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Chapter 4 Lesson 13 The Histo-Petroleum
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Today, plastic is used in almost everything,
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from shopping bags and bottles to chicken cu- plastic has plastic how it was first made
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parkissine
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the first man-made plastic was created by under parks introduced it
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at the 1862 great exhibition in london it was called parkissine and it was made from plant materials once heated
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it could be molded and cooled also it could be made colored or transparent
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however it was too expensive produce for common use 1866 celluloid in the bed was
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so killer that a lot of elephants were being killed for their which was used to make billiard balls.
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So John Wesley Hyatt said, a U.S billiard ball company offered a prize of $10,000 to the
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person who could design the best substitute for natural ivory in 1866 John Wesley Hyatt created celluloid
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while trying to win the prize although he failed to win celluloid was later used to make many products including false teeth,
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piano keys, and ping-pong balls.
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1909 Bakelite Leo Bakeland created Bakelite in 1909.
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Made entirely of artificial materials, it was the first true plastic.
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It was inexpensive and it kept its shape when heated.
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Soon, it was being used in many things, including electrical products and jewelry. Since then,
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many other plastics have been developed today petroleum today most plastics
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are produced from non-natural materials made from petroleum they are light flexible strong
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and cheap despite all these advantages there is one problem plastic waste breaks down slowly and toxic chemicals can leak from it.
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Therefore, people are trying to develop less harmful plastics.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “4 Subject link 6 C13”. Las palabras que más se repiten: plastic, celluloid, petroleum, materials, ball. Este vídeo tiene 21 frases y 266 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:47. El hablante habla despacio, unas 96 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 78 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 11 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
celluloid sustantivo/ˈsɛljəˌlɔɪd/celuloide
inexpensive adjetivo/ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/barato, económico
jewellery sustantivo/ˈd͡ʒʊ-/joyería, joyas
mold sustantivo/moʊld/moho, mufa
ivory sustantivo/ˈaɪv(ə)ɹi/marfil, ebúrneo
harmful adjetivo/ˈhɑɹmfl̩/perjudicial, perjudicador
transparent adjetivo/tɹænsˈpæɹənt/transparente
elephant sustantivo/ˈɛlɪfənt/elefante
leak sustantivo/liːk/gotera, agujero
flexible adjetivo/ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/flexible, doblegable
substitute sustantivo/ˈsʌb.stɪ.tʃuːt/sustituto, substituto

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
break down verbodescomponerse, averiarse

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 hacewas created · was called · could be molded
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosatheir which was · person who could

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: inexpensive /ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/, ivory /ˈaɪv(ə)ɹi/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como celluloid, inexpensive, jewellery.

¿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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