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Helen, have you got a moment to go through the brief?
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Certainly, James. Is something not clear?
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To be honest, I'm not sure what the client actually wants.
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The email they sent was rather vague.
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I know what you mean. It was written in a hurry.
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Basically, they want their brochure to be completely redesigned.
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So are we changing the text too, or just the layout?
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Just the layout. The text has already been approved.
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That's a relief. And who exactly is it aimed at?
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Mainly younger customers, people in their twenties and thirties.
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So something modern and less formal, then.
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Exactly. They feel the current one looks rather dated.
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What sort of deadline are we working to?
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They'd like a first draft by the end of the month.
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That's doable, provided I get the photos this week.
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I'll chase them up this afternoon.
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One more thing. Is there a fixed budget for printing?
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There is, and it's fairly tight, I'm afraid.
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So I'd steer clear of anything too fancy.
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Understood. I'll keep it simple but eye-catching.
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Just to make sure we're on the same page.
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New layout, younger audience, same text, draft by the thirtieth.
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That's it in a nutshell.
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And do run your ideas past me before you go too far.
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Of course. I'll put together two or three rough concepts.
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Lovely. Shall we meet again on Friday morning?
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Friday's fine. I'll have something to show you by then.
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Wonderful. Thanks for double-checking, James.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 28 frases y 248 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 1:44. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 143 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

14 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
layout sustantivo/ˈleɪ.aʊt/maquetación, impaginación
formal adjetivo/ˈfɔɹməl/formal
chase verbo/t͡ʃeɪs/perseguir, asenderear
fancy sustantivo/ˈfæn.si/fantasía, magín
hurry verbo/ˈhʌ.ɹi/apresurarse, apurarse
deadline sustantivo/ˈdɛdˌlaɪn/plazo, expiración/caducidad de/del plazo
approve verbo/əˈpɹuːv/aprobar, sancionar
vague adjetivo/veɪɡ/vago, desvaído
steer verbo/stɪɹ/dirigir, conducir
brochure sustantivo/bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/folleto
doable adjetivo/ˈduː.ə.bəl/hacedero
nutshell sustantivo/ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/cáscara de nuez
redesign sustantivo/ˌɹiː.dɪˈzaɪn/rediseño
thirtieth adjetivo/ˈθɝti.əθ/trigésimo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
go through verboatravesar
put together verboconstruir, elaborar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 9 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'll, I'm, I'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: thirty /ˈθɝti/, thirtieth /ˈθɝti.əθ/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: brochure /bɹoʊˈʃʊɚ/, nutshell /ˈnʌt.ʃɛl/

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 layout, formal, chase.

¿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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