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Track 1 .8 Reading Time 1 Activity 1 The Trick
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Moussa and Hakan lived next door to each other in a small village.
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They were good friends, but there was one problem.
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Money was very important to Hakan and, unfortunately, it was sometimes more important than his friends.
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One day, Hakan noticed that his horse, Atik, wasn't well.
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I think we should sell Atik, he told his wife, Pinar.
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He isn't strong and healthy anymore.
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Pinar was surprised.
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Sell a sick horse, she said.
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That isn't honest.
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And who will buy a sick animal anyway?
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Well, said Hakan, I don't know if Atik is sick, but he used to be stronger.
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Musa needs to travel to the city soon and he hasn't got a horse.
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But Musa is your friend, said Pinar angrily.
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You shouldn't sell an unhealthy horse to anyone, and certainly not to your friend.
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But Musa hasn't got enough money to buy a horse, explained Hakan.
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I'll give him a very good price for our teak.
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So I think I'm doing a good thing for my friend."
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Musa was watering the plants in his garden next door
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when he heard the last part of the conversation through the open window.
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Aha, he thought.
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So Hakan is going to try and sell me a sick horse.
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It's time to teach my friend a lesson.
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The next day, Musa and Hakan were drinking coffee together when Musa asked, Do you know anyone who is selling a horse?
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Why do you need a horse? asked Hakan.
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I need to travel to the city soon to see my family, explained Musa.
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Well, it's your lucky day.
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I'm thinking of selling a teak, said Hakan.
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He's the strongest and fastest horse in the village.
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I paid a lot of money for him, but I will sell him to you, my friend, for a very good price.
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Musa loved his friend like a brother, so he didn't say anything, but he had a plan.
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Okay, he said, tomorrow I'll come to your house to buy the horse.
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That evening, while Hakan was having dinner, Moussa took a chair and broke it against the kitchen wall.
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Then he shouted, Help!
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Very loudly and lay down on the floor next to the broken chair.
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Hakan heard his cries and ran to Moussa's house.
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Moussa!
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Moussa!
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What's happened?
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He shouted, running into the kitchen.
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I've had an accident, replied Moussa.
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I was taking food from a shelf when I fell off the chair.
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I think I've broken my leg.
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You need to go to hospital immediately, said Hakan worriedly.
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The nearest hospital is 30 kilometers away, said Moussa.
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But how lucky we are to have Atik.
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You can take me there on the strongest and fastest horse in the village.
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It will only take three hours."
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Hakan knew that this was an emergency and that Atik couldn't carry his friend for three hours.
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It was time to tell Musa the truth.
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He explained that Atik wasn't strong and healthy anymore
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and offered to buy Musa the strongest and fastest horse in the whole country to take him to hospital.
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Musa knew that Hakan was truly sorry.
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He stood up and showed Hakan that his leg wasn't broken.
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Hakan understood that Musa had tricked him too.
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He laughed and laughed and then he hugged his friend.
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I'm so sorry, Musa.
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You're the best friend in the world and I will never try to trick you again.
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Soon after that, Atik got better and Hakann gave the horse to his friend as a present
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to show him how truly sorry he was.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Academy Stars 5. Unit 1. READING TIME 1”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Hakan, Musa, horse, Atik, Moussa. Este vídeo tiene 60 frases y 599 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:49. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 124 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 80 % 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 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
trick sustantivo/ˈtɹɪk/truco, artimaña
shout verbo/ʃaʊt/gritar, desgañitarse
lesson sustantivo/ˈlɛs.ən/lección
hug verbo/hʌɡ/abrazar
shelf sustantivo/ʃɛlf/estante, balda
loudly adverbio/ˈlaʊdli/en voz alta, ruidosamente
unhealthy adjetivo/ʌnˈhɛl.θi/insalubre, no / poco / nada saludable / salutífero
teak sustantivo/tiːk/teca
angrily adverbio/ˈæŋ.ɡɹə.li/furiosamente, con ira
laugh verbo/læf/reír
kitchen sustantivo/ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)n/cocina
teach verbo/ˈtiːt͡ʃ/enseñar
unfortunately adverbio/ʌnˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/desafortunadamente, desgraciadamente
cry verbo/kɹaɪ/llorar, plorar (desus.)
reply sustantivo/ɹɪˈplaɪ/respuesta, responsión

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
fall off verbocaer
stand up verbolevantarse, ponerse de pie

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • It's time to teach my friend a lesson.
  • Why do you need a horse?
  • I think I've broken my leg.

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraI've had · I've broken
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe strongest · The nearest · the best
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas watering · were drinking · was having
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena ideashould sell · shouldn't sell

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 19 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, wasn't, hasn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shout /ʃaʊt/, shelf /ʃɛlf/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hug /hʌɡ/, unhealthy /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/

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 trick, shout, lesson.

¿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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