house.
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I mean a big space, only for cars.
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These old garages could have up to 500 cars in them.
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But a lot of people don't use them for cars anymore.
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Now there are about 300 small apartments.
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And they're very cheap.
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Wow.
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How big is it?
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Is there a kitchen?
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Yes.
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My home isn't big.
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It has everything.
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There's a dining table, chairs, and a small bathroom next to the living room.
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And my bed's opposite the kitchen. Are there any windows?
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That's a little problem.
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There's only one small window.
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But I'm usually at work during the day.
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At night, it's great.
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Nice and quiet.
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Well, I cook dinner for friends every Thursday, so time to go.
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Wow, that's amazing.
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Simon?
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Penny, I'm talking to Charlotte from the UK.
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Charlotte, do you live in an unusual place?
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Simon, I'm calling because I love my flat.
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I'm the first person to live here.
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I have a new cooker and a modern washing machine.
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Ah, so you love new things?
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No, I love old things.
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I don't understand.
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Well, I like new things that work, but I love old furniture.
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My wardrobe is 200 years old.
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Wow, sounds expensive.
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Not really.
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I always shop for old things and I look for things that aren't expensive.
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My new, I mean old sofa is here.
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Gotta go.
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Thank you, Charlotte.
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Simon, let's go from a new flat to an old house.
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I'm talking with Danielle.
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She lives in France and her house is 300 years old.
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Hi Penny, welcome to our family home.
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And it's 300 years old.
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Yes, I'm from Canada, but now I live here.
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My great, great, great grandfather built this house in 1720.
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It's dirty, so we're cleaning it at the moment.
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Is it a lot of work?
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Oh yes.
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My husband's painting the living room, I'm cleaning the shelves and that old mirror.
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Why do you like the house?
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Well, it's in a beautiful place.
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There are a lot of trees.
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We have a little garden at the back of the house.
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There's so much room.
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There are four bedrooms, and there's a bathroom next to each bedroom.
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It sounds lovely.
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It is.
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Well, I have a lot of work to do before the weekend.
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My grandmother's birthday party is on Saturday.
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Everyone's coming.
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Oh, wow.
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I hope you finish soon.
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Bye.
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Penny, we have time to speak to one more person.
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This is Manu.
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He's in Hawaii.
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Manu, tell us about your home.
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Well, I have a small house next to the beach.
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See?
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Wow.
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That's very close to the water.
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Yes.
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I rent this for a few weeks, then I move.
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So, do you move around a lot?
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Well, I live on different beaches all summer, because there's always surfing.
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It's a great place on the opposite side of the island.
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So, this is how you live all year?
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No, just three months out of the year.
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And the other nine months?
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Uh, I live in New York.
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What do you do there?
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I'm a teacher.
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Gotta go.
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Surf's out.
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Well, there are certainly many different ways to live and different types of homes.
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Where do you live?
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Do you think a tree house sounds interesting?
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Or a round house?
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Personal Best A2 Learning Curve Unit 6 pt. 2”. Las palabras que más se repiten: sounds, Penny, Charlotte, garage, simon. Este vídeo tiene 95 frases y 596 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:28. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 133 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 16 de sus 95 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
garage sustantivo/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/garaje, cochera
bedroom sustantivo/ˈbɛdˌɹum/alcoba, dormitorio
mirror sustantivo/ˈmiɹɚ/espejo
wash verbo/wɑʃ/lavar
unusual adjetivo/ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/inusual, inusitado
furniture sustantivo/ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/mobiliario, mueble
grandfather sustantivo/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/abuelo
uncomfortable adjetivo/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/incómodo
shelf sustantivo/ʃɛlf/estante, balda
surf verbo/sɝf/surfear
sofa sustantivo/ˈsoʊ̯fə/sofá, sillón
wardrobe sustantivo/ˈwɔɹdɹoʊb/guardarropía
viewer sustantivo/ˈvju.ɚ/vidente
cooker sustantivo/ˈkʊkɚ/cocina, estufa
dine verbo/daɪn/cenar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
move around verbomovilizarse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Charlotte, do you live in an unusual place?
  • Ah, so you love new things?
  • Why do you like the house?
  • What do you do there?
  • Do you think a tree house sounds interesting?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 17 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, gotta. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, wash /wɑʃ/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, shelf /ʃɛlf/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/

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 garage, bedroom, mirror.

¿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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