Shadowing Practice: What do you do? - Interchange 5th Edition Book 1 Unit 2 - Learn English Speaking with Video

Creando lección...
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Unit 2.
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What do you do?
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Page 9.
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Exercise 4.
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Conversation.
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I'm on my feet all day.
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Part A.
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Listen and practice.
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What do you do, Derek?
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I work part -time as a server.
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Oh, really?
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What restaurant do you work at?
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I work at Stella's Café downtown.
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That's cool.
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How do you like it?
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It's okay.
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I'm on my feet all day, so I'm always tired.
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What do you do?
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I'm a dancer.
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A dancer?
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How exciting.
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Yeah, it's great.
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I work with incredible people.
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That sounds really nice.
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But is it difficult?
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A little.
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I'm on my feet all day, too, but I love it.
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Page 9, Exercise 4, Part B.
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Listen to the rest of the conversation.
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Who does Amy travel with?
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Who does she meet in other cities?
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So, where exactly do you work?
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I work at a dance company, but I travel a lot, too.
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Do you always dance with the same group of people?
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Yes and no. I travel with a small group of people from New York.
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But I also meet new dancers and musicians in every city.
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Last month, I worked in Rome.
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Page 10 Exercise 5 Grammar Focus Simple Present WH Questions and Statements What do you do?
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I'm a student.
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I have a part -time job, too. Where do you work?
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I work at a restaurant.
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Where do you go to school?
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I go to the University of Texas.
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What does Amy do?
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She's a dancer. Where does she work?
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She works at a dance company.
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She travels, too.
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How does she like it?
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She loves it.
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I, you.
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Work.
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Take.
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Study, teach, do, go, have
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He, she works, takes, studies, teaches, does
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Goes. Has.
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Page 11.
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Exercise 7.
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Conversation.
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I work in the afternoon.
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Part A.
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Listen and practice.
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I need to go to National Bank downtown, please.
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I'm late for a meeting.
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No problem.
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What time is your meeting?
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In ten minutes.
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I don't usually work in the morning.
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Really?
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What time do you usually go to work?
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I work in the afternoon.
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I start at one.
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That's pretty late.
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Do you like to work in the afternoon?
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Yes, I do.
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I work better in the afternoon.
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I finish at seven or eight, then I go home and eat dinner at around ten -thirty.
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Wow, you have dinner late I go to bed every night at 8 o 'clock Really?
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That seems so early Page 11,
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Exercise 7, Part B Listen to the rest of the conversation What time does the taxi driver start work?
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What time does he finish?
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If you go to sleep at 8, what time do you wake up?
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Pretty early.
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I start work at 4 in the morning.
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4 in the morning?
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Wow!
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What's your typical day like?
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Well, I get up at 3 a .m.
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Then I drive from 4 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon.
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That's a long day.
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Yes, but I like it.
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I talk to people from all over the world and see many beautiful parts of the city.
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That's nice.
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I only see the National Bank.
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Page 11 Exercise 8 Pronunciation Syllable Stress Part A Listen and Practice Notice which syllable has the main stress Dancer
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Salesperson Accountant
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Page 11, Exercise 8 Part B Which stress pattern do these words have?
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Add them to the columns in Part A Then listen and check Carpenter Musician
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Firefighter Reporter Server
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I get up at 7 o 'clock in the morning on weekdays.
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I leave work early in the afternoon on Thursdays.
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I go to bed around 11 in the evening on weeknights
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I get home late at night on weekends I stay up until midnight on Fridays I exercise before noon on Saturdays
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I wake up after noon on Sundays Expressing Clock Time 7 7
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7 o 'clock 7 a .m.
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equals 7 in the morning 7 p .m.
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equals 7 in the evening
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page 12 exercise 10 listening what hours do you work part a listen to aaron madison
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and kayla talk about their daily schedules complete the chart what do you do aaron i'm a carpenter Oh, yeah?
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So what hours do you work?
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I work eight hours a day from Monday to Friday.
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I get up around 6 a .m., and I work from 7 a .m until 3 p .m.
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I get home pretty early, about 4 p .m.
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I go to bed at 10.
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And what do you do, Madison?
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Well, I'm an accountant.
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It's a regular 9 -to -5 office job So I get up at 7 a .m.
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and get home around 6 p .m.
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That's okay, though, because I like to go out at night I go to bed around midnight on weekdays What about you, Kayla?
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Well, my hours are a bit different I'm a nurse I
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start work at 11 at night I work until 7 a .m.
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Wow, so what time do you get up?
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I get home at 8 and go to bed at about 8 .30, and I sleep until 4 p .m.
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And what do you do in the evenings?
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Oh, you know, I have dinner, watch TV, see friends.
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It's a great schedule for me.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 125 frases y 824 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:04. El hablante habla despacio, unas 91 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 79 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
dancer sustantivo/ˈdænsəɹ/bailarín, bailador
clock sustantivo/klɑk/cuentakilómetros
distress sustantivo/dɪˈstɹɛs/distrés, distress
server sustantivo/ˈsɝvɚ/servidor
downtown sustantivo/ˈdaʊ̯nˌtaʊ̯n/centro, centro/núcleo urbano/ciudadano/citadino
midnight sustantivo/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/medianoche, madrugada
noon sustantivo/nun/mediodía
carpenter sustantivo/ˈkɑɹpəntɚ/carpintero, carpintera
accountant sustantivo/əˈkaʊn.tənt/contador, contadora
chart sustantivo/t͡ʃɑɹt/chart
nurse sustantivo/nɝs/enfermera, enfermero
taxi sustantivo/ˈtæksi/taxi, taxímetro
musician sustantivo/mjuˈzɪʃən/músico, música
syllable sustantivo/ˈsɪl.ə.bəl/sílaba
weekday sustantivo/ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/día de entre semana, día de entresemana

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
get up verbolevantarse
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar
stay up verboquedarse despierto, empalmar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 11 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 dancer, clock, distress.

¿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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