Shadowing Practice: The piano man Chapter 6 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Chapter 6 The Song
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In the morning, Ludmilla talked in Russian on her mobile phone for more than an hour, crying all the time.
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What's this all about?
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Dr. Sansom asked Avril.
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I don't know, said Avril.
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I think she's talking to her father in St. Petersburg.
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We need to know her story before we can help her.
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When is the interpreter coming?
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At eleven o'clock.
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When she had a moment, Avril went to see the piano man and to sit with him for a time.
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He was nearly always in the patient sitting room.
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He sat at the piano, sometimes playing, sometimes just sitting.
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When Avril talked to him, he listened but did not speak.
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His hands moved gently over the piano keys.
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He answered her with music.
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Other patients went in and out of the sitting room, but Doris was always there, in her usual chair there.
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Beautiful music, she said to Avril.
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Beautiful music.
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Yes, it is, said Avril.
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Does he talk to you, Doris?
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He's a nice boy, Doris said.
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Beautiful music.
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Very nice, Avril said.
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But does he say anything?
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Do you know his name?
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Yes, Doris said happily.
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He's the piano man.
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He plays music.
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Beautiful music.
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Avril went away, back to her other patients.
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In Ludmilla's room, it was quiet.
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Ludmilla lay on her bed and stared out of the window at the sky.
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Avril brought her a hot mug of tea.
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Would you like some tea?
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She said in her warm Irish voice.
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Thirsty work, all that talking.
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Ludmilla sat up and took the tea.
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Thank you.
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Did you talk to your father in St. Petersburg?
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Avril asked.
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Behind her, the door of the room was open, and sounds from the hospital came in.
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Suddenly, Ludmilla turned her head, and some of the hot tea went over the bed.
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Hey, be careful, said Avril.
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But Ludmilla did not hear her.
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She sat very still.
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What's that?
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She whispered.
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What's what?
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Avril asked. That, that music.
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Ludmilla said.
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Where's it coming from?
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It's a patient.
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He's playing the piano in the sitting room, Avril said.
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I think he's- Shh.
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Listen, Ludmilla whispered.
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She put her hand on Avril's arm.
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Listen.
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A second later, she was out of the bed and running.
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She ran out of her room, past the other rooms, and along to the patient sitting room at the end.
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Avril ran after her.
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Wait, she called.
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At the sitting room door, Ludmilla stopped.
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She saw the piano man at the piano, and her face turned white.
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She stood and stared.
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The piano man heard something and turned round.
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He stopped playing and stared at the girl by the door.
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For a long, long minute, nobody moved, nobody spoke.
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Every sound in the hospital stopped.
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Then, very slowly, the piano man turned back to the piano and began to play.
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He played a slow, beautiful piece of music.
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For a second or two, Ludmilla did not move or speak.
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Then she put her head back, closed her eyes, and began to sing.
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The song was very sad and very beautiful.
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Avril did not understand the words because they were in Russian, but tears came into her eyes.
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The piano man played and Ludmilla sang.
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Then, at the end of the song, she walked across the room to him.
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The piano man stood up and watched her.
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She came and stood in front of him, and very slowly, very gently, she held out her hand to him.
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Mikael?
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She whispered.
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Lita, Lita, Lita, said the piano man.
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Oh, Lita.
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Then he put his arms around her and held her for a long time.
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Thank you.
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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 6”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Avril, piano, Ludmilla, sitting, beautiful. Este vídeo tiene 86 frases y 615 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:10. El hablante habla despacio, unas 86 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 86 % 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 14 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| piano sustantivo | /piˈænɪː/ | piano |
| stare verbo | /stɛɚ/ | mirar fijamente, quedarse mirando |
| gently adverbio | /ˈd͡ʒɛntli/ | mansamente, suavemente |
| tear verbo | /tɛɹ/ | rasgar, desgarrar |
| happily adverbio | /ˈhæp.ə.li/ | felizmente, alegremente |
| thirsty adjetivo | /ˈθɝs.ti/ | sediento, tener sed |
| slowly adverbio | /ˈsloʊli/ | lentamente, despacio |
| sing verbo | /ˈsɪŋ/ | cantar |
| suddenly adverbio | /ˈsʌd.ən.li/ | repentinamente, súbitamente |
| chapter sustantivo | /ˈt͡ʃæptɚ/ | capítulo |
| quiet adjetivo | /ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/ | quieto, silencioso |
| usual adjetivo | /ˈju.ʒuəl/ | usual, habitual |
| careful adjetivo | /ˈkɛɹfəl/ | cauto, cuidadoso |
| cry verbo | /kɹaɪ/ | llorar, plorar (desus.) |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| go away verbo | irse, marcharse |
| go over verbo | sentar, pasar |
| hold out verbo | extender |
| sit up verbo | sentarse |
| stand up verbo | levantarse, ponerse de pie |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stare /stɛɚ/, slowly /ˈsloʊli/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: whisper /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/, happily /ˈhæp.ə.li/
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, stare, gently.
¿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.