Shadowing Practice: Tactics for Listening Third Edition Developing Unit 13 Hobbies & Pastimes - Learn English Speaking with Video

Listening one.

One.

I love to eat out.

I eat at restaurants most of the time.

I really love to eat at pizzerias.

Two.

I read almost everything I can.

Books, magazines, newspapers.

I go to the public library about twice a week.

Three.

I never used to like stamp collecting, but now I think it's great.

I've got two huge stamp albums.

Hey, why don't you come and see my collection sometime?

Four.

My wife says I should take up gardening.

We have a big garden and she loves working in it, but the truth is it bores me.

Five.

Well, everyone in my family loves sports.

Everyone, that is, except me.

My family's out playing baseball and stuff all the time, but I think most sports are pretty boring.

I don't like chasing balls around a field, and I couldn't hit a ball if I had to.

6. My friends think I'm really boring because I'm always listening to music.

I go to concerts all the time.

I love Mozart and all that classical stuff.

Listening to 1.

I used to play sports a lot when I was younger.

but I don't play much anymore.

Now I enjoy painting.

I have my own studio in my garage, and pretty soon I'll have a show at a gallery.

Maybe I'll become famous.

I really enjoy using bright colours in my paintings.

That's what I like best about it.

Two.

I've always collected things, even when I was young.

I used to collect everything, Comic books, baseball cards, you name it.

But they're all packed away in boxes now.

Now my favorite pastime is gardening.

I spend all weekend outside with my flowers.

I love seeing them change.

That's what I like best about it, I guess.

They're these little seeds at first, and then one day, they're big, beautiful flowers.

Three.

When I was a teenager, all I did was sit around playing video games.

But I can't stand them anymore.

I work in an office now, so I sit in front of a boring computer screen all day.

Now I like being outdoors.

I belong to a hiking group, and we go someplace different every weekend.

I keep fit and healthy this way.

The best thing is that I can make some really great friends.

4. I like collecting things.

I collected baseball cards when I was a kid, but I don't anymore.

These days, baseball card collectors are only interested in money.

I wanted to collect things that are really beautiful, so that's why I started collecting stamps.

Some of the stamps I have are really, really beautiful.

I think they're like paintings.

What I like best is looking at my collection.

It's like walking through a tiny museum full of wonderful paintings.

Five.

I always loved reading as a kid, so for a long time I wanted to write children's books.

I tried to do it for a few years after college, but it was really hard to come up with good stories.

I guess I'm not very good with words.

Now I'm happy just painting.

I've won a few prizes, too, in art competitions, for my watercolours and oils.

The pictures are important to me, though, not the prizes.

What I enjoy most is creating pictures.

It makes me so happy.

6. Well, I'm retired now and I have a lot of free time.

I worked for the same company for over 30 years, mostly in the same little office.

I worked long hours, and when I came home from work I was too tired to do anything but read the newspaper.

Now it's different.

I spend almost all my free time outdoors playing golf.

I guess what I love best is looking at the beautiful blue sky.

Listening to 1.

I used to play sports a lot when I was younger, but I don't play much anymore.

Now I enjoy painting.

I have my own studio in my garage, and pretty soon I'll have a show at a gallery.

Maybe I'll become famous.

I really enjoy using bright colors in my paintings.

That's what I like best about it.

Two.

I've always collected things, even when I was young.

I used to collect everything.

Comic books, baseball cards, you name it.

But they're all packed away in boxes now.

Now my favorite pastime is gardening.

I spend all weekend outside with my flowers.

I love seeing them change.

That's what I like best about it, I guess.

They're these little seeds at first, and then one day, they're big, beautiful flowers.

Three.

When I was a teenager, all I did was sit around playing video games.

But I can't stand them anymore.

I work in an office now, so I sit in front of a boring computer screen all day.

Now I like being outdoors.

I belong to a hiking group, and we go someplace different every weekend.

I keep fit and healthy this way.

The best thing is that I can make some really great friends.

4. I like collecting things.

I collected baseball cards when I was a kid, but I don't anymore.

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These days, baseball card collectors are only interested in money.

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I wanted to collect things that are really beautiful.

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So that's why I started collecting stamps.

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Some of the stamps I have are really, really beautiful.

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I think they're like paintings.

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What I like best is looking at my collection.

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It's like walking through a tiny museum full of wonderful paintings.

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5. I always loved reading as a kid, so for a long time I wanted to write children's books.

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I tried to do it for a few years after college, but it was really hard to come up with good stories.

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I guess I'm not very good with words.

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Now, I'm happy just painting.

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I've won a few prizes, too, in art competitions, for my watercolours and oils.

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The pictures are important to me, though, not the prizes.

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What I enjoy most is creating pictures.

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It makes me so happy.

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6. Well, I'm retired now, and I have a lot of free time.

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I worked for the same company for over 30 years, mostly in the same little office.

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I worked long hours, and when I came home from work, I was too tired to do anything but read the newspaper.

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Now it's different.

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I spend almost all my free time outdoors, playing golf.

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I guess what I love best is looking at the beautiful blue sky.

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Listening 3 1.

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A few months ago I moved to this cute little house out in the country.

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Before I moved all I did was sit in cafes and read or surf the internet.

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Boring!

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Now I want to spend all my free time outside enjoying nature.

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The only problem is I'm not in very good shape, so I don't like doing any sports or anything that involves a lot of exercise.

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I tried hiking once, but I fell down a hill and hurt my leg.

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Don't get me wrong, I love the outdoors, but what I really want is something I can do quietly in nature.

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I live in a big city, so I love being around lots of people.

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My brother is completely the opposite it.

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Last weekend, he took me to the country to go bird watching.

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I was so bored the whole time.

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I like talking to people and doing creative things.

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I'd just love to get all my friends together at my apartment in the city and do something.

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We could have a dinner party maybe, or we could bring over some guitars and drums and stuff like that and sing and dance.

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3. Exercise is really important to me.

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I like doing things where I keep active, things that are good for my health.

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My roommate isn't like that at all, though.

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He wakes up and surfs the internet for hours.

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Then he plays his guitar in his room all afternoon.

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Yuck.

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I just hate sitting around indoors.

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I especially hate surfing the internet.

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I want to meet other people.

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I also want to get out and visit new places, like out in the country, where you can see some real nature.

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4. I don't really like going to parties or working out at the gym all the time.

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I don't like hiking around in nature either.

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I like to do things that develop my mind or things that teach me about other countries and places.

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What I really love is history.

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To me, a good history book is a lot more exciting than a fancy dinner party

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or some concert or a baseball game.

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And there's a lot of great historical information on the internet, too.

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I'm not one of those people who sit at home and collect stamps.

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For me, learning something new is a real adventure.

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Listening 3 1.

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A few months ago, I moved to this cute little house out in the country.

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Before I moved, all I did was sit in cafes and read or surf the internet.

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Boring!

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Now I want to spend all my free time outside enjoying nature.

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The only problem is I'm not in very good shape, so I don't like doing any sports or anything that involves a lot of exercise.

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I tried hiking once but I fell down a hill and hurt my leg.

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Don't get me wrong, I love the outdoors, but what I really want is something I can do quietly in nature.

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2. I live in a big city, so I love being around lots of people.

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My brother is completely the opposite.

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Last weekend, he took me to the country to go birdwatching.

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I was so bored the whole time.

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I like talking to people and doing creative things.

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I'd just love to get all my friends together at my apartment in the city and do something.

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We could have a dinner party maybe, or we could bring over some guitars and drums and stuff like that and sing and dance.

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3. Exercise is really important to me.

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I like doing things where I keep active, things that are good for my health.

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My roommate isn't like that at all, though.

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He wakes up and surfs the Internet for hours.

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Then he plays his guitar in his room all afternoon.

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Yuck.

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I just hate sitting around indoors.

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I especially hate surfing the Internet.

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I want to meet other people.

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I also want to get out and visit new places, like out in the country, where you can see some real nature.

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4. I don't really like going to parties or working out at the gym all the time.

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I don't like hiking around in nature either.

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I like to do things that develop my mind or things that teach me about other countries and places.

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What I really love is history.

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To me, a good history book is a lot more exciting than a fancy dinner party

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or some concert or a baseball game.

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And there's a lot of great historical information on the internet too.

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I'm not one of those people who sit at home and collect stamps.

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For me, learning something new is a real adventure.

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1. Baseball 2.

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Cooking 3.

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Gardening 4.

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Restaurants 5.

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Hiking.

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6. Painting.

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1. He collects comic books.

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2. They love playing golf.

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3. She enjoys watching videos.

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Dictation What do you do in your free time, Laura?

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I used to enjoy painting, but now I like cooking and gardening.

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Oh, not me.

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I enjoy collecting things.

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I collect baseball cards.

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Do you do anything else?

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Yes.

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I really enjoy surfing the Internet and listening to music.

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Do you play any sports?

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I go skiing and snowboarding in the winter.

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How about you?

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I like summer sports.

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I enjoy swimming and hiking.

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Thank you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Tactics for Listening Third Edition Developing Unit 13 Hobbies & Pastimes”. Las palabras que más se repiten: painting, baseball, enjoy, internet, hiking. Este vídeo tiene 211 frases y 1953 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 14:52. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 131 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
bore verbo	/boɹ/	aburrir
hike sustantivo	/haɪk/	caminata
stamp sustantivo	/stæmp/	estampado, timbrado
surf verbo	/sɝf/	surfear
outdoor adjetivo	/aʊtˈdɔː/	al aire libre, al fresco
excite verbo	/ɪkˈsaɪt/	emocionar
pastime sustantivo	/ˈpæs.taɪm/	pasatiempo
watercolour sustantivo	/ˈwɔ.tɜˌkʌ.lɜ/	acuarela
indoors adverbio	/ɪnˈdɔɹz/	dentro
roommate sustantivo	/ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/	compañero de cuarto
collector sustantivo	/kəˈlɛk.tɚ/	coleccionista
retire verbo	/ɹəˈtaɪɹ/	jubilar
teenager sustantivo	/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/	adolescente, adolescentes
drum sustantivo	/ˈdɹʌm/	tambor
quietly adverbio	/ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/	mansamente, despacio

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
come up with verbo		ingeniar, ingeniarse
get out verbo		salir
wake up verbo	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	despertarse, recordar
walk through verbo		explicar paso a paso, enseñar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

I've got two huge stamp albums.
Hey, why don't you come and see my collection sometime?
That's what I like best about it.
Do you do anything else?
Do you play any sports?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

Estructura	En el vídeo
“Used to” used to + verbo — un hábito o estado pasado que ya no es cierto	used to like · used to play · used to collect
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	I've always collected · I've won
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa	people who sit
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing	loves working · enjoy painting · love seeing

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 50 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, dictation /dɪkˈteɪʃən/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: watercolour /ˈwɔ.tɜˌkʌ.lɜ/, pizzeria /ˌpiːt.səˈɹiː.ə/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stamp /stæmp/, snowboard /ˈsnoʊˌbɔɹd/, ski /skiː/, swim /swɪm/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como bore, hike, stamp.

¿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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Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Gramática en este vídeo

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

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