Shadowing Practice: (Arcane) Viktor | Lost Dream - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I wanted to talk about your work.
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This Hextech theory of yours.
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It's not a theory.
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I saw with my own eye what magic can do.
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No one believed me.
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Nobody's ever believed in me.
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Poor, crippled from the Undercity.
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I was an outsider the moment I stepped foot in Piltover.
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I didn't have the benefits of a patron or a name.
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I simply believed in myself.
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I am here because I think you're onto something.
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I want to help you complete your research.
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No one thinks it can be done.
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We're the champions of discovery.
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Why fear it when we can master it?
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When you're going to change the world, don't ask for permission.
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I don't even know your name.
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It's Victor.
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Why?
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Why would you risk this?
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Do you think it was my life's ambition to be an assistant?
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You're the professor's assistant.
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No, he's my new partner.
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Scientists seek discoveries.
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Ways to make the world a better place.
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This Hextech dream of yours has the potential to do that.
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Our Hextech dream.
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We present to you the next chapter of Hextech.
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Give it a decade of careful research and it will be ready.
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A decade?
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We can be improving lives with Hextech now.
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A breakthrough like this takes time, Victor.
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Putting that kind of power into everyone's hands is dangerous.
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Soon we can do better.
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Soon there are people who need our help now.
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She's dying.
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I'm attempting to admit that.
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We'll solve this.
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There may not be time.
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Nature has made us intolerant to change, but fortunately, we have the capacity to change our nature.
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You should be proud of what you've accomplished, Victor.
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Can't figure out why it's not working.
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You will.
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I have seen many students.
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It's a sad truth that those who shine brightest often burn fastest.
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I must warn you, if you take this path, they will despise you.
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Love and legacy are the sacrifices we make for progress.
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It's why I parted ways with Jaime Nigger.
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Victor, something's different.
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You've changed.
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What did you do?
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Victor!
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A scientist!
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Ready to forge a new vector of experimentation!
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Skye?
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But sometimes we venture too far.
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I can't!
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No great science should ever put lives in danger.
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We're scientists, not soldiers.
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We agreed Hextech was to improve lives, not to take them.
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We may not have a choice.
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Always a choice.
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Stanwyck set his personal ambitions aside and focused on something far more important.
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Our future.
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You have to destroy it.
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What about your disease without the hex code?
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That was his sacrifice.
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Promise me.
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I promise.
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We lost ourselves.
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Lost our dream.
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to do good, we have to make it right.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 72 frases y 448 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:31. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 128 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 83 % 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 menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

  • scientist /ˈsaɪəntəst/ (sustantivo) — científico, científica. One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research…
  • discovery /dɪˈskʌv.ɹi/ (sustantivo) — descubrimiento, hallazgo. Something discovered.
  • sacrifice /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/ (sustantivo) — sacrificio. Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.
  • ambition /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/ (sustantivo) — ambición. Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's…
  • solve /sɒlv/ (verbo) — resolver, solucionar. To find an answer or solution to a problem or question; to work out.
  • legacy /ˈlɛɡəsi/ (sustantivo) — legado. Money or property bequeathed to someone in a will.
  • venture /ˈvɛn.t͡ʃɚ/ (verbo) — aventurar. To undertake a risky or daring journey.
  • shine /ʃaɪn/ (verbo) — brillar, lucir. To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
  • warn /woɹn/ (verbo) — alertar, avisar. To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc.
  • vector /ˈvɛktɚ/ (sustantivo) — vector. A directed quantity, one with both magnitude and direction; the signed difference between two points.
  • fortunately /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/ (adverbio) — afortunadamente, dichosamente. In a fortunate manner.
  • breakthrough /ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/ (sustantivo) — brecha. An advance through and past enemy lines.
  • forge /fɔɹd͡ʒ/ (sustantivo) — forja. A furnace or hearth where metals are heated prior to hammering them into shape.
  • patron /ˈpeɪ.tɹən/ (sustantivo) — patrón. One who protects or supports; a defender or advocate.
  • outsider /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/ (sustantivo) — marginado, persona de fuera. One who is not part of a community or organization.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • ask for (verbo) — pedir. To request; to order.
  • figure out (verbo) — averiguar, captar. To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
  • talk about (verbo) — hablar de, hablar sobre. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, can't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: ambition /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/, shine /ʃaɪn/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/, experimentation /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: fortunately /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/, experimentation /ɪkˌspɛɹ.ə.mənˈteɪ.ʃən/, intolerant /ɪnˈtɑləɹənt/

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 scientist, discovery, sacrifice.

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 ahorahas made · you've accomplished · have seen
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosapeople who need · those who shine

¿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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