Shadowing Practice: Scholastic Phonics Booster Books - 23 Small Dawn - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Book 23, Small Don I want to be big and tall, said Don Why?
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said Ann Because I want to be on that team,
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Don said but I'm too small to do things.
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Like what?
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said Anne.
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I can't kick the ball far, said Dawn.
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My feet are too small.
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Shauna's feet are big.
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She can kick the ball from here to that wall.
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Shauna kicks the ball each day, said Anne.
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That's why she can kick far.
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No, said Dawn.
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It's because she is big.
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Shauna can run fast, said Dawn.
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I saw her win a race because she ran so fast.
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Shauna runs each day, said Anne.
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That's why she wins races.
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No, said Dawn.
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It's because she has long legs.
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Sometimes it's good to be small, said Anne.
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You can hide under the desk when we play hide and seek.
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I still want to be big and tall, said Dawn.
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I want to be on that team.
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You draw the best in our class, said Anne.
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We can draw the team.
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I do not want to draw the team, Dawn said.
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I want to play on the team, so I need to be big, not small.
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Look, even Rex is bigger than me, said Dawn.
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Don.
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Rex is a large dog, said Ann.
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His paws are bigger than my feet, said Don.
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What can I do to get big and tall?
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Ann opened her jaw wide in a yawn.
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Can we talk about this another time, she said.
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I want to go to the mall.
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The mall, that's it, yelled Dawn.
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I could get some tall shoes at the mall.
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Tall shoes, said Anne.
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Let's go, said Dawn.
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Don and Anne and their mother went to the mall.
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Don put on some tall shoes.
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Look at me, Don said.
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I'm not small, Don, anymore.
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Now I'm big and tall, Don said.
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I will kick the ball far.
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I don't think you can kick in those shoes, said Anne I will run very fast,
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Dawn said I don't think you can run in those shoes,
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said Anne When Anne and Dawn got home,
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they ran out to play Check this out, Anne, said Dawn.
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She went to kick the ball.
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Oh no, she yelled.
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Dawn and her tall shoes fell in a big heap.
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The ball did not go far.
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Here, take my hand, someone said.
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It was Shana.
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She came to help.
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Thank you.
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Why do you have low shoes on?
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Shana said.
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So I can be big and tall, said Dawn.
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I'm too small to be on the team.
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I can help, said Shauna So each day,
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Shauna and Dawn did lots of kicks They ran around the track After a few weeks,
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Dawn could kick the ball far She could run fast And one very fine day,
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she made the team.
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You are fast, said Shauna.
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You can kick, said Anne.
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I'm small, said Dawn.
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Anne let's okay.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 69 frases y 492 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:57. El hablante habla despacio, unas 83 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

  • shoe /ˈʃu/ (sustantivo) — zapato, taba. A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
  • mall /mɔːl/ (sustantivo) — centro comercial, shopping. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
  • yell /jɛl/ (verbo) — gritar, vociferar. To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
  • desk /dɛsk/ (sustantivo) — escritorio, pupitre. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a…
  • paw /pɔ/ (sustantivo) — pata, zarpa. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
  • yawn /jɔn/ (verbo) — bostezar. To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
  • tall /tɔl/ (adjetivo) — alto. Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the feet to the very top of the head) when standing. (For instance, somebody with a height of…
  • leg /ˈlɛɡ/ (sustantivo) — pierna, pata. A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
  • seek /ˈsiːk/ (verbo) — buscar. To try to find; to look for; to search for.
  • kick /kɪk/ (verbo) — dar una patada, dar un puntapié. To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
  • foot /fʊt/ (sustantivo) — pata. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
  • draw /dɹɑ/ (verbo) — confiar, empatar. To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • kick in (verbo) — poner en marcha, surtir efecto. To kick or strike so as to cause the object struck to collapse or fall inwards.
  • look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.
  • put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (verbo) — ponerse. To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
  • talk about (verbo) — hablar de, hablar sobre. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 8 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 shoe, mall, yell.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosasbigger than
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill kick · will run

¿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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