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To the haters, the doubters, my seventh grade vice principal, to everyone who's ever told anyone with a dream they can't,
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this video's for you.
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Keep your head down, follow the rules, do as you're told, play it safe, wait your turn, Ask permission.
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Learn to compromise.
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This is terrible advice.
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If I were to write an autobiography, a book about my life, one title that would work would be Do What You Can't,
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because that idea encapsulates everything I've ever done.
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Like when I wanted to move to New York City and my dad was like, you can't, you don't have any money.
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Or when I first said I wanted to make movies and it was, you can't, you didn't go to film school.
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I want to have a TV show?
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No, you can't Casey, you're not pretty enough.
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And to go even further, if I were to characterize what this new generation of content creators and filmmakers,
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what we all do on YouTube and everywhere else is we do what we can't.
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You can't be an action movie filmmaker.
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But you get your parkour friends to dress up like video game characters, jump off some buildings, and you can.
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Right, Devon?
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Yes.
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You can't have a talk show, but you have a webcam and you can.
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What's up, you beautiful bastards?
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What?
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This is my first YouTube video ever.
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Next thing you know, you're interviewing the president.
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I heard that you're going to be out of a job soon.
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Maybe I'll start a YouTube show or something like that.
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That's what I'm thinking.
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You can't fly around
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New York City on a magic carpet, but get your electric skateboard, some PVC pipe, a great outfit, give Jessie a call, and you can.
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What do you think?
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This is so dope.
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You don't need gear, you don't need trucks or a crane, you don't need some big expensive camera rig that never works.
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When you're a creator, you don't need someone in your ear telling you what you can and can't do.
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I'm racing the subway!
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What you can and can't say.
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I accidentally did the shocker, oh my god.
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They call us gamers, influencers, internet famous.
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What the fuck does that mean?
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But we know something they don't.
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You can start a vlog or a makeup channel.
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We'll travel around the world with a gigantic piano playing in beautiful places for interested people.
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When you're a creator, all you need is your phone, an internet connection, and a good idea.
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A story you want to share, something you need to say.
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Confidence is within yourself.
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And then the rest is history.
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If you do it right, you get to quit the day job.
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Make friends from places you've never been.
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Meetups, collaborations, a life moving so fast and so full you won't even have time to process it.
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So to my fellow creators, I say keep creating, keep doing the work.
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And never forget, you don't have to listen to anyone because in this new world no one knows anything.
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Hi haters!
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The haters, the doubters are all drinking champagne in the top deck of the Titanic and we are the fucking icebergs!
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Goin' ahead! Do what you can't.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “DO WHAT YOU CAN'T”. Las palabras que más se repiten: creator, haters, Youtube. Este vídeo tiene 52 frases y 543 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:44. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 145 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
filmmaker sustantivocineasta
gear sustantivo/ɡɪɚ/pertrecho, pertrechos
deck sustantivo/ˈdɛk/piso, plataforma
piano sustantivo/piˈænɪː/piano
collaboration sustantivo/kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/colaboración
pipe sustantivo/ˈpaɪp/caramillo, flauta f)
seventh adjetivo/ˈsɛvənθ/séptimo
accidentally adverbio/ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/accidentalmente, sin querer
outfit sustantivo/ˈaʊtfɪt/conjunto, atuendo
carpet sustantivo/ˈkɑɹ.pət/alfombra, moqueta
compromise sustantivo/ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/convenio, avenencia
subway sustantivo/ˈsʌbˌweɪ/metro, subte
crane sustantivo/kɹeɪn/grulla, grúa
champagne sustantivo/ʃæmˈpeɪn/champaña, champán
autobiography sustantivo/ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/autobiografía

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
dress up verbovestirse de gala, ponerse elegante

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • You can't be an action movie filmmaker.
  • Next thing you know, you're interviewing the president.
  • What do you think?
  • What you can and can't say.
  • Make friends from places you've never been.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 33 contracciones y formas reducidas, como can't, don't, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, shocker /ˈʃɑkɚ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, autobiography /ˌɔː.tə.baɪˈɒɡ.ɹə.fi/, characterize /ˈkɛɹəktəɹaɪz/, encapsulate /ɪnˈkæps(j)ʊˌleɪt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: seventh /ˈsɛvənθ/, vlog /ˈvlɑɡ/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: compromise /ˈkɑmpɹəˌmaɪz/, characterize /ˈkɛɹəktəɹaɪz/

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 filmmaker, gear, deck.

¿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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