Shadowing Practice: Dinner Party Debate: Should We Work a Four-Day Week? - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Right, I'm throwing this out there. Four-day week: yes or no?
Bien, aquí va mi pregunta. Semana laboral de cuatro días: ¿sí o no?
2
Oh, here we go. You've been dying to bring this up.
Oh, aquí vamos. Estabas deseando sacar esto a colación.
3
Count me in, as long as I'm not footing the bill.
Cuenten conmigo, siempre y cuando no tenga que pagar yo la cuenta.
4
My company trialled it last year, and productivity actually went up.
Mi empresa lo puso a prueba el año pasado y la productividad aumentó.
5
Honestly, I'm a convert. Ours made the switch in March.
Sinceramente, me he convertido. En mi casa hicieron el cambio en marzo.
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People are sharper, sick days have plummeted, and nobody's burnt out.
La gente está más lúcida, los días de baja por enfermedad se han reducido drásticamente y nadie está agotado.
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Turns out much of the working week was padding.
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That chimes with what we found, too.
9
I hate to be the wet blanket, but those trials are self-selecting.
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Companies that volunteer are precisely the ones likely to succeed.
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Try running a hospital or a care home on four days.
12
The maths simply doesn't add up.
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Nobody's suggesting a one-size-fits-all approach.
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Rotating shifts could cover essential services perfectly well.
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Which means hiring more staff. Who's paying for that?
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Arguably, savings on burnout and turnover would offset it.
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Arguably being the operative word.
18
Okay, okay, let's call a truce before dessert.
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Surely there's some common ground here.
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Fine. I'll concede it works brilliantly in some sectors.
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I'm just wary of treating it as a panacea.
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So we're agreeing to disagree, as usual.
23
Same time next month? Same argument?
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Wouldn't miss it for the world.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 24 frases y 212 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 1:30. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 142 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 75 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
arguably adverbio/ˈɑɹɡjuəbli/argüiblemente
sharp adjetivo/ʃɑɹp/agudo, afilado
select verbo/sɪˈlɛkt/seleccionar, cribar
hire verbo/ˈhaɪɹ/contratar, emplear
volunteer sustantivo/ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/voluntario
precisely adverbio/pɹɪˈsaɪs.li/precisamente, a rajatabla
mathematics sustantivo/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/matemáticas, matemática
productivity sustantivo/ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/productividad
convert verbo/kənˈvɝt/convertir
disagree verbo/dɪsəˈɡɹi/no estar de acuerdo, desacordar
blanket sustantivo/ˈblæŋ.kɪt/manta, cobija
pad sustantivo/pæd/almohadilla, pad
operative adjetivo/ˈɑpəɹətɪv/operatorio, operativo
dessert sustantivo/dɪˈzɝt/dulce, postre
turnover sustantivo/ˈtɝnoʊvɚ/cifra de negocios

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
add up verboadicionar
go up verbosubir
turn out verboresultar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 9 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, doesn't, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, productivity /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/, operative /ˈɑpəɹətɪv/, panacea /ˌpænəˈsiːə/

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 arguably, sharp, select.

¿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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