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Hey everybody!
¡Hola a todos!
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Welcome to this A2 English listening practice video.
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You can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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Before we start, remember to subscribe to the channel,
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click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram.
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You ready?
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So today I'm gonna talk about manners.
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What are manners?
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The word manners refers to the way people behave in social situations.
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So I'm gonna talk about good manners and bad manners in the U.S and compare it to other countries.
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Specifically, we're going to focus on dining etiquette.
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The word etiquette is another word for manners.
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Dining etiquette is fun to talk about because there are many differences throughout the world when it comes to this topic.
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In the U.S., for example,
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it's not polite to make a lot of noise while you're eating.
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It's not polite to chew your food loudly or with your mouth open.
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And it's not polite to sip your drink or soup loudly.
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The word sip refers to the act of drinking or consuming something like this.
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And if you sip something loudly,
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we say that you're slurping.
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To be honest, this is pretty hard for me to avoid.
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When I eat soup, I always slurp it.
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My wife always lectures me about this and tells me not to do it,
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especially when we're in public.
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However, in places like Japan,
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sipping or even slurping your food loudly is not considered rude.
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In fact, it's considered rude if you don't slurp your soup.
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If you eat ramen in Japan,
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you're supposed to eat it like this.
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So my bad habit wouldn't be a problem in Japan.
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Interesting, huh?
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Here's another similar example.
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In the US, it's considered very rude to burp in public.
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Burping is the sound you make with your throat after you eat or drink something, like soda.
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So in America, you definitely won't hear people burping in restaurants.
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However, in many places in China,
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burping after you eat your meal isn't rude.
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It can actually be a compliment to the chef.
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It tells the chef that you liked the food.
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I think this is a pretty interesting difference between manners in the US and China.
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Something else that's considered good etiquette in the US is to politely refuse when someone offers you food.
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If someone offers you food in a situation where you didn't plan to eat together,
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it's polite to refuse at least the first offer.
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For example, let's say you're at someone's house
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and you're not good friends with them and they offer to make you some food.
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You can say something like,
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oh that's okay, you don't have to do that.
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Then the person often offers again,
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and then maybe you accept the second offer, or maybe you don't.
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It's not rude to refuse offers for food.
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I do this a lot,
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even if I do want the food.
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This is seen as polite in the US because you don't want to inconvenience other people.
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However, in Mexico and in many Latin American countries,
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you're supposed to eat the food that you're offered.
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It can be considered rude if you don't eat what's offered to you.
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This is definitely a cultural difference.
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Another interesting thing about Mexican dining etiquette is the way that people sometimes say no thank you.
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For example, if you're at the dinner table and someone offers to give you more bread or something,
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it's common to do this.
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People might do this while saying no thank you,
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or if their mouth is full of food,
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they might just put their hand up like this without saying anything.
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However, in the US and in many other countries,
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it would be rude to do this to someone.
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That's another big difference.
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Okay, one last example of good dining etiquette in America is keeping your elbows off the table.
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you're eating, you're not supposed to put your elbows on the table like this.
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That being said, I think that putting your elbows on the table has become more acceptable in recent years.
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Nowadays, many parents don't lecture their children for putting their elbows on the table.
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It's seen as normal now.
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Alright, now I'm gonna ask you some questions about today's video to see how well you understood.
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Number one, what's another word for manners?
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Number two, in which country is slurping your soup acceptable?
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And number three, in which Which country or region is it considered rude to refuse food?
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Okay, remember to subscribe to the channel,
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click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram for more English tips and lessons.
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I'll see you next time.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “A2 English Listening Practice - Manners”. Las palabras que más se repiten: manners, rude, offer, eat, etiquette. Este vídeo tiene 79 frases y 778 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:40. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 117 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| rude adjetivo | /ɹuːd/ | rudo, grosero |
| polite adjetivo | /pəˈlaɪt/ | cortés, educado |
| refuse verbo | /ɹɪˈfjuːz/ | rehusar |
| soup sustantivo | /sup/ | sopa, caldo |
| elbow sustantivo | /ˈɛlboʊ̯/ | codo |
| loudly adverbio | /ˈlaʊdli/ | en voz alta, ruidosamente |
| refer verbo | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | referir, remitir |
| acceptable adjetivo | /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/ | aceptable, asumible |
| chef sustantivo | /ʃɛf/ | chef |
| lecture sustantivo | /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ | aleccionamiento, lectivo |
| subscribe verbo | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | suscribirse, subscribirse |
| topic sustantivo | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | tema, tópico |
| meal sustantivo | /ˈmiːl/ | comida, pitanza |
| lesson sustantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lección |
| compare verbo | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | comparar, parangonar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Specifically, we're going to focus on dining etiquette.
- Number one, what's another word for manners?
- Number two, in which country is slurping your soup acceptable?
- I'll see you next time.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is not considered · is seen · can be considered |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might do · might just put |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | you're eating · you're slurping · is keeping |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venir | gonna talk · we're going to focus · gonna ask |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 29 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: chef /ʃɛf/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: acceptable /əkˈsɛp.tə.bəl/, inconvenience /ɪnkənˈvinjəns/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: behave /bɪˈheɪv/, inconvenience /ɪnkənˈvinjəns/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: refuse /ɹɪˈfjuːz/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
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 rude, polite, refuse.
¿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.