Shadowing Practice: READING EXPLORER 2 Unit 4B THE CHANGING FACE OF KUNG FU - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Unit 4.
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B. The Changing Face of Kung Fu.
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A. In the 5th century, according to legend,
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an Indian master taught some monks at the Shaolin Temple a series of exercises or forms inspired by the movements of animals.
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These forms became the basis for the style of fighting known as Kung Fu.
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Over 16 centuries, the monks have used Kung Fu for self-defense and in war.
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With it, they have won many battles against their enemies.
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B, in Dengfeng today, 10km from the Shaolin Temple, there are over 60 martial arts schools with more than 50,000 students.
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They come to the schools for a variety of reasons.
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Some hope to become movie stars.
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Others come to learn skills that will ensure good jobs in the military or police force.
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A few are sent by their parents to learn self-control and hard work.
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Sea master Hu Zhengsheng teaches at a small school in Dengfang.
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Recently, he was offered an important role in a Kung Fu movie.
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It would have been good publicity for his school, but he did not accept.
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He doesn't agree with how Kung Fu is often shown in movies.
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He feels they show too much violence.
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D, unlike many large schools which teach acrobatics and kickboxing, Hu teaches his students traditional kung fu forms.
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He teaches them the way his master, a Shaolin legend, taught him.
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But attracting new students to this style of kung fu has become a problem.
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Hu is afraid his art will soon die out.
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He has to remind his students that kung fu was designed for fighting, not to entertain.
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E. There are no high kicks or acrobatics here, he says.
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It is hard to convince boys to spend many years learning something that won't make them wealthy or famous.
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F whose students have little.
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They sleep in unheated rooms and train outside no matter what the temperature.
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They hit trees with their bare hands and take turns sitting on each other's shoulders to build leg strength.
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Why such hardship?
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To master Kung Fu they must learn respect and how to eat bitterness, a Mandarin expression meaning to endure suffering.
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The life of a Shaolin master, Hu teaches, is not easy or attractive.
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Ji Master Hu is in a difficult position for old traditions to survive, the young must learn.
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Gradually, he has begun offering a few courses in kickboxing and the acrobatic Kung Fu forms, hoping to attract new students,
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then maybe he'll be able to convince them to learn Shaolin Kung Fu the traditional way.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 33 frases y 423 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:52. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 148 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 77 % 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 del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
legend sustantivo/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/leyenda
convince verbo/kənˈvɪns/convencer, llevar al huerto
attract verbo/əˈtɹækt/atraer
monk sustantivo/mʌŋk/monje
suffer verbo/ˈsʌfɚ/sufrir, penar
skill sustantivo/skɪl/destreza, habilidad
remind verbo/ɹəˈmaɪnd/(hacer) recordar/arrecordar, hacer acordar/arrecordar (se de)
gradually adverbio/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/gradualmente, paulatinamente
wealthy adjetivo/ˈwɛl.θi/adinerado, rico
martial adjetivo/ˈmɑɹʃəl/marcial
inspire verbo/ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/inspirar, infundir
publicity sustantivo/pʌbˈlɪsɪti/publicidad, toda la publicidad
entertain verbo/ˌɛntəˈteɪn/divertir, entretener
endure verbo/ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/aguantar, perdurar
hardship sustantivo/ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/sufrimiento, apuro

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
die out verboextinguirse

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceare sent · was offered · is often shown
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahave won · has become · has begun
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill ensure · will soon die · won't make
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohas to remind · must learn

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 3 contracciones y formas reducidas, como doesn't, he'll, won't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: martial /ˈmɑɹʃəl/, hardship /ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: publicity /pʌbˈlɪsɪti/, acrobatic /ˌækɹəˈbætɪk/

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 legend, convince, attract.

¿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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