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Brainy Dose Presents 15 Ways To Appear Smarter Than You Really Are More often than not,
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how smart people think you are is more important than how smart you actually are.
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This is especially true for those working in highly social fields, such as sales, where success is based on your ability to engage and connect with others.
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If you have an important meeting or interview coming up, or simply want to impress others and get them to think that you're smarter than you really are,
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then the following tips on our list will definitely help you.
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Number 1.
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Speak Properly.
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Refrain from saying um and ah and eliminate like and you know from your speech patterns.
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Get from point A to point B quickly in your sentences without using too many filler words.
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Number 2. Be still!
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Practice waiting, listening, and thinking before you speak or act.
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This sort of control will boost your emotional IQ
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and also make your brain IQ seem a little higher to an outside eye.
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Number 3 – Make eye contact.
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You already know that you're supposed to do this anyway.
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It's good manners, right?
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But it also makes you look smarter.
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Just don't overdo it or people will think you're creepy.
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Number 4 – Tack on a couple of initials Using your middle initial can make others see you as smarter.
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This might be because people believe middle initials to be associated with higher social status, which makes them expect greater intellectual performance.
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Number 5 – Dress for Success This one should be no surprise.
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Extensive research shows that how you dress affects how people perceive you.
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Dressing well makes you seem more intelligent, while showing skin makes you seem less intelligent, as it directs people's attention to your body rather than to your brilliant mind.
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Number 6 – Wear Eyeglasses This is a no-brainer and probably the easiest trick of them all.
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shows that people wearing glasses, especially thick, full-framed ones, are perceived as being more intelligent.
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So if you want to seem smarter, leave your contacts at home.
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And if you don't need vision correction, just slap on a pair of fake spectacles.
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Number 7 – Put On A Genuine Smile
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People who smile genuinely are perceived as more intelligent and more attractive than those who fake it.
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It might be because real smiles exude authenticity, which people usually consider an important factor when judging your intelligence.
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Number 8 – Act Interested People who appear engaged in conversation,
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make solid eye contact and maintain an upright posture are rated as more intelligent.
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So resist the urge to zone out when someone's rambling on and on to you.
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Number 9 – Speak Expressively It's not always what you say, but how you say it that leaves the biggest impression.
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If you want to come across as more intelligent in your next meeting, speak louder, faster and add in more vocal variation.
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Number 10.
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Carry Reading Material You can carry around a copy of the Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal or a couple of books.
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By doing this, you will influence how others perceive you
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and make people associate you with sources of information that they think are intelligent.
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Number 11.
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Use a Thesaurus Nothing shouts being smart more than having an extensive vocabulary.
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So use a thesaurus to spice up your words.
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Just type any average word into an online thesaurus and let the internet do the thinking for you.
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Number 12 – Believe in Yourself Nothing projects intelligence, quite like confidence.
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When you believe in yourself, it shows.
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Believing in yourself improves your performance on cognitive tasks.
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Leftout, on the other hand, impairs your performance.
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Number 13 – Stay On Top Of Current Events
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Read the news every day so you know what's going on in the world.
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If someone tries to make small talk by referencing the current political developments, or the latest Grammy Award winners, you won't be falling short.
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Number 14 – Know When To Stop Talking People who talk too much often wind up revealing how dumb they really are.
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So pay attention to what's coming out of your mouth and watch people's faces to gauge their reactions.
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When in doubt, stop talking and instead ask a question to give someone else a chance to speak.
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Number 15 – Skip the Booze According to studies, merely seeing someone holding a drink is enough to make them seem less intelligent.
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It's not that we assume less intelligent people are more likely to drink.
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It's that the perceived correlation between drinking and cognitive impairment is so strong that we assume impairment even if there isn't any.
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Do you have any other tips to share?
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Let us know in the comments below!
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 60 frases y 782 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:05. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 154 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 85 % 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:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
intelligent adjetivo/ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/inteligente
perceive verbo/pɚˈsiv/percibir, apercibirse de
associate sustantivo/əˈsoʊʃi.ət/asociado
engage verbo/ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ/embebecer, embelesar
cognitive adjetivo/ˈkɑɡ.nɪ.tɪv/cognitivo, cognoscitivo
trick sustantivo/ˈtɹɪk/truco, artimaña
thick adjetivo/θɪk/grueso, espeso
reveal verbo/ɹɪˈviːl/revelar, propalar
boost verbo/buːst/aupar, upar
connect verbo/kəˈnɛkt/conectar, empalmar
merely adverbio/ˈmɪəli/meramente, mere
impression sustantivo/ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/impresión, sensación
intellectual adjetivo/ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/intelectual
leaf sustantivo/lif/hoja, foja (desus.)
resist verbo/ɹɪˈzɪst/resistir

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
come across verbopasarse a
come up verbosalir a relucir
wind up verbo/waɪnd ˈʌp/dar cuerda

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 7 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, isn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: thick /θɪk/, authenticity /ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/, thesaurus /θɪˈsɔːɹəs/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/, variation /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/, shout /ʃaʊt/, correction /kəˈɹɛkʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, associate /əˈsoʊʃi.ət/, intellectual /ˌɪntəˈlɛkt͡ʃʊəl/, eliminate /ɪˈlɪm.ɪ.neɪt/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/

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 intelligent, perceive, associate.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceis based · be associated · are perceived
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosastatus, which makes · People who smile · People who appear

¿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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