Shadowing Practice: READING EXPLORER 1 UNIT 9B SMOKEJUMPERS - Learn English Speaking with Video

Este vídeo tiene 22 frases y 281 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 1:57. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 144 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

• jumper /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/ (sustantivo) — chaleco, chomba. A woollen sweater or pullover.
• arrive /əˈɹaɪv/ (verbo) — llegar, arribar. To reach; to get to a certain place.
• grass /ɡɹɑːs/ (sustantivo) — pasto, hierba. Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as…
• furniture /ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/ (sustantivo) — mobiliario, mueble. Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively.
• occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/ (sustantivo) — ocupación. An activity or task with which one occupies oneself; usually specifically the productive activity, service, trade, or craft for which one is regularly paid; a…
• examine /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/ (verbo) — examinar, analizar. To observe carefully or critically to learn about someone or something.
• helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/ (sustantivo) — helicóptero, autogiro. An aircraft that is borne along by one or more sets of long rotating blades which allow it to hover, move in any direction including reverse, or land; and…
• employ /ɪmˈplɔɪ/ (verbo) — emplear. To retain (someone) as an employee.
• wilderness /ˈwɪldɚnəs/ (sustantivo) — descampado, jungla. Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or…
• axe /æks/ (sustantivo) — hacha, facha. A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
• firefighter /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌfaɪ.tɚ/ (sustantivo) — bombero, bombera. A person who has been trained to put out fires.
• hectare /ˈhɛk.tɛɹ/ (sustantivo) — hectárea. A unit of surface area (symbol ㏊) equal to 100 ares (that is, 10,000 square metres, one hundredth of a square kilometre, or approximately 2.5 acres), used for…
• kilogram /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/ (sustantivo) — kilogramo, quilogramo. In the International System of Units, the base unit of mass; conceived of as the mass of one litre of water, but now defined by taking the fixed numerical…
• shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/ (sustantivo) — pala. A hand tool with a handle, used for moving portions of material such as earth, snow, and grain from one place to another, with some forms also used for…
• wildfire /ˈwaɪldˌfaɪər/ (sustantivo) — incendio forestal, fuego incontrolado. A rapidly spreading fire, especially one occurring in a wildland area.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

• put out (verbo) — sacar. To blind (eyes).

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

• Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/
• Palabras largas — cuida el acento: occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/, helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, firefighter /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌfaɪ.tɚ/

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 jumper, arrive, grass.

Gramática en este vídeo

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