Shadowing Practice: PET 1 Listening Part 4 Test 3 (Transcript + Key) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Now turn to part 4.
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Questions 20 to 25.
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Look at the six sentences for this part.
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You will hear a girl called Lisa.
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and a boy called Sam talking about a book they've both read.
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Decide if each sentence is correct or incorrect.
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If it is correct, choose the letter 'a' For yes.
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If it is not correct, Choose the letter B for 'no'.
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You now have 20 seconds to look at the questions for part 4.
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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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So, Sam, have you finished that book we had to read for school, Lime County?
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Oh, hi Lisa.
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Yeah, just last weekend.
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It took me a long time to get into it.
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The first chapter was difficult.
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But in the end, I couldn't put it down.
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I liked it from the first page.
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I've never finished a book so quickly and normally I don't like reading fiction.
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The main character in the story, Paul, was interesting.
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He hurt his leg badly and couldn't play football with the other kids.
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But the author didn't make you feel pity for him.
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Yes.
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That was because he was such a strong character.
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He couldn't do anything active, but he used his time to think about game plans for his They depended on him in the end.
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He was almost like a coach.
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I thought the book was well written and it had a good plot.
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There was a bit of mystery about Paul's brother.
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Did he cause Poole's injury?
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Was he jealous of Poole?
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You don't find out until the very end.
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I didn't care so much about that.
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It was the football matches I liked, seen through Paul's eyes.
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I could imagine exactly what was happening.
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The author was clever because when Paul was unhappy, the whole story, the weather,
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the background, sort of got darker so the reader could feel what Paul was feeling.
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There was quite a lot of detail about the techniques of football.
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I think the author got that just right.
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Any more would make it too long and boring for people who weren't mad about football.
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That side of the book was about right.
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For me, the best part was that Paul realised what's important in life and how to deal with tough situations.
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He really grew as a person.
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Now listen again.
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So Sam, have you finished that book we had to read for school, Lime County?
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Oh, hi Lisa.
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Yeah, just last weekend.
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It took me a long time to get into it.
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The first chapter was difficult, But in the end, I couldn't put it down.
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I liked it from the first page.
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I've never finished a book so quickly and normally I don't like reading fiction.
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The main character in the story, Paul, was interesting.
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He hurt his leg badly and couldn't play football with the other kids.
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But the author didn't make you feel pity for him.
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Yes.
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That was because he was such a strong character.
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He couldn't do anything active, but he used his time to think about game plans for his team.
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They depended on him in the end.
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Hmm.
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He was almost like a coach.
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I thought the book was well written and it had a good plot.
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There was a bit of mystery about Paul's brother.
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Did he cause Poole's injury?
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Was he jealous of Poole?
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You don't find out until the very end.
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"I didn't care so much about that." It was the football matches I liked, seen through Paul's eyes.
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I could imagine exactly what was happening.
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The author was clever because when Paul was unhappy, the whole story, the weather,
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the background, sort of got darker so the reader could feel what Paul was feeling.
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There was quite a lot of detail about the techniques of football.
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I think the author got that just right.
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Any more would make it too long and boring for people who weren't mad about football.
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That side of the book was about right.
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For me, the best part was that Paul realised what's important in life and how to deal with tough situations.
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He really grew as a person.
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That is the end of part four.
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You now have six minutes to check and copy your answers onto the answer sheet.
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That is the end of the test.
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Thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 79 frases y 729 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:53. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 124 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
technique sustantivo/tɛkˈniːk/técnica
mystery sustantivo/ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/misterio, arcano
badly adverbio/ˈbæd.li/malamente, mal
fiction sustantivo/ˈfɪkʃən/ficción
reader sustantivo/ˈɹi.dɚ/lector, lectora
jealous adjetivo/ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/celoso, encelado
clever adjetivo/ˈklɛv.ɚ/hábil, listo
depend verbo/dɪˈpɛnd/depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de)
unhappy adjetivo/ʌnˈhæpi/infeliz
pity sustantivo/ˈpɪt.i/piedad, lástima
bore verbo/boɹ/aburrir
litter sustantivo/ˈlɪt.ɚ/cama, lecho
carefully adverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/cuidadosamente
sheet sustantivo/ʃit/hoja, folio
incorrect adjetivo/ˌɪn.kəˈɹɛkt/incorrecto

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
find out verboaveriguar, anoticiarse
see through verbover a través

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 19 contracciones y formas reducidas, como couldn't, didn't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: fiction /ˈfɪkʃən/, sheet /ʃit/

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 technique, mystery, badly.

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 ahoraI've never finished
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosapeople who weren
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas happening
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe best

¿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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