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This is the story of Grandpa's visit.
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Don't turn out the lights.
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It was time for bed, and after Emily's mom said goodnight, she told Emily that her grandpa might stop by.
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Emily said goodnight and quickly fell asleep.
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A little while later, Emily woke up when she heard footsteps in the hallway that stopped at her door.
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She looked over and saw a shadow of someone's feet.
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Hello, she said.
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but no one answered.
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Emily thought it was strange that the person just walked away,
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but she tried to put it out of her mind and she rolled over and went back to sleep.
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But later in the night, she was woken up again by the footsteps in the hall.
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By this time, she was starting to get nervous.
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She tried to calm herself down and tell herself that it was probably just her mom.
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She called out again, Hello? But no one responded.
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Hello?
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She yelled in desperation.
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The door slowly creaked open.
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Someone was standing there.
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They stepped into the room, but it was too dark to tell who it was.
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Finally, Emily could see that it was her grandpa.
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He smiled, and Emily sighed a big sigh of relief.
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I wanted to come visit you before I have to leave, her grandpa said.
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Emily said she was so glad he did.
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I want you to have this, Grandpa said.
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And he handed Emily an old photo.
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Thank you, Grandpa.
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You and Grandma look so happy.
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It's late now.
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I have to go, Grandpa said.
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Emily happily fell back fast asleep.
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The next morning, Emily's mom came into her room.
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Emily, your Grandpa...
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Oh, look what he gave me!
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Where did you get that?
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Emily's mom asked, her voice shaking with fear.
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When Grandpa was here last night, he came in and said goodbye.
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For a moment, Emily's mom couldn't speak.
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Finally, she said, Your grandpa didn't come over.
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He passed away suddenly last night.
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In this picture, Emily's mom said, We buried this picture with Grandma when she passed away last year.
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It was the only copy we had.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Who's Outside My Door”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Emily, grandpa, mom. Este vídeo tiene 41 frases y 353 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:20. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 151 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 82 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
grandpa sustantivo/ˈɡɹæm.pɑː/abuelo, abuelito
asleep adjetivo/əˈsliːp/dormido, jato
sigh verbo/saɪ/suspirar
shadow sustantivo/ˈʃædəʊ̯/sombra
shake verbo/ˈʃeɪk/agitar, sacudir
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/adiós, hasta luego
happily adverbio/ˈhæp.ə.li/felizmente, alegremente
bury verbo/ˈbɛɹi/enterrar
yell verbo/jɛl/gritar, vociferar
hallway sustantivo/ˈhɔlˌweɪ/pasillo, pasadizo
desperation sustantivo/ˌdɛspəˈɹeɪʃən/desesperación
footstep sustantivo/ˈfʊtstɛp/huella, paso
creak verbo/kɹiːk/crujir, chirriar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
pass away verbofallecer, dejarnos
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar
call out verboespecificar
fall back verboretirar, retroceder
look over verborevisar
roll over verbovolcar, darse la vuelta
turn out verboresultar

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas starting · was standing
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohave to leave · have to go

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 3 contracciones y formas reducidas, como couldn't, didn't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, desperation /ˌdɛspəˈɹeɪʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: happily /ˈhæp.ə.li/, hallway /ˈhɔlˌweɪ/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como grandpa, asleep, sigh.

¿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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