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Lady in red Is dancing with me Chief to chief
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There's nobody here What is it?
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Patrick.
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Yes, Jean?
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There's a Mr. Donald Kimball here to see you. Who?
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Detective Donald Kimball.
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Tell him I'm at lunch.
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Patrick, it's only 10.30.
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I think he knows you're here.
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Send him in, I guess.
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Now, John, you've got to wear clothes in proportion to your physique.
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There are definite do's and don'ts, good buddy, of wearing a bold striped shirt.
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A bold striped shirt calls for solid, colored, or discreetly patterned suits and ties patterned suits and ties.
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Yes, always tip the stylist 15%.
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Listen, John, I've got to go.
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T. Boone Pickens just walked in.
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Just joking.
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No, don't tip the owner of the salon.
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OK, John, right?
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Got it.
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Sorry about that.
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No, I'm sorry.
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I should have made an appointment.
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Was that anything important?
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All that?
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Just mulling over business problems, examining opportunities, exchanging rumors, spreading gossip.
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Hi.
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I'm Donald Kimball.
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Hi.
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Pat Bateman.
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Nice to meet you.
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Sorry to barge in on you like this.
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I know how busy you guys can get.
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So, what's the, uh, topic of discussion?
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I've been hired by Meredith Powell to investigate the disappearance of Paul Allen.
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I see, yeah.
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Paul's disappearance, yeah.
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Sir, it's nothing that official.
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I just have some basic questions about Paul Allen, about yourself.
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Coffee?
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No, I'm okay.
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Paul and ours?
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No, I'm okay.
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Can you bring Mr. Kimball?
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Mr. Kimball, a bottle of a...
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No, really, I'm okay.
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It's no problem.
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So, what's the topic of discussion?
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The disappearance of Paul Allen.
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Right.
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Well, I, um...
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I haven't heard anything about the disappearance or anything.
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Not on page six, at least.
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I think his family wants to skip quiet.
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Understandable.
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Lime?
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No, not really.
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I'm okay.
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You sure?
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I can always get you a lime.
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Just some preliminary questions that I need for my own files, okay?
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Shoot.
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How old are you?
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Twenty-seven.
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Where did you go to school?
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Harvard, then Harvard Business School.
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Your address?
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American Gardens Building, West 81st Street.
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Hmm, nice.
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Very nice.
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Thanks.
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What can you tell me about Paul Allen?
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I'm at a loss.
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He was part of that whole Yale thing.
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Yale thing?
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Yeah, Yale thing.
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What do you mean, Yale thing?
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Well, I think for one, that he was probably a closet homosexual who did a lot of cocaine at Yale thing.
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What kind of man was he?
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Besides the information you've just given.
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I hope I'm not being cross-examined here.
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You feel like that?
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No, not really.
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Where did Paul hang out?
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Hang out?
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Yeah, you know, hang out.
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Let me think.
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The Newport, Harry's, Flutie's, Indochine, Nell's, the Cornell Club, the New York Yacht Club.
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He had a yacht?
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No, he just hung out there.
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And where did he go to school?
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Don't you know this?
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I just wanted to know if you know.
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Before Yale, if I remember correctly, St. Paul's.
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Listen, I just, I just want to help.
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I understand.
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Do you have any witnesses or fingerprints?
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Well, there's a message on his answering machine that says he went to London.
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Maybe he did, huh?
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His girlfriend doesn't think so.
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But has anyone seen him in London?
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Actually, yes.
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Hmm.
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But I've had a hard time getting actual verification.
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A Stephen Hughes said he saw him at a restaurant there.
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But I checked it out.
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And what happened is he mistook a Herbert Ainsworth for Palso.
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Had his apartment been burglarized?
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No, actually, it hadn't.
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Toiletries were missing.
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A suit was gone.
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So was some luggage.
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That's it.
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I mean, no one's dealing with the homicide squad yet or anything, right?
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No, not yet.
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As I said, we're not sure.
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Basically, no one's seen or heard anything.
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So typical, isn't it?
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It's just strange.
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One day someone's walking around, going to work, alive, and then...
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Nothing.
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People just disappear.
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Earth just opens up and swallows them.
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Eerie.
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Really eerie.
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Listen, you'll have to excuse me.
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I have a lunch meeting with Cliff Huxtable Four Seasons in 20 minutes.
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Uh, the Four Seasons?
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Isn't that a little far uptown?
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I mean, aren't you gonna be late?
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No, there's one down here.
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Oh, really?
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I didn't know that.
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It's very good.
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Listen, if anything else occurs to you, any information...
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Absolutely, I'm 100% with you.
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Great.
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And thanks for your time, Mr. Bateman.
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Bye-bye.
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Goodbye.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “American Psycho - Office Interrogation - 1080 HD”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Yale, Paul, Kimball, disappearance, Allen. Este vídeo tiene 141 frases y 739 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:45. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 129 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 76 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente. 37 de sus 141 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
disappearance sustantivo/dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/desaparición
eerie adjetivo/ˈɪɚi/espeluznante, inquietante
stripe sustantivo/stɹaɪp/franja, raya
yacht sustantivo/jɑt/yate
lime sustantivo/laɪm/lima, limón
examine verbo/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/examinar, analizar
discreetly adverbio/dᵻˈskritli/disimuladamente
fingerprint sustantivo/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/huella digital, huella dactilar
physique sustantivofísico
stylist sustantivo/ˈstaɪlɪst/estilista
toiletry sustantivo/ˈtɔɪlɪtɹi/neceser (toiletry bag), útil de aseo
uptown sustantivo/ˈʌptaʊn/barrio residencial
barge sustantivo/ˈbɑɹd͡ʒ/lancha a remolque, barcaza
verification sustantivo/ˌvɛ.ɹə.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/verificación
homosexual adjetivo/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/homosexual

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
walk around verbodeambular

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Tell him I'm at lunch.
  • Where did you go to school?
  • Don't you know this?
  • Do you have any witnesses or fingerprints?
  • I mean, aren't you gonna be late?

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 been hired · haven't heard · you've just given
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceI've been hired · been burglarized

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 28 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, I've, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: verification /ˌvɛ.ɹə.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, proportion /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: disappearance /dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/, verification /ˌvɛ.ɹə.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, homosexual /ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/, preliminary /pɹɪˈlɪmɪnɛɹi/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stripe /stɹaɪp/, stylist /ˈstaɪlɪst/, swallow /ˈswɑ.loʊ/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: examine /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/, burglarize /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡləɹaɪz/, closet /ˈklɑzɪt/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: barge /ˈbɑɹd͡ʒ/, luggage /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/, joking /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/

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 disappearance, eerie, stripe.

¿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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