Shadowing Practice: Types of Natural Environments | Geography | ClickView - Learn English Speaking with Video

Este vídeo tiene 26 frases y 336 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:00. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 112 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 75 % 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:

• desert /ˈdɛz.ɚt/ (sustantivo) — desierto. A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland.
• grass /ɡɹɑːs/ (sustantivo) — pasto, hierba. Any plant of the family Poaceae, characterized by leaves that arise from nodes in the stem and leaf bases that wrap around the stem, especially those grown as…
• tropical /ˈtɹɑ.pɪ.kəl/ (adjetivo) — tropical. Of or pertaining to the tropics, the equatorial region between 23 degrees north and 23 degrees south.
• woodland /ˈwʊd.lənd/ (sustantivo) — bosque, floresta. Land covered with woody vegetation.
• sand /sænd/ (sustantivo) — arena. Rock that is ground more finely than gravel, but is not as fine as silt (more formally, see grain sizes chart), forming beaches and deserts and also used in…
• plain /pleɪn/ (sustantivo) — llanura, planicie. An expanse of land with relatively low relief and few trees, especially a grassy expanse.
• dust /dʌst/ (sustantivo) — polvo. Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, fiber…
• mouse /maʊs/ (sustantivo) — ratón, laucha. Any mammal of the many rodent families (especially Muridae) that have a small body and a long tail.
• lion /ˈlaɪən/ (sustantivo) — león. A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
• harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/ (adjetivo) — desalmado. Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
• deer /dɪɹ/ (sustantivo) — ciervo, venado. A ruminant mammal with hooves and often antlers, of the family Cervidae, or one of several similar animals from related families of the order Artiodactyla…
• elephant /ˈɛlɪfənt/ (sustantivo) — elefante. A large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and native to Africa and Asia.
• rabbit /ˈɹæbɪt/ (sustantivo) — conejo, conejil. A mammal of most genera of the family Leporidae, with long ears, long hind legs and a short, fluffy tail. (Those of the larger kind are instead called hares)
• butterfly /ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪ/ (sustantivo) — mariposa. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
• moss /mɔs/ (sustantivo) — musgo. Any of various small, green, seedless plants growing on the ground or on the surfaces of trees, stones, etc.; now specifically, a plant of the phylum Bryophyta…

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

• Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/, shrub /ˈʃɹʌb/, acacia /əˈkeɪ.ʃə/

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 desert, grass, tropical.