Shadowing Practice: The Bad Guys - Best Scenes - Learn English Speaking with Video

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That is an animal testing lab within 200 ,000 helpless guinea pigs, all being poked and prodded by sadistic scientists.
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Guinea pigs, you say?
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Snake.
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I want you to rescue them.
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But this is a piece for good, so I brought something more friendly for you to wear.
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Bye!
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Well, there goes our street cred.
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At least it's comfy.
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All right, we need to distract that scientist.
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Shark, you're up.
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Copy that.
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Okay, we're gonna need a rope and a hook.
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I got this one!
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What?
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You're volunteering?
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You've never volunteered for anything.
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Sure I did.
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Right now.
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Throw me up there.
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Giddy up.
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Really?
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Yup.
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I'm 99 % sure you can make it.
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Okay.
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Let's do it!
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Hey there, son.
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Dad?
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I know you've got an important job, but I hope you still have time for a catch with your old friend.
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Oh man.
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Go!
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Hey kiddo.
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96 % you'll always be my special boy.
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Go!
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Maybe 90%.
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I've been waiting my entire life for this moment.
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Okay.
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Now go along.
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Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
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Thank you daddy!
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Go!
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50. What day?
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Who am I?
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Right, the guinea pigs are locked behind a three foot thick steel door.
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The only way in is through the vents.
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I got it!
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Oh brother, I've never seen him so chipper.
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Has he been meditating?
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New Guinea Big Land!
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Ah!
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Oh.
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Oh!
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Snake attack.
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Whoa!
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Hey, look!
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It's Professor Marbley!
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Yes, that's right.
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It's me.
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Help has arrived.
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Just keep your eyes blue to that door.
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Snake, come on, Snake, open up.
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Relax.
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These doors are complicated. Are you kidding me?
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What do you think you're doing?
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We're supposed to save them, not eat them?
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Well, I'd say they've gone to a better place.
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That's it.
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Spit them out!
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We don't save you better than you like it enough!
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Save me, you stupid hairballs!
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Not that door, the other door!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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Oh!
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It's not what it looks like.
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What?
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Ah!
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Let's go!
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Mmm!
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Diane?
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But how do you know how to do all of that?
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Kick, kick, punch, punch?
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Wait a sec, you're the Crimson Ball?
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The Queen of Khans, acrobatic Swiss Army Knight, stole the Zempango Diamond twice, once for profit, second time just for fun, never identified, never cuffed.
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Guess I'm still the best bad guy the world has ever seen.
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At least I used to be.
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Nope, time for the best.
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Just like riding a stolen bicycle.
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Oh, you got a little ouch.
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Hey, why did you save us anyway?
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After the gala, I knew something wasn't right, so I did some investigating and that meteor-- I know.
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Some kind of cosmic mega superintending thing.
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Right!
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If conducted through an array of ionized crystals, it will generate a massive psychokinetic field the size of a city.
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Oh my gosh, did I interrupt you?
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Were you gonna say that?
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Uh...
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I was gonna be a little more technical, but you got the gist of it.
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I'm gonna go on the girl trip.
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It's a big thing, baby!
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Get in on, suckers!
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What do you say we deliver this butt rock to the chief?
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It's Professor Marmalade!
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He's bringing the meteorite back!
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Huh?
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I guess, yes.
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Bringing it back?
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That's precisely what I am doing.
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Look no further.
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Your hero has arrived.
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Professor, I'm here to comment.
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I tried to help them, Tiffany, but in the end it's the same old story.
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Bad guy's bad.
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Good guys, good.
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So true, so wise.
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Furthermore, for the good of the city, I have generously decided to take the meat right back to my compound for safekeeping.
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Is he seriously going to get away with this?
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Thank you!
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God, you're kind!
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Give it up for me!
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Wait a second.
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This isn't the media, right?
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It's a lamp!
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Huh?
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What?
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Snake, what did you just do?
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What?
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My friend was sad and I was just cheering him up.
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I think Wolf was right.
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Maybe we could be more than just scary villains.
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I'm bad, you're bad.
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Let's be bad together.
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You've got yourself a deal.
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Can I try it on? Of course.
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Perfect.
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Don't mind us, just robbing this place.
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The back's a lamb.
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Where's the...?
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The old switcheroo.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Bye.
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Thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “The Bad Guys - Best Scenes”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Snake, door, guinea, save, boy. Este vídeo tiene 142 frases y 705 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:00. El hablante habla despacio, unas 78 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 79 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente. 30 de sus 142 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
pig sustantivo/ˈpɪɡ/cerdo, chancho
acrobatic adjetivo/ˌækɹəˈbætɪk/acrobático
generously adverbiogenerosamente
hairball sustantivobezoar
ionize verbo/ˈaɪ.ə.naɪz/ionizar
meditate verbo/ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/meditar
meteorite sustantivo/ˈmi.ti.əˌɹaɪt/meteorito
sadistic adjetivo/səˈdɪstɪk/sádico, ensañarse
switcheroo sustantivo/ˌswɪt͡ʃəˈɹuː/cambiazo
cuff sustantivo/kʌf/puño, ruedo
meteor sustantivo/ˈmiːtiɚ/meteoro
ouch/ˈaʊt͡ʃ/ay, uy
poke verbo/poʊk/hurgar, hincar
interrupt verbo/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/interrumpir, interromper
comfy adjetivo/ˈkʌm.fi/cómodo, confortable

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
get away with verboirse de rositas, salir impune / inulto (de)

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • What do you think you're doing?
  • We're supposed to save them, not eat them?
  • Hey, why did you save us anyway?
  • Were you gonna say that?
  • Snake, what did you just do?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraYou've never volunteered · I've never seen · has arrived
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacebeing poked · are locked · are complicated

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 29 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, I'm, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: acrobatic /ˌækɹəˈbætɪk/, meteorite /ˈmi.ti.əˌɹaɪt/, superintend /ˌsuːpəɹɪnˈtɛnd/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: switcheroo /ˌswɪt͡ʃəˈɹuː/, spit /spɪt/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vent /vɛnt/, villain /ˈvɪl.ən/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: ionize /ˈaɪ.ə.naɪz/, cosmic /ˈkɑz.mɪk/

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 pig, acrobatic, generously.

¿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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