Shadowing Practice: The piano man Chapter 4 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Chapter 4 The Music How can I play music without leader?
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Music was my life.
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Now it is my death.
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The sound of one note on the piano goes through me like a knife.
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Oh, why did I swim to land?
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Why didn't the sea take me down, down, down, to sleep the long sleep?
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The next morning, Avril took her patient into the sitting room.
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He sat at the piano, but he did not touch the keys.
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His face was closed.
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His eyes saw nothing.
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You're a long way away, Mr. Piano Man, Avril said to him smiling.
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Where are you now?
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Are you thinking about your home, about your family?
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No answer.
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Avril took some photographs out of her bag.
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Would you like to see some photos of my family, Mr. Piano Man?
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She said.
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Look, here's my husband, Jerry.
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I told you about him yesterday.
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And this is my son, Ryan.
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He's 16 now.
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He's a big boy, taller than me.
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He loves playing football.
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And this is my daughter, Mary.
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She's 14.
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She loves music.
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She listens to it all the time.
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One by one, she gave the photos to the piano man.
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He looked at them, and then gave them back to her.
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Oh, here is one to show you.
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This is Mary when she was little.
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About eight, I think.
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She's having a piano lesson.
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But she stopped lessons after two years. So sad.
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I love listening to piano music.
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The piano man held the photo of Mary and looked at it for a long minute.
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His face did not change, but suddenly he put the photo down,
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turned round to the piano, and began to play.
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It was a happy piece of music, light and easy.
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Avril laughed.
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Oh, how wonderful.
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I know that.
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My Mary played that piece.
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Well, she didn't really play it, but she tried to learn it.
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You play it so well.
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The piano man stopped playing.
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Avril watched him.
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Can you play some more music for us? she asked.
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She looked round the sitting room.
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There was another patient, sitting at the back of the room.
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This was Doris, a very old lady.
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Sometimes Doris remembered things, sometimes she didn't.
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I think Doris is enjoying your music, Avril said.
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The piano man looked round.
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Doris nodded and smiled at him.
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The piano man turned back to the piano and began to play.
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This was a very different piece of music, fast and exciting, full of color and life.
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The piano man's eyes were closed.
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His body moved to the music, and his fingers danced over the keys.
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Avril watched his hands.
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You're a musician, aren't you?
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She said.
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A pianist.
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All that day, the piano man was in and out of the sitting room.
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Sometimes he just sat at the piano.
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Sometimes he played fast, exciting music, slow, sad music.
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Then he went back to his room and lay on his bed, with his hands over his head.
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Then back to the piano again.
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dr. Sansom came to listen to him you're right Avril he
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said he's a wonderful musician the music is talking through him there's a change coming leave him alone and wait
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late in the afternoon the piano man went to the piano again and began to play a new piece of music
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It was slow, very beautiful music, like a song.
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Avril sat with him for a time, then stood up.
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Don't stop, she whispered.
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I must see another patient for a few minutes, back soon.
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She went quietly out of the room.
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Doris was still in her usual chair at the back of the room, smiling and nodding to the music.
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Avril was with the other patient for ten minutes, then went back to the sitting room.
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She heard Doris's voice.
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Nurse?
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Nurse?
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Come quick!
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What is it, Doris?
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What's the matter?
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Look, said Doris.
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He's crying, poor boy.
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The piano man sat at the piano, with his face in his hands.
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Tears ran between his fingers and down the backs of his hands.
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Poor boy, said Doris.
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Poor boy.
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Poor boy.
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Yes, all right, Doris, Avril said.
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I'm here now.
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She put her hand very gently on the piano man's arm.
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He wants a cup of tea, said Doris loudly.
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Poor boy.
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Yes, you're right, Avril said.
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She went quickly to the nurse's kitchen and came back with a large, hot mug of tea.
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Gently, she took the piano man's hands away from his face and gave him the mug of tea.
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There, she said, drink some tea.
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Tea always helps.
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The piano man's hands closed around the hot mug.
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He looked up into Avril's face.
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Spasiba, he whispered.
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Before she went home, Avril went to the computer in the nurse's room.
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Now, what was that word?
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She thought.
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Spas something.
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Spasi.
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She tried the spelling, spas-see-ba, and Google found the word for her at once.
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Spas-eba was thank you in Russian.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “The piano man Chapter 4”. Las palabras que más se repiten: piano, Avril, Doris, boy, tea. Este vídeo tiene 113 frases y 834 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:16. El hablante habla despacio, unas 101 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
Las 12 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| piano sustantivo | /piˈænɪː/ | piano |
| spa sustantivo | /ˈspɑ/ | spa, balneario |
| excite verbo | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | emocionar |
| nod verbo | /nɑd/ | asentir con la cabeza, cabecear |
| musician sustantivo | /mjuˈzɪʃən/ | músico, música |
| gently adverbio | /ˈd͡ʒɛntli/ | mansamente, suavemente |
| pianist sustantivo | /ˈpi.ənɪst/ | pianista |
| loudly adverbio | /ˈlaʊdli/ | en voz alta, ruidosamente |
| spelling sustantivo | /ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/ | deletreo, espeleo |
| quietly adverbio | /ˈkwaɪ.ɪt.li/ | mansamente, despacio |
| swim verbo | /swɪm/ | nadar |
| photograph sustantivo | /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ | fotografía, toma fotográfica |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| hand over verbo | devolver, entregar |
| stand up verbo | levantarse, ponerse de pie |
| talk through verbo | explicar detalladamente, decir paso a paso |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Where are you now?
- Are you thinking about your home, about your family?
- He's a big boy, taller than me.
- Can you play some more music for us?
- You're a musician, aren't you?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was closed · were closed |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | loves playing · love listening · stopped playing |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | is enjoying · is talking |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 10 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, didn't, aren't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spa /ˈspɑ/, spelling /ˈspɛl.ɪŋ/, swim /swɪm/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como piano, spa, excite.
¿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.