Shadowing Practice: Speaking unit 3- Foreign friends - Learn English Speaking with Video

Este vídeo tiene 40 frases y 180 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 1:43. El hablante habla despacio, unas 104 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:

• hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/ (sustantivo) — afición, hobby. An activity that one enjoys doing in one's spare time.
• helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ (adjetivo) — servicial, adyuvante. Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
• tennis /ˈtɛnɪs/ (sustantivo) — tenis. A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
• goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ — adiós, hasta luego. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
• clever /ˈklɛv.ɚ/ (adjetivo) — hábil, listo. Nimble with hands or body; dexterous; skillful; adept.
• swim /swɪm/ (verbo) — nadar. To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
• roller /ˈɹoʊlɚ/ (sustantivo) — rodillo. Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
• countryside /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/ (sustantivo) — campo, campaña. An area located outside of towns and cities; an area that is not urban or suburban; a rural area.
• volleyball /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/ (sustantivo) — balón voleibolista, pelota de vóleibol. A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.
• skate /skeɪt/ (sustantivo) — patín. A runner or blade, usually of steel, with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe, made to be fastened under the foot, and used for gliding on ice.
• badminton /ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/ (sustantivo) — bádminton, volante. A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over…
• classmate /ˈklæs.meɪt/ (sustantivo) — compañero de clase, compañera de clase. A student who is in the same class at school.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

• talk about (verbo) — hablar de, hablar sobre. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.

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 hobby, helpful, tennis.