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Keeping your body healthy is really important.
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To do this, you need to get regular exercise.
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This can be playing your favorite sport like football or maybe tennis.
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exploring the outdoors, or even just playing with your friends.
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You also need to keep your body clean.
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Take regular showers, wash your hands before meals, and brush your teeth at least two times a day.
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Getting enough sleep also helps your body and mind recover from busy days and prepare you for the next.
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But one of the most important things you can do to stay healthy is eat a balanced diet
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that gives us the right nutrients to grow strong and feel good, day in and day out.
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A balanced diet isn't just about eating lots of healthy food.
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It's also about choosing the right amounts and variety of foods that fuel your body properly and keep everything working well.
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In this video, we're going to take a closer look at how some fast food choices, especially with large serving sizes,
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have no place in a healthy, balanced diet.
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Let's break it down.
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To stay healthy, scientists recommend you consume around 2,000 calories,
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70 grams of fat, about 90 grams of sugars and about 2300 milligrams of salt per day.
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Now take a typical large double bacon and cheeseburger meal with large fries and a large soda.
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The burger contains around 1200 calories,
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80 grams of fat, 35 grams of saturated fat, about 10 grams of sugars, and over 2000 milligrams of salt.
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The fries contain around 800 calories, 40 grams of fat, 10 grams of saturated fat,
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and about 800 milligrams of salt.
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And finally, the large soda contains about 280 calories, of which around 80 grams is from sugar.
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Now take a look at the total breakdown of the meal.
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It contains 114% of your daily calories, around double the healthy amount of fat and saturated fat, and way more salt than you need in a single day.
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It's plain to see
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that there really is no place for a fast food meal of this size as part of a healthy diet.
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Instead, focus on a diet that's balanced and includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins like fish or chicken,
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and healthy fats from nuts and seeds.
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The kinds of foods that help your body grow, stay strong, and feel great every single day.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Balanced Diets and Fast Food”. Las palabras que más se repiten: grams, healthy, fat, calories, diet. Este vídeo tiene 29 frases y 384 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:30. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 110 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
gram sustantivo/ˈɡɹæm/gramo
calorie sustantivo/ˈkæləɹi/caloría
milligram sustantivo/ˈmɪlɪɡɹæm/miligramo
fry verbo/fɹaɪ/freír
soda sustantivo/ˈsoʊdə/sosa, soda
cheeseburger sustantivo/ˈtʃizˌbɝ.ɡɚ/hamburguesa con queso
nutrient sustantivo/ˈnuː.tɹi.ənt/nutriente
consume verbo/kənˈsum/consumir
vegetable sustantivo/ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/verdura, legumbre
burger sustantivo/ˈbɝ.ɡɚ/búrguer, burger
breakdown sustantivo/ˈbɹeɪkˌdaʊn/avería, descompostura
lean verbo/ˈliːn/inclinarse, debruzar
bacon sustantivo/ˈbeɪ.kən/tocino
grain sustantivo/ɡɹeɪn/grano
scientist sustantivo/ˈsaɪəntəst/científico, científica

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, recover /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/

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 gram, calorie, milligram.

¿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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