Shadowing Practice: topic_HOLIDAY / VACATION - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Vacation My family and I went on vacation to Lake Huron.
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The water is beautiful and blue there, and the sand is nice and white.
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The week that we were there was very hot.
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The sun was hot, but the water was still very cold.
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I went swimming and tried to catch little fish in my hands.
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I was careful not to get sunburned.
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We stayed at a hotel that had a pool and a game room.
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I played pinball and video games sometimes.
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I liked to swim in the hotel pool, but I liked the beach better.
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I would lie on a big beach towel and get warm.
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Then I would jump in the water and cool off.
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Sometimes I would just lie on the sand and watch the waves roll up on shore.
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I found some seashells and saw a crab walking on the sand.
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At first, I was a bit lonely because I didn't know anyone there.
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It wasn't long before I met some other kids my age.
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We built sandcastles together and swam in the lake.
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The other kids were from different towns, so we told each other stories about our schools and friends.
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We found that we had a lot in common, even though we were from different places.
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Our families got together and went to restaurants together.
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We played volleyball on the beach, and we sat around a campfire at night and sang songs.
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At the campfire, we would roast marshmallows on a stick.
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I always burn my marshmallows.
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That is okay.
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I like them that way.
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Mostly, we just swam in the lake until we were very tired.
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I was sorry when our vacation was over.
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I had a good time at Lake Huron.
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I met some very good friends there.
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We still write to each other.
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Maybe we'll see each other next summer.
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Halloween night.
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Halloween is fun.
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My mom buys candy.
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My mom buys potato chips.
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My mom buys chocolate bars.
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It is for the trick-or-treaters.
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My mom buys me a costume.
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It is a ghost costume.
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I am going to be scary.
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My sister is going to dress up as a princess.
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She will have a wand.
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She will have a crown.
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She will look beautiful.
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My dad buys a pumpkin.
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It is going to be a jack-o'-lantern.
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We draw a face on the pumpkin.
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We carve the face with a knife.
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Our jack-o'-lantern looks funny.
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We go trick-or-treating.
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We knock on the neighbor's door.
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We say, trick-or-treat.
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Our neighbors give us candy.
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We say, thanks.
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We go to many houses.
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We go home.
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Our parents check our candy.
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It's safe.
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We eat lots of candy.
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We don't feel very good.
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We go to bed.
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Christmas Eve Ben and Melissa are getting ready for Christmas.
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Ben and Melissa's house has lots of lights on the roof.
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The lights are many colors.
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Inside, they listen to Christmas music.
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Ben and Melissa drink eggnog.
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Eggnog tastes good.
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Ben and Melissa hang stockings on the fireplace.
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They string popcorn.
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Ben and Melissa put the popcorn string on the Christmas tree.
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They put Christmas lights on the tree.
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They put tinsel on the tree.
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Ben and Melissa put ornaments on the tree.
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They put a star on top of the tree.
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They get ready for Santa Claus.
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They leave milk and cookies for Santa.
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Ben opens one present.
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Melissa opens one present.
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They go to sleep.
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Ben and Melissa wake up early.
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They run downstairs.
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There are a lot of presents under our tree.
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They wake up their mom and dad.
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Ben and Melissa open their presents.
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They love our presents.
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Everyone cleans up the wrapping paper.
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It is time for breakfast.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “topic_HOLIDAY / VACATION”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Ben, Melissa, tree, buys, Christmas. Este vídeo tiene 86 frases y 628 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:43. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 133 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 78 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
candy sustantivo/ˈkæn.di/caramelo, dulce
swim verbo/swɪm/nadar
trick sustantivo/ˈtɹɪk/truco, artimaña
sand sustantivo/sænd/arena
vacation sustantivo/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/vacaciones, vacación
string sustantivo/stɹɪŋ/cuerda, mecate ("cordel" or "cuerda")
costume sustantivo/ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/traje
pumpkin sustantivo/ˈpʌm(p).kɪn/calabaza, calabazera
popcorn sustantivo/ˈpɑp.kɔɹn/palomitas de maíz, cabritas
lantern sustantivo/ˈlæ̝ntɚn/farol, fogaril
ghost sustantivo/ɡoʊst/fantasma, espectro
knife sustantivo/ˈnaɪ̯f/cuchillo
scary adjetivo/ˈskɛə.ɹi/temible, espantoso
knock verbo/nɑk/llamar a, golpear
shore sustantivo/ʃɔɹ/orilla, vera

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar
clean up verbolimpiar
dress up verbovestirse de gala, ponerse elegante
get together verboreunir, juntar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Maybe we'll see each other next summer.
  • We knock on the neighbor's door.
  • We don't feel very good.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwe'll see · will have · will look
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve veniram going to be · is going to dress · is going to be

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, don't, wasn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, marshmallow /ˈmɑɹʃˌmɛl.oʊ/, seashell /ˈsiˌʃɛl/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: swim /swɪm/, string /stɹɪŋ/, scary /ˈskɛə.ɹi/, stocking /ˈstɑkɪŋ/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, volleyball /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/, carve /kɑɹv/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como candy, swim, trick.

¿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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