Shadowing Practice: PET 1 Listening Part 3 Test 3 (Transcript + Key) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Now turn to part 3.
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Questions 14 to 19.
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You will hear a boy called Casper.
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who was part of a circus family, talking about his life.
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For each question, Fill in the missing information in the numbered space.
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You now have 20 seconds to look at part 3.
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Now we are ready to start.
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Listen carefully.
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you will hear the recording twice.
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My name is Casper, and I'm the youngest child in a circus family.
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My parents and brother and sister are all performers,
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My mother wears wonderful costumes and dances across a rope about fifteen metres above the ground.
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Sometimes she plays a violin at the same time.
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Incredible!
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My brother is 10 years older than me and my sister's 16.
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They're part of an act where up to 20 people balance on a motorbike and ride round the ring.
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The performers stand on each other's shoulders with my sister at the top.
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My dad's the ringmaster, or the boss of the circus.
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He's good at his job because he's tall and has a loud voice.
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He introduces the performers and makes sure the act start and finish on time.
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"'I'm not allowed to perform until I'm fifteen.'
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But I march beside my dad ahead of the band at the beginning of the show
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and lead everyone out at the end.
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I have some great costumes, and I love being in the ring.
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"'I can't wait to start training to be a performer.' We don't have horses or dogs.
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In fact, the only animal in the circus is a rabbit.
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He doesn't do much, but is always the star of the show.
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The children love him.
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The performers have a lot of other jobs to do.
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We have to clean out the circus tent between each show, make the costumes and repair the equipment.
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I check the audience tickets and sell ice cream at half time.
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We only work for eight months during good weather, and we travel around from place to place.
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It's a great life.
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Now listen again.
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My name is Casper, and I'm the youngest child in a circus family.
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My parents and brother and sister are all performers,
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my mother wears wonderful costumes and dances across a rope about 15 meters above the ground
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Sometimes she plays a violin at the same time.
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Incredible.
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My brother is ten years older than me and my sister's sixteen.
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They're part of an act where up to twenty people balance on a motorbike and ride round the ring.
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The performers stand on each other's shoulders with my sister at the top.
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My dad's the ringmaster or the boss of the circus.
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He's good at his job because he's tall and has a loud voice.
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He introduces the performers and makes sure the acts start and finish on time.
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I'm not allowed to perform until I'm fifteen.
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But I march beside my dad, ahead of the band, at the beginning of the show, and lead everyone out at the end.
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I have some great costumes, and I love being in the ring.
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"'I can't wait to start training to be a performer.' We don't have horses or dogs.
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In fact, the only animal in the circus is a rabbit.
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He doesn't do much, but is always the star of the show.
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The children love him.
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The performers have a lot of other jobs to do.
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We have to clean out the circus tent between each show, make the costumes, and repair the equipment.
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I check the audience tickets and sell ice cream at half time.
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We only work for eight months during good weather and we travel around from place to place.
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It's a great life.
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That is the end of part 3.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 58 frases y 615 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:26. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 113 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.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
performer sustantivo/pɚˈfɔɹmɚ/artista, ejecutor
circus sustantivo/ˈsɜːkəs/circo
costume sustantivo/ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/traje
repair verbo/ˈɹiːpɛɚ/reparar
introduce verbo/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/presentar
rope sustantivo/ɹoʊp/soga, maroma
rabbit sustantivo/ˈɹæbɪt/conejo, conejil
tent sustantivo/tɛnt/tienda, toldo
youngest adjetivo/ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/más joven, jovencisímo
violin sustantivo/ˌvaɪ.əˈlɪn/violín
carefully adverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/cuidadosamente
meter sustantivo/ˈmitəɹ/medidor, contador
metre sustantivo/ˈmiːtəɹ/metro
ringmaster sustantivomaestro de ceremonias

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
clean out verbodesvalijar

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosasolder than
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe youngest
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingstart training
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill hear

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, can't, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 performer, circus, costume.

¿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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