Shadowing Practice: TOPIC 2 Housing 2 #opic - Learn English Speaking with Video

Este vídeo tiene 16 frases y 151 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 0:53. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 170 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

14 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

• wash /wɑʃ/ (verbo) — lavar. To clean with water.
• routine /ɹuˈtin/ (sustantivo) — rutina. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
• dish /dɪʃ/ (sustantivo) — vajilla. A vessel such as a plate for holding or serving food, often flat with a depressed region in the middle.
• laundry /ˈlɔːn.dɹi/ (sustantivo) — colada, lavado. A laundering; a washing.
• weekday /ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/ (sustantivo) — día de entre semana, día de entresemana. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or Sunday.
• brunch /bɹʌnt͡ʃ/ (sustantivo) — brunch. A meal eaten later in the day than breakfast and earlier than lunch, often in a leisurely, festive, and/or social way, and often consisting of typical foods…
• grandparent /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/ (sustantivo) — abuelo, abuela. The parent of someone's parent.
• cook /kʊk/ (verbo) — cocinar, cocer. To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
• weekend /ˈwiˌkɛnd/ (sustantivo) — fin de semana, finde. The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
• dinner /ˈdɪnɚ/ (sustantivo) — cena. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
• clean /kliːn/ (adjetivo) — limpio. Free of dirt, filth, or impurities (extraneous matter); not dirty, filthy, or soiled.
• spend /spɪnd/ (verbo) — gastar, despender. To pay out (money).
• generally /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ɹə.li/ (adverbio) — generalmente, por lo general. Popularly or widely.
• wake /ˈweɪ̯k/ (verbo) — despertarse, despertar. (often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

• get up (verbo) — levantarse. To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
• wake up /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ (verbo) — despertarse, recordar. To stop sleeping; to awake.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

• Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: wash /wɑʃ/, dish /dɪʃ/

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 wash, routine, dish.