Shadowing Practice: The Mentalist - The best filicidal confession...EVER! - Learn English Speaking with Video

Este vídeo tiene 40 frases y 275 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:10. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 126 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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:

• defend /dɪˈfɪnd/ (verbo) — defender, defensar. To ward off attacks against (something or someone).
• bone /boʊn/ (sustantivo) — hueso. A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
• reveal /ɹɪˈviːl/ (verbo) — revelar, propalar. To uncover; to show and display that which was hidden.
• confirm /kənˈfɝm/ (verbo) — confirmar. To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
• spell /spɛl/ (sustantivo) — hechizo, conjuro. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers.
• tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/ (sustantivo) — tejido. Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
• goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ — adiós, hasta luego. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
• denial /dɪˈnaɪ.əl/ (sustantivo) — negación, negamiento. An assertion of untruth.
• dense /ˈdɛns/ (adjetivo) — denso. Having relatively high density.
• confront /kənˈfɹʌnt/ (verbo) — enfrentar, confrontar. To stand or meet facing, especially in competition, hostility or defiance; to come face to face with.
• hallway /ˈhɔlˌweɪ/ (sustantivo) — pasillo, pasadizo. A corridor in a building that connects rooms.
• circumstance /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ (sustantivo) — circunstancia, tesitura. Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
• smack /smæk/ (verbo) — lapear, sopapear. To slap or hit someone.
• clumsy /ˈklʌmzi/ (adjetivo) — patoso, torpe. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous.
• fingerprint /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/ (sustantivo) — huella digital, huella dactilar. The natural pattern of ridges on the tips of human fingers, unique to each individual.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

• come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — hala, vamos. Come along with me; join me in going.
• put up with (verbo) — aguantar, soportar. To endure, tolerate, suffer through, or allow, especially something annoying.
• shut up /ʃʌt ʌp/ — cállate la boca, cállate. Stop talking (usually in the form of making annoying, irrelevant, or false comments, during a period of peace and quiet, or when one is not allowed to talk)…
• talk about (verbo) — hablar de, hablar sobre. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
• throw away (verbo) — tirar, echar. To discard (trash, garbage, or the like), to toss out, to put in the trash.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, wouldn't, didn't. 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 defend, bone, reveal.