Shadowing Practice: Planets in Our Solar System - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey there!
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Today we are blasting off into outer space to take a look at the planets in our solar system.
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There's eight planets in all.
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From the closest to the Sun, there's Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars,
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
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The four planets closest to the Sun are the inner rocky planets.
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Mercury is the closest planet from the Sun and it's also the smallest.
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It has a diameter of 4879 kilometers which is only slightly larger
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Mercury is about 58 million kilometers from the Sun, and one year on Mercury is just 88 Earth days.
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Venus, the second planet from the Sun, is also the hottest planet in our solar system.
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It has a diameter of 12 ,104 kilometers.
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It is about 108 million kilometers from the Sun.
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A year on Venus is equal to 225 days on Earth.
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I'm guessing you've seen this planet before.
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Yep, it's Earth.
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Our amazing planet is the only known planet to contain life.
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Earth is just slightly bigger than Venus, with a diameter of 12 ,742 kilometres.
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It's just shy of 150 million kilometres from the Sun.
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And the length of a year is… Nice one.
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365 days.
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and it's sometimes called the Red Planet due to the red soil and rocks on its surface.
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Mars has a diameter of 6 ,779 kilometres and is 228 million kilometres away from the Sun.
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A year on Mars is almost two Earth years.
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The four planets furthest from the Sun are the outer planets.
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giants and they are made up mostly of gases and well giants.
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Jupiter is by far the biggest planet.
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Its diameter is a whopping 142 ,000 kilometers and being 778 million kilometers from the Sun,
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Saturn, most famous for its impressive ring system, has a diameter of 116 ,000 kilometres,
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and is almost 1 .5 billion kilometres from the Sun.
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Uranus is the coldest planet in the solar system.
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It's an ice giant.
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It's got a diameter of 50 ,000 km and is almost 3 billion km from the Sun.
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How long do you think it takes Uranus to complete a revolution of the Sun?
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If you said a long time, you're right.
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because 84 years is a long time.
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We've now ventured 4 .5 billion kilometres from the Sun, to the furthest planet, Neptune.
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Another gas giant, Neptune, is about the same size as Uranus, with a diameter of 49 ,000 kilometres.
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To complete a revolution of the distant Sun takes Neptune 164 Earth years you Well,
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that was quite an adventure.
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Time to head.
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Harm.
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you you Amen.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Planets in Our Solar System”. Las palabras que más se repiten: planet, Sun, kilometres, diameter, Earth. Este vídeo tiene 45 frases y 423 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:33. El hablante habla despacio, unas 76 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 77 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
10 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| diameter sustantivo | /daɪˈæmɪdɚ/ | diámetro |
| impressive adjetivo | /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ | impresionante |
| adventure sustantivo | /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ | aventura |
| soil sustantivo | /sɔɪl/ | suelo, tierra |
| blast sustantivo | /blæst/ | chorro explosivo |
| venture verbo | /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/ | aventurar |
| rocky adjetivo | /ˈɹɑki/ | rocoso, pedroso |
| subscribe verbo | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | suscribirse, subscribirse |
| kilometre sustantivo | /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/ | kilómetro, quilómetro |
| whopping adjetivo | /ˈ(h)wɑpɪŋ/ | enorme, gigante |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| make up verbo | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | reponer, suplir |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've seen · We've now ventured |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the closest · the hottest · the biggest |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | are blasting · I'm guessing |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, we've, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: diameter /daɪˈæmɪdɚ/, kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: impressive /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/, adventure /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/, venture /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: harm /hɑːm/, whopping /ˈ(h)wɑpɪŋ/
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 diameter, impressive, adventure.
¿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.