Shadowing Practice: Repeat-After-Me + SHADOWING English Speaking Practice - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Okay. So this is how we are going to do today's English speaking practice. First we will do chunks of speech sections repeat after me style. So you'll repeat after me. I'll say some English, you repeat it. Then later on we'll do the shadowing section like we always do. All right, you ready? Let's jump into it. What are the steps to discovering your purpose?
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Your reason for being. Your purpose. Your reason for being. What are the steps for that?
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It's not something you'll uncover in a single day.
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It's not something you'll uncover in one day. in a single day.
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Instead, you grow into it gradually. You grow into it gradually. Little by little, gradually through real experiences and small consistent actions. small consistent actions.
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Step one, recall your childhood joy. Recall your childhood joy.
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Remember what brought you joy when you were a child. Think back to when you were young.
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before fear, money, or pressure build your mind. Yeah. Think back to when you were young before fear, money, or pressure filled your mind?
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What made you smile for no reason at all?
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For no reason at all, for no particular reason, no special reason. What made you smile for no reason at all?
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Maybe it was drawing, helping others, building things, or telling stories to your friends.
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Those memories hold powerful clues to who you really are. And what lights you up inside?
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What lights you up inside? What gives you a like a light coming on inside of you?
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Gets you excited. Lights you up. It lights me up. It gets me excited.
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Those memories hold powerful clues to who you really are and what lights you up inside.
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Step two, notice when time seems to disappear.
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Notice those times when time itself seems to disappear. You're not thinking about it.
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When do hours feel like minutes for you? Hours pass but it feels like minutes.
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Is it when you write, cook, dance, fix things, play music, or lose yourself in a hobby? If you lose yourself in the hobby, you're just totally into it. You're just not thinking about anything else. You're just doing the hobby.
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That feeling of being fully absorbed, fully absorbed. That's the same as um as uh lose yourself in it. You can lose yourself in it. Also we can say like a flow state.
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That feeling of being fully absorbed. Fully absorbed.
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That's your flow state. And it's a strong sign of what brings you genuine fulfillment.
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Genuine true fulfillment.
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It brings you fulfillment.
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Step three, listen to others. People often recognize your gifts before you do.
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Other people often will recognize you have a gift before you notice that you have a gift.
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What do they What do they thank you for over and over again? What do they thank you for?
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What do they naturally turn to you for help with?
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Is it comfort, advice, ideas, organization, problem solving?
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Hidden in those patterns is a strength you may be underestimating.
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If you underestimate something, you're rating it too low. You don't think it's powerful, but it's it is. You are rating it too low. You are underestimating it.
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Hidden in those patterns is a strength you may be underestimating.
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Step four, explore and try new things. Don't wait around for the perfect answer to drop in your lap.
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If something drops in your lap, it just suddenly appears.
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So, we often say, "It dropped in my lap. Where did you get that?" "Ah, it dropped in my lap." It's not literal. It just means I suddenly got it. I didn't try hard and I got it.
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So, don't wait around for the perfect answer to drop in your lap.
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Get out there out into the world. Get out there and experiment. Get out there and do things.
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Volunteer, take a class, help a friend, join a group, or start a tiny project just for fun.
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The more you do, the more feedback you get from life and the clearer your reason for being becomes.
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And the clearer your reason for being becomes. And the clearer your reason for being becomes, the more you do, the clearer it gets.
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All right. For example, in Japan, a man named Show started fixing bicycles for children in his neighborhood. He started fixing bicycles for children in his neighborhood.
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At first, it was just something he did on the side because he enjoyed it. So, if you do something on the side, you just do it for fun. You do it not as your main thing, as your side thing.
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But soon more and more children began coming to him for help.
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Now he runs a small shop and teaches kids how to fix bikes themselves.
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He teaches kids how to fix bikes themselves.
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He says, "Every bike I fix makes me feel alive.
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What began as a simple hobby turned into a meaningful way to serve others.
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Your purpose doesn't have to be big, impressive, or worldchanging. It just has to be true to you.
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Action reveals purpose.
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Action reveals purpose. It shows you what to do. As you move, you learn. As you try, you discover.
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So start small, start gently, but most importantly, start today.
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All right, that's the text. Now, we're going to do it full natural speed. I'm going to say it at my natural pace. Try to say it with me. Follow along. Are you ready? Here we go. What are the steps to discovering your purpose, your reason for being?
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It's not something you'll uncover in a single day. Instead, you grow into it gradually through real experiences and small consistent actions. Step one, recall your childhood joy.
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Think back to when you were young before fear, money, or pressure filled your mind.
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What made you smile for no reason at all?
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Maybe it was drawing, helping others, building things, or telling stories to your friends.
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Those memories hold powerful clues to who you really are and what lights you up inside.
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Step two, notice when time seems to disappear. When do hours feel like minutes to you?
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Is it when you write, cook, dance, fix things, play music, or lose yourself in a hobby?
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That feeling of being absorbed, that's your flow state, and it's a strong sign of what brings you genuine fulfillment.
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Step three, listen to others. People often recognize your gifts before you do.
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What do they thank you for over and over again?
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What do they naturally turn to you for help with? Comfort, advice, ideas, organization, problem solving. Hidden in those patterns is a strength you may be underestimating.
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Step four, explore and try new things.
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Don't wait around for the perfect answer to drop into your lap. Get out there and experiment.
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Volunteer, take a class, help a friend, join a group, or start a tiny project just for fun.
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The more you do, the more feedback you get from life and the clearer your reason for being becomes. For example, in Japan, a man named Shaw started fixing bicycles for children in his neighborhood. At first, it was just something he did on the side because he enjoyed it.
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But soon more and more children began coming to him for help. Now he runs a small shop and teaches kids how to fix bikes themselves. He says, "Every bike I fix makes me feel alive." What began as a simple hobby turned into a meaningful way to serve others.
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Your purpose doesn't have to be big, impressive, or worldchanging. It just has to be true to you.
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Action reveals purpose. As you move, you learn. As you try, you discover. So, start small.
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Start gently. But most importantly, start today. Boom. Good workout. Thank you for practicing with me. Thank you for exercising your English speaking muscles with me again today.
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Keep moving forward. Take one step at a time. and I'll see you in the next English speaking practice

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 72 frases y 1336 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 14:15. El hablante habla despacio, unas 94 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 88 % 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

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
hobby sustantivo/ˈhɑ.bi/afición, hobby
absorb verbo/æbˈsɔɹb/absorber
underestimate verbo/ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/subestimar
discover verbo/dɪˈskʌvə/descubrir
gradually adverbio/ˈɡɹæd͡ʒuəli/gradualmente, paulatinamente
consistent adjetivo/kənˈsɪs.tənt/consistente
reveal verbo/ɹɪˈviːl/revelar, propalar
genuine adjetivo/ˈd͡ʒɛn.juˌɪn/genuino, auténtico
clue sustantivo/kluː/pista, indicio
disappear verbo/dɪsəˈpɪɹ/desaparecer, desparecer
bicycle sustantivo/ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/bicicleta, bici
naturally adverbio/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/naturalmente, a natura
impressive adjetivo/ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/impresionante
solve verbo/sɒlv/resolver, solucionar
comfort sustantivo/ˈkʌm.fət/comodidad, confort

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
get out verbosalir
move forward verboir adelante, adelantar

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguromay be
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingstarted fixing · Keep moving
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas drawing
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill do · you'll uncover · will recognize

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 21 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, you'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: underestimate /ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/

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 hobby, absorb, underestimate.

¿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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