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The Werewolf, the Alpha's tribe.
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Lucas and Simone were far from the memories of the village.
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The harsh glances, the betrayal, the curses that once ruled their hearts and minds.
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Show off.
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Best kitchen knife I've ever had.
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Here in this deep sanctuary, they were just Lucas and Simone.
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Two soulmates, soon to be parents.
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Handy!
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I have my moments.
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She's got your rhythm, strong and steady.
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Will you teach her to transform?
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I'll teach her to choose.
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That's all any parent can do.
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Ha ha!
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Let's hope our child inherits your charisma.
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Or better yet, your hope. And your loyalty.
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As Simone's pregnancy progressed, strange occurrences started to surface.
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A week ago, the forest animals had begun vanishing.
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Have you seen any sign of the deer?
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The rabbits?
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Did you forget to hang garlic at the door again?
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If I had, we'd be dealing with bandits, not vanishing animals.
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This is strange for sure.
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I suspect old magic, Simone.
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Honey, if you start howling at the moon without warning, I demand at least a dance first.
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Deal.
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Though tonight I'd rather not find out what's prowling in the dark with us.
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At nightfall, Lucas heard whispers in his sleep, not from memories, but from something far more inexplicable.
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A singular voice, dark, wary and hungry.
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I'd say you look surprised, Lucas, but I'd be more shocked if you greeted me with warm soup.
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Last time you showed up, I grew fangs in places I didn't know existed.
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Yet you still have a knack for landing on your feet.
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Typical wolf.
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I wouldn't be here if I didn't have to.
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You have ten seconds, witch.
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Talk, or I'll show you pregnancy mood swings combined with a pan.
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Simone!
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Good to see you, too.
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Go on then, what is it?
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I hate giving good people bad news.
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Morven of the Mount Charles has returned.
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The real owner of the curse, Morven the Warlock, has awakened.
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I fear for your unborn child.
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The dark magic I borrowed to curse you, Lucas, was his.
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He wants what grows inside you, Simone.
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He'll remake the world in shadow and use your baby as the vessel.
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You should both lay low.
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Lay low?
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Let him try touching my wife and child.
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All those lifetimes cowering.
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Look at you now.
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But pride's a sweet seasoning for fear, Lucas.
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We have to warn the village.
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This sounds alarming.
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Nebula came to warn Lucas, but she knew well enough that he would always stand up and fight for his beloved.
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Jeffro, Marcus's great-grandson, brimming with self-righteous anger, was rallying frightened villagers.
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You see the clouds?
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The ruined crops?
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The missing cattle?
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It's Lucas's wolfish stink, his curse that brings this darkness.
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We've tolerated his monstrosity for ages, and see what it's brought again?
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But Lucas has been at peace for years.
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Peace for a beast!
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He only waits until our backs are turned.
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Funny, you're quick to judge, Jeffro, given your great-grandfather's friendship with fear.
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When men are afraid, they find monsters in the innocent.
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Well, well, well.
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Speak of the devil.
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And what are you carrying, Simone?
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A miracle or another curse?
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A child who will be neither, and who will be better than all your generations of hate.
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Let's go, Simone.
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We don't belong here.
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We came here to warn you that something is coming.
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But I guess you're on your own now.
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That's right, Lucas.
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You don't belong here.
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The forest is that way.
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I'd rather be hated for what I am than lie about who I have become.
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They never do that during the day.
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They've come for me, but these wolves are not enemies.
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They are kin.
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The wolves had sensed it first.
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They had begun circling Lucas in Simone's hut to protect them from Morven's incoming threat.
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Their leader, a massive silver-gray wolf, communicated with Lucas telepathically.
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Brother, it's coming here tonight.
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I know, old friend.
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How many?
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He is alone.
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But he is power.
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He tastes of the void itself.
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For years, I was their brother.
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Their mistake.
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Their myth.
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Now I'm their alpha.
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It feels less like a crown, more like finding my other heart.
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Just so long as your other heart remembers, I like breakfast in bed.
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Tonight, you fight not for me, but for hope, for the child who will be born.
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Another thing, if Morven doesn't come here, we will go to Mount Charles, where he isn't expecting us.
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I can't let you do this alone, Lucas.
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I'm coming too.
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If she is coming, we are coming too.
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No, Simone, it's dangerous.
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That is why you are going to need all the help you can get.
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We will face Morvan together.
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Tonight, we end this curse.
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The werewolf and his witch of a wife have brought darkness to our farms.
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But Jeffro, what if we are wrong?
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You coward fool!
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We must act while he preys on our cattle!
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Should we wait till our children start to disappear too?
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No more!
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Morvan, show yourself!
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You want my child?
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Here I am!
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The temperature suddenly dropped.
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The trees swayed violently in the wind.
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Frost spread across a nearby lake and instantly froze it.
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Foolish she-wolf.
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You cannot bargain with forces beyond your comprehension.
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Can't I?
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You're just another bully hiding behind dark magic.
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I've seen worse.
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I'm intrigued by your audacity.
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Your child will make a perfect vessel.
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Forever young like Lucas, malleable like this world, eternal like me, and brave like you.
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She's already perfect.
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And she's already protected.
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Protected?
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Hahahaha!
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One by one, wolves emerged from the shadows.
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They were encircling Morven as Simone baited him out.
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Ah!
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Filthy dogs!
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I will not be intimidated by your petty pets and your pregnant cries.
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Tell me, Lucas, where are you hiding?
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Lucas was disguised as his wolf form, and he moved with Alpha authority among his pack.
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Brothers, sisters, for your Alpha, for our child.
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Come out, Lucas.
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Are you on the leash now?
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Too cowardly to face me.
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He's closer than you think.
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There!
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On Mount Charles!
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The witch is summoning her demon baby!
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You cannot stop me, Lucas.
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You're not even a real wolf.
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You're right.
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I'm something you'll never be loved.
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And then Lucas tilted his head back and released a primal howl.
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Not of pain or rage, but of an alpha.
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Every wolf joined in the chorus like family.
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It was a sound older than kingdoms, older than curses, older than man, and older than darkness itself.
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It was the sound of a family taking a stand.
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Morvan staggered, his composure cracked as the collective howl overwhelmed his dark magic.
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Impossible!
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I am eternal!
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I am!
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You are finished.
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True love and family is the one magic you will never understand.
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Go back to the void!
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The plan was perfect.
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Bait, setup, and the surprise trap.
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Morvan's otherworldly screams echoed across Mountain Charles as he was getting sucked back into the ancient bottle.
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What on earth is that?!
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Jeffro and the villagers witness as Morvan is pulled into the bottle.
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And Lucas, still among his wolf pack, protecting Simone.
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Lucas isn't the monster, Jeffro.
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He never was was!
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The threat has ended.
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Your animals and children are safe.
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We only want peace for ourselves, for our child.
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You.. you saved us.
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He's been saving you all along.
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We were just too afraid to see it.
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Sometimes, redemption comes not from changing who you are, but from others finally seeing who you've always been.
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Wolfina is going to be strong.
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Wolfina will be loved.
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That's stronger.
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And so, Lucas the werewolf found what every cursed soul seeks.
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Acceptance, belonging, and love.
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Papa!
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The best stories don't end with, and they lived happily ever after, but with, and they lived,
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fully, completely, without shame or shadow, they lived.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 184 frases y 1308 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:29. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 114 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 75 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- wolf /wʊlf/ (sustantivo) — mujeriego. Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
- curse /kɝs/ (sustantivo) — maldición. A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
- alpha /ˈæl.fə/ (sustantivo) — alfa. The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
- shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ (sustantivo) — sombra. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
- belong /bɪˈlɒŋ/ (verbo) — pertenecer [with en or a]. To have its proper place.
- darkness /ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/ (sustantivo) — oscuridad. The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
- warn /woɹn/ (verbo) — alertar, avisar. To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc.
- pregnancy /ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/ (sustantivo) — embarazo, gravidez. The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
- vessel /ˈvɛsəl/ (sustantivo) — embarcación, barco. Any craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine.
- cow /kaʊ/ (sustantivo) — vaca. An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
- eternal /ɪˈtɝ.nl̩/ (adjetivo) — eterno, eternal. Lasting forever; unending.
- void /vɔɪd/ (adjetivo) — huero. Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
- bait /beɪt/ (sustantivo) — carnada, cebo. Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- cloud /ˈklaʊ̯d/ (sustantivo) — nube, nimbo. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
- shock /ʃɔk/ (sustantivo) — choque. A sudden, heavy impact.
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
- come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verbo) — revelarse, salir a la luz. To be discovered; to be revealed.
- deal with (verbo) — tratarse de, ocuparse. To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.
- find out (verbo) — averiguar, anoticiarse. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verbo) — continuar. To continue in extent.
- look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.
- show off (verbo) — chulear, lucir. To exhibit the best attributes of something.
- show up (verbo) — comparecer, personarse. To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically.
- stand up (verbo) — levantarse, ponerse de pie. To rise from a lying or sitting position.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 34 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, I'd, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: myth /mɪθ/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, filthy /ˈfɪlθi/, otherworldly /ˌʌðəɹˈwɜɹl(d)li/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, shock /ʃɔk/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/, foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, sanctuary /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/, violently /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/, audacity /ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/, inexplicable /ˌɪn.ɪkˈsplɪ.kə.bl̩/
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 wolf, curse, alpha.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultado | If I had, we'd be · if Morven doesn't come here, we will go |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has returned · has awakened · We've tolerated |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | are turned · be hated · will be born |
¿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.