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I first started working when I was 12 years old.
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I'd go out in the morning at 7 a .m before the grass was even dry
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and I would mow all day long barely pushing that lawnmower back through the door at 7 p .m at night.
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It gave me a good taste for a serious work ethic and what it was to be responsible and dependable.
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One of the things you learn
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when you start a business really at any age is how
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important it is to take care of the customer you know
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when you build any organization you have to have family spirit it's one of those critical building blocks especially
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when you're in the service business people have to come together work as a team enjoy what they're doing
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and enjoy serving the client customer service is one of those
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things you never really quit working on you're always trying to improve your operation
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or at least you should be and And that's really what we're involved in now, is a journey through all departments of the company to become better next year than we were this past year.
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You can't be successful in anything in life, whether it's personal or professional, without having integrity.
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People need to know that when you say something, you mean it, that you follow through, that your word is good.
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But you also have to be willing to be held accountable.
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We are accountable to our clients our employees are accountable to
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the leadership of an associate there's something special about a working relationship with others
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when you know
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that individual is looking out for you just as you're trying
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to look out for them we count on people to come give their best each
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and every day
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and of course to be loyal to the company as they
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should expect us to be to them as we mature
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and as we grow older as a company you see more
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and more successful initiatives to address the technological needs of our employees to make the work day easier
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and better and more efficient for them but also to improve the relationship with our clients.
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When you look at the values of a company you have to ask what does that really mean to the client?
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Sustainability among other things is making sure that we are enhancing property values, that the work we do is actually meaningful, it's improving lives, it makes our communities more desirable to live in,
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and in the end, it makes the properties within these communities that much more valuable.
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These many associations have all sorts of complex security challenges, but it's our job to bring in the right professionals,
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to analyze the situation, and to propose a solution that assures that these homes are safe, that the families, the people within these communities are safe,
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and that people know the community by reputation as a safe place to be.
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We don't want people to merely live behind the closed gates of these communities.
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We want them to be involved.
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We want them to know their neighbors, participate in their self -governance through their association.
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We're not just there to do the accounting and the book work, but we actually want to be part of building community because that is what creates lasting value.
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We constantly have to look for better technology, better ways to do things in a more efficient and a more cost -effective manner.
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We owe that to ourselves as a business, but of course we also owe it to our clients.
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As founder and CEO of Asocio, my promise to you, our clients, is that we will always uphold these values, that we believe in these values,
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we run our company according to these values each and every day, and these are the same values
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that will be in place for years to come as we continue our success for the benefit of you, the client.
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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 “Associa: The Value of a Story”. Las palabras que más se repiten: client, value, communities, accountable, safe. Este vídeo tiene 42 frases y 662 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:39. El hablante habla rápido, unas 181 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 89 % 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
Las 14 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| accountable adjetivo | /əˈkaʊntəbl̩/ | hacer rendir cuentas |
| dependable adjetivo | [dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ] | fiable, firme |
| lawnmower sustantivo | /ˈlɔn.moʊ.ɚ/ | cortacésped, cortahierba |
| uphold verbo | /ˌʌpˈhəʊld/ | elevar, levantar |
| sustainability sustantivo | /səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/ | sostenibilidad, sustentabilidad |
| analyze verbo | /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/ | analizar |
| desirable adjetivo | /dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/ | deseable, conveniente |
| propose verbo | /pɹəˈpəʊz/ | proponer |
| enhance verbo | /ɪnˈhæns/ | embonar, jerarquizar |
| technological adjetivo | /ˌtɛk.nəˈlɑ.dʒɪ.kəl/ | tecnológico |
| assure verbo | /əˈʃʊɹ/ | asegurar, afianzar |
| governance sustantivo | /ˈɡʌvəɹnəns/ | gobernanza |
| meaningful adjetivo | /ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩/ | significativo |
| loyal adjetivo | /ˈlɔɪəl/ | leal |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| come together verbo | /ˈkʌm tʊˈɡɛðɚ/ | juntarse, concitarse |
| follow through verbo | cumplir |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 9 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, we're, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: dependable [dɪˈpɛndəbəɫ], sustainability /səˌsteɪnəˈbɪlɪti/, desirable /dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/, technological /ˌtɛk.nəˈlɑ.dʒɪ.kəl/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/, desirable /dɪˈzaɪəɹəbəl/, propose /pɹəˈpəʊz/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: uphold /ˌʌpˈhəʊld/, enhance /ɪnˈhæns/
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 accountable, dependable, lawnmower.
¿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.