Shadowing Practice: PREPARE 2 - UNIT 6-What a great job! (Page 40-43) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Track 45.
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F. Dentist G.
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Sports coach H.
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Artist I.
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Engineer J.
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Farmer K.
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Shop assistant L.
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Mechanic.
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M. Manager.
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N. Nurse.
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O. Pilot.
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P. Model.
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Track 46.
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Afternoon.
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assistant difficult engineer expensive interesting
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manager mechanic understand Track 47
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50 weeks, 50 states, 50 different jobs When Daniel Siddiqui was 26,
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he travelled around the USA for a year.
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He visited all 50 states and worked for a week in each one.
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He didn't use buses or planes.
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He traveled by car from job to job.
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He earned money for every job he did, but hotels were too expensive for him.
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He usually stayed in his boss's home or with one of the other workers.
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People were very good to me, says Daniel.
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They looked after me really well.
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But why did Daniel do this, and did he enjoy it?
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Yes, I did.
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I wanted to travel and learn about my country, he says, and I wanted to try lots of different jobs.
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Things weren't always easy for Daniel.
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In week seven, he worked as a farmer in Nebraska.
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The days were long and I got really dirty, he says.
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In week 38, he was a cook in a fish restaurant in Maryland.
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That was really hard.
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Often I didn't even have time to get a drink of water.
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Other jobs were fun.
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He worked in a theme park in Florida and as a model in North Carolina.
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He was a football coach in Alabama.
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In Alaska, he was a photographer.
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That was great.
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Alaska is a very beautiful place, says Daniel.
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Track 48 Students at Work Nina and Julia are fourteen years old and go to school in London.
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But they weren't at school last week.
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They were doing work experience.
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This is when young people spend a few days doing a job.
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They don't earn money, but they work hard and learn about the world of work.
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Anna's job was in a cafe, and Julia worked for a TV company.
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We asked them to tell us all about it.
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I was really happy about working in a cafe because I'd like to be a cook one day.
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But I didn't do any cooking at all.
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Instead, I served food and drinks to the customers, cleaned the tables and washed the floor.
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The cafe opened at 7am and closed at 6pm,
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but my working hours were 6am to 2pm.
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The staff were friendly, but we didn't have much time for talking.
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We were all really busy.
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I worked in the office of a TV company.
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At first I was upset about that.
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My plan was to work in a TV studio, not in an office.
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But the staff were all very nice to me, and I learned a lot about the business.
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I started at 10am and finished at 6pm.
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In the morning I opened all the letters.
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Then I helped my boss with different jobs.
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Sometimes I answered the phone.
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Other times he asked me to use the computer to look for information he needed.
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I was often so busy that I only had ten minutes for lunch.
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Track 49 Hi Joe!
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How was your job last week?
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It was great.
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I loved it.
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Where did you work?
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I worked in the museum.
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Oh no!
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That sounds boring.
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It wasn't boring.
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It was fun.
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Really?
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What did you do all day?
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I worked in the museum shop.
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I talked to the customers.
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I helped them find things to buy and I answered their questions.
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What time did you start?
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I started at eight o'clock in the morning.
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The shop didn't open until nine, but we needed to get things ready.
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How did you travel to work every day?
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Did you go by bus?
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No, I didn't.
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I walked.
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The museum is quite close to my house.
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Oh, I didn't know that.
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And how did you get the job?
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Did the school find it for you?
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No. I called the museum and asked for a job.
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At first they said no, but I tried again and they said yes.
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Wow!
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Well done, Joe.
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That's brilliant.
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Track 50.
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That's brilliant.
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Congratulations.
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Wow!
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Oh no, that sounds boring.
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Really?

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “PREPARE 2 - UNIT 6-What a great job!”. Las palabras que más se repiten: worked, Track, Daniel, museum, cafe. Este vídeo tiene 101 frases y 686 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:32. El hablante habla despacio, unas 91 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
bore verbo/boɹ/aburrir
earn verbo/ɝn/ganar, granjear
farmer sustantivo/ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/granjero, granjera
mechanic sustantivo/mɪˈkænɪk/mecánico, mecánica
wash verbo/wɑʃ/lavar
worker sustantivo/ˈwɝ.kɚ/trabajador, obrero
congratulations/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/felicidades, enhorabuena
photographer sustantivo/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/fotógrafo, fotógrafa
café sustantivo/ˌkæˈfeɪ/café, cafetería
cook verbo/kʊk/cocinar, cocer
customer sustantivo/ˈkʌs.tə.mə/cliente, vecero
brilliant adjetivo/ˈbɹɪl.jənt/brillante
restaurant sustantivo/ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/restaurante, restorán
lunch sustantivo/lʌnt͡ʃ/almuerzo, comida
studio sustantivo/ˈstudi.oʊ/estudio, atelier

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • How was your job last week?
  • What did you do all day?
  • What time did you start?
  • How did you travel to work every day?
  • Did you go by bus?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, weren't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: wash /wɑʃ/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, photographer /fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fɚ/, engineer /ˌɛnd͡ʒɪˈnɪ(ə)ɹ/

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 bore, earn, farmer.

¿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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