Shadowing Practice: Welcome to Baby Corp in the Sky! 🍼☁️ | The Boss Baby | Movie Moments | Mega Moments - Learn English Speaking with Video

Creando lección...
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Binky, Papish, Nook Nook, Boo Boo, Bobo, Baba, Choopy, Hushy Baby, Tootsie, It goes by many names,
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But through its power, You will know the truth.
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Come on, faster!
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- Where are we?
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- Welcome to Baby Corps.
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- Whoa!
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- No way!
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- Thank you.
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- What?
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- Relax.
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They can't see us or hear us.
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- We're like, virtual and stuff?
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- Yep.
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You mean they won't feel this!
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Nope. Or this!
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Nada!
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Karate!
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Woohoo!
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Don't embarrass yourself, Templeton.
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I can still see you.
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So this is where babies come from?
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Where'd you think?
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The cabbage patch?
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Magic fairies?
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No!
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My parents told me that.
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What?
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Oh, no!
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That's disgusting!
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Yeah, it didn't sound right to me either.
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I can't believe my parents didn't tell me about this!
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If people knew where babies really came from, they'd never have one!
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Same thing with hot dogs, by the way.
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Going up, please!
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Ha ha ha!
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What?
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So how come I don't remember this place?
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Oh, you did.
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But after normal babies get their pacifiers taken away, you forget all about baby corn.
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How come you're not normal?
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Well, a few of us, the best of the best, are selected for the...
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...for the ultimate.
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Honor.
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Upper management.
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This, Templeton, is where all the action is.
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Now time in Sector G.
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So this whole place is run by babies?
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Yep.
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My dad says those who can, do.
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And those who can't, supervise.
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Your father is a hippie.
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What happens when you grow up?
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Well, we don't.
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We drink a super secret baby formula that keeps us babies forever.
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It's over!
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We're in a crisis here!
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Don't you know we're in a crisis here?
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Who's that?
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That is my boss.
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Big Boss Baby.
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What is she screaming about?
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Whoa, see this Pai -chon?
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Wow!
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It looks like a giant pie!
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It represents all the love there is in the world.
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I love pie. Who doesn't?
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Apple.
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Fine.
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No cherry!
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Perfect!
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Not pumpkin.
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Okay.
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That's a vegetable.
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Point is, the puppy's slice is getting bigger and bigger.
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They're stealing all our love.
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Oh!
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Just like you did to me!
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Exactly.
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Oh.
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And if this keeps up, well, there might not be enough pie left for babies.
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No pie?
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No pie.
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So my mission is to find out what this new puppy is.
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So you're like on the spy mission.
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Cool.
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Yes, cool.
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And if when I succeed, I'll become a baby core legend, like super big boss baby,
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mega boss baby, seriously big boss baby, And him.
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Whoa!
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Now that's a big fat baby.
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No, that's big fat boss baby.
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This is super colossal big fat boss baby.
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He was the youngest chief executive infant in the history of the company.
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What?
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What happened to him?
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Retired years ago.
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But I still try and live up to his legend.
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In every situation, I ask myself, "WWSCBFBBD." What would super -colossal big -fam boss Baby do?
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That's all you get?
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Your picture on the wall?
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Come here!
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I'll get a promotion.
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The corner office.
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with my own private body.
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So when you're done, you're coming back here?
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A -S -A -P -T -I -M.
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I'm not a family, man.
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I belong behind a desk.
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That's awesome!
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I know, right?
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- - - Hot!
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So help me, I will nail his diaper to the wall!
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Have we heard anything from that little wasp baby that we sent down to the Templetons?
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I don't know!
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You're fired!
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Oh no!
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You're all fired!
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Your pet conviction is in two days!
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If he doesn't come up with answers, he's fired!
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Retired!
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Gone!
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Okay, door's open!
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What was big bossy baby lady screaming about?
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She's demanding actual results.
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The pet convention is in two days and I've got nothing!
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That's her!
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Don't answer it!
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Stress nap!
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If I don't find out what that new puppy is and fast, not only will I not get that promotion, I could get fired!
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Relax.
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I'm sure there's other cool jobs for babies, right?
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Meanwhile, two days goes by like that.
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You better start packing.
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What?!
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You don't get it, Templeton!
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If I'm fired, they'll take away my formula.
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I will turn into a normal baby and live here forever with you!
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No!
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Yes.
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And I promise you this: Every morning you wake up, I'll be there.
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Shhh.
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Every night, at dinner, I'll be there.
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Every birthday party, I'll be there.
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I'll be there.
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Every Christmas!
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I'll be there.
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Year after year after year.
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We will grow old together.
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You and I...
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...will be brothers.
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Always.
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No, no, no, this is terrible!
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I know!
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This can't be happening!
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But it is!
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You can't stay here!
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I can't!
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Don't panic!
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But it feels right!
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I know!
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But we have to fix this!
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We have to make sure you don't get fired!
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We?
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Oui.
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I will help you.
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But just to get rid of you.
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Deal?
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Deal.
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Here's to never seeing you again.
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Back at you, baby.
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Uh...
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Now let's get to work.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Welcome to Baby Corp in the Sky! 🍼☁️”. Las palabras que más se repiten: baby, boss, babies, fired, pie. Este vídeo tiene 172 frases y 833 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:37. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 126 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 31 de sus 172 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
whoa/woʊ/so, cho
formula sustantivo/ˈfɔː.mjʊ.lə/fórmula
legend sustantivo/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/leyenda
promotion sustantivo/pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/ascenso, promoción
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar
scream verbo/skɹiːm/gritar, alaridar
retire verbo/ɹəˈtaɪɹ/jubilar
puppy sustantivo/ˈpʌpi/cachorro, perrito
meanwhile adverbio/ˈmiːnwaɪl/mientras tanto
select verbo/sɪˈlɛkt/seleccionar, cribar
desk sustantivo/dɛsk/escritorio, pupitre
steal verbo/stiːl/robar, shacar
belong verbo/bɪˈlɒŋ/pertenecer [with en or a]
virtual adjetivo/ˈvɜɹt͡ʃuəl/virtual
nope/noʊp/nop, no po

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
find out verboaveriguar, anoticiarse
take away verbo/ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/quitar
come up with verboingeniar, ingeniarse
go up verbosubir
grow up verbocrecer
keep up verbocontinuar con, continuar así
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • How come you're not normal?
  • What happens when you grow up?
  • Don't you know we're in a crisis here?
  • That's all you get?
  • Your picture on the wall?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultadoif when I succeed, I'll become · If I'm fired, they'll take
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceare selected · is run
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosathose who can
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe best · the youngest

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 45 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'll, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: promotion /pɹəˈmoʊʃn̩/, conviction /kənˈvɪkʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scream /skɹiːm/, steal /stiːl/, slice /slaɪs/, slap /slæp/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: virtual /ˈvɜɹt͡ʃuəl/, conviction /kənˈvɪkʃən/, vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, supervise /ˈsuː.pə.vaɪz/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: legend /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/, vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, cabbage /ˈkæbɪd͡ʒ/

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 whoa, formula, legend.

¿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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