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Hey everybody!
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Welcome to this B1 English listening practice video.
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You can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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Before we start, remember to sign up for our $1 listening practice seminars at polyglossa .com,
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and download the free Listening Time podcast so you can practice your listening skills.
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So today, I'm going to talk about phones.
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I was talking about this topic the other day
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and I got to thinking about how important phones are in our everyday lives.
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So let's talk a little bit about this.
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Let's go briefly through the history of phones.
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Even though some basic versions of the telephone had been invented earlier, Alexander Graham Bell is usually credited with the invention since he won the first US patent for it.
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A patent is a government license given to someone who comes up with an idea for an invention.
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It excludes other people from making or selling this invention for a certain number of years.
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So, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone in 1876.
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Prior to that, people couldn't talk over long distances.
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They could only send messages through telegraph or some other means.
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You can imagine how revolutionary this invention was, when suddenly people could talk and have their voice heard in a different location.
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It must have seemed like really advanced technology at the time.
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But obviously telephones didn't just become common household items overnight.
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It would be decades before this device became commonplace, and at the turn of the century, there were still fewer than a million phones in use.
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One big milestone in the development of phones was the first transcontinental phone call, which was made from New York to San Francisco in 1915.
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Nowadays, this might not seem like a huge feat, but this type of long distance communication was completely unheard of at that time.
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The telephone was changing the way people thought about communication.
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Over the next few decades, many more millions of households installed landlines, and the telephone became the king of communication.
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Then, fast forward to 1973, and the world saw the introduction of the first cell phone made by Motorola.
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But if you're thinking that this cell phone bore any resemblance to today's phones, think again.
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The first mobile phone was a monster.
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It definitely couldn't fit in anyone's pocket.
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Later on in 1989, the first flip phone appeared on the market.
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A flip phone is a phone that you open like this, the type of phone that I had growing up.
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In 1992, the first text message was sent between phones.
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Obviously today, text messages are an essential function of all cell phones
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and people communicate more through messages than they do through calls.
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Come to think of it, it seems like people try to avoid calling and instead send text messages whenever possible.
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Another cell phone feature that we take for granted nowadays is the camera.
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The first camera phone came out in Japan in 1999 and then later on in the rest of the world.
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And then finally, in 2007, the first iPhone came out, stunning the world with its revolutionary design and touchscreen display.
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Even though there were already smartphones in existence at that time, the iPhone really brought smartphones onto the scene.
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After that, other companies followed suit and started releasing smartphone after smartphone.
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Nowadays, it seems like practically everyone who can afford it has a smartphone.
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This device has become a necessity in many people's lives and most people spend many hours every week using it.
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Actually, a lot of people don't even use their computer that much anymore because they can do everything from their phone.
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If you had told people just a few decades ago about the cell phones of today, they probably wouldn't have believed you.
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Who knows what type of innovation we might see with phones in the future?
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I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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Okay, now I'm going to ask you three questions about today's video.
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Write your answers and a comment down below.
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Number one: In what year was the first transcontinental phone call made?
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Number two: Which company made the world's first cell phone?
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And number three, what important cell phone feature was first added in 1992?
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Alright, before we go, remember to sign up for our $1 listening practice seminars
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and download the free Listening Time podcast so you can practice your listening skills.
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And of course, subscribe to the channel, click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram.
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I'll see you next time.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “B1 English Listening Practice - Phones”. Las palabras que más se repiten: listening, cell, practice, smartphone, telephone. Este vídeo tiene 54 frases y 754 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:14. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 178 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| smartphone sustantivo | /ˈsmɑɹtfoʊn/ | teléfono inteligente |
| invention sustantivo | /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/ | invención, invento |
| nowadays adverbio | /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ | hoy en día, hogaño |
| patent sustantivo | /ˈpeɪtənt/ | patente |
| transcontinental adjetivo | /ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/ | transcontinental |
| seminar sustantivo | /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/ | seminario |
| podcast sustantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, pódcast |
| revolutionary sustantivo | /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/ | revolucionario, revolucionaria |
| flip verbo | /flɪp/ | darle vuelta, voltear |
| commonplace adjetivo | /ˈkɑmənˌpleɪs/ | común, común y corriente |
| landline sustantivo | /ˈlændˌlaɪn/ | telefonía fija, línea fija |
| unheard adjetivo | /ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d/ | inaudito |
| invent verbo | /ɪnˈvɛnt/ | inventar |
| comprehension sustantivo | /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ | comprensión, entendimiento |
| resemblance sustantivo | /ɹəˈzɛmbləns/ | semejanza, parecido |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| come out verbo | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | revelarse, salir a la luz |
| come up with verbo | ingeniar, ingeniarse | |
| grow up verbo | crecer |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Let's go briefly through the history of phones.
- I guess we'll have to wait and see.
- I'll see you next time.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
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| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | had been invented · was made · was sent |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | someone who comes · call, which was · everyone who can |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasado | was talking · was changing |
| Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguro | might not seem · might see |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 10 contracciones y formas reducidas, como couldn't, I'm, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/, revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, innovation /ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: transcontinental /ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/, revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/, necessity /nɪˈsɛsəti/, practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/, communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: invention /ɪnˈvɛnʃən/, revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/, invent /ɪnˈvɛnt/, overnight /əʊvə(ɹ)ˈnaɪt/, innovation /ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/, transcontinental /ˌtɹænzˌkɒntɪˈnɛntəl/, resemblance /ɹəˈzɛmbləns/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: unheard /ʌnˈhɜː(ɹ)d/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
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 smartphone, invention, nowadays.
¿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.