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Este vídeo tiene 29 frases y 201 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 1:47. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 113 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 89 % 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 menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

• passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/ (adjetivo) — apasionado. Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
• sunny /ˈsʌni/ (adjetivo) — asoleado, soleado. Featuring a lot of sunshine.
• hometown /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ (sustantivo) — patria chica. An individual’s place of birth, childhood home, or place of main residence.
• picnic /ˈpɪknɪk/ (sustantivo) — jira, pícnic. An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.
• sunblock (sustantivo) — protector solar, bloqueador antisolar. A sunscreen with a high sun protection factor (SPF).
• temperature /ˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə/ (sustantivo) — temperatura, temple. A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
• favourite /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ (adjetivo) — favorito, preferido. Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
• normally /ˈnɔː.mə.li/ (adverbio) — normalmente, de costumbre. Under normal conditions or circumstances; usually; most of the time
• baseball /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/ (sustantivo) — béisbol, beisbol. A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run…
• officially /əˈfɪʃ.(ə.)li/ (adverbio) — oficialmente. In an official manner; according to official rules or regulations.
• spend /spɪnd/ (verbo) — gastar, despender. To pay out (money).
• weekend /ˈwiˌkɛnd/ (sustantivo) — fin de semana, finde. The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
• beach /ˈbiːt͡ʃ/ (sustantivo) — playa, playero. The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly.
• weather /ˈwɛðɚ/ (sustantivo) — tiempo atmosférico, tiempo meteorológico m temperie. The short-term state of the atmosphere at a specific time and place, including the temperature, relative humidity, cloud cover, precipitation, wind, etc.
• museum /mjuˈziəm/ (sustantivo) — museo. A building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific…

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

• run into (verbo) — darse de bruces con, dar de bruces con. To enter by running.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 8 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, I've, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

• Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, officially /əˈfɪʃ.(ə.)li/
• Palabras largas — cuida el acento: temperature /ˈtɛm.p(ə.)ɹə.t͡ʃə/, officially /əˈfɪʃ.(ə.)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 passionate, sunny, hometown.