Shadowing Practice: Shrek meets Rumpelstiltskins, signs contract - Learn English Speaking with Video

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She thinks I'm going to sling back there and apologize.
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She's got another thing coming.
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She's not the boss of me.
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I'm an ogre, and I'm not going to apologize for acting like one.
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Help me.
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Help me.
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Please.
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Come on.
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Anyone.
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Oh, help me.
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Please help.
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Please stop.
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I'm stuck.
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Oh, help.
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Oh, please help.
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Come on.
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Anyone.
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Oh, help me.
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The pain.
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I can see a bright light in the tunnel.
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Grandma, is that you?
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Yeah, it's me, Granny.
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An ogre!
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Oh, please, Mr. Ogre, please don't eat me.
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I'm not gonna eat you.
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But you are an ogre, aren't you?
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Yeah, I used to be.
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Look, move out or get crushed.
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So you're not gonna eat me?
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No, thanks.
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I already had a big bowl of curly -toed weirdo for breakfast.
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Hey, wait up!
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Why don't you rush?
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Where you going?
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Nowhere.
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What a coincidence.
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I was just heading that way myself.
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But seriously, let me give you a ride.
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I insist.
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Come on.
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There's the least I could do after all you've done for me.
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I got a hot rat cooking.
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All right.
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So can I interest you in a mudslide, smoking tonic, a liquid vibration to ease the frustration, huh?
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Highballtini?
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Well, maybe just one.
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To the center, son.
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That's not the half I'm talking about.
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I gotta say, Shrek, I envy you.
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Live the life of an ogre.
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No worries, no responsibilities.
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You are free to pillage and terrorize as you please.
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Free?
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Oh, that's a laugh.
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Yeah?
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Sometimes I wish I had just one day to feel like a real ogre again.
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Well, why didn't you say so?
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Magical transactions are my specialty.
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Come on.
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Oh, great.
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Next to mimes, magicians are my favorite people.
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Hold on.
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King for a month, knight for a week.
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Ogre for a day.
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Think about it, Shrek.
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To be feared and hated, you'll be like, rawr!
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And the village will be like, get away from me, Shrek, I'm so scared of him.
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It'll be just like the good old days, when you're swamped with your castle when the world made sense.
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All right, what's the catch?
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Catch?
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No. There's no catch.
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No catchings, really.
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I mean, there's something, small thing, nothing.
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All right, I knew it.
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So what do you want?
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A day.
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A day.
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Ooh, redstone!
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Well, to make the magic work, you gotta give something to get something.
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In this case, you gotta give a day to get a day.
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That's all.
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I can't just pick up and leave my family.
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Oh, but that's the best part, Shrek.
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It's a magical contract.
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No one will even know you're gone.
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And by the time this day is up, you are gonna feel like a changed ogre.
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Still, I don't know.
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Hey, no problem.
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Forget it.
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No big teeth.
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It doesn't matter.
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Hey, white meat or dark meat?
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So what day would I have to give up?
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Oh, I don't know.
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Any day, a day from your past.
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How about the day you had the flu?
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A day you lost a pet.
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A day some meddling old sucker's big nose where it didn't belong.
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Just throwing your heads, it's running your life.
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Just for an example.
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Well, how about the day I met Donkey?
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Now, there's a day I'd like to take back.
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I don't know who that is.
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I know.
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What about a day you wouldn't even remember?
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Like a day when you were a baby.
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An innocent, mindless, little baby.
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Take any of those days you want.
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Take them all for all I care.
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Oh, just one will do.
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Okay, good.
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A day from your childhood it is.
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I guess there's nothing wrong with wanting a little time for myself.
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It's just 24 tiny little hours.
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I'm still my own ogre.
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Yeah, you is.
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I never needed to ask for anyone's permission before.
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So why start now, huh?
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Go on, Jack.
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Sign it.
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Go on, Jack.
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Sign it, Jack.
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Sign it.
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You signed it.
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So, tell me, what happens now?
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Have a nice day.
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Oh, God!
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
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Whoa!

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Shrek meets Rumpelstiltskins, signs contract”. Las palabras que más se repiten: ogre, Shrek, Jack, catch, sign. Este vídeo tiene 129 frases y 685 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:48. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 143 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 79 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente. 20 de sus 129 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
whoa/woʊ/so, cho
magical adjetivo/ˈmæd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/mágico
apologize verbo/əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/disculparse [with con], pedir(le) perdón [with a]
rush verbo/ɹʌʃ/correr, apurarse
castle sustantivo/ˈkɑːsəl/castillo, castro
innocent adjetivo/ˈɪnəsənt/inocente
nowhere adverbio/ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/en ninguna parte, en ningún lugar
liquid sustantivo/ˈlɪk.wɪd/líquido
belong verbo/bɪˈlɒŋ/pertenecer [with en or a]
ease verbo/iz/aliviar
knight sustantivo/ˈnaɪ̯t/caballero, caballera
tunnel sustantivo/ˈtʌn(ə)l/túnel
transaction sustantivo/tɹænˈzækʃən/transacción
crush verbo/kɹʌʃ/aplastar, destripar
grandma sustantivo/ˈɡɹænmɑː/abuela, abuelita

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
give up verborendirse, entregar
move out verbomudarse de acá, independizarse
pick up verbocoger, asir
take back verboretirar, retractarse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • She's not the boss of me.
  • Grandma, is that you?
  • Why don't you rush?
  • How about the day you had the flu?
  • What about a day you wouldn't even remember?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 32 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: rush /ɹʌʃ/, transaction /tɹænˈzækʃən/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, frustration /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, specialty /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scare /skɛɚ/, specialty /ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti/, swamp /ˈswɑmp/, sling /ˈslɪŋ/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: envy /ˈɛnvi/, vibration /vaɪˈbɹeɪʃən/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: apologize /əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/, ease /iz/, transaction /tɹænˈzækʃən/, terrorize /ˈtɛɹəɹaɪz/

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 whoa, magical, apologize.

¿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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