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Conversation Two.
Conversación dos.
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Professor Hart, do you have a minute? It's about my dissertation.
Profesor Hart, ¿tiene un minuto? Es sobre mi tesina.
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Of course, Mia. Come in and sit down.
Claro, Mia. Pasa y siéntate.
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I think I need to change my topic completely.
Creo que tengo que cambiar de tema por completo.
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Completely? You're already two months into it.
¿Por completo? Ya llevas dos meses con él.
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What's gone wrong?
¿Qué ha salido mal?
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I wanted to study how phones affect teenagers' sleep.
Quería estudiar cómo afectan los móviles al sueño de los adolescentes.
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But three schools have now refused to let me survey their students.
Pero ya son tres los colegios que no me dejan encuestar a sus alumnos.
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Without them, I only have about forty people.
Sin ellos, solo tengo unas cuarenta personas.
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That's not enough for any real conclusions.
Eso no basta para sacar conclusiones de verdad.
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I understand. But starting again now would be a big risk.
Lo entiendo. Pero empezar de nuevo ahora sería un gran riesgo.
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Have you thought about narrowing the question instead?
¿Has pensado en acotar la pregunta?
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Forty people is too few for a survey,
Cuarenta personas son muy pocas para una encuesta,
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but it's plenty for detailed interviews.
pero son de sobra para entrevistas en profundidad.
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You could ask them to keep a sleep diary for two weeks,
Podrías pedirles que lleven un diario de sueño durante dos semanas,
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and then talk to each of them about their habits.
y luego hablar con cada uno sobre sus hábitos.
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So I'd go deeper instead of wider?
¿O sea que iría en profundidad en lugar de en amplitud?
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Exactly. And all the reading you've done is still useful.
Exacto. Y todo lo que has leído sigue sirviendo.
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That's a relief! I thought I'd wasted two months.
¡Qué alivio! Pensaba que había perdido dos meses.
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Send me a one-page plan by Friday, and we'll check it together.
Mándame un plan de una página antes del viernes y lo revisamos juntos.
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Questions five to eight are based on the conversation you have just heard.
Las preguntas 5 a 8 se basan en la conversación que acabas de escuchar.
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Question five. Why does the woman want to change her topic?
Pregunta 5. ¿Por qué quiere la mujer cambiar de tema?
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Question six. What does the professor think about starting again?
Pregunta 6. ¿Qué opina el profesor de empezar de nuevo?
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Question seven. What does the professor suggest she do?
Pregunta 7. ¿Qué le sugiere el profesor?
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Question eight. What must the woman do by Friday?
Pregunta 8. ¿Qué tiene que hacer la mujer antes del viernes?
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Thank you, Professor. I feel so much better.
Gracias, profesor. Me siento mucho mejor.
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Good research is often just a smaller question, asked well.
Una buena investigación suele ser solo una pregunta más pequeña, bien planteada.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “CET-6 Listening Long Conversation: Changing a Dissertation Topic”. Este vídeo tiene 27 frases y 240 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 1:39. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 146 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 9 de sus 27 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 12 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
topic sustantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, tópico
conclusion sustantivo/kənˈkluːʒən/conclusión, neta
narrow adjetivo/ˈnæɹəʊ/estrecho, angosto
refuse verbo/ɹɪˈfjuːz/rehusar
habit sustantivo/ˈhæb.ɪt/costumbre, hábito
diary sustantivo/ˈdaɪ.ə.ɹi/diario, diario personal
teenager sustantivo/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/adolescente, adolescentes
dissertation sustantivo/ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃən/disertación
survey sustantivo/ˈsɝˌveɪ/encuesta
affect verbo/əˈfɛkt/afectar, incidir
detail sustantivo/ˈdi.teɪl/detalle
relief sustantivo/rɪˈlif/alivio, desahogo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
sit down verbosentarse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • You're already two months into it.
  • Have you thought about narrowing the question instead?
  • So I'd go deeper instead of wider?
  • I thought I'd wasted two months.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 5 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'd, we'll, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: conclusion /kənˈkluːʒən/, dissertation /ˌdɪsəˈteɪʃən/

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 topic, conclusion, narrow.

¿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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