Shadowing Practice: Unit 1 - Speed dating - NCE - Level 1 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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It's Saturday night.
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Everyone is in a hurry to get out to the clubs and have a good time.
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Some people have a date.
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Others don't.
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This is Marissa.
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She needs a date.
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Are you ready?
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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I'm ready.
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I'm ready.
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Well, okay.
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Let's find you a date.
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Or a lot of dates.
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Tonight we're going speed dating.
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Speed dating?
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What's speed dating?
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You go to a club.
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You meet eight single men.
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But each date is only eight minutes long.
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Eight minutes.
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That's all.
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And then you have to talk to someone else.
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You have eight minutes and eight guys.
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So, Marissa, I usually feel nervous before a first date.
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How do you feel right now?
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Are you nervous?
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Yeah, I feel a little nervous.
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Don't be.
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It's fun.
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Let's get ready.
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Okay.
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Lipstick, earrings, cell phone, money, keys.
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I've got everything I need.
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Okay, here we are.
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Are you ready?
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I'm ready.
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Hello.
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Hi.
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How you doing?
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Marissa?
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Good.
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Marissa.
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Here's your name tag.
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Okay.
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Great.
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And this is your dating card.
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Okay.
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And you can write your name here.
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Yep.
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And this is your date number and table number.
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We're going to go one through eight.
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Complementary pen.
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And you're starting in five minutes.
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Okay.
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Five minutes.
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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Welcome to 8 Minute Dating.
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We're doing four dates.
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We're going to have a 20 minute intermission and then we're doing four more dates.
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All of you should have a dating card
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and on the inside you want to write the name of the person you're sitting with and the number.
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And at the end of the date,
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you want to check if it's a second date, a friendship, a business.
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Take this card home with you at the end of the night,
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and you're going to log on to our website like you have before,
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and you're going to enter in your matches,
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and you'll get an email confirming if you have a match when that person logs in.
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All right, let's start.
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I'm going to ring the bell.
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You've got eight minutes.
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Nice to meet you, Andrew.
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Gotcha.
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Table 11.
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I've never done this before.
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He's boring.
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He's a little young.
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Really?
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No way.
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Hi, I'm Marissa.
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I'm nervous.
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Hi, Marissa.
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I'm Jeremy.
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He's cute.
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Where are you from, Jeremy?
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She's nervous, too.
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I'm from Seattle.
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How about you?
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Where are you from?
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I'm from Boston.
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So, do you have any brothers or sisters?
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Uh, do I have any brothers or sisters?
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Uh, yeah.
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I have two brothers and one sister.
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How about you?
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I have a sister.
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A younger sister.
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Now what?
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Do you like to travel?
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Yeah, I love to travel.
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I really want to visit Australia.
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Australia?
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That sounds great.
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Do you like snorkeling?
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Hey, she's fun.
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I really like to snorkel, yes.
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But I get sick on boats, you know?
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I get really seasick.
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You get seasick.
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Me too.
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It's awful, isn't it?
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Oh, it's terrible.
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Great, we could be sick together.
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That's it?
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Well, Jeremy, nice meeting you.
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It was nice meeting you too.
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Oh, too bad.
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So, Marissa, how are you feeling?
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It was fine.
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Well, a little tired, but fine.
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I had a really good time.
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Anyone you want to see again?
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Uh, yeah.
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That guy over there, Jeremy.
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Excuse me!
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Jeremy!
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Oh no, don't do this!
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Yeah, come over here Jeremy.
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So, do you like Marissa here?
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Um, yeah.
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Do you want to go out with her again?
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On a real date?
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Are you kidding?
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Yeah!
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This is so embarrassing.
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Um, yeah, I do.
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So what do you think, Marissa?
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Yes!
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Yeah, sounds great.
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Hey, you guys are awesome.
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We want to thank Marissa,
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Jeremy, and speed dating host Daniel Collins.
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Happy dating!
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She is so annoying.
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Yeah, she is.
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Thank you.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Unit 1 - Speed dating - NCE - Level 1”. Las palabras que más se repiten: date, Marissa, dating, Jeremy, eight. Este vídeo tiene 147 frases y 633 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:31. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 115 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 29 de sus 147 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 14 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
awful adjetivo/ˈɔːfʊl/infumable, malísimo
confirm verbo/kənˈfɝm/confirmar
friendship sustantivo/ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/amistad, amistanza (disused)
log sustantivo/lɔɡ/leño, tronco
hurry verbo/ˈhʌ.ɹi/apresurarse, apurarse
bore verbo/boɹ/aburrir
lipstick sustantivo/ˈlɪpˌstɪk/lápiz labial, pintalabios
complementary adjetivo/ˌkɑmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/complementario
snorkel sustantivotubo de buceo, snorkel
annoy verbo/əˈnoɪ̯/enchilar, crispar
earring sustantivo/ˈɪəɹɪŋ/arete, arito
embarrass verbo/ɪmˈbæɹəs/avergonzar, abochornar
gotcha/ˈɡɑ.tʃə/te tengo, te atrapé
intermission sustantivo/ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/intermisión, intermedio

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Let's find you a date.
  • How do you feel right now?
  • Do you like to travel?
  • Anyone you want to see again?
  • Do you want to go out with her again?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díaswe're going · you're starting · We're doing
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirWe're going to go · We're going to have · you're going to log

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 26 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, we're, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, intermission /ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: complementary /ˌkɑmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/, intermission /ɪntɚˈmɪʃən/

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 awful, confirm, friendship.

¿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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