Shadowing Practice: Rowena Akinyemi Love or Money 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Chapter 1 The Clarkson family lived in the country,
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near Cambridge, about half a mile from the nearest village and about a mile from the river.
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They had a big old house with a beautiful garden,
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a lot of flowers and many old trees.
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One Thursday morning in July, Jackie came in from the garden.
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She was a tall, fat woman, thirty years old.
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It was the hottest day of the year, but she wore a warm brown skirt and yellow shirt.
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She went into the kitchen to get a drink of water.
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Just then, the phone rang.
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Cambridge 1379, Jackie said.
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Hello?
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This is Diane.
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I want to talk to Mother.
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Mother isn't here, Jackie said.
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She's at the doctor's.
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Why?
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What's wrong?
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Nothing's wrong, Jackie said said, "'Why are you telephoning?' "'You are going to come this weekend.
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Mother wants everyone to be here.
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Yes, I want to come, Diane said.
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I'm phoning because I have no money for the train ticket.
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No money?
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Mother is always giving you money.
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This phone call is very expensive," Diane said coldly.
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Tell mother, please.
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I need the money.
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Jackie put the phone down.
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She took a cigarette from her bag and began to smoke.
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She felt angry because her sister always asked for money.
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Diane was twenty years old.
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youngest in the family.
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She lived in London, in one room of a big house.
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She wanted to be a singer.
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She sang very well, but she could never get work.
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Jackie went back into the kitchen and began to make some sandwiches.
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Just then, the back door opened, and her mother came in.
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It's very hot, Molly said.
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She took off her hat and put it down on the table.
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She was a tall, dark woman with beautiful eyes.
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Two big black dogs came into the kitchen after her and ran across to her.
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She sat down and put her hands on their heads.
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Jackie put the sandwiches on the table.
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Mother, she said.
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Diane phoned.
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She wants money for her train ticket.
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Molly closed her eyes for a minute.
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Then she stood up.
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This afternoon, I want you to get the house ready for the week weekend," she said.
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Oh, and please go to the village later and get my tablets.
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Yes, Mother, Jackie said.
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Molly went to the door.
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Mother, please wait a minute," Jackie said.
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Peter Hobbs came here this morning.
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He's very angry with you about that letter.
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He lost his job, you know.
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Why did you write to his office?
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He wants to talk to you about it.
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Well, I don't want to talk to him,' Molly said.
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She opened the door.
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"'But, Mother, you don't understand.
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He's seventeen, and it was his first job.
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He's very, very angry.
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He says.. he says he's going to kill you." Molly did not answer.
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She went out of the room and closed the door.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Rowena Akinyemi Love or Money 1”. Las palabras que más se repiten: mother, Jackie, Diane, Molly, door. Este vídeo tiene 66 frases y 489 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:59. El hablante habla despacio, unas 82 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 87 % 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

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
flower sustantivo/ˈfloʊɚ/flor
telephone sustantivo/ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/teléfono
cigarette sustantivo/ˈsɪɡəɹɛt/cigarrillo, pitillo
tablet sustantivo/ˈtæblət/placa
youngest adjetivo/ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/más joven, jovencisímo
skirt sustantivo/skɚt/falda, enaguas
litter sustantivo/ˈlɪt.ɚ/cama, lecho
coldly adverbio/ˈkoʊldli/fríamente
angry adjetivo/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/enojado, enfadado
kitchen sustantivo/ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)n/cocina
ticket sustantivo/ˈtɪk.ɪt/entrada, boleto
mile sustantivo/maɪ̯l/milla
tall adjetivo/tɔl/alto
yellow adjetivo/ˈjɛloʊ/cobarde
smoke verbo/sməʊk/fumar, purear

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
sit down verbosentarse
stand up verbolevantarse, ponerse de pie
take off verboquitarse

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe nearest · the hottest
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare you telephoning · I'm phoning · is always giving
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirare going to come · he's going to kill

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, isn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: skirt /skɚt/, smoke /sməʊk/

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 flower, telephone, cigarette.

¿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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