Shadowing Practice: Disney Just Admitted the Problem - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The only way that we consumers have of telling these media corporations
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that we don't like their content is to vote with their wallets.
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Well, what happens when the corporation tells you they literally don't want your money?
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Hey, y'all.
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SnarkyJ Cosplay here.
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So, Disney has finally admitted the quiet part out loud. For years,
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we've been complaining about how it doesn't seem like they know what the hell they're doing with the Star Wars franchise.
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How many of their latest releases have been unimaginative live-action slop.
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I mean, we've been b*ing about everything Disney puts on the big screen for I don't know how long at this point.
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And every time we get into this discussion, the same theme comes up.
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Vote with your wallets.
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Stop paying to see this garbage.
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Stop taking your kids to see it.
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Stop paying for it to review it.
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And we used to think that that would work, but unfortunately Disney has finally said the quiet part out loud.
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And it seems like they could not give a sh less what they make at the box office.
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I'm gonna elaborate more on that in just a second, but first and foremost I do have to acknowledge I look a little toasty right now.
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I look a little bit like an undercooked hot dog, or overcooked hot dog, depending on your cooking method of said hot dog.
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I have just taken wasting away again in Margaritaville a little too seriously.
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I had all the intentions of wearing sunblock, but once I was on the sand and the daiquiri I'd had kicked in, suddenly I thought
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that the very little melanin given to me by the Puerto
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Rican side of my family would be enough to protect me from the sun.
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And much like Icarus paid for his own hubris
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when his wings of wax melted upon him flying too close to the sun, he plummeted to the sea.
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I am sunburnt as f* because I thought I was stronger than the sun.
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Anyways, let's get down to brass tacks here now that that's out of the way.
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The CEO of Disney, Josh Diomaro, or Diomaro, however you choose to pronounce it,
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he just came out and admitted that The Mandalorian and Grogu and Moana,
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the live-action version, both underperformed at the box office, which is the understatement of the century.
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The Mandalorian and Grogu went on to gross only $345 million worldwide,
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which was even less than any of the films in the sequel trilogy,
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and the live-action Moana remake stands to lose probably almost a hundred million dollars, if not more, for Disney,
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being that in its entire theatrical run so far, it's only earned 262 million dollars.
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And you would think that's gotta raise some red flags, right?
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These people should sit down, they should figure out a direction for the Star Wars franchise.
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They should look at live-action remakes and ask themselves why they do so poorly, even when they're almost shot-for-shot remakes of the film they're based on.
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You would think that all these discussions would be about to be had, if they weren't already being had already, and you would be wrong.
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I'm gonna read you exactly what the CEO had to say, okay?
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Even when our franchise films don't meet our box office expectations,
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our investments in these core properties fuel other parts of our company.
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Well, what other parts of the company are those?
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I'll tell you.
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The Mandalorian and Grogu drove healthy growth and retail sales for the Star Wars franchise,
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so toys, and drew guests to the updated Millennium Falcon attraction at Disneyland and Walt Disney World,
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and led to significant engagement in gaming as well.
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And the live-action Moana is expected to be a strong title on Disney+, building on the success of the original film,
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which is one of the most streamed movies of all time.
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I want you to think about that for a second.
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They just looked at a box office flop and said, I don't care, we sold toys, people went to the theme parks,
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and people might stream this.
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That's it.
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So I ask Disney, and I ask you to think about this as I start ranting,
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if your movies fail and you still consider them a success,
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what incentive do you have to make better movies?
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This whole thing isn't just about two movies.
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This may explain why so many fans of Disney and fans of properties that are being sodomized by Disney,
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Disney now feel like quality has become secondary to keeping the IP machine running.
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So let's dig into the meat and potatoes of this, okay?
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Because technically if we're talking about the box office, the movie is the product.
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They're selling you the movie.
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They're not just selling you movie tickets, they're selling you on the idea of the movie.
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So let's talk about film not as IP but as a product.
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In this society with this viewpoint that Disney has, the movie is no longer the product.
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Years ago, the movie as the product was defined entirely by ticket sales.
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The success of a film lived and died by ticket sales.
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But today, Disney just owns too much for that to be true.
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They've got their hands in streaming with Disney Plus, they've got the theme parks, they've got cruise lines, they've got merchandise,
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they have video games, they have licensing, and suddenly the a movie is not a movie.
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The movie becomes a commercial for everything else that they can sell you before and after.
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And that, babies and gentlemen, is a fundamentally different incentive than making the best movie possible.
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And let's talk about that incentive, right?
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I mean, we just said it.
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The incentive has changed.
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Back in the day, success of a film was a really easily measurable thing.
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You'd make an incredible movie, hopefully, word of mouth would spread, and your movie would end up having some really strong legs at the box office,
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people would go and see it, fans would come back, and maybe you could even build a franchise.
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Those were the old ways.
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What are they doing now?
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Well, now they need to keep the franchise alive.
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They need to keep certain characters relevant, or trash old irrelevant characters to make space for new ones that they want to make relevant.
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They want to sell toys.
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They want to refresh the brand, you know, throw Yoda out the window for Grogu.
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They eventually want to feed Disney+, right?
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You're paying for that streaming platform, so they want to have a steady stream of content to drop on the platform, and they also want to give the parks something to market,
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which is why it's not a coincidence
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that they ended up giving the Millennium Falcon ride a Mandalorian
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and Grogu themed overlay during the time that they were promoting the movie.
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And I don't know about you, But suddenly, all of this sh makes sense when you look at it through that lens.
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Think about the Moana remake, right?
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I sat here, a bunch of other people sat here.
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We were all like, why the fk are you remaking a movie that's barely even 10 years old?
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The answer, my friends, is not demand.
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The answer is because Moana's a billion dollar brand, Jan.
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The remake just refreshes merchandise, marketing, streaming, the parks, Halloween costumes, shelf space.
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Whether audiences wanted it or not becomes secondary to the money
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that they know that they can get outside of the box office.
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And that's why fan satisfaction matters so much less than it used to.
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And that is the core issue with this whole thing.
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If Disney is now measuring success by what is basically an entire economic ecosystem,
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then one disappointed moviegoer is not as damaging to the brand as it once was.
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See, you can hate the movie, and you can complain about it, you can even choose to boycott it, and Disney still wins.
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Your kid inevitably watches it on Disney+, and pumps up their streaming numbers.
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You yourself probably buy a plush Grogu for the secret Santa that you can't stand at the office, but you know their entire personality is this little green thing.
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You inevitably visit Epcot on your trip to Florida because you went down with the grandparents, your kids want something to do, of course they want to go to Disney World,
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and they have Journey of Water with Moana at that park.
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You might want to go on a booze cruise, but your wife says no. And the only way you'll get
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that woman on a boat to maybe give you a little bit of attention once the kids are away is
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if you go on a Disney cruise where you can send them to the kids' club for 12 hours.
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And we're in back to school season, baby!
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Well, your son loves the Mandalorian and Grogu on his backpack, and your daughter thinks Moana's just the coolest.
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So there you go.
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You even bought the matching backpacks.
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That, my friends, is a completely different business model.
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The box office doesn't mean anything, and they just said it.
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And I really feel like I've had a f*ing epiphany about this whole thing.
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I saw that article, and it was like, it f*ing blew my mind, because the whole disconnect was finally made clear to me.
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We, for years, have continuously said Disney never learns.
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Well, folks, from Disney's perspective, they don't have to.
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There is no lesson to be learned here.
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Because if every disappointing movie that they put out still strengthens the brand, then nothing is really forcing them to change.
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In all fairness, it's not just Disney that does this, right?
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Forget it.
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Every major studio now wants franchises that make money outside of the theater.
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But Disney, unfortunately, has become the clearest example of this strategy.
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And the major difference is that they were the only brand with the cojones to say it publicly.
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It's frustrating as hell, but also relieving.
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Because for years, we've been asking ourselves, we've been asking each other, we've been asking Reddit,
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which is the one place you should never ask anything we've continuously asked why Disney continues to make decisions
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that seem totally contrary to what the fans want.
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And this article just answered that question.
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If the movie is just one piece of a much larger business machine, then pleasing moviegoers isn't necessarily the top priority anymore.
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And maybe, just maybe, that's why so many Disney movies today feel less like films
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and more like two-hour advertisements for the Disney brand.
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And that's all from me.
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I've been Snarky J.
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Thank you so much for watching.
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Please don't forget to like and subscribe.
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For more Snarky J, be sure to check me out on Instagram.
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And if you'd like to support me, this channel, and my content creation, do check out and consider subscribing to my Patreon for exclusive photo shoot sets and cosplay content.
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I'll add links to all of those in the description below.
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And let me know if Disney got your money in any one of these ways.
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If you didn't buy a ticket, but you spent money in any of the other ways described.
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I just want to know.
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let me know in the comments below.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Disney Just Admitted the Problem”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Disney, movie, box, film. Este vídeo tiene 144 frases y 1909 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:14. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 170 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. 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
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| remake sustantivo | /ɹiːˈmeɪk/ | nueva versión, versión nueva |
| incentive sustantivo | /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/ | incentivo, aliciente |
| refresh verbo | /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/ | refrescar |
| backpack sustantivo | /ˈbæk.pæk/ | mochila, alforja |
| inevitably adverbio | /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/ | inevitablemente, indefectiblemente |
| merchandise sustantivo | /ˈmɝ.t͡ʃənˌdaɪs/ | mercancías, mercaderías |
| continuously adverbio | /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/ | continuadamente, continuamente |
| subscribe verbo | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | suscribirse, subscribirse |
| wallet sustantivo | /ˈwɑl.ət/ | cartera, billetera |
| daiquiri sustantivo | /ˈdæ.kə.ɹi/ | daiquiri |
| disconnect verbo | /dɪskəˈnɛkt/ | desconectar |
| epiphany sustantivo | /ɪˈpɪfəni/ | epifanía, manifestación |
| frustrate verbo | /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/ | frustrar |
| grandparent sustantivo | /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/ | abuelo, abuela |
| hubris sustantivo | /ˈhjuːbɹɪs/ | soberbia, desmesura |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar | |
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear | |
| come out verbo | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | revelarse, salir a la luz |
| come up verbo | salir a relucir | |
| figure out verbo | averiguar, captar | |
| put out verbo | sacar | |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa | we've been complaining · we've been asking |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has finally admitted · have been · we've been |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is expected · being sodomized · was defined |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 47 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, they're, we've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: theatrical /θiˈætɹɪkəl/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, measurable /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, shelf /ʃɛlf/, intentions /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/, continuously /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/, epiphany /ɪˈpɪfəni/, measurable /ˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/, understatement /ˌʌndɚˈsteɪtmənt/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: incentive /ɪnˈsɛntɪv/, inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/, overcook /oʊ.vɚ.kʊk/, overlay /ˌoʊvɚˈleɪ/, unimaginative /ˌʌnɪˈmad͡ʒɪnətɪv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: booze /buz/, advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/, intentions /ɪnˈtɛnʃənz/, lens /lɛnz/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: unimaginative /ˌʌnɪˈmad͡ʒɪnətɪv/, trilogy /ˈtɹɪləd͡ʒi/, gentleman /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/, garbage /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/, acknowledge /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/
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 remake, incentive, refresh.
¿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.