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We'll be back with our art challenge a little later
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but first of all let's go through all of that with our English language expert Rob from the British Council.
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Hi Rob.
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Hi Ashley.
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Oh dear Stephen has a lot to learn about art.
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I know he really did think that rubbish bin was a piece of art.
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Well it isn't always easy to tell what art is is it?
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No. Anyway after watching that I've got a question for you.
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Go on.
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Do you know what an article is?
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Yeah it is something you read in a newspaper paper or a magazine?
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Well yes it is but for people who are learning English articles are a,
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an and the and it can be very difficult to learn how to use them properly.
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Really?
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They're just little words like this is a pen.
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Okay but is it a pen or the pen?
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Let's have a look at some examples.
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We're at an art market.
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It's a kind of market where artists sell their art.
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I'm going to make some art come back to the market and sell it.
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Brilliant idea, huh?
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So the first time you said we're at an art market.
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It's an and not a because art starts with a vowel sound
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and it's also an because the person you're speaking to doesn't know which art market it is.
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There are lots of art markets and this is just one of them, an art market.
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But the second time was different.
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Watch again.
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I'm going to make some art, come back to the market and sell it.
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Now, the second time, you said you were going to come back to the market.
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Why the market and not a market?
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Because it's the art market.
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It's obvious.
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Yeah, that's right.
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When we all know which art market or which thing we're talking about, we use the.
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It doesn't sound too difficult to me, Rob.
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Well, it is difficult because some languages don't have any articles.
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Really?
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Yes, Russian, for example, doesn't have any articles in the way English has.
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Ah, okay.
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That's strange.
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And there are some special rules too, like we say the sun and the moon, but not the Mars.
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Okay, I see.
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It's a bit complicated, isn't it?
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It is, but I always tell my students just to remember three golden rules.
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Let's watch.
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Yeah, excellent idea.
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Except one thing, you're not an artist.
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Rule number one.
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When you say your job, always use an article, a or an.
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So I'm a teacher, you're an actress, and that's why Stephen said you're not an artist.
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Here's rule number two.
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We're at an art market.
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Sounds like a challenge.
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And the winner gets to keep all the money we make agree.
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We're at an art market.
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Sounds like a challenge.
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The winner gets all the money.
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When you have a singular noun, art market, challenge, winner, it always has an article.
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It can be a, an, or the, but a singular noun always has an article.
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Or it has a determiner, like his or her or my, like this.
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Ashley wants to buy some art for her fat.
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Her flat.
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And here's rule number three.
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Art is all about ideas.
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It's a kind of market where artists sell their art.
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When we talk about things in general, we don't use an article.
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So, art is about ideas, not the art, because it's art in general.
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So we say cats like mice, Not the cats like the mice because we're talking about all cats and all mice.
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That's why you said it's a market where artists sell their art.
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Not the artists because it's all artists.
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Artists in general.
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See what I mean?
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I guess so.
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It's trickier than I thought.
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It is, but those three rules will help you avoid the most common mistakes.
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And you've just said the other thing
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that i want to have a look at typical ash you
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choose the biggest thing in the market for your tiny flat
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well yeah i guess it is a bit too big what
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do you think stephen i guess he's trying to make us think about the modern world i guess you
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and stephen use it quite a lot i guess it's a
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bit too big i guess he's trying to make us think
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so what does i guess mean um i think i guess i I mean,
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it means I'm not sure, but I think, right?
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Perfect.
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I'm not sure, but I think.
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I guess.
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And I guess that's all we have time for.
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Ah, you're right, Rob.
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But thanks again, and we'll be speaking to you a bit later.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 90 frases y 785 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:52. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 161 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| mouse sustantivo | /maʊs/ | ratón, laucha |
| singular adjetivo | /ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/ | singular |
| noun sustantivo | /naʊn/ | nombre, nombre sustantivo |
| complicated adjetivo | /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/ | complicado |
| actress sustantivo | /ˈæk.tɹɪs/ | actriz |
| tricky adjetivo | /ˈtɹɪk.i/ | dificultoso, chungo |
| determiner sustantivo | /dɪˈtɝ.mɪ.nɚ/ | determinador |
| vowel sustantivo | /ˈvaʊ.əl/ | vocal |
| golden adjetivo | /ˈɡəʊl.dən/ | de oro, áureo |
| mistake sustantivo | /mɪˈsteɪk/ | error, equivocación |
| properly adverbio | /ˈpɹɑpɚli/ | como es debido, como corresponde |
| strange adjetivo | /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ | extraño, raro |
| obvious adjetivo | /ˈɑb.vi.əs/ | obvio, evidente |
| tiny adjetivo | /ˈtaɪni/ | diminuto, minúsculo |
| newspaper sustantivo | /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpə/ | periódico, diario |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| go through verbo | atravesar |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 28 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, I'm, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: complicated /ˈkɑm.plɪˌkeɪ.tɪd/, determiner /dɪˈtɝ.mɪ.nɚ/
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 mouse, singular, noun.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the most common · the biggest |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | are learning · you're speaking · we're talking |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | We'll be · will help |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venir | I'm going to make |
¿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.