Shadowing Practice: Tame Impala - Afterthought (Official Audio) - Learn English Speaking with Video

Este vídeo tiene 28 frases y 274 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:41. El hablante habla despacio, unas 74 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 78 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

13 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

• laughter /ˈlæftɚ/ (sustantivo) — risa. The sound of laughing, produced by air so expelled; any similar sound.
• slave /sleɪv/ (sustantivo) — esclavo, esclava. A person who is held in servitude as the property of another person, and whose labor (and often also whose body and life) is subject to the owner's volition…
• parade /pəˈrɑd/ (sustantivo) — desfile, paseíllo. Synonym of military parade: A show of troops, an assembly of troops as a show of force, to receive orders, or especially for inspection at set times.
• cheek /t͡ʃiːk/ (sustantivo) — descoco, papo. The soft skin on each side of the face, below the eyes; the outer surface of the sides of the oral cavity.
• fade /feɪd/ (verbo) — desteñir, desvaírse. To hit the ball with the shot called a fade.
• afterthought /ˈæft.ɚ.θɔt/ (sustantivo) — idea tardía, coletilla. A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
• betray /bɪˈtɹeɪ/ (verbo) — traicionar, entregar. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
• emotional /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/ (adjetivo) — emocional. Of or relating to the emotions.
• debate /dɪˈbeɪt/ (sustantivo) — debate. An argument, or discussion, usually in an ordered or formal setting, often with more than two people, generally ending with a vote or other decision.
• loud /ˈlaʊ̯d/ (adjetivo) — ruidoso, estrepitoso. Of great intensity.
• tree /tɹiː/ (sustantivo) — árbol. A perennial woody plant taller and larger than a shrub with a wooden trunk and, at some distance from the ground, having leaves and branches.
• safety /ˈseɪfti/ (sustantivo) — seguridad, seguranza. The condition or feeling of being safe; security; certainty.
• foot /fʊt/ (sustantivo) — pata. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 18 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 laughter, slave, parade.