Shadowing Practice: Post Malone - Better Now (Lyrics) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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You probably think that you are better now, better now You only say that cause I'm not around, not around You know I never meant to let you down,
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let you down Would've gave you anything, would've gave you everything You know I say that I am better now, better now I only say that cause you're not around,
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not around You know I never met you, let you down, let you down Would've gave you everything,
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would've gave you everything I did not believe that it would end,
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no Everything came second to the Benzo You're not even speaking to my friends, no You know why my uncles and my aunts, no
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Twenty candles, blow them out and open your eyes We were looking forward to the rest of our lives
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Used to keep my picture posted by your bedside
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Now it's in your dresser with the socks you don't like And I'm rolling, rolling, rolling, rolling With my brothers like it's Jonas, Jonas
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Drinking Henny and I'm trying to forget
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But I can't get this shit out of my head You probably think that you are better now, better now You only say that cause I'm not around,
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not around You know I never meant to let you down, let you down Would've gave you anything, would've gave you everything You know I said that I am better now,
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better now I only say that cause you're not around, not around You know I never meant to let you down, let you down Would've gave you anything,
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would've gave you everything I seen you with your other dude
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He seemed like he was pretty cool I was so broken over you Life it goes on, what can you do?
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I just wonder what it's gonna take Another foreign or a bigger change
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Because no matter how my life has changed I keep on looking back on better days You probably think
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that you are better now, better now You only say that cause I'm not around, not around You know I never meant to let you down,
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let you down Would've gave you anything, would've gave you everything You know I say that I am better now, better now I only say that cause you're not around,
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not around You know I never meant to let you down, let you down Would've gave you anything,
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would've gave you everything I promise,
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I swear to you I'll be okay the first time I'm full-time,
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and I'm still at your left right now, and I'm doing all those things, but I'm trying to look ahead and see things at the future, that I told you, so I want to play a game with my voice
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and so to let anyone in the world you know I never mentioned let you down, let you down you probably think that you are better now,
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better now you only say that cuz I'm not around, not around Would've gave you anything,
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would've gave you everything Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 25 frases y 509 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:07. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 164 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 89 % 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

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
uncle sustantivo/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/tío
aunt sustantivo/ɑːnt/tía
candle sustantivo/ˈkæn.dəl/vela, candela
sock sustantivo/sɑk/calcetín, media
dresser sustantivo/ˈdɹɛsə/cómoda, paje
blow verbo/bloʊ/soplar, bufar
swear verbo/ˈswɛɚ/jurar
roll verbo/ɹəʊl/hacer rodar, rodear
wonder sustantivo/ˈwʌndɚ/asombro, pasmo
drink verbo/ˈdɹɪŋk/beber, tomar
dude sustantivo/duːd/tipo, amigo
mention verbo/ˈmɛnʃən/mencionar, mentar
promise sustantivo/ˈpɹɑmɪs/promesa, promisión

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
look forward to verbono ver la hora de, quedar a la espera de

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 32 contracciones y formas reducidas, como would've, I'm, you're. 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. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como uncle, aunt, candle.

¿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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