Shadowing Practice: Water Heater | IELTS LISTENING TEST | SECTION-2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Now turn to section 2.
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Section 2.
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You will hear a man who owns a holiday home talking on the phone to a woman who is staying there.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 13.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 13.
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Hello?
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Hi, it's Laura Carlton here.
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We've just arrived at the holiday flat,
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but I can't get the hot water and heating to work.
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Oh right, that's easy.
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Don't worry, in the upstairs cupboard you'll find the water heater.
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You'll see three main controls on the left at the bottom of the heater.
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The first one, the round one on the far left,
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is the most important one for the heating and hot water.
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It's the main control switch.
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Make sure it's in the on position.
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The switch itself doesn't light up,
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but the little square below will be black if the switch is off.
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That's probably what's happened.
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It's got switched off by mistake.
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The middle one of these three controls,
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you'll see it's slightly larger than the first one, controls the radiators.
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If you feel cold while you're there and need the radiators on,
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this needs to be turned to maximum.
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The last of the three controls,
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the one on the right,
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is usually on about a number four setting,
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which for the water in the taps is usually quite hot enough.
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Below the heating controls in the middle is a small round plastic button.
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If there isn't enough water in the pipes,
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sometimes the heater goes out.
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If this happens, you'll need to press this button to reset the heater.
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Hold it in for about five seconds and the heater should come on again.
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Then there's a little square indicator under the third knob that's a kind of alarm light.
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It'll flash if you need to reset the heater.
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It sounds complicated.
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I'm sure you won't have any problems with it.
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There should be some more instructions on the side of the heater.
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Call me back if you can't make it work.
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Okay.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation,
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you have some time to look at questions 14 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 14 to 20.
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While you're on the phone,
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we haven't managed to find a few things we need,
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like extra pillows for the beds and some washing powder.
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Is there any here?
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Pillows, yes.
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If you look in the cupboard,
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the large white one upstairs,
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to the left of the bathroom door,
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there should be four or five on the top shelf.
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And if you want to do some washing,
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there's some powder for that,
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um, probably by the back door.
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There's a kind of shelf there above the sink.
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In fact, I'm sure there's some there in a large blue box.
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You need about half a cupful for each wash.
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Oh, and that reminds me.
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The spare key to the back door is hanging on a hook on the wall by the sitting room window.
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Please make sure to put it back when you've used it.
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The previous guest lost it in the garden and I had to get another one made.
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And if you have any trouble with the lamps,
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you'll find some spare bulbs in a large cardboard box.
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It's on top of the washing machine with all kinds of useful things in it.
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Oh, and another thing I forgot to mention when we last spoke.
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Yes?
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I've left you a local map,
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so you'll be able to find your way around easily.
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It shows the whole area.
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I put it in the top drawer of the chest under the TV in your bedroom.
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There's a whole file of local information in there too.
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Thanks.
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What about visiting the town?
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Can you give us any advice?
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Yes.
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You'll need to take the car.
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It's too far to walk from the flat, really.
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You have to pay to leave your car in all the car parks now, I'm afraid.
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I like the one that's by the station best,
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and you can walk to the town centre from there in five minutes.
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That's where all the best restaurants are.
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But if you want a takeaway,
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the Italian one does really good pasta and pizzas.
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Call 7362-81 for that one,
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or 766-119 for the Chinese.
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They're both good, and they'll both deliver to the flat.
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As for places to visit,
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yes, do go and see the Railway Museum.
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The exhibition is small, but really good.
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It gets very crowded on Sundays,
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so I suggest you visit it on a quieter day,
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later in the week, but not on Thursdays, which is market day.
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You won't find anywhere to park.
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And it's also the only day of the week when they're not open.
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Anything else?
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Not for the moment, thanks.
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That is the end of section 2.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 98 frases y 802 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:15. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 128 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 87 % 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

15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

  • heater /ˈhitɚ/ (sustantivo) — calefactor, jíter. A device that produces and radiates heat, typically to raise the temperature of a room or building.
  • wash /wɑʃ/ (verbo) — lavar. To clean with water.
  • spare /spɛɚ/ (adjetivo) — de reserva, de repuesto. Being more than what is necessary, or what must be used or reserved; not wanted, or not used; superfluous.
  • powder /ˈpaʊ.dɚ/ (sustantivo) — polvo. The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
  • shelf /ʃɛlf/ (sustantivo) — estante, balda. A flat, rigid structure, fixed at right angles to a wall or forming a part of a cabinet, desk, etc., and used to display, store, or support objects.
  • pillow /ˈpɪl.oʊ/ [ˈpʰɪɫ.ö̞] (sustantivo) — almohada, citara. A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.
  • upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/ (adverbio) — arriba. Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
  • reset /ɹiːˈsɛt/ (verbo) — restablecer, resetear. To set back to the initial state.
  • complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ (adjetivo) — complicado. Difficult or convoluted.
  • bedroom /ˈbɛdˌɹum/ (sustantivo) — alcoba, dormitorio. A room in a house, apartment, hotel, or other dwelling where a bed is kept for sleeping.
  • carefully /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ (adverbio) — cuidadosamente. With care; attentively, circumspectly.
  • flash /flæʃ/ (verbo) — destellar, flashear. To cause to shine briefly or intermittently.
  • pizza /ˈpi.tsə/ (sustantivo) — pizza. A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
  • arrive /əˈɹaɪv/ (verbo) — llegar, arribar. To reach; to get to a certain place.
  • exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/ (sustantivo) — exhibición. An instance of exhibiting, or something exhibited.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.
  • call for (verbo) — llamar. To shout out in order to summon (a person).
  • come on /ˌkʌm ˈɒn/ — hala, vamos. Come along with me; join me in going.
  • go out (verbo) — salir. To leave, especially a building.
  • hang on /ˌhæŋ ˈɒn/ (verbo) — guardar. To wait a moment.
  • light up (verbo) — iluminar. To illuminate, to bring light to something, to brighten.
  • switch off (verbo) — apagar. To stop or disable a device by turning a switch or a lever.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 27 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you'll, I'm, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: wash /wɑʃ/, shelf /ʃɛlf/, flash /flæʃ/, exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, exhibition /ɛksɪˈbɪʃən/, indicator /ˈɪn.dɪˌkeɪ.tə(ɹ)/, radiator /ˈɹej.di(j)ˌej.tɚ/

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 heater, wash, spare.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraWe've just arrived · haven't managed · I've left
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosaman who owns · Thursdays, which is

¿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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