Shadowing Practice: Talking about roommates - Learn English Speaking with Video

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So, Michael, what's your new roommate like?
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Well, if you have all day, I'll describe him for you.
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He's quite the character.
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I don't have all day, dude.
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But basically, do you get along with him?
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Actually, yeah.
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But that's only because we hardly ever see each other.
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The guy sleeps all day.
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Sometimes he gets up just to go to his classes, and then he comes back to the room and goes back to bed.
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Then he'll get up at midnight and study all night.
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Really?
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You don't eat together then?
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The truth is, I don't even know when he eats or where.
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Then at least he doesn't leave a mess in the kitchen.
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No!
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The guy is incredibly neat.
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He actually leaves the bathroom clean every day.
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And he doesn't seem to have dirty clothes.
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He's like a ghost.
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Man, I think you have the perfect roommate.
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What about yours?
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What's she like?
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Well, she's the exact opposite of yours.
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We're a lot alike, and we're together a lot.
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I mean, we have two classes together, and we're in the same student club, so we're really good friends.
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Sounds to me like you have the ideal roommate.
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Well, yes and no. Mine is a disaster in the house.
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In the first place, she always leaves a mess in the kitchen.
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She doesn't wash the dishes or take out the trash.
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Plus, she throws her clothes all over the place.
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Not to mention how she leaves the bathroom.
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Come on, Eric.
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She sounds a lot like you.
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No wonder you get along so well.

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¿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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