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6. Do whales have stomach ache?
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My younger brother is called Fred.
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Fred's very interested in animals.
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He talks and asks questions about animals all the time.
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Fred's really interested in parrots, pandas, polar bears and penguins,
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and lions and leopards and rabbits.
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But Fred's favourite animals live in the sea.
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He has posters of jellyfish, whales, dolphins, sharks and octopuses on all the walls of his bedroom.
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Look at my picture, Mum.
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This is an octopus.
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Why do octopuses have eight arms, or are they legs?
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Why are there little cups on their arms?
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Fred doesn't stop talking when I'm doing my homework or when Mum's trying to read quietly.
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Shhh, Fred, we have to say sometimes.
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Last Saturday, Fred wanted to go to the library in town to get a book called The Most Dangerous Animals in the World.
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He wanted to get a DVD called Leopard Spots too.
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But Mum said, No, Fred, you don't look well.
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I want Aunt Jane to come and see you.
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You've got lots of little red spots on your face.
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Aunt Jane is a doctor.
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She knows all about red spots.
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Fred looked in the mirror.
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But I'm not ill and my spots aren't scary and they don't hurt, he said.
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Do you know, Mum, leopards have spots and there's a kind of dog called a damation that has hundreds of spots too.
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Yes, I know, Mum said.
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When Aunt Jane saw Fred, she asked, Have you got any spots on your body,
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on your back, your shoulders or arms?
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No, Fred said.
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Octopuses have got eight arms.
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Did you know that, Aunt Jane?
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They've got three hearts too. Have they?
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Aunt Jane said.
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Can I look in your ears now?
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And do you know, Aunt Jane, a blue whale is the biggest animal in the world.
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Fred said.
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Yes, Fred, Aunt Jane answered.
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But can I look in your eyes now?
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That's right.
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Look up.
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Good and down.
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And dolphins are the cleverest animals in the sea.
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Fred said.
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Hmm.
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Aunt Jane said.
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Have you got a cold or a cough?
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No. Fred answered and started talking again.
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Sharks are the most dangerous kind of fish.
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When a shark loses a tooth, they can't go to the dentist, but it's OK.
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Another tooth grows.
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Do you think sharks have toothaches sometimes?
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Fred, stop talking, please.
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I want to look in your mouth now.
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Say, ah.
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Ah, Fred said, and then started talking again.
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And dolphins are good at bouncing balls on their heads.
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Do you think they have headaches sometimes?
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I don't know, Fred, Aunt Jane said.
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Then she smiled at him and said, Well, you haven't got a temperature, but you need some medicine and you mustn't go shopping today.
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You can go to the shopping centre to get your book and DVD on Monday.
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Okay?
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Aunt Jane opened a bottle of green medicine and put some on a spoon.
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Fred didn't like medicine.
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He stopped talking because he didn't want to open his mouth.
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You must open your mouth now, please, Fred, Aunt Jane said.
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But Fred didn't open his mouth.
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Aunt Jane had a clever idea.
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Do you think whales have stomachaches sometimes, Fred? she asked.
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Fred started to say, When Fred did that, Aunt Jane quickly put the medicine into his open mouth.
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Oh, that's horrible, Fred said, but then he smiled.
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Hey, I like this medicine a lot.
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It's the nicest medicine in the world.
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Can I have some more?
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Aunt Jane laughed.
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No, she said.
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You can have a glass of orange juice, Mum said.
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But then Fred started talking again Whales don't drink orange juice But they do have stomachache,
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I think They have very big stomachs Do you know they eat...
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Shhh, Fred, I said Shhh, Fred, Mum said And...
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Shhh, Fred, Aunt Jane said you

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Storyfun 4 Unit 6 Do whales have stomach-ache?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Fred, Aunt, Jane, spots, Mum. Este vídeo tiene 79 frases y 643 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:38. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 114 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 72 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 14 de sus 79 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
whale sustantivo/ˈweɪl/ballena
dolphin sustantivo/ˈdɑlf.ɪn/delfín
stomach sustantivo/ˈstʌmək/estómago
juice sustantivo/d͡ʒuːs/zumo, jugo
clever adjetivo/ˈklɛv.ɚ/hábil, listo
tooth sustantivo/tuθ/diente, leva
leopard sustantivo/ˈlɛp.ɚd/leopardo
mirror sustantivo/ˈmiɹɚ/espejo
bedroom sustantivo/ˈbɛdˌɹum/alcoba, dormitorio
horrible adjetivo/ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/horrible, horroroso
ear sustantivo/ˈɪə̯/oído, oreja
scary adjetivo/ˈskɛə.ɹi/temible, espantoso
lion sustantivo/ˈlaɪən/león
poster sustantivo/ˈpoʊstɚ/cartel, póster
quietly adverbio/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/mansamente, despacio

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:

  • Can I look in your ears now?
  • Have you got a cold or a cough?
  • Do you think sharks have toothaches sometimes?
  • Do you think they have headaches sometimes?
  • Can I have some more?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingstop talking · started talking · stopped talking
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupoThe Most Dangerous · the biggest · the cleverest
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohave to say · mustn't go · must open

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 16 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, didn't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: tooth /tuθ/, toothache /ˈtuθˌeɪk/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stomach /ˈstʌmək/, scary /ˈskɛə.ɹi/, spoon /spuːn/, stomachache /ˈstʌməkˌeɪk/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: juice /d͡ʒuːs/, jellyfish /ˈd͡ʒɛliˌfɪʃ/
  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/, homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/, headache /ˈhɛdeɪk/

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 whale, dolphin, stomach.

¿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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