Shadowing Practice: Simplified Speech #43 - Sleep tips - Learn English Speaking with Video
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hello everybody my name is andrew and i'm jeremy and you're listening to kulips
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jeremy how's it going it is going well today really every day is going well for me because if it wasn't,
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I wouldn't say so.
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So everything is going well.
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How about you, Andrew?
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I'm doing well as well.
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But I have to say that I like that attitude.
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Usually when people ask me, how's it going?
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Even if I'm having a terrible, terrible day, I lie and say, oh, it's great.
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I'm doing well.
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But you're more honest than I am.
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Yeah.
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Is that a Canadian thing?
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Canadian people seem to always be very positive pma positive mental attitude i think yeah there is something to
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that idea that a positive attitude can affect your mood even
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if you're not feeling
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so good smile at everything right that's good good life advice
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jeremy today we are going to talk about sleep sleep sleep
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so we'll do a simplified speech episode today
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and for all the listeners out there
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that don't know simplified speech is our series that's really targeted at high beginners
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and intermediate level learners and we have totally natural unscripted conversations
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but we speak at a slightly slower pace than we would do in our everyday lives.
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True.
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Yes.
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They're awesome.
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So definitely check those out.
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Okay, Jeremy, time to talk about sleep.
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You were joking before we started recording here that you are qualified to talk about this topic.
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Yes, at least more qualified than talking about the World Cup.
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Right, which we did several episodes ago.
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Yes.
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And that's because you sleep every night.
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Are you a deep sleeper?
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Do you get a high quality sleep?
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Well, I definitely think I am a light sleeper.
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Okay.
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More than most.
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But more recently, I have been getting better sleep than I did in my younger years.
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What about you?
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You know, the reason that I wanted to talk about sleep today is because maybe over the last year or so,
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I've noticed my sleep patterns change a lot.
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I went from being a deep sleeper
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and someone who could sleep all the way through the night and easily sleep for eight hours a day,
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no problems, to being someone who's quite a light sleeper
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and I struggle to get more than six hours of sleep
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a day even though I want to sleep more it's a
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real real struggle to be able to get more sleep I wonder why
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that is I don't know some of my friends have said
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that I'm doing too many things and I have too many things on my mind
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that might be part of it it might be yeah psychological
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it might also be physiological physiological body related yeah related to my body
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because i'm getting older and i think this is a natural
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process of aging is
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that as you get older your body requires less sleep maybe it doesn't require less sleep
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but i know when i think about my grandparents
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when i was younger yeah they sleep for like four hours a day
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which yeah they would wake up at like 4 a .m
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and take a walk and yeah Read the newspaper
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and eat breakfast all by the time that I would wake up at 7 to go to school.
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Same here.
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It could be psychological, could be physiological.
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I'm not exactly sure.
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Have you heard about the blue light thing?
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Yeah, I have heard about this, but I'm sure there's some listeners out there that don't know.
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Do you want to explain that?
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Sure.
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These days, people use smartphones or computers or TVs to watch different things,
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and often at night, people watch something,
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and there is what they call blue light it's not actually blue it doesn't look blue
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but it is essentially bright light
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and this bright light sends a signal to the brain through
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your eyes saying hey it's daytime wake up there's bright light here it's not time to sleep
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so So when you watch something late at night and then try to go to sleep right after that,
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usually it is very hard to sleep.
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Your brain is still awake.
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Your thoughts are still happening very quickly.
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Your brain is very active so sleep does not come
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and sometimes you know
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when i was a kid i did this a lot i would watch tv
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or go on the computer until right before i went to bed
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and sometimes i would lay in my bed for hours without sleeping right i couldn't sleep right
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so awake so now i respect this natural rhythm
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and before i go to sleep i do not look at any bright lights only dim lights like maybe candles
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or i have a red light in my room red light has the opposite effect it tells your brain
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that it's sunset it's time to sleep it's time to calm down
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and since i started doing
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that my sleep has improved a lot a lot actually yeah
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i'm with you 100 on the blue light reduction thing i have programs on my phone
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and my computer to eliminate the blue light at night yeah
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i turn off all the lights in my apartment once the
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sun sets nice i've hung up an extra curtain over top
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of my curtains to block out all the street light nice
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and i wear a sleep mask at night wow because i think
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that the light has really been affecting me once i learned about this idea
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that blue light can affect our sleep i thought maybe that's why i'm only sleeping six hours a night it's
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because the light is messing with my brain
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but hasn't really helped at all really hasn't helped
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but what can you do what can you do well i
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guess we will have to leave this one to our listeners and see
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if they find this tip helpful maybe they could even let
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us know in a comment on the Q -Lips Facebook page or on Twitter.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Simplified Speech - Sleep tips”. Las palabras que más se repiten: sleep, com, blue, Lips, jeremy. Este vídeo tiene 119 frases y 1227 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 10:30. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 117 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| physiological adjetivo | /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/ | fisiológico |
| listener sustantivo | /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/ | oyente, escucha |
| psychological adjetivo | /ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.d͡ʒɪ.kl̩/ | psicológico |
| qualify verbo | /ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ/ | calificar |
| awake verbo | /əˈweɪk/ | despertarse |
| curtain sustantivo | /ˈkɜɹt(ə)n/ | cortina |
| topic sustantivo | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | tema, tópico |
| everyday adjetivo | /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/ | de diario, cuotidiano |
| explanation sustantivo | /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/ | explicación |
| mood sustantivo | /muːd/ | humor m ánimo, estado de ánimo |
| helpful adjetivo | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | servicial, adyuvante |
| essentially adverbio | /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/ | esencialmente, en esencia |
| reduction sustantivo | /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/ | reducción |
| pace sustantivo | /peɪs/ | paso |
| mask sustantivo | /mæsk/ | máscara, mascarilla |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| calm down verbo | calmarse | |
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear | |
| turn off verbo | apagar | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Usually when people ask me, how's it going?
- Are you a deep sleeper?
- Do you get a high quality sleep?
- Have you heard about the blue light thing?
- Do you want to explain that?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa | have been getting · has really been affecting |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've noticed · have said · have heard |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | anyone who would · someone who could |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might be · might also be |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 30 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, reduction /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: physiological /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/, psychological /ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.d͡ʒɪ.kl̩/, explanation /ˌɛkspləˈneɪʃən/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: smartphone /ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/, sleeper /ˈsliːpə(ɹ)/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: everyday /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: physiological /ˌfɪz.i.əˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪ.kəl/, quiz /kwɪz/, newsletter /ˈn(j)uzˌlɛtɚ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como physiological, listener, psychological.
¿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.