Shadowing Practice: Why Is My Leg Asleep? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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INTRO Hey, Squeaks...
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Oh, I'm ok.
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My leg just feels kinda weird...
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It’s tingling, but in a way that feels prickly!
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Oh yeah, you're right!
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I think my leg is asleep!
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Maybe this has happened to you before, too.
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Sometimes if you’ve been doing something that presses on your arms or legs for a while, like sitting in one position or leaning on your elbow, it’ll start to go numb and you can’t feel as much with that part of your body.
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Then, once you move so you’re not sitting or leaning that way anymore, your arm or leg starts to get all prickly, almost like you’re getting lots of tiny pokes all over, even though there’s nothing actually poking you.
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People sometimes call that feeling pins and needles.
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And that sounds a lot like what happened to me!
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It’s something that can feel pretty weird, even though it happens to people all the time.
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When we say that an arm or leg fell asleep, we don’t really mean that it was asleep the way you are when you fall asleep at night.
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It’s just called that because you can’t feel much with it while it’s numb, almost like it’s sleeping.
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And that tingling, pins and needles feeling you get when you shift your position is kind of like your arm or leg is waking up!
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You get that prickly feeling because your body is a little bit confused.
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You might already know that there’s blood moving everywhere in your body all the time, pumped through little tubes called blood vessels by your heart.
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It’s really important that the blood moves through all the parts of your body, because that’s how they get energy so they can work properly.
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But when you sit in one position or lean on your arm or leg for a while, you’re pressing on those blood vessels and making the tubes smaller, so not as much blood can get through.
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And without enough blood, your arm or leg can start to go numb.
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The reason you can feel something when you touch it is because of little things called nerves that are all over your body.
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Whenever you pick up a toy or touch something that’s hot or cold or hurts, these nerves are like little messengers that tell your brain all about what you’re touching.
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But the nerves only work well if they’re getting enough blood.
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I must have sat in a way that was pressing on his leg for a few minutes, the nerves in my leg weren’t getting enough blood.
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So my leg stopped being able to feel as much — it went numb and fell asleep.
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But then I moved!
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And once my body wasn’t pressing on his leg anymore, more blood started moving through it again and his nerves woke up.
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But nerves get a liiiittle confused when they wake up.
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At first, they don’t really know /what/ you’re feeling.
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They start telling your brain that you’re feeling tiny little pokes, even though nothing is really touching you!
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That’s where the pins and needles feeling comes from.
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Pretty soon, your nerves get used to having enough blood again and go right back to normal.
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So to keep yourself from getting pins and needles, you can just make sure you don’t sit or lean in one position for too long.
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And if you do get them, all you have to do is just wait.
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You can shake around the arm or leg in the meantime to help the blood get flowing again, but either way, the prickling will go away after a minute or two.
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Whew, Squeaks!
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It feels like my nerves are finally getting back to normal!
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My leg is better now!
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But now the next time I get pins and needles, I’ll know all about why it happens.
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And so will you!
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Thanks for joining us!
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Why Is My Leg Asleep?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: leg, blood, nerves, arm, feeling. Este vídeo tiene 43 frases y 674 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:10. El hablante habla rápido, unas 212 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. 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 del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| nerve sustantivo | /nɝv/ | nervio |
| asleep adjetivo | /əˈsliːp/ | dormido, jato |
| pin sustantivo | /pɪn/ | alfiler, aguja |
| needle sustantivo | /ˈniː.dəl/ | aguja, yawri |
| lean verbo | /ˈliːn/ | inclinarse, debruzar |
| numb adjetivo | /nʌm/ | entumecido, entumido |
| poke verbo | /poʊk/ | hurgar, hincar |
| confused adjetivo | /kənˈfjuːzd/ | confundido |
| tube sustantivo | /tuːb/ | tubo, chisguete |
| vessel sustantivo | /ˈvɛsəl/ | embarcación, barco |
| shake verbo | /ˈʃeɪk/ | agitar, sacudir |
| pump sustantivo | /pʌmp/ | bomba, pompa |
| meantime sustantivo | /ˈmiːntaɪm/ | entretanto |
| subscribe verbo | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | suscribirse, subscribirse |
| messenger sustantivo | /ˈmɛs.ən.d͡ʒɚ/ | mensajero |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
| get back to verbo | responder / contestar (en un rato), volver / tornar a contactar | |
| get through verbo | /ɡɛt ˈθɹu/ | aguantar, salir adelante |
| go away verbo | irse, marcharse | |
| pick up verbo | coger, asir |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | started moving · start telling · keep learning |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasado | was pressing · wasn't pressing |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | you're not sitting · is waking · you're pressing |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | it'll start · will go · I'll know |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 21 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: nerve /nɝv/, vessel /ˈvɛsəl/
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 nerve, asleep, pin.
¿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.