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The Hard-Working Confectioner A long time ago,
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in a town, there lived Mandy,
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a confectioner whose candies and cakes were famous all over town,
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especially her strawberry and chocolate cupcakes.
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Mandy would open her bakery very early and sell only the freshest cakes,
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made with the best ingredients.
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If any cakes were left at the end of the day,
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she would distribute them free of cost to children and make fresh ones the next day.
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People would throng to her little confectionery shop.
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Truly, Mandy, your cupcakes are so good.
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My son wants only your cupcakes for his birthday.
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Thank you so much.
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And here are two extra cupcakes for you on your birthday.
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Happy birthday.
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Oh, thank you, Auntie.
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Right opposite her shop was Barney's sweet shop.
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Barney was lazy.
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He would see customers lining up for Mandy's cakes and feel jealous.
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If her business continues growing like this,
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no one will come to my bakery.
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Must do something.
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So Barney thought of a scheme to get more customers to come to his shop.
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Two cupcakes for the price of one!
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Two cupcakes for the price of one!
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Some customers from Mandy's shop went to Barney's,
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but soon they went back to Mandy.
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Two cupcakes for the price of one?
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Barney, somehow the taste of your cupcakes is not as good as Mandy's.
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Even if you have priced them so low.
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Your cakes are just not fresh enough.
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Sorry.
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One day, a nobleman came to Mandy's shop.
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Are you the famous confectioner, Mandy?
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Yes.
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How may I help you?
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My son had your chocolate cupcakes at a friend's birthday,
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and he insists that he wants those for his own birthday party.
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That would be an honor, sir.
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Why don't you sample a cake and decide whether you would like them?
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Ah, that would be great.
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Mmm, these are delicious.
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I would certainly like them for the party.
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I am so glad!
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How many would you like and when is the birthday?
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The party is on Saturday.
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Three days from now, could you send about a hundred cakes to my home?
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I will have the cakes ready and sent to you by three o'clock on Saturday.
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Mandy worked really hard and prepared a hundred cupcakes.
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On the other hand, Barney heard about the massive order Mandy had got and decided to spoil it.
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If the nobleman at the King's court likes her cakes,
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nobody will ever come to my bakery.
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I must spoil her order.
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So that night, when Mandy had got all the cakes ready,
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Finally, all the hundred cakes are done.
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I shall reach them to the nobleman's home first thing in the morning.
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You will send the cakes only if they still exist in the morning.
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The next morning, when Mandy came to her shop,
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she was shocked to see her cakes eaten by mice.
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Goodness!
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How did this happen?
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What am I going to do now?
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The cakes are due in three hours!
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Mandy was really worried.
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Just then, Barney got there.
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What happened, Mandy?
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Why are you so worried?
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You!
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You never opened your bakery this early.
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What are you doing here?
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I have a delivery of cupcakes today at the nobleman's house.
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You stole the cupcakes from my shop!
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Everything is justified in business.
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Now Mandy was really angry.
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She would not let Barney get away with this.
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But what could she do?
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She suddenly got an idea.
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She quickly went into the kitchen of her shop and three hours later,
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this is what she came up with.
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Look, Mother!
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A cake that looks like a castle!
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A castle cake!
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I want one!
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Wow!
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What a beautiful looking cake!
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Did you make it on your own?
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Yes!
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So Mandy delivered a cake like no one had seen before to the nobleman's home.
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Oh, what a beautiful cake.
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Thank you.
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I know you wanted cupcakes,
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but I thought of making something special for your birthday.
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I love it.
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And now Mandy was famous,
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not only for her cupcakes,
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but also for the beauty of her cakes.
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And she started receiving even more orders than before.
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In a helpless situation, Mandy did not lose her calm and using a bit of creativity,
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she changed it to emerge even more successful than before.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Las palabras que más se repiten: cake, Mandy, cupcakes, shop, birthday. Este vídeo tiene 98 frases y 717 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:32. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 110 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| bakery sustantivo | /ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/ | panadería, tahona |
| castle sustantivo | /ˈkɑːsəl/ | castillo, castro |
| spoil sustantivo | /spɔɪl/ | botín, expolio |
| shock sustantivo | /ʃɔk/ | choque |
| steal verbo | /stiːl/ | robar, shacar |
| delicious adjetivo | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | delicioso, sabroso |
| mouse sustantivo | /maʊs/ | ratón, laucha |
| candy sustantivo | /ˈkæn.di/ | caramelo, dulce |
| jealous adjetivo | /ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/ | celoso, encelado |
| lazy adjetivo | /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/ | perezoso, flojo |
| justify verbo | /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/ | legitimar, justificar |
| goodness sustantivo | /ˈɡʊdnəs/ | bondad |
| insist verbo | /ɪnˈsɪst/ | insistir, empeñarse |
| creativity sustantivo | /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/ | creatividad |
| emerge verbo | /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒ/ | emerger, aparecer |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| come up with verbo | ingeniar, ingeniarse |
| get away with verbo | irse de rositas, salir impune / inulto (de) |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- How may I help you?
- What am I going to do now?
- Why are you so worried?
- What are you doing here?
- Did you make it on your own?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | were left · is justified |
| Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar dos cosas | more orders than · more successful than |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the freshest · the best |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | will come · will have · will ever come |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shock /ʃɔk/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, confectionery /kənˈfɛkʃənəɹi/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, confectionery /kənˈfɛkʃənəɹi/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spoil /spɔɪl/, steal /stiːl/, strawberry /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: jealous /ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/, justify /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfaɪ/, emerge /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como bakery, castle, spoil.
¿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.