Shadowing Practice: Unit 5 New York SkyscraperReading Explorer 1 3rd Ed Video - Learn English Speaking with Video
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New York City is home to over 6,000 high-rise buildings.
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It's an amazing sight.
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But have you ever wondered what it's like to build a high-rise in one of the most crowded places in the world?
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Let's find out from the people working on One Bryant Park.
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There are several factors that make this work challenging, especially on the corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue.
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This location is one of the busiest places in the whole city.
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The first challenge was digging the building's foundation.
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It took an entire year for workers to remove 198,000 cubic meters of earth.
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After the foundation was finished, workers could begin bringing in building materials.
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Thousands of kilograms are received at the site each day.
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There is very little room here in the middle of Manhattan, so there is only one option for getting the materials to the workers.
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Everything has to be lifted up into the tower.
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About 200 meters above ground, the workers are hard at work.
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This crane operator is so high up that he can't see what he's lifting.
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Workers far below him provide careful instructions on what to do.
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The potential for mistakes is high, so there is no room for error.
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The biggest job is lifting these huge beams that to form the structure of the building.
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But first, the beams have to make it there.
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Getting access to the site is not so easy.
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Driving a truck this size through city traffic can be a challenge.
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Trucks start coming in at 5 a.m.
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And as the day continues, the traffic only gets worse.
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After the beams arrive, the men work quickly.
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With a building this size, everything is big.
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And that always presents a challenge.
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This is one of five water tanks that will hold the total of 260,000 liters of water.
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Its size makes it difficult to place.
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But if you think this looks hard, the greatest challenge is yet to come, the spire.
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It's so large that it comes in 70 separate pieces.
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Going into New York City, you basically lose two days.
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It is true what they say, this is a city that never sleeps and there's always traffic out there to deal with.
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It gets a little hairy at times, you know, but you have an escort behind you and he kind of blocks it off a little bit.
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Even though New York is a really big city, the streets aren't the biggest.
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Each piece must be lifted and put together nearly 300 meters above ground.
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With its spire, One Bryant Park stands 366 meters high,
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making it one of New York's tallest buildings.
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It attracts residents and tourists alike, and forms an important part of the New York City skyline.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Unit 5 New York SkyscraperReading Explorer 1 3rd Ed Video”. Las palabras que más se repiten: workers, meters, challenge, beams, traffic. Este vídeo tiene 37 frases y 454 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:23. El hablante habla despacio, unas 103 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 13 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| meter sustantivo | /ˈmitəɹ/ | medidor, contador |
| beam sustantivo | /ˈbiːm/ | viga |
| kilogram sustantivo | /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/ | kilogramo, quilogramo |
| skyline sustantivo | /ˈskaɪˌlaɪn/ | panorama urbano/citadino, perfil de la ciudad |
| cubic adjetivo | /ˈkju.bɪk/ | cúbico |
| hairy adjetivo | /ˈhɛɹ.i/ | peludo, velludo |
| crane sustantivo | /kɹeɪn/ | grulla, grúa |
| escort sustantivo | /ˈɛs.kɔɹt/ | escolta |
| alike adjetivo | /əˈlaɪk/ | igual, semejante |
| instruction sustantivo | /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ | instrucción |
| attract verbo | /əˈtɹækt/ | atraer |
| dig verbo | /dɪɡ/ | ahondar, cavar |
| operator sustantivo | /ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɚ/ | operador |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| put together verbo | construir, elaborar |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was finished · are received · be lifted |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the most crowded · the busiest · The biggest |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | has to be · have to make |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spire /ˈspaɪ.ɚ/, skyline /ˈskaɪˌlaɪn/
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 meter, beam, kilogram.
¿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.