Shadowing Practice: Talking about Work in English 💼 Beginner English listening practice Level A2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I work as a secretary so I work in an office.
Trabajo como secretaria, así que trabajo en una oficina.
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I start work at 9 o 'clock so I leave home at half past 8.
Empiezo a trabajar a las 9 en punto, así que salgo de casa a las 8 y media.
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I take 25 minutes to drive to work.
Tardo 25 minutos en llegar al trabajo en coche.
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I park in the car park and I take the lift to the floor where my office is and my desk.
Aparco en el aparcamiento y cojo el ascensor hasta la planta donde está mi oficina y mi escritorio.
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At my desk I have a computer and a very comfortable chair.
En mi escritorio tengo un ordenador y una silla muy cómoda.
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It is important to have a comfortable chair because I spend 8 hours per day sitting down.
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I use my computer a lot during my day.
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I have a screen, a keyboard and a mouse.
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I also have some headphones because sometimes I have to have a video call with my boss.
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I also have a telephone on my desk.
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I need that to call my co -workers and sometimes my clients.
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Because I am a secretary,
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I have to write a lot of emails and create documents.
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Sometimes my boss sends me emails from the clients and I reply to them.
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I also have to attend meetings with my team.
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These meetings can be online but sometimes they are in the same building.
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We use emails, phone calls and messaging apps to stay connected because communication is very important in an office.
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My team is great.
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It feels like we are a small family.
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I work with seven people in my office and they are all young.
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They are 20 to 30 year olds.
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So that makes it very fun for us.
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At 12 o 'clock, we have lunch together.
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We rest a little and we go to the cafeteria in the building or we go to a cafe nearby.
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I normally have a coffee and a sandwich.
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only something small after lunch we go back to the office and we work for five more hours
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my favorite part of going to work is spending time with my co -workers or colleagues and and helping the clients.
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I think that it's very important to always be friendly with the clients and be helpful.
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Sometimes they have a problem and I call them to help them.
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It makes me very happy when they say that I help them a lot.
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But the worst part of my job is spending 8 hours in front of my computer and sitting down.
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It can be very stressful to send a lot of emails as well,
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and to receive a lot of phone calls.
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Also, the programs on my computer don't work sometimes,
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so that is very frustrating.
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I need my computer to work, so if it isn't working,
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then it is very difficult for me to work.
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At the end of the day,
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at 5 o 'clock, I tidy up my desk and turn my computer off.
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I leave the office at about 5 minutes past 5 and I drive home.
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But this doesn't happen every day,
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sometimes I have a lot of work and I have to stay in the office until 6 or 7 o 'clock.
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Other days I have special projects or courses for training.
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These projects and courses are to teach us new things about our job and I find it very interesting,
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but I leave work at 6 or 7 o 'clock, so I don't have a lot of free time.
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When I get home, I like to do some sport, like going for a run or going to the gym.
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Like I said, the bad thing about working in an office is
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that you are sitting down for a lot of hours per day and it is not good for your health,
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so it's important to stay active and do exercise.
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I go to bed at around 11 o 'clock and I wake up the next morning ready to go to work again.
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I like my job as a secretary and I like my daily tasks tasks.
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I am also very lucky to have great colleagues at work.
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But I still get the feeling
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that I spend too many hours at work and I am very happy
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when the weekend comes along and when I have holidays.
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Let me know in the comments section what you work as
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Thank you and I'll see you in another video.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 58 frases y 706 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:04. El hablante habla despacio, unas 88 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
15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- clock /klɑk/ (sustantivo) — cuentakilómetros. A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
- desk /dɛsk/ (sustantivo) — escritorio, pupitre. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a…
- worker /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ (sustantivo) — trabajador, obrero. One who works: a person who performs labor for a living; traditionally, especially, manual labor.
- colleague /ˈkɒliːɡ/ (sustantivo) — colega, compañero. A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.
- helpful /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ (adjetivo) — servicial, adyuvante. Furnishing help; giving aid; useful.
- telephone /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ (sustantivo) — teléfono. A telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to…
- connect /kəˈnɛkt/ (verbo) — conectar, empalmar. To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
- mouse /maʊs/ (sustantivo) — ratón, laucha. Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
- keyboard /ˈki.bɔɹd/ (sustantivo) — teclado. A set of keys laid out in a gridlike pattern, used for typing on a typewriter, computer, etc.
- subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/ (verbo) — suscribirse, subscribirse. To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
- thumb /ˈθʌm/ (sustantivo) — pulgar, pólice. The shortest and thickest digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
- headphones /ˈhɛdfoʊnz/ (sustantivo) — cascos, auriculares. A pair of cushioned speakers worn over or in the ears so only the wearer can hear the sound.
- stressful /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ (adjetivo) — estresoso, estresante. Irritating; causing stress.
- tidy /ˈtaɪ.di/ (adjetivo) — pulcro, prolijo. Arranged neatly and in order.
- café /ˌkæˈfeɪ/ (sustantivo) — café, cafetería. A coffee shop; an establishment selling coffee and sometimes other non-alcoholic beverages, simple meals or snacks, with a facility to consume them on the…
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
- sit down (verbo) — sentarse. To assume a sitting position from a standing position.
- come along (verbo) — avanzar, marchar. To accompany.
- wake up /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ (verbo) — despertarse, recordar. To stop sleeping; to awake.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 5 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, doesn't, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
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 clock, desk, worker.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | is spending · isn't working · are sitting |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | have to have · have to write · have to attend |
¿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.