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Flying Home by Stephen Rabley
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Felix is a blue and yellow bird from Brazil.
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He lives with the Baxter family in New York.
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His home is a big cage.
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It's on the 40th floor of a tall building.
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Felix likes the Baxters and the Baxters like him.
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They give him food.
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They talk to him and show him to all their friends. But Felix isn't happy.
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He wants to go home to Brazil.
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Every night Felix looks up at the sky.
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He can see the whole city.
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It's big and exciting.
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It's home for the Baxters.
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but not for Felix.
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He remembers the big yellow moon in Brazil, Then he remembers his last day in the jungle, the two men with white hats,
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the big box the long plane journey The shop, beautiful birds in New York.
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Felix closes his eyes.
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Now he can't see the city and the snow.
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He can see other things.
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He can see the life he loves.
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Thank you.
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I want to be with my family again.
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He thinks.
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I want to fly home to the jungle.
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It's warm there, and the trees are always green.
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He puts his head under one wing.
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"One day," he says, "one day." Quack!
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Quack!
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One day comes two weeks later.
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Mr. Baxter opens Felix's cage to give him some food.
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Then he hears the telephone.
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Can you answer that, George?
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Asks mrs. Baxter.
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I'm in the bath.
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I Okay.
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says Mr. Baxter.
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He goes to the phone, but forgets to shut Felix's cage.
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Felix can see an open window.
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This is it.
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He thinks.
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He flies out of his cage and out of the window.
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The air under his wings is very cold.
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Behind him he hears...
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Hey!
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Felix!
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But he doesn't go back.
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He looks down at the streets and buildings.
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and flies through the city.
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A girl in a cafe with her mother sees him.
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Look! she says.
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Her mother doesn't hear.
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She's reading her newspaper.
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After an hour, Felix stops.
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He stands on the head of the Statue of Liberty. Where are you from?
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asks a small grey and white bird beside him.
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I'm from Brazil.
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Answers Felix.
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And where are you going?
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asks the bird.
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Felix flies up into the cold blue sky again.
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I'm going home.
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He says.
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Goodbye!
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Squawk!
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Felix flies south.
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Soon he can't see New York.
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All he can see is the Atlantic Ocean.
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In the evening the sun starts to go down.
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Then the sky is red yellow and blue.
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It's very beautiful.
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Felix is hungry?
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But he's happy, too.
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for the first time in two years.
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He's free.
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He wants to fly all night.
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Two hours later, it starts to rain.
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Now the sky's black.
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Soon, Felix can't see the moon or the stars.
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"Where am I?" he thinks.
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He remembers his warm cage.
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Am I doing the right thing?
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Bwaaa!
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He looks down at the cold sea.
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Then he sees something.
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Is it a star in the black water?
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No. It can't be a star.
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He looks again.
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It's a ship!
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Felix flies down to the ship.
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There are hundreds of fish on it.
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He eats twenty in five minutes Then he sleeps.
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In the morning, a man on the ship sees him.
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Oh no!
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Thanks, Felix.
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But it's all right.
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The man only wants to take a photograph of him.
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Felix flies into the sky again.
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Good he thinks.
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It's not raining now.
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And I'm not hungry.
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Two days later, Felix flies across Peru.
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He looks down and sees the Inca city of Machu Picchu.
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Those old stone buildings look interesting.
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He thinks.
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I know.
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I can stop there tonight.
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Felix starts to fly down to the buildings.
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Then he sees a big bird with beautiful black and white feathers.
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It's sitting on a stone.
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- Whoa.
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Hello?
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You're not from Peru, are you?
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says the bird.
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Felix tells his story.
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Two years in a cage in New York!
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says the bird.
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Yes answers Felix.
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But now I'm going home.
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Can you tell me how to get there?
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- Ooh.
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I've a friend...
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H in Rio says the bird.
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He knows the jungle.
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Go there and ask him.
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- Whoa.
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Felix flies from Peru to Rio.
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There he sees a lot of people in the street.
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He can hear music and see some birds in a tree.
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"Is one of them Acca?" "Acca!
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Acca !" he says.
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"Yes, that's me !" answers one of the birds.
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Felix can't see him.
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Then a boy sees Felix.
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"Look at the bird !" he says to his father.
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"Can I have him? Can I?
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Please?" or his father.
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He's looking at all the birds in the trees.
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"Aka!
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Aka !" says Felix.
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Then, there's a warm hand on his neck.
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He fights with his wings and his feet.
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"Help!
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Help!
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Squawk!
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Squawk !" Acca helps him.
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"Aiii !" says the man.
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The two birds fly into the sky.
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"Thank you," says Felix.
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Then he tells Acca his story.
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Thank you.
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"Felix and Aka fly from Rio to the jungle.
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In the evening, Felix says, "Yes." "I remember that village.
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My home's very near here.
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It's only..." Then he stops.
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In front of them there are a lot of men and machines.
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"Oh no!
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They're making a new road !" says Akka.
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"But where's my home?" asks Felix.
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And where's my family?
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The two birds fly over the new road.
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Then they stop in a tree near the village.
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Felix is tired and sad.
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"I'm sorry," says Akka.
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Then Felix sees a small blue and yellow feather in the air.
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He looks up.
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There above the trees are four birds.
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Thank you.
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It's them, Akka.
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He says.
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It's my family.
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Then he flies into the sky.
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The birds see him.
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Felix, is it yours?
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They ask.
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Yes!
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He answers Felix.
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I'm home!
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Squawk, quawk, quawk!
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Squawk, quawk, quawk!
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Ha, ha, ha!

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Starter 200w_Flying Home_British Pronunciation”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Felix, bird, flies, Baxter, cage. Este vídeo tiene 180 frases y 981 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:54. El hablante habla despacio, unas 99 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 82 % 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 del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
cage sustantivo/keɪd͡ʒ/jaula, gayola
jungle sustantivo/ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/selva, jungla
hungry adjetivo/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/hambriento, tener hambre
whoa/woʊ/so, cho
feather sustantivo/ˈfɛðə/pluma, péndola
bath sustantivo/bɑːθ/bañera
telephone sustantivo/ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/teléfono
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego
photograph sustantivo/ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/fotografía, toma fotográfica
squawk sustantivo/skwɔːk/graznido, chillido
café sustantivo/ˌkæˈfeɪ/café, cafetería
excite verbo/ɪkˈsaɪt/emocionar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
look up verbo/ˌlʊk ˈʌp/mejorar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Where are you from?
  • "Where am I?" he thinks.
  • Am I doing the right thing?
  • Can you tell me how to get there?
  • "Yes, that's me !" answers one of the birds.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 18 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, can't, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: feather /ˈfɛðə/, bath /bɑːθ/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: cage /keɪd͡ʒ/, jungle /ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/

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 cage, jungle, hungry.

¿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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