Shadowing Practice: The First 5 Minutes of The Office - The Office US - Learn English Speaking with Video

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All right, Jim, your quarterlies look very good.
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How are things going at the library?
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Oh, I told you.
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I couldn't close it, so...
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So you've come to the master for guidance.
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Is this what you're saying, Grasshopper?
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Uh, actually, you called me in here. But, yeah.
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All right.
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Well, let me show you how it's done.
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Yes, I'd like to speak to your office manager, please.
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Yes, hello!
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This is Michael Scott.
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I am the regional manager of Dunder Mifflin Paper Products.
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Just wanted to talk to you manager a manager.
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All right, done deal.
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Thank you very much, sir.
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You're a gentleman and a scholar.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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Okay.
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I'm sorry.
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My mistake.
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That was a woman I was talking to.
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She had a very low voice.
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Probably a smoker smoker. So.
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So that's the way it's done.
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I've, uh, I've been at Dunder Mifflin for 12 years, the last four as regional manager.
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Uh, when I come through here, see, we have the entire floor.
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So this is my kingdom, far as the eye can see.
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Ah, this is our receptionist, Pam.
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Pam!
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Pam!
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Pam!
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Pam Beasley.
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Uh, Pam has been with us For forever right Pam well,
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I know if you think she's cute now you should have seen her a couple of years ago What uh any messages?
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Yeah, just a fact oh
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And this is from corporate how many times have I told you
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that there's a special filing cabinet for things from corporate You haven't told me.
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Well, the waste paper basket.
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Look at that.
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Oh, look at that face.
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People say I am the best boss.
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They go, God, we've never worked in a place like this before.
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You're hilarious.
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And you get the best out of us.
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Um...
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I think that pretty much sums it up.
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I found it at Spencer Gifts.
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Can I play for you?
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I want no gifts for you.
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My job is to speak to clients on the phone about...
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quantities and type of copier paper.
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You know, uh, whether we can supply it to them, whether they can, uh, pay for it. And, um...
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I'm-I'm boring myself just talking about this.
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What's up?
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I still love that after seven years.
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What's up?
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What's up?
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What's up?
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Oh, wow.
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What?
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Nothing.
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Okay, all right.
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See you later.
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All right.
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Take care.
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Back to work!
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Corporate really doesn't interfere with me at all.
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Jan Levinson Gould.
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Jan!
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Hello.
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Right?
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Not to her face, because, uh...
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Well, not because I'm scared of her. Because I'm not. But, um...
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Yeah.
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All right, was there anything you wanted to add to the agenda?
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Mmm...
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Me no get an agenda.
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I'm s...
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What?
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I'm sorry?
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I didn't get any agenda.
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Well, I faxed one over to you this morning.
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Really?
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Because I didn't, uh...
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I didn't...
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Did we get a fax this morning?
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Uh, yeah, the one.
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Then why?
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Why is it in my hand?
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Because a company runs on efficiency of communication, right?
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Um, so what's the problem, Pam?
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Why didn't I get it?
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You put it in the garbage can that was a special filing cabinet.
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Yeah, uh, that was a joke.
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That was a joke that was actually my brother's, and it was supposed to be with bills, and it doesn't work great with fax.
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Do you want to look at mine?
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Yeah, I would.
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Thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 99 frases y 568 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:53. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 116 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

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

  • agenda /əˈd͡ʒɛn.də/ (sustantivo) — programa, plan. A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
  • efficiency /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/ (sustantivo) — eficiencia. The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose.
  • sum /sʌm/ (sustantivo) — suma, adición. A quantity obtained by addition or aggregation.
  • hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/ (adjetivo) — hilarante, descacharrante. Very funny; causing great merriment and laughter.
  • garbage /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ (sustantivo) — basura, desperdicios. Food waste material of any kind.
  • gentleman /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ (sustantivo) — caballero, gentilhombre. Any well-bred, well-mannered, or charming man.
  • basket /ˈbæskɪt/ (sustantivo) — cesta, cesto. A lightweight woven container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
  • quantity /ˈkwɑn(t)ɪti/ (sustantivo) — cantidad, cuantía. A fundamental, generic term used when referring to the measurement (count, amount) of a scalar, vector, number of items or to some other way of denominating…
  • scare /skɛɚ/ (verbo) — asustar, atemorizar. To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.
  • quarterly (adjetivo) — trimestral. Occurring once every quarter year (three months); taking place quarter-yearly.
  • scholar /ˈskɑlɚ/ (sustantivo) — escolar. A student; one who studies at school or college, typically having a scholarship.
  • bore /boɹ/ (verbo) — aburrir. To inspire boredom in somebody.
  • interfere /ˌɪn.tɚˈfɪɚ/ (verbo) — interferir. To get involved or involve oneself, causing disturbance.
  • fax /fæks/ (sustantivo) — fax, telefax. A document sent, or received and printed, by a fax machine.
  • smoker /ˈsmoʊkɚ/ (sustantivo) — fumador, fumadora. A person who smokes tobacco habitually.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.
  • talk about (verbo) — hablar de, hablar sobre. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 24 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, didn't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: efficiency /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/, receptionist /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: efficiency /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/, receptionist /ɹɪˈsɛp.ʃə.nɪst/

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 agenda, efficiency, sum.

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 come · I've been · has been
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe best

¿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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