Shadowing Practice: A Slow Summer Vlog for LEARNING SPANISH | Comprehensible Input ☀️ - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Voy a ver si en este parking hay alguna señal que me prohíba estar aquí aparcada Por si acaso,
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porque llegué ayer por la noche y por la noche no se veía nada Y por la noche había muchos más coches,
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ahora está más vacío Diría que está bien,
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que sí que puedo Luego exploraré un poquito por aquí Porque la verdad es que tiene buena pinta Parece bonito
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Pero no sé cuándo será luego Porque ya hace calor y son las 9 de la mañana
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No me quiero imaginar qué calor va a hacer a las 12
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No sé qué voy a hacer
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No sé dónde meterme, la verdad Puedo ir al lago, pero quería trabajar un poquito
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Me llevo el ordenador al lago
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Ui, se queda corto.
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Thank you.
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Como contexto, ahora mismo estoy en el Lago di Garda,
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en Italia, y he de decir que venir al Lago di Garda con una furgoneta, camper o con una autocaravana es complicado,
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porque todos los sitios son de pago o tienen prohibición para las caravanas and the areas of the exhaust,
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which are like the areas for the auto caravans, are very expensive, very expensive.
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Today I am going to take a towel, my seat plegable for the floor, the bath, important, a manzana,
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which I wanted to take ayer but I forgot it.
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El ordenador y un disco duro porque no tengo suficiente espacio en el ordenador para trabajar.
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Así que trabajo con el disco duro.
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Mi ebook porque me está gustando mucho el libro que estoy leyendo.
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El teléfono.
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Cartera no voy a llevar.
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Las llaves.
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Agua.
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I have two bottles.
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This is normal, of metal, but it is.
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And this has thermo.
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Well, it has thermo, but it is hard, the truth.
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I'm going to take the normal bottle.
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I should take the two bottles.
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I'm going to put the fresh water that I have in the nevera.
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Ayer me acabé el agua enseguida.
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Llevé el agua en esta botella que son...
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Uy, qué idiota, ¿no?
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En esta botella que son 700 ml.
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Estas solo son 600 ml.
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Y me la terminé enseguida, súper quickly, well closed, so that it doesn't go out the water.
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I don't have put crema of sol, I should have to come back.
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Oh, what a mess.
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But it's like a sol of category.
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Madre mía.
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And it's about 5.
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I've come back to put a little bit of crema.
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Ya tengo la cara con tanto, tanto sudor que yo no sé si se me va a quedar pegada,
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pero bueno, ostras, está súper líquida la crema.
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Bueno, mejor algo que nada.
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Me la voy a llevar por si acaso.
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En teoría el lago me queda a unos 12 minutos caminando.
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So it's not bad the place in which I'm parked at 10 minutes, with how difficult it is to be parked.
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cerca de este lago, no está nada mal.
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Bueno, me da que aquí no voy a durar mucho porque estoy al sol.
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No hay ni un poquito de sombra.
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So I'm going to bath, I'm going to refresh, I'm going to remove the heat and I'll see if I'm going to the other side,
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because there's no shade.
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I'm going to see if at the other side of this tree, behind there, there's no shade.
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Yes, there's no shade.
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I think I'm going to bath in the other beach because it has a lot of algas, the water is very green.
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What is that?
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Oh my god, they are big!
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Oh, I'm scared!
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In the lakes, there are many suspicious things on top and below the water that I'm afraid
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because I don't know what it is Madre mía!
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It's a snake!
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It's a snake
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It's a snake.
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The fact is that the part of the lake in which I bathed yesterday was more clean.
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This is even more green. But it's fresh.
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It's the same.
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You see?
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These are the type of things that give me an infarction.
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I'm going to take the phone from the water.
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And I'm going to go with calm tranquilidad.
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A ver si lo consigo.
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Pero esto está lleno de piedras, entonces tengo que tener cuidado.
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Esto de caminar sin zapatillas por las piedras duele, eh.
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O sea, estas piedras duelen.
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Mira que a mí me gusta caminar descalza y sin zapatillas, pero estas piedras duelen a lot.
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I'm going to go for my second bath.
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I have bathed two times.
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And the truth is that if it wasn't for all the rocks in the water and outside of the water
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And by all the algas that there are, I feel like I'm on a paradise beach.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This speaking lesson is built on the video “A Slow Summer Vlog for LEARNING SPANISH”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: que, por, porque, lago, est. This video has 95 sentences and 968 words to shadow. The speech runs for 8:36. The speaker talks at a steady 113 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. Only 56% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| bath noun | /bɑːθ/ | A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub. |
| snake noun | /sneɪk/ | Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptiles with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues. |
| shade noun | /ʃeɪd/ | Darkness where light, particularly sunlight, is blocked. |
| para noun | /ˈpɑːɹə/ | A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word. |
| disco noun | /ˈdɪskoʊ/ | A genre of dance music that was popular in the 1970s, characterized by elements of soul music with a strong Latin-American beat and often accompanied by… |
| auto noun | /ˈɔːtəʊ/ | A setting for automatic operation. |
| comfort noun | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | Contentment, ease. |
| paradise noun | /ˈpæɹədaɪs/ | The place where sanctified souls are believed to live after death. |
| suspicious adjective | /səˈspɪʃ.əs/ | Arousing suspicion. |
| scare verb | /skɛɚ/ | To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way. |
| algorithm noun | /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/ | A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input… |
| towel noun | /ˈtaʊ̯əl/ | A cloth used for wiping, especially one used for drying anything wet, such as a person after a bath. |
| exhaust verb | /ɪɡˈzɔst/ | To draw or let out wholly; to drain completely. |
| refresh verb | /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/ | To renew or revitalize. |
| caravan noun | /ˈkæɹəvæn/ | A convoy or procession of travellers, their cargo and vehicles, and any pack animals, especially camels crossing a desert. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| come back verb | To return to a place. |
| go out verb | To leave, especially a building. |
Sentences worth repeating
Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:
- I'm going to take the normal bottle.
- I'm going to take the phone from the water.
- I'm going to go for my second bath.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | have put · I've come · have bathed |
| Advice with “should” should + verb — saying what is a good idea | should take · should have |
| Future with “going to” be going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming | am going to take · I'm going to take · I'm going to put |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 33 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, don't, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: bath /bɑːθ/, algorithm /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: shade /ʃeɪd/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, infarction /ɪnˈfɑɹk.ʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like bath, snake, shade.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.