Shadowing Practice: Track 07a - Learn English Speaking with Video

Recording 7a, Speaker 1.

I live in a quaint little village about 300 kilometres from the nearest big city.

Although it's a long way, the drive from the city is well worth the effort because the surrounding countryside is very scenic.

I like living here because it's so peaceful and the air is really fresh, so it's much nicer than in the city.

It's a pretty sleepy village,

but on Sundays there's a huge market and people come from all the neighbouring villages to buy and sell their local produce.

Speaker 2 The most popular part of my hometown is the beach.

We have long stretches of white sand and the water is crystal clear.

The sea can be very calm at times, but the surf can also be spectacular.

Visitors who enjoy water sports are really well catered for, as you can go snorkelling, scuba diving and deep sea fishing.

Soon we're going to get our own airport, but for now people can only get here by ferry.

Speaker 3 My city is famous for its skyscrapers, statues and fountains, but most of all for its shopping.

You can buy anything you want here and we have over 50 large shopping malls.

We get a lot of overseas visitors, so our airport is one of the busiest in the world.

It's a very exciting and cosmopolitan place to live.

Most people don't drive because there are always traffic jams, but the public transport is really well organised.

We have some great attractions nearby for visitors, as well as a huge sports stadium and fantastic theme parks.

I suppose the only downside is that the air can get a little polluted at times.

Speaker 4 My village is 200 metres above sea level, and we overlook the villages and lakes down in the valley below.

It's very picturesque up here, so we get a lot of visitors, especially artists who want to paint the landscape.

They also like our traditional houses.

The air is very crisp up here as well, so a lot of people come up here to escape the heat in the city.

The roads are pretty treacherous because they're very steep and winding, so most people arrive by train.

The scenery on the way up here really is breathtaking.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Las palabras que más se repiten: village, visitors, Speaker, sea. Este vídeo tiene 24 frases y 375 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:37. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 143 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 82 % 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 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
visitor sustantivo	/ˈvɪzɪtɚ/	visita
cosmopolitan adjetivo	/ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən/	cosmopolita
excite verbo	/ɪkˈsaɪt/	emocionar
kilometre sustantivo	/kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/	kilómetro, quilómetro
picturesque adjetivo	/ˌpɪkt͡ʃəˈɹɛsk/	pintoresco
pollute verbo	/pəˈluːt/	contaminar, polucionar
skyscraper sustantivo	/ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/	rascacielos, torre
snorkel sustantivo		tubo de buceo, snorkel
treacherous adjetivo	/ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹəs/	traicionero, alevoso
overlook verbo	/ˈoʊ.vɚˌlʊk/	pasar por alto, pasársele de alto
downside sustantivo	/ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/	inconveniente
cater verbo	/ˈkeɪɾɚ/	proveer comida para, hacer el catering
breathtaking adjetivo	/ˈbɹɛθˌteɪ.kɪŋ/	impresionante, emocionante
scenic adjetivo	/ˈsiːnɪk/	escénico
sleepy adjetivo	/ˈsliːpi/	tener sueño, cansado

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
come up verbo	salir a relucir

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 3 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, they're, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Palabras largas — cuida el acento: cosmopolitan /ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən/, kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: skyscraper /ˈskaɪˌskɹeɪpɚ/, sleepy /ˈsliːpi/, steep /stiːp/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/, statue /ˈstæt͡ʃu/
/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: visitor /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/, overlook /ˈoʊ.vɚˌlʊk/, dive /daɪv/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: visitor /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/, cosmopolitan /ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən/

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 visitor, cosmopolitan, excite.

¿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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