Shadowing Practice: 2700 - What Would You Do for a Million Dollars? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hello, Lindsay.
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How are you?
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I'm doing great today, Aubrey.
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I have a question for you, though, I'd like to start with.
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Let's hear it.
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Would you ever shave your head, even for a million dollars?
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Like if I were to give you a million dollars to shave your head, would you do it?
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Absolutely.
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In a heartbeat.
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I would shave my head.
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But the question is, would you have this beautiful hair?
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Your hair is like, there's mine, isn't it?
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Nothing to write home about
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but for a million bucks I think I still would honestly
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just retire I'll have a shaved head you know it grows
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back it's fine I'll take the money I agree I'm really
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curious everyone out there you know how would you answer questions
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like these are asked often in American culture I wonder
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if it's popular as well around the world um where you'll
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ask like what would you do for a million dollars
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or something like this would you shave your head for a million dollars right
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but crazily it's becoming less of a hypothetical there are these new bounty websites
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that are starting where you know prices are put on risky
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actions like for example getting a tattoo advertisement on your forehead
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something really it's like that's a tough choice to make no
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even for a million dollars I wouldn't tattoo something on my
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forehead no tattoos are semi -permanent I mean you have to
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and it's expensive to get them removed and on your face
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when there could be scarring and it's extremely painful
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so yeah it's interesting we're gonna dive into this what is
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a bounty how else does it come up in culture
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and kind of talk about the ethics of this
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because it's very controversial yes yeah and we have a couple of examples of bounties
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when it comes to wildlife and that kind of thing
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so every what is a bounty let's get started there right
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so this is a monetary reward offered by a government corporation
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or an individual and in this case it's cryptocurrency that's being paid
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so that's kind of interesting as well
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but traditionally bounties have existed for a long time um there's the newest star wars film the mandalorian
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and grogu is about a bounty hunter the mandalorian right so he's offered money to like bring in a criminal.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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That's how you hear about it the most, the term bounty when they're looking for a person, right?
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Or dog, the bounty hunter.
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Have you ever seen that show?
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That's an older show.
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It's someone who would go and find people who had skipped bail and they would be paid bounty money for that.
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Interesting.
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And now there is some more examples here.
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I know down in Florida to shift over to wildlife right now, there's an overpopulation of Burmese pythons.
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So a few years ago this was i saw this on
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some documentary on tv once um they have a bounty on python
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so they're going out and paying citizens that are just brave enough
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and have a big enough i don't know machete
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or whatever they need to to go
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and bring in your recovered bring in dead pythons
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and i think i think they're paying around a grand per python
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but these are like huge snakes right they're earning their money to put their life at risk to try
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and catch those snakes yeah
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and that's also existed in the mountain west in idaho montana maybe colorado there have been bounties on wolves back
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when there was a extreme overpopulation of wolves
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and it was about a thousand dollars fifteen hundred dollars for someone to kill a wolf
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but now they've over hunted them and they're endangered now
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so it's kind of it can swing either way right yeah in colorado they're repopulating the wolves now
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and this was a ballot issue in the last couple of years bringing the wolves back
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and it becomes very political right when you get into these wildlife issues
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but that's one way
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that bounty is applied what else do we need to know
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here well this is interesting for anyone out there who watches
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the show black mirror on netflix i'm a huge fan myself
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but in the most recent season season seven episode one this
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what has sort of come to life here is uh fictional in
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that show where there are these bounties for risky actions, right?
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And someone would claim it online and be paid to do that.
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And now this is really crazy that you're seeing that this could actually happen in real life, right?
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So there was a CNN article we saw called The Website Where Crypto Promoters Pay People to Tattoo Ads on Themselves.
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This was by TM Brown in June of 2026.
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And we kind of looked in this and sort of wanted to share about it.
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there's a chance that this could become popular
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and there could be more sites
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or maybe it'll go away that's my hope I'm not really
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in support of this it seems no very like a terrible idea
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yeah it does seem kind of I don't know like it belongs in a movie
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or something honestly right let's keep it in black mirror
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and not in real life yeah please yeah along with all
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of the technology in black mirror it's better to have it be in a tv show
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and not actually real I still haven't seen black mirror i'm gonna have to see
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that that's every episode is different technology
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and how it affects like people in society and relationships
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but usually by the end you're like this technology should never
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exist okay good to know do you have any quotes from
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i mean like what are people what do academics think about this yeah this is interesting
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so in that article they had interviewed a couple of different people
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and one of them was william william cavanaugh so he's a theologian
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and a professor of catholic studies at de paul university in
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chicago what did he say lindsey okay well he said this
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is the clear case where people are being instrumentalized instrumentalized
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and dehumanized for the sake of personal profit yeah i mean pretty much right i really agree
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that it's the dehumanization right you're treating someone like a product like a pawn
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and even if it's for money they need it's still you're taking their dignity from them for
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that payment yes mm -hmm yeah
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and then they also interviewed yeah new york governor kathy hochel well
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so she had been she had publicly written on x this
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she wrote offering a bounty on the first bill introduced to ban this dystopian nightmare i loved this phrase like
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so she clearly really doesn't she'll pay for it yeah
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and then making kind of a joke here
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but she's using the term bounty to make a joke of it exactly she's joking
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and saying she'll give a bony to bounty to anyone who can shut this down right
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and then a spokesperson for her office said any business model
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that rewards people for targeting harassing or endangering others should alarm everyone
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and I really loved that statement because that's the thing even
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if you're paying someone to do it to themselves you're still
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endangering people right getting someone to harm someone else themselves and
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that really should alarm us all
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that really should you're making the suggestion you're putting the idea in their head oh my gosh so
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when we come back from our break we're going to talk
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about what does this mean for our listeners in terms of
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a connection topic of a conversation topic i could very easily
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see this coming up in a conversation with a friend with
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a native speaking friend yes i've already spoken to people about as soon as i saw
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that article i'm like oh this is interesting And it's going to be, I don't know how controversial it'll be, but there will be some people who agree
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that people should be free to do things like this if they choose for a payment.
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So you're definitely not going to, you might be surprised even what some of your friends think.
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Yeah, exactly.
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People would have different opinions on it.
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So we're going to take a quick break and come back
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and we'll get into how do you form questions to talk about this?
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Yes.
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All right, Aubrey, we're back from break.
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So what would be some conversation starters
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if we do want to tell our friends about this and have a conversation to see what they think?
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Yeah.
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So we have offered this sort of pro tip in the past that now that you've heard this episode, you can say, you know, I heard about this.
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I listened to a podcast and that's such a great entry point.
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So for example, you could say, I heard a new website allows people to offer a bounty for risky actions.
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What do you think about that?
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And then if they haven't heard anything, they might just say, what?
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I haven't heard about that.
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And you could provide a little more detail.
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Or if they have, then that's the beginning of a really interesting discussion.
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And the next one is, have you heard it on a podcast?
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You heard about it here.
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Yeah.
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And this is incredibly common.
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A couple of constructions around something you heard on a podcast.
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First one is, I listened to a podcast about a website where people pay cryptocurrency for tattoos.
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Have you heard about that?
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But Aubrey, I also hear people saying, I was listening to a podcast and blah, blah, blah.
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X, Y, Z.
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I hear a lot of people use that construction.
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I was listening to a podcast and I heard this or I learned this.
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And they talked about this new website offering bounties.
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And I love, I have a lot of friends who that is how they start their conversation.
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Either I read an article or I was listening to a podcast and often the best way to bring up something that,
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and you don't have to share your opinion right away or commit either way.
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You're just asking what they know about it, what they think.
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Yes.
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So that's a really natural way to start this topic.
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But what else?
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We have this other interesting thing.
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So questions about extreme things you might do for money are also fun conversation starters.
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We do this a lot in American English, right?
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So we're going to share a few that are pretty benign, you know, pretty harmless that you could potentially ask someone.
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And these always lead to interesting conversations.
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Thank you.
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Yeah.
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I mean, I'll just start it off with a question.
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Aubrey, would you hunt for pythons for a thousand dollars each?
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Would you do that?
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No, I wouldn't even do that for a million.
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I think I would definitely probably lose my life.
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I mean, I'm not an expert.
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I would very likely just be like drowned.
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Death by python.
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Yeah.
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Death by python.
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I think if I were like a large man and I had, you know, I had skills like outdoor, outdoors, I might do it.
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Maybe.
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I don't know i don't know for a million yes maybe
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for a million i would maybe try for a billion oh
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interesting what about eyebrows this comes back to the hair thing
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would you shave your eyebrows for a million dollars yes again
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i know it really yeah i would too you know it's not the end of the world
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and more and more these days yes eyebrows grow back you can draw on eyebrows
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so absolutely totally draw them on i'd probably do that for a hundred dollars maybe a thousand
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yeah everyone has their own you know threshold here
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but I would probably do it for a million
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or a thousand maybe a thousand and then take some time off
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so I wouldn't have to be on camera yes exactly
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and we also leave these more open -ended you could say
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something like what would they have to pay you to wear the same outfit every day for a year
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or something like that and it's just more hypothetical
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and then we my friends
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and I do this fun thing where someone will throw out a number
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and then someone else will say oh I'd do it for
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this much you like go down until you get as low
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as you're willing you start to understand people's standards right what they'll tolerate someone says a million
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and someone else says I'd do that for a thousand
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yeah yeah for sure well how into coffee are you these
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days Aubrey would you give up coffee for a million dollars forever I love coffee
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that would be hard
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but maybe maybe for a million dollars I could be a
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tea drinker for a month I think I would absolutely forever
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would be oh yeah a month a year I probably would I would probably just get into like matcha
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or green tea or something
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and just call it a day you know just fine exactly
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let's do a role play here where we're showing how this might look in a full conversation you
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and I are meeting for coffee here actually
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oh well there you go we can't give up coffee in
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that case right um all right I heard a new website allows people to offer a bounty for risky actions.
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What do you think about that?
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Oh man, like on that Black Mirror episode?
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That definitely didn't go well.
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Yeah, definitely concerning that people are taking unnecessary risks just for money or maybe for internet fame.
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Hey, what about you?
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How much would they have to pay you to get an advertisement tattooed on your face? On my face?
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Wow.
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I don't think they could pay me enough.
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Same here.
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Even if it were temporary, I'd have to think long and hard about it.
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yeah clearly we have standards they're maybe not the highest
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but they're there yeah yeah
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so yeah this first phrase you used right i heard a
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new website allows people to offer a bounty for risky actions
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so or you could use one of these others i was listening to a podcast
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and they were sharing
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that bounties are being offered right lots of ways you could
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lead into this conversation yes exactly any other key phrases we
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need to take away from this role play i said what
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about you how much would they have to pay you to get an advertisement on your face
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and there are a few ways to construct this right we
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also shared i could say for a million dollars would you do
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that right there's a lot of interesting things to ask
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but it's interesting because depending on the relationship
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and how well you know your friends some people will get
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more personal with these the ones we've shared today are really safe are not going to offend to anyone, right?
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Yeah.
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Yeah, for sure. For sure.
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So the point is here, guys, it's a connection topic.
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So it's kind of controversial.
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You'll learn a lot about your friends, about their ideas, right?
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In terms of, I guess, their standards, or maybe they're just joking when they give their answer anyways.
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But check it out as a connection topic.
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Bring up these interesting things that you read in the news, because this is what we talk about as native speakers.
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Anything that's a little bit controversial is always going to make for a better conversation, not everyone will agree here so it is interesting to find out what your friends think
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and be ready to pivot away if someone's uncomfortable
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if you both really disagree you never know right be ready to change the subject
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if necessary and it could potentially turn into a more interesting conversation around personal freedom right definitely
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because you know guaranteed some friends are going to say you
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know personal freedom that's what that's a big part of American
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culture that's a big theme in our politics right being able to do what you want
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and then you might get into you know the founding of our country i mean
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or what what are the laws in your country and the rules
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and the values so there's a lot here aubrey beyond just the exact website.
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Absolutely.
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That's such a good point.
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Whenever there's something controversial, it can easily link to other controversial issues, depending on how deep you want to go, how much you want to get into it with that person and how comfortable you are,
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uh, with controversial issues.
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Yes.
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Good stuff.
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Well, thanks for being on the episode today, Aubrey, and I'll see you next time.
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Awesome.
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See you next time.
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Bye.
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Okay.
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Bye.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “2700 - What Would You Do for a Million Dollars?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: bounty, interesting, dollars, conversation, heard. Este vídeo tiene 274 frases y 2913 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 15:21. El hablante habla rápido, unas 190 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| bounty sustantivo | /ˈbaʊn(t)i/ | dádiva |
| podcast sustantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, pódcast |
| shave verbo | /ˈʃeɪ̯v/ | afeitar, rapar |
| tattoo sustantivo | /tæˈtuː/ | tatuaje |
| risky adjetivo | /ˈɹɪski/ | riesgoso, arriesgado |
| eyebrow sustantivo | /ˈaɪˌbɹaʊ/ | ceja |
| advertisement sustantivo | /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/ | anuncio, publicidad |
| cryptocurrency sustantivo | /ˈkɹɪp.toʊˌkɝ.ən.si/ | criptomoneda |
| endanger verbo | /ɛnˈdeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | apeligrar |
| instrumentalize verbo | instrumentalizar | |
| overpopulation sustantivo | /ˌoʊvɚˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ | sobrepoblación, superpoblación |
| hypothetical adjetivo | /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/ | hipotético |
| forehead sustantivo | /ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/ | frente, testuz |
| depend verbo | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de) |
| crazily adverbio | locamente |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| bring up verbo | levantar, alzar | |
| give up verbo | rendirse, entregar | |
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse | |
| go away verbo | irse, marcharse | |
| go out verbo | salir | |
| throw out verbo | /ˈθɹəʊ ˌaʊt/ | botar, tirar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Would you ever shave your head, even for a million dollars?
- Your hair is like, there's mine, isn't it?
- Have you ever seen that show?
- What do you think about that?
- Have you heard about that?
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 | have existed · have been · haven't seen |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | are asked · are put · being paid |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | someone who would · anyone who can · people who agree |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 75 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, they're, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: hypothetical /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/, theologian /ˌθi.əˈloʊd͡ʒən/, threshold /ˈθɹɛʃ(h)oʊld/, ethics /ˈɛθ.ɪks/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, overpopulation /ˌoʊvɚˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, dehumanization /diːˌhjuːmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/, machete /məˈʃɛ.ti/, fictional /ˈfɪkʃənəl/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, cryptocurrency /ˈkɹɪp.toʊˌkɝ.ən.si/, overpopulation /ˌoʊvɚˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, hypothetical /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/, dehumanization /diːˌhjuːmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: starter /ˈstɑɹ.tɚ/, spokesperson /ˈspoʊksˌpɝsən/, scar /skɑɹ/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, overpopulation /ˌoʊvɚˌpɑpjəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, dive /daɪv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, dehumanization /diːˌhjuːmənaɪˈzeɪʃən/, dehumanize /diːˈhjuːmənaɪz/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
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 bounty, podcast, shave.
¿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.