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Let's play a game of guess the Victorian slang word.
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So I'm going to say different words from Victorian era Britain, and you're going to try and guess what they mean.
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Tickety-boo.
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It just means good.
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Something that is in perfect order or a satisfactory condition.
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Muffin walloper.
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It's a sort of rather stout gentleman who enjoys muffins.
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It's an idle person who sits at home eating cakes and gossiping instead of cooking.
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Muffin walloper.
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So you should be cooking, but instead you're sitting at home eating cakes and gossiping.
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Church bell.
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Would it be an ugly person?
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Like you've been hit by the church bell, like a Quasimodo reference.
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Oh, that's clever, but no. Church bell, I'm thinking a young sort of, to the left of the organ master, there's the man who rings the church bell, a young 14.
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Oh, okay.
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That's actually probably way too clever.
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A woman who talks so much, her voice is reminiscent of the ringing of a church bell.
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Next one.
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Butter upon bacon.
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Is it like a hat on a hat?
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It's too much of a good thing?
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Yes.
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She's doing too much.
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Giggle mug.
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Someone who's always smiling.
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Evening wheezes.
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This should be brought back.
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Evening wheezes should be brought back.
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It's fake news.
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It's evening wheezes.
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And apparently it's champagne weather means it's pouring or raining.
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Coffee sisters mean besties.
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There we go.
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Some Victorian slang for you.
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Well, it is interesting language to talk about this because that's the same language.
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That's the English language that we still use.
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And those words have gone.
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You never notice when something disappears because it disappears.
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It kind of becomes forgotten.
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But the idea that it's the best example of anarchy, the political system of anarchy, is the English language.
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There's no central system for it.
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No one sits down and goes, that's a word, that's not a word we're changing the meaning of that.
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It's just organically emergent from the group.
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It's perfect.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Can You Guess These Victorian Slang Words?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: bell, church, word, language, muffin. Este vídeo tiene 44 frases y 332 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 1:35. El hablante habla rápido, unas 211 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. Solo el 80 % 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:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| muffin sustantivo | /ˈmʌf.ɪn/ | panecillo, muffin |
| wheeze sustantivo | /ʍiːz/ | silbido, sibilancia |
| sling sustantivo | /ˈslɪŋ/ | honda |
| anarchy sustantivo | /ˈæn.ɚ.ki/ | anarquía |
| gossip sustantivo | /ˈɡɑsɪp/ | chisme, bochinche |
| disappear verbo | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | desaparecer, desparecer |
| clever adjetivo | /ˈklɛv.ɚ/ | hábil, listo |
| giggle verbo | /ˈɡɪɡl̩/ | reír[se] tontamente, soltar risitas |
| satisfactory adjetivo | /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/ | satisfactorio |
| reminiscent adjetivo | /ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/ | reminiscente |
| idle adjetivo | /ˈaɪd(ə)l/ | desocupado, ocioso |
| champagne sustantivo | /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ | champaña, champán |
| pour verbo | /poɹ/ | escanciar, echar |
| organ sustantivo | /ˈɔːɡən/ | órgano |
| bacon sustantivo | /ˈbeɪ.kən/ | tocino |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| sit down verbo | sentarse |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | you've been hit · should be brought |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | person who sits · man who rings · woman who talks |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | you've been hit · have gone |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 6 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: organically /ɔːˈɡænɪkli/, satisfactory /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: emergent /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒənt/, gentleman /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/
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 muffin, wheeze, sling.
¿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.