Shadowing Practice: The Most Chaotic Cold Open Of All Time - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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- Thank you.
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- The first time I was in the hospital, I was in the hospital.
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- Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Last week I gave a fire safety talk.
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Ahem!
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And nobody paid any attention.
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It's my own fault for using PowerPoint.
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PowerPoint is boring.
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People learn in lots of different ways, but experience...
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is the best teacher.
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I'm going to put it in the middle of the pot.
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Today?
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Smoking is gonna save lives.
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- - - Thank you.
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Okay.
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Does anyone smell anything smoky?
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Did you bring your jerky in again?
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Ahem.
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Oh my god!
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Uh, oh my god!
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Fire!
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Oh, fire?
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Oh my goodness.
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What's the procedure?
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What do we do, people?
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The bones are dead.
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Oh, how did that happen?
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It's out in the hall.
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No, we don't know that.
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The smoke could be coming through an air duct.
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Oh my god!
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Okay, it's happening.
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Everybody stay calm.
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What's the procedure, everyone?
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What's the procedure?
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Stay f*ing calm!
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Wait, wait, wait, wait.
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Everybody just f*ing calm down!
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No, no, Michael, no!
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Touch the handle.
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If it's hot, there could be a fire in the hallway.
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What does warm mean?
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Oh my gosh, try to get the door.
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Not a viable option.
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What next?
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Go try!
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Oh, here's a door.
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Check that one out.
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How's the handle?
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It's warm.
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Okay, go to the back door.
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Well, another option.
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That's another option.
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Jeez, okay, settle down, everyone.
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I took out my door.
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Leave it, woman!
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Get out of the way.
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Go, go, go.
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Things can be replaced, Phyllis.
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People.
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Human lives, however, can...
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A damp rag, perhaps.
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Let's remember those procedures.
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What are the actions?
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Okay, that's the wrong way.
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We've already tried that.
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Remember your exit points!
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Exit points, people!
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What's next?
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Huh?
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Stay alive!
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I'm getting help!
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Pull me up!
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You're too heavy!
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I only weigh 82 pounds!
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They banned it!
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How about 911?
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Anyone?
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911. What do we do?
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Use the surge of fear and adrenaline to sharpen your decision making.
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Okay, I am not dying here.
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Come on.
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What is that?
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What is that?
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The fire's shooting at us!
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What in the name of God is going on?
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Attention!
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Employees of Dunder Mifflin!
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This has been a test! of our emergency preparedness.
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There is no fire.
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It was only a simulation.
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What?
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Fire.
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Not real, this was merely a training exercise.
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So, what have we learned?
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Oh, come on, it's not real, Stanley.
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Don't have a heart attack.
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No, no, no, no, no, no!
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You will not die!
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Stanley!
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Stanley, you will not die!
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Stay away!
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Stanley!
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Barack is president!
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You are black, Stanley!
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I'm gonna give him mouth to mouth.
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No, no, no. Don't give him mouth to mouth for this.
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You're gonna swallow this tongue.
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Open your mouth.
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-Michael.
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-Don't swallow it!
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-I'm fine!
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Leave me a little-- I'm giving a little while in it.
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I'm saving you!
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- - Ah.
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- Yeah.
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- Thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 123 frases y 498 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:47. El hablante habla despacio, unas 104 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 85 % 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:

  • procedure /pɹəˈsiː.d͡ʒə/ (sustantivo) — procedimiento. A particular method for performing a task.
  • exit /ˈɛɡzət/ (sustantivo) — salida, partida. An act of going out or going away, or leaving; a departure.
  • swallow /ˈswɑ.loʊ/ (verbo) — tragar, engullir. To cause (food, drink etc.) to pass from the mouth into the stomach; to take into the stomach through the throat.
  • bone /boʊn/ (sustantivo) — hueso. A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
  • merely /ˈmɪəli/ (adverbio) — meramente, mere. Without any other reason etc.; only, just, and nothing more.
  • settle /ˈsɛtəl/ (verbo) — resolver, dirimir. To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).
  • goodness /ˈɡʊdnəs/ (sustantivo) — bondad. The state or characteristic of being good.
  • weigh /weɪ/ (verbo) — pesar. To determine the weight of an object.
  • viable /ˈvaɪəbəl/ (adjetivo) — viable. Able to live on its own (as for a newborn).
  • simulation /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃn̩/ (sustantivo) — simulación. Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
  • bore /boɹ/ (verbo) — aburrir. To inspire boredom in somebody.
  • gosh /ɡɑːʃ/ — Dios mío, caramba. A mild expression of surprise or enthusiasm.
  • surge /sɝd͡ʒ/ (sustantivo) — aluvión, oleada. A sudden transient rush, flood or increase.
  • hallway /ˈhɔlˌweɪ/ (sustantivo) — pasillo, pasadizo. A corridor in a building that connects rooms.
  • duct /dʌkt/ (sustantivo) — conducto. A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — hala, vamos. Come along with me; join me in going.
  • calm down (verbo) — calmarse. To become less excited, intense, or angry.
  • get out of (verbo) — salirse de, ponerse fuera de. To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
  • go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verbo) — continuar. To continue in extent.
  • settle down (verbo) — calmarse. To make or become quiet and calm after a period of disturbance or restlessness.
  • stay away (verbo) — no acercarse, mantenerse alejado. To avoid or not go anywhere near someone or something.
  • take out (verbo) — sacar. To remove.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 16 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: simulation /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃn̩/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, gunshot /ˈɡʌn.ʃɑt/, sharpen /ˈʃɑɹpən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: adrenaline /əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/, preparedness /pɹɪˈpɛɹ(ə)dnəs/

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 procedure, exit, swallow.

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 ahoraWe've already tried · has been
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasI'm getting · am not dying · is going
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirI'm going to put · gonna save · gonna give
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill not die

¿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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