Shadowing Practice: Why it's important to travel - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi guys! My name’s Sophia and this video is for the British Council’s LearnEnglish Teens website and their YouTube channel. In today’s video I wanted to share my thoughts of why it’s important to travel.
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Travelling is a passion of mine.
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I love meeting new people and exploring new cultures.
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Travelling is a great way to interact with a culture which might be completely different to your own, and there are so many great ways to do this.
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You can do this through eating food ... erm, exploring the arts, music, history, architecture or simply just walking through the streets.
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When you travel you expose yourself to the possibility of meeting different people who have a completely different outlook on life – and it’s a great learning experience for both you and the other person because you can share and exchange your own ideas and opinions on a range of topics.
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For example, on one of my travels I met an Iranian philosopher and we talked about the nature of magic.
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A lot of his ideas were shaped by his Iranian background and Iranian philosophy and also Sufism, which is a mystical form of Islam.
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It was a really interesting discussion.
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The world we live in today is very global and international so I think it’s very important to learn to see things from other people’s perspective and also to challenge your own ideas.
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Travelling might just convince you to move to another country.
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Before I moved to Sicily I had travelled around the whole of Italy, the south and the north, and I absolutely fell in love with the culture and the language so I was inspired to learn the language and also to move here.
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And here I am now, living in Sicily.
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Travelling will make you a really good storyteller.
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When you get back home you’ll have lots and lots of stories to tell your friends and family.
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Even if things don’t go to plan, erm, on your travels, it will be funny to look back and laugh at those awkward or harsh moments.
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For example, I was travelling with a group of friends in Pisa and we took the wrong bus to get to the beach area, so we ended up being soaked in the rain and having to walk back.
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At the time it wasn’t very fun, but now when I look back I laugh because we had soggy pizza and we were just eating and walking at the same time.
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Travelling is the realisation of home, and what that means is that when we travel we learn to appreciate our home more – and that’s because, being away from home, we realise how much we miss our friends and our family and how much we miss the small things that perhaps we take for granted.
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It’s all lovely travelling and it’s great to explore new and exciting places, but it’s also a lovely feeling to know that when you return home you’re going to be returning to your dear ones and the things that you love about your home.
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Since I’ve been away from London, I’ve come to appreciate the little things that I used to take for granted, like our amazing transport – everything runs on time, everything runs well – so sometimes it takes being away from home to realise how much you absolutely love it.
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I hope you’ve enjoyed this video.
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Please comment below and let me know if you like travelling – and if you do, where you’ve been and where you would like to go in the future.
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I’ll see you guys in my next one.
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Take care, bye-bye!
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Why it's important to travel”. Las palabras que más se repiten: travelling, travel, Iranian, ideas, culture. Este vídeo tiene 25 frases y 605 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:42. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 164 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. 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
Las 13 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| explore verbo | /ɪkˈsploɹ/ | explorar |
| excite verbo | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | emocionar |
| storyteller sustantivo | cuentista, narrador | |
| mystical adjetivo | /ˈmɪstɪkəl/ | místico |
| soak verbo | /soʊk/ | empaparse |
| philosopher sustantivo | /fəˈlɑsəfɚ/ | filósofo, filósofa |
| expose verbo | /ɪkˈspoʊz/ | exponer, develar |
| inspire verbo | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | inspirar, infundir |
| interact verbo | /ɪn.təˈɹækt/ | interactuar |
| outlook sustantivo | /ˈaʊtˌlʊk/ | parecer |
| harsh adjetivo | /ˈhɑɹʃ/ | desalmado |
| convince verbo | /kənˈvɪns/ | convencer, llevar al huerto |
| awkward adjetivo | /ˈɔk.wɚd/ | torpe, desmañado |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| look back verbo | recordar, volver la cabeza |
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar |
| get back verbo | regresar |
| walk through verbo | explicar paso a paso, enseñar |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've been · you've enjoyed · you've been |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | were shaped · was inspired · being soaked |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | people who have · Sufism, which is |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasado | was travelling · were just eating |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 9 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I've, you've, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, philosopher /fəˈlɑsəfɚ/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: realization /ˌɹɪə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, expose /ɪkˈspoʊz/
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 explore, excite, storyteller.
¿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.