Shadowing Practice: "The Schuyler Sisters" from HAMILTON - Learn English Speaking with Video

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There's nothing rich folks love more than going downtown and slumming it with the poor.
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They pull up in their carriages and gawk at the students in the commons just to watch them talk.
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Take Philip Schuyler, the man is loaded.
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Uh oh, but little does he know that his daughter is Peggy,
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Angelica, Eliza, snuck into the city just to watch all the guys at Wut Wut Angelica Wut Wut Eliza
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and Peggy Wut Wut the Schuyler sisters Angelica, Eliza, work!
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Daddy said to be home by sundown.
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Daddy doesn't need to know.
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Daddy said not to go downtown.
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Like I said, you're free to go.
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But look around, look around, the revolution's happening in New York.
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Angelica, work!
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It's bad enough Daddy wants to go to war.
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People shouting in the square.
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It's bad enough there'll be violence on our shore.
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Look around, look around Angelica, remind me what we're looking for She's looking for me Eliza,
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I'm looking for a minded work I'm looking for a minded
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work I'm looking for a minded work I'm looking for a minded work Woah,
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woah, woah, woah, woah There's nothing like summer in the city Someone in a rush next to summer looking pretty Excuse me, miss, I know it's not funny
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But your perfume smells like your daddy's got money Smells like your daddy's got money
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While you slummin' in the city in your fancy heels You searchin' for an urchin who can give you ideals Burr, you disgust me Ah, so you disgust me I'm a trust fund, baby, you can trust me
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I've been reading Common Sense by Thomas Paine So many say that I'm intense or I'm insane You want a revolution?
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I want a revelation So listen to my declaration
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We hold these truths to be self-evident That all men are created equal
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And when I meet Thomas Jefferson I'ma compel him to include women in this equal work Look around,
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look around And how lucky we are to be alive right now Look around,
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look around And how lucky we are to be alive right now History is happening in Manhattan
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And we just happen to be in the greatest city in
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the world In the greatest city in the world Cause I'm around, I'm in pain I'm in pain,
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I'm in pain You're watching a lot of passion around I'm in pain,
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I'm in pain We hope you're so proud And we're all gonna be here for Eliza Look around,
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look around Look how lucky we are to be alive right now History is happening in Manhattan
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And we just happen to be The greatest city in the world The greatest city in the world
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Angelica Eliza And Peggy The Skylark sisters We're looking for a wine at Hey,
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hey, hey In the greatest city,
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in the greatest city of the world In the greatest city of the world

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 36 frases y 487 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:01. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 162 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 77 % 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:

  • whoa /woʊ/ — so, cho. Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
  • downtown /ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/ (sustantivo) — centro, centro/núcleo urbano/ciudadano/citadino. The main business part of a city or town, usually located at or near its center.
  • disgust /dɪsˈɡʌst/ (sustantivo) — asco, repugnancia. An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
  • rush /ɹʌʃ/ (verbo) — correr, apurarse. To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
  • ideal /aɪˈdi(ə)l/ (adjetivo) — ideal, idóneo. Pertaining to ideas, or to a given idea.
  • passion /ˈpæʃən/ (sustantivo) — pasión. A true desire sustained or prolonged.
  • insane /ɪnˈseɪn/ (adjetivo) — enfermo mental, enajenado. Exhibiting unsoundness or disorder of mind; not sane; utterly mad.
  • intense /ɪnˈtɛns/ (adjetivo) — intenso. Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
  • remind /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ (verbo) — (hacer) recordar/arrecordar, hacer acordar/arrecordar (se de). To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
  • fancy /ˈfæn.si/ (sustantivo) — fantasía, magín. The imagination.
  • shore /ʃɔɹ/ (sustantivo) — orilla, vera. Land adjoining a non-flowing body of water, such as an ocean, lake or pond.
  • folk /foʊk/ (sustantivo) — pueblo, gente. People, persons.
  • shout /ʃaʊt/ (verbo) — gritar, desgañitarse. To utter a sudden and loud cry, as in joy, triumph, exultation or anger, or to attract attention, to animate others, etc.
  • evident /ˈɛv.ə.dənt/ (adjetivo) — evidente, constatable. Obviously true by simple observation.
  • sneak /sniːk/ (verbo) — moverse con sigilo. To creep or go stealthily; to come or go while trying to avoid detection, as a person who does not wish to be seen.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • look for (verbo) — buscar, lambisquear. To seek.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 23 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, we're, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: rush /ɹʌʃ/, passion /ˈpæʃən/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, declaration /ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, shout /ʃaʊt/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: declaration /ˌdɛk.ləˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como whoa, downtown, disgust.

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceis loaded · are created
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe greatest
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díaswe're looking · I'm looking · is happening

¿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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