Shadowing Practice: UNIT 11B - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Unit 11: Legends of the Sea.
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Reading B: Women of the Waves.
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Throughout history, the majority of pirates have been men.
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But were there any women pirates?
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Absolutely.
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Below are two from different parts of the world.
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Mary Read Pirate in Disguise Mary Read was born in England around 1690.
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She lived most of her life disguised as a man.
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As a teenager looking for adventure, She dressed as a boy and got a job at sea.
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Later, as a young woman, still pretending to be a man, She found work on a ship and sailed to the Caribbean. On one journey...
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Pirates attacked Mary's ship.
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Instead of fighting, She joined them.
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But Mary had to be careful because many pirate ships had a rule.
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No women allowed.
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If the men discovered her true identity, they might shoot and kill her.
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So at first, Mary stayed by herself and avoided the others.
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But soon, she made a surprising discovery.
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One of the pirates on the ship was actually a woman.
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Anne Bonney was the captain's girlfriend but she was also a pirate herself.
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Mary told Anne her secret, and the two women became good friends and powerful fighters.
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They fought together until they were captured in 1720.
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Ching Shih Pirate Queen In the early 1800s, pirate Ching Shi terrorized the Chinese coast.
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When her powerful pirate husband died, control of his 500 junks transferred to Ching Shi.
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While she was in charge, she expanded her fleet to almost 2 ,000 ships.
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A fearless fighter, Ching Shih led nearly 80 ,000 pirates, both men and women.
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They targeted ships and towns along the coast of China.
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For years, leaders throughout the region failed to stop her, Eventually, Ching Shih retired.
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A rich and respected woman.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Las palabras que más se repiten: pirate, ship, Ching, Mary, Shih. Este vídeo tiene 28 frases y 286 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:23. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 120 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 77 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
pirate sustantivo/ˈpaɪɹət/pirata, bucanero
fighter sustantivo/ˈfaɪtɚ/guerrero, combatiente
adventure sustantivo/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/aventura
discovery sustantivo/dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/descubrimiento, hallazgo
capture verbo/ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/capturar
discover verbo/dɪˈskʌvə/descubrir
expand verbo/ɪkˈspænd/ampliar
fleet sustantivo/ˈfliːt/flota, parque
pretend verbo/pɹəˈtɛnd/aparentar, hacer de
teenager sustantivo/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/adolescente, adolescentes
retire verbo/ɹəˈtaɪɹ/jubilar
junk sustantivo/d͡ʒʌŋk/basura, chatarra
sail sustantivo/seɪl/vela, candonga
disguise verbo/dɪsˈɡaɪz/disfrazar, revestir
fearless adjetivo/ˈfɪɹləs/impávido, sin miedo

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: adventure /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/, discovery /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/, discover /dɪˈskʌvə/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: disguise /dɪsˈɡaɪz/, terrorize /ˈtɛɹəɹaɪz/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: teenager /ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/, junk /d͡ʒʌŋk/

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 pirate, fighter, adventure.

¿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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