Shadowing Practice: Streamline English Destinations 05 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Out of work.
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In Britain, a lot of people are out of work.
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Tracy Chapman is 18 and she left school a year ago.
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She lives in the North East, an area of high youth unemployment.
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She hasn't been able to find a job yet.
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Me dad just doesn't understand.
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He started working in a steel mill when he was 15.
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Things are different now, but he thinks I should start bringing home some money.
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Oh, I get me an employment benefit, but that isn't much, and I'm fed up with queuing for it every Thursday.
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I hate having to ask me mum and dad for money.
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Oh, me mum gives me a couple of pounds for tights now and then, but she can't stand seeing me at home all day.
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I've almost given up looking for a job.
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I buy the local paper every day, but I'm really tired of looking through the situation's vacant column.
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There are fifty applicants for every job.
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I was interested in being a dentist receptionist, because I like meeting people, but now I take any job at all.
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People ask me why I don't move to London, but I don't want to leave me family and friends.
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Anyway, I'm scared of living on me own in a big city.
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George Morley is 54.
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Until last year, he was a production manager in the textile industry.
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He had worked for the same company since he left school.
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He had a good job, a four -bedroomed house and a company car.
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When his company had to close because of economic difficulties, He became redundant.
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It's funny, really.
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I don't feel old, but it isn't easy to start looking for a job at my age.
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I've had so many refusals.
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Now I'm frightened of applying for a job.
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All the interviewers are twenty years younger than me.
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You see, I'm interested in learning a new skill, but nobody wants to train me.
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I can see their point of view.
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I'll have to retire in ten years.
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It's just, well, I'm tired of sitting around the house.
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I've worked hard for nearly forty years, and now I'm terrified of having nothing to do.
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When I was still with Lancastrian Textiles, I was bored with doing the same thing day after day,
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but now I'd really enjoy doing a job again.
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Any job, really.
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It's not the money.
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I got good redundancy pay and the house is paid for and I've given up smoking no,
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it's not just money I just need to feel well useful that's all

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Streamline English Destinations 05”. Este vídeo tiene 38 frases y 427 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:37. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 163 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
skill sustantivo/skɪl/destreza, habilidad
mill sustantivo/mɪl/molino
column sustantivo/ˈkɒləm/columna, pilastra
difficulty sustantivo/ˈdɪfɪkəlti/dificultad
unemployment sustantivo/ʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/desempleo, paro
scare verbo/skɛɚ/asustar, atemorizar
retire verbo/ɹəˈtaɪɹ/jubilar
bore verbo/boɹ/aburrir
dentist sustantivo/ˈdɛntɪst/dentista, odontólogo
refusal sustantivo/ɹɪˈfjuːzl̩/negativa, rechazo
vacant adjetivo/ˈveɪkənt/vacante
queue sustantivo/kju/fila, cola
textile sustantivo/ˈtɛk.staɪl/textil
applicant sustantivo/ˈæp.lə.kɪnt/solicitante, peticionario
redundant adjetivo/ɹɪˈdʌn.dənt/superfluo, redundante

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
give up verborendirse, entregar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Me dad just doesn't understand.
  • I've almost given up looking for a job.
  • I've had so many refusals.
  • I'll have to retire in ten years.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 21 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, I've, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, unemployment /ʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/, receptionist /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/, redundancy /ɹɪˈdʌndən(t)si/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: skill /skɪl/, scare /skɛɚ/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vacant /ˈveɪkənt/, interviewer /ˈɪntɚvjuɚ/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como skill, mill, column.

¿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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