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Part 4.
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You will hear an interview with a man called Guy Reardon who works as a stuntman performing dangerous scenes in movies.
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When you see a fight or a car chase in a movie,
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it's often a stuntman or woman taking the risks, not a real actor.
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Guy Reardon's a top stuntman.
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Guy, do you usually work individually or in a team?
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It depends.
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In my first job I was part of a team of other stuntmen.
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Several of us had to jump off a fourth floor rooftop together and get caught by the group on the ground.
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That involved relying on everyone else to do things properly,
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which wasn't something I enjoyed.
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Despite that uncertainty, I hoped my strength and sense of timing would get me through.
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Audiences rarely appreciate the lengths we go to to provide their entertainment.
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Obviously it's dangerous, but what's the most challenging thing for you about the work?
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It's a wonderful job, but like any career,
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you have to have tools.
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For a stuntman it's his or her body,
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and if a stunt goes wrong you can end up badly hurt.
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If I thought about that though,
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I'd never do the job.
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But it's the never-ending process to up your game,
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to expand and extend what you're good at, that's the toughest bit.
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Of course there's a lot of competition in the stunt world,
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that makes it exciting.
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What was it like working on the movie Raw Stuff?
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It's based on a true story about soldiers in action,
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so it was extremely important that the stunts didn't look like standard movie action sequences.
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The mountains we were filming in were stunning,
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which made up for having to hike up with 25 kilos of equipment on our backs.
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You just didn't notice the weight.
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The view from the top was sensational.
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The tricky part was tumbling onto rocky mountain ledges so
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that the camera could be as close as possible and the audiences would see and feel what those soldiers went through.
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You've often acted as a stunt double for the actor Marty Walker.
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Yeah, Marty and I get on.
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He varies his size drastically from one movie to the next.
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He can go from athletic action hero to skinny professor in some major body transformations.
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His dedication to doing that's amazing.
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It affects me as well.
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I had to put on weight for his last movie.
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Marty wanted to do the motorbike stunts himself,
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but we persuaded him not to.
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It involved jumping off at high speed.
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Pretty silly for an untrained person to try and do,
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or even a stuntman.
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Which movie do you remember filming most?
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Light at Dawn.
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They wanted me to say some lines, real acting.
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After a few attempts, I gave up and asked for someone else to do it.
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The director, Peter Levine, was very ambitious.
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Some things he asked for hadn't been tried before.
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It was truly a pleasure when we got things right.
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We filmed all over the world.
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Everyone on what was a huge film crew was completely exhausted flying from one place to the next.
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How long have you been in the movie industry?
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Twenty years.
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I've seen some changes.
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There's more technology these days,
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but there's just as great a need for stunt actors.
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Some things can only be performed by a real human.
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I've worked with some great people in some great locations and had a lot of laughs,
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something that's increasingly missing these days because there's so much at stake.
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But that does mean the financial rewards for those who get into the big movies are generally worth it.
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I can't say I've been unlucky in that respect.
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What would you advise someone wanting to do your job?
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Stunt work's become highly specialised over the years.
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There's high falls, fight scenes,
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horse stunts, car chases, the list goes on.
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There's no easy answer to the question of whether it's better to become skilled at one thing or be diverse.
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I don't try and discourage people from getting into stunts,
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but I do try to convince them to have another source of income to fall back on.
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Most stuntmen I know also do things like construction,
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security, web design, and though everyone has an agent to find them work,
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it's so often about your own contact rather than anything else.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Las palabras que más se repiten: stunt, movie, stuntman, Marty, actor. Este vídeo tiene 74 frases y 728 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:22. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 167 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. 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
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| stunt sustantivo | /stʌnt/ | espectáculo peligroso, escena de alto riesgo |
| stuntman sustantivo | /ˈstʌnt.mæn/ | especialista de escenas peligrosas, especialista de escenas de alto riesgo |
| excite verbo | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | emocionar |
| tumble verbo | /ˈtʌmbl̩/ | caer, revolverse |
| untrained adjetivo | no/poco/nada entrenado | |
| sensational adjetivo | /sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/ | sensacional |
| rooftop sustantivo | /ˈɹufˌtɑp/ | tejado, azotea |
| discourage verbo | /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/ | descorazonar, acobardar |
| unlucky adjetivo | /ʌnˈlʌki/ | desafortunado, infortunado |
| drastically adverbio | drásticamente | |
| exhaust verbo | /ɪɡˈzɔst/ | agotar |
| persuade verbo | /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/ | persuadir, chamuyar |
| individually adverbio | /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒ(u)əli/ | individualmente |
| hike sustantivo | /haɪk/ | caminata |
| ambitious adjetivo | /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/ | ambicioso |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar |
| give up verbo | rendirse, entregar |
| go through verbo | atravesar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Guy, do you usually work individually or in a team?
- I'd never do the job.
- You just didn't notice the weight.
- Which movie do you remember filming most?
- How long have you been in the movie industry?
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 often acted · have you been · I've seen |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | been tried · be performed |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I've, didn't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: sensational /sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/, ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: sensational /sɛnˈseɪʃənəl/, individually /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒ(u)əli/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stunt /stʌnt/, stuntman /ˈstʌnt.mæn/, skinny /ˈskɪni/, stake /steɪk/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: discourage /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/, individually /ˌɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒ(u)əli/
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 stunt, stuntman, excite.
¿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.