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Hey Terrence, so how'd you spend your Labor Day weekend?
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I spent my Labor Day weekend not doing anything except wishing I was at Burning Man.
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I had plans to go, but they fell through.
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Oh man, that sucks because I know that you've really enjoyed it in the past.
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Yeah, as you know, I've gone quite a few years in a row, but this year I couldn't make it.
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You know, but I guess the saving grace about it is
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that I'm not in the heat and I really can't stand the dust.
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Oh, yeah, I know.
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I hear that the heat and the dust can be overwhelming.
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I've had some friends who have gone in past years
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and they didn't prepare enough and they said they were in over their heads.
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Oh yeah, it's definitely the kind of thing that
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It helps to know what you're getting into With the conditions and just what to expect
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Because no amount of description can really
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Help with what you're going to experience I was talking with a friend of mine who lives in Canada And I mentioned
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Burning Man, he'd never heard it
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And he was like, what's it about?
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And wanted me to describe it
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And I realized that I'm not really able to describe it to him
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Because I've never been Yeah, it's one of those things it's kind of hard to describe.
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I mean, the first time you go, you really can't, you really can't believe your eyes, what you see.
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I mean, just all of the people and all the effort they put into it, all the creativity, it's really something to behold.
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So, um, how would you describe it though?
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Like I would describe it just as a, just really large festival where basically anything goes,
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anything you want to do is accepted.
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Um, any way you want to express yourself, it's okay.
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Whether it's how you dress, what you say, the kind of music you want to play, anything.
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Yeah, I've heard there's some pretty wild outfits.
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People just dress up as crazy as they possibly can.
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Yeah, you never know what people are going to do.
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I never cease to be amazed with what I'm going to see there.
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Nice, that's great.
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How long is it?
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Oh, I'm sorry, go ahead.
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But like I said, I've gone five years, and the process of going does get a little old.
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The first time I went, I definitely had that first -time blown -away feeling.
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But then after a while, subsequent years, it's not quite as exciting and fresh.
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So you start to maybe focus a little more on some of the discomforts.
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You have no creature comforts when you're there.
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Yeah, and the traffic's out of hand, too.
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I hear you end up sitting in traffic jams for hours.
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You can.
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You can, especially towards the end of the week when everybody's in a rush to get there.
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It absolutely can be that way.
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When do people start getting there?
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Some people go as early as the week before.
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They really want to get there and maximize their time.
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You can be up there basically for nine days.
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Was that people who want to build structures and stuff?
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Yeah, definitely.
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There's some people that can actually go even before it starts and they can, you know, if you're building a special art project,
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you could get there as early as a month beforehand.
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But the people that are there setting up big camps, they tend to get there probably like nine days beforehand.
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It sounds like it's just like a really artistic event, like where everyone's just trying to express themselves and their artistic sides
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and showing off their art and stuff and just acting a little crazy.
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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It's definitely an environment where it's in the fact that it's in the desert.
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It just adds to the just surreal atmosphere of it.
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I mean, you're there
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and you might as well be on the moon with the with the costumes and people just totally trick out their cars.
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Yeah.
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And then what do they do at the end?
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Like, I know they burn something, but I'm not even sure what it is, because, like I said, I've never been there.
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Yeah, it's kind of this it's kind of the culmination of the event.
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It's why it's called Burning Man.
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There's this giant man that's basically burned.
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I mean, it's kind of this tribal festival that reaches a fever pitch, lots of fire dancers, people just basically going crazy.
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What's the man made out of?
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Made of wood.
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Oh, okay.
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Made of wood.
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And then there's definitely some neon light on him
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because the event is kind of surrounding a middle area and the man is in the middle.
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and that Saturday night, which is on Labor Day weekend, pretty much the entire place kind of just surrounds it
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and that's when it all starts and then it finishes with him getting burned down
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and the place just reaches a fever pitch at that point.
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Yeah, I hear that it becomes, with the number of people there, it becomes one of the largest towns in all of Nevada for that weekend.
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Yeah, I know it's top 10.
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Yeah, definitely.
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It's a real good experience.
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Yeah, you know, I'd really like to go next year, but I'm going to plan for it, but you never know what can come up,
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so I'll just have to see how it goes.
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Maybe I'll see you out there.
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Yeah, well, if I go, you'll definitely be one of the first ones to know.
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Awesome.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Las palabras que más se repiten: definitely, describe, weekend. Este vídeo tiene 86 frases y 946 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:11. El hablante habla rápido, unas 182 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| pitch sustantivo | /pɪt͡ʃ/ | tiro |
| dust sustantivo | /dʌst/ | polvo |
| fever sustantivo | /ˈfivɚ/ | fiebre, calentura |
| artistic adjetivo | /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/ | artístico |
| surround verbo | /səˈɹaʊnd/ | envolver, cercar |
| beforehand adverbio | /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/ | de antemano, anticipadamente |
| rush verbo | /ɹʌʃ/ | correr, apurarse |
| trick sustantivo | /ˈtɹɪk/ | truco, artimaña |
| atmosphere sustantivo | /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ | atmósfera, aire |
| suck verbo | /sʌk/ | chupar, sorber |
| comfort sustantivo | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | comodidad, confort |
| desert sustantivo | /ˈdɛz.ɚt/ | desierto |
| subsequent adjetivo | /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/ | subsiguiente, posterior |
| outfit sustantivo | /ˈaʊtfɪt/ | conjunto, atuendo |
| costume sustantivo | /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/ | traje |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| burn down verbo | incendiar, arrasar | |
| come up verbo | salir a relucir | |
| dress up verbo | vestirse de gala, ponerse elegante | |
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar | |
| go ahead verbo | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | venga, adelante |
| show off verbo | chulear, lucir |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- You have no creature comforts when you're there.
- What's the man made out of?
- Maybe I'll see you out there.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've really enjoyed · I've gone · I've had |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | friends who have · people who want · night, which is |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is accepted · be amazed |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 29 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, I've, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: rush /ɹʌʃ/, culmination /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, culmination /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: fever /ˈfivɚ/, creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: desert /ˈdɛz.ɚt/, maximize /ˈmæksəmaɪz/, amaze /əˈmeɪz/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: beforehand /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/, behold /bɪˈhəʊld/
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 pitch, dust, fever.
¿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.