Shadowing Practice: WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND Mind the Gap - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In today's podcast, I am going to talk about the English word,
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mind, and about some expressions which contain the word, mind.
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Your mind means the things which happen inside your head,
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or inside your brain, your thinking.
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In other words, we can say,
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for example, that someone has a good mind,
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that means they think clearly and logically.
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Or we can say that someone has a mathematical mind,
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they are naturally good at maths.
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Or we can say about someone,
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she has a mind of her own,
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that means, she thinks for herself.
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She does not just accept what other people say.
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We also use mind as a verb.
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To mind something means to be aware of something,
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to be careful about something,
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to have it in your mind.
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If you have visited London,
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I am sure you have traveled on the underground and seen the signs or heard the loudspeaker announcements,
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which tell you to mind the gap.
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There is often a gap between the railway carriage and the station platform.
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If you mind the gap,
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you think about the gap and take care when you get on or off the train.
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If you don't mind the gap,
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you may trip or fall and hurt yourself.
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You can mind other things as well children, for example, or animals.
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Joanne has a friend called Susan.
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Susan looks after small children in her own home while their parents are at work.
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She plays with the children,
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she feeds them and she takes them for a walk to the park and to the shops.
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She is what we call a childminder.
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If we say mind out to someone, we mean be careful.
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When Susan takes her group of little children for a walk,
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they need to cross the road.
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She holds the children by the hand and says to them,
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mind out in case a car is coming.
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Kevin, you may remember, is into 1980s punk rock.
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One of his favorite bands is playing at a gig on Saturday.
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He asks Joanne if she would like to go to hear them.
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No way, says Joanne, who thinks that listening to 1980s punk rock is a form of torture.
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Do you mind if I go with George?
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Asks Kevin.
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He means, does it cause you any problems if I go to the gig with George?
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And Joanne says, no, of course I don't mind.
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And then there is the expression,
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to make up your mind.
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This means, simply, to decide to do something.
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If I make up my mind to sell my old car,
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it means that I have decided to sell my car.
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Joanne's friend Susan, the childminder, is always dithering.
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She cannot decide what to do.
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Should she wear a red jumper or a blue jumper?
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Should she read a book or watch television?
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Should she take a bus or walk?
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She cannot decide.
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Joanne sometimes says to her,
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for goodness sake, make up your mind.
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That means stop wasting time,
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just decide what to do and do it.
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And finally, let's meet the expression to change your mind.
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If I decide to do something,
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but then I decide to do something else instead, I change my mind.
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Kevin has saved up some money,
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has made up his mind to buy an iPod.
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It is exactly what he needs to listen to his collection of 1980s punk rock music on the train.
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But on his way to the iPod shop,
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he passes a shoe shop.
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In the window, there is a pair of green suede shoes.
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They are, thinks Kevin, the finest,
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the most beautiful green suede shoes in the whole world.
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Suddenly, he is in love with the shoes.
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He decides to buy the shoes and not the iPod.
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He changes his mind.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “WHAT'S ON YOUR MIND Mind the Gap”. Las palabras que más se repiten: decide, Joanne, shoe, gap, Susan. Este vídeo tiene 73 frases y 634 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:42. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 171 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 11 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| suede sustantivo | /sweɪd/ | gamuza |
| jumper sustantivo | /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/ | chaleco, chomba |
| logically adverbio | /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪˌkli/ | lógicamente |
| loudspeaker sustantivo | /ˈlaʊdspiːkɚ/ | altavoz, altoparlante |
| verb sustantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| carriage sustantivo | /ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/ | coche, carruaje |
| mathematical adjetivo | /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/ | matemático |
| goodness sustantivo | /ˈɡʊdnəs/ | bondad |
| torture sustantivo | /ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/ | tortura, suplicio |
| podcast sustantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, pódcast |
| mathematics sustantivo | /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/ | matemáticas, matemática |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| make up verbo | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | reponer, suplir |
| save up verbo | ahorrar |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
- Los sonidos de “th”: dither /ˈdɪðɚ/, mathematical /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: mathematical /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: jumper /ˈd͡ʒʌmpɚ/, logically /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪˌkli/, carriage /ˈkæɹɪd͡ʒ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como suede, jumper, logically.
¿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.