Shadowing Practice: The US-Canada border splits this road down the middle - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I'm not allowed to cross this road because this is the town of Stansted, Canada.
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On the other side of the street is Derby Line, USA.
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And the border between the two countries runs right down this, Rue Canussa.
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For the local residents, that can be inconvenient.
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I lived here all my life, so 63 years.
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Today you cannot cross over the line and visit your neighbors like years ago.
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If you want to cross, you have to report that custom.
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You know, I used to cross every day.
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And now I probably cross once a week because I come down to the post office over here.
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To go through the border, basically they ask you a passport, they go inside, I guess they look at if you have a record or not, they look at your registration of your car,
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about a couple of minutes and you're going through.
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I'm a dual citizen, so I'm American and Canadian, so it's easier.
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This is a place where the idea of a border as a solid, easy to understand line gets a little bit fuzzy.
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The road doesn't run at exactly the same angle as the border, not precisely.
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The official line is that this is Canada and that's the USA, but both countries' maps show the road as being entirely in the US just here and entirely in Canada up there.
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The houses are definitely in separate countries, but the road?
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It's not quite as clear.
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And in practice, if I was driving, I'd be okay.
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Even on that side of the road, I am considered to be still in Canada, as long as I don't stop and walk up to an American house.
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It's fair to say that there's a little bit of leniency here
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if you're just nudging the border by a few centimeters or if you're on that side a couple of inches. But
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while I was setting up my camera here the police turned
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up lights flashing to move along those bikers you saw earlier
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who were admiring the view from the other side of the road.
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It all seemed in good spirits but they had crossed the border.
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Well the library is part on the Canadian side part on the American side but But you stay on the Canadian side, you stay on the sidewalk, and you go through the front door and it's permitted.
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On Canooset Street, there's a sidewalk on the Canadian side.
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So back years ago, it was tolerated that people on the American side could cross over and walk on the sidewalk.
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So basically, it's a little dangerous to walk on the side of the road.
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And now today, well, it's not tolerated no more.
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I think the rules hasn't changed much, but they're more enforced.
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When you cross, they ask you more questions than they used to, you know, years ago.
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Before, you went through the border and you knew most of the custom officers
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and they used to wave to you, you know?
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In 1783, this section of the Canada-US border was set at the 45th parallel, a line of latitude.
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Slightly inaccurate measurements were accepted by both countries.
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So it was locked in.
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But as for this specific road, there are local stories about drunk surveyors and pranks, but no one really knows.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “The US-Canada border splits this road down the middle”. Las palabras que más se repiten: border, road, cross, Canada, Canadian. Este vídeo tiene 39 frases y 556 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:48. El hablante habla rápido, unas 199 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 87 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 14 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| sidewalk sustantivo | /ˈsaɪdwɔk/ | acera, andén |
| tolerate verbo | /ˈtɑ.lə.ɹeɪt/ | tolerar, soportar |
| inconvenient adjetivo | /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/ | inconveniente |
| leniency sustantivo | /ˈliːni.ən(t)si/ | leniencia |
| surveyor sustantivo | /sɚˈveɪ̯.ɚ/ | agrimensor |
| latitude sustantivo | /ˈlætɪtud/ | latitud |
| inaccurate adjetivo | /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/ | desatinado, desacertado |
| fuzzy adjetivo | /ˈfʌzi/ | velloso, felpudo |
| prank sustantivo | /pɹæŋk/ | travesura, broma |
| enforce verbo | /ɪnˈfoɹs/ | hacer cumplir/respetar, enforzar |
| admire verbo | /ədˈmaɪɹ/ | admirar |
| passport sustantivo | /ˈpæspɔɹt/ | pasaporte |
| measurement sustantivo | /ˈmɛʒ.ə.mənt/ | medida, medición |
| precisely adverbio | /pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/ | precisamente, a rajatabla |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| move along verbo | transitar, circular |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verbo — un hábito o estado pasado que ya no es cierto | used to cross · used to wave |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was tolerated · was set · were accepted |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 11 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, leniency /ˈliːni.ən(t)si/, inaccurate /ɪnˈæk.jə.ɹɪt/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, surveyor /sɚˈveɪ̯.ɚ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como sidewalk, tolerate, inconvenient.
¿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.