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I feel like nowadays, people hate doing things by themselves.
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If you are out there in the restaurant eating alone, some people might look at you and be like, oh, that person probably doesn't have any friends, so he's just eating by himself, and they're gonna be patronizing you, kind of look down on you.
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A lot of people kind of have this idea that if you do things alone, it means you don't really have any friends, so you look more lonely.
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You don't fit in the society because you don't have those people that can do those things with you.
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But that's not true.
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It's completely okay to be alone.
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We create this scenario in our head that's not true.
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So even if you want to go somewhere, you want to visit this art exhibition, or you want to go to this cool museum or a cafe, if you don't have any friends to go with, then you don't really get the motivation to go there alone and do it by yourself because you just don't want to be seen being alone.
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I've always liked doing things alone, but that doesn't make me a loser.
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Where I live right now is Seoul in South Korea, and this is a really big city.
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Everywhere you go, you're going to see people, And they'll be just walking around, enjoying their own time.
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And there will also be a lot of people walking by themselves and, you know, minding their own business.
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And the thing about living in a city like Seoul is it's so big that sometimes you feel very lonely because there are many things out there to be explored, right?
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If you really want to go to this popular spot, you kind of want to go there with your friends or you feel like it won't be really enough if you just visit there alone and enjoy your own time.
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Maybe also because I'm introverted, my social battery would just run out.
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So I've always kind of liked doing things alone, but it's okay.
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It's not weird at all that you want to find things by yourself, kind of feel it yourself, travel by yourself.
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It's because it's therapeutic and it's healing.
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You have your own schedule, and I think it's one of the best things to do Here's the truth people don't really care people don't care if you're riding a bike They don't care if you're playing basketball by yourself They don't care if you're hanging out in the Han River have a blanket of yourself Sit there and kind of read a book eat snacks.
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What matters is what those activities really mean to you Does it bring you peace?
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Does it bring you happiness?
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Do you feel content in the places that you're going to?
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That's what really matters It doesn't really matter what other people think about you.
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It doesn't really matter if a few individuals find you cringe.
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At the end of the day, what are they going to do about it?
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Their attention that's fixated on you and you as a person will not last like an hour.
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People that look at you while you're filming, they're not going to remember you forever.
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They'll forget about me.
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10 seconds later, they walk past me.
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You're not relying on anyone else.
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You're learning to kind of be more independent, prioritize your own time, kind of grow this ability to be happy by yourself.
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The pattern that I notice about my friends sometimes is that when they get out of a relationship, they seek reassurance from other friends by drinking with them or hanging out with them, which is not really like a bad way to deal with it.
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But a lot of the times they rely on what other people say about the relationship instead of taking that time, embracing the pain and the heartbreak that they're going through.
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They're very quick to make these hangouts that help them better forget about the pain that they're going through.
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And although I completely understand how difficult it can be, Knowing how to be by yourself creates emotional resilience, and that's very important.
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So it's okay.
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It's okay to do things alone.
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It's not a wrong thing to seek your own peace.
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You don't have to hang out with people all the time or go to these places with your friends.
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If you feel like it, try going there alone.
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You'll slowly get to learn more about yourself because you're spending more time and thinking.
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I'll see you guys next time.
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Yeah.
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Peace.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “doing things alone”. Este vídeo tiene 44 frases y 768 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:18. El hablante habla rápido, unas 232 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 92 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| fixate verbo | /ˈfɪkseɪt/ | fijar |
| hangout sustantivo | garito | |
| heartbreak sustantivo | /ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/ | desamor, corazón roto |
| introverted adjetivo | /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/ | introvertido |
| patronize verbo | /ˈpætɹəˌnaɪz/ | patrocinar |
| prioritize verbo | /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ | priorizar |
| reassurance sustantivo | reaseguranza | |
| resilience sustantivo | /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/ | resiliencia |
| therapeutic adjetivo | /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/ | terapéutico |
| snack sustantivo | /snæk/ | tentempié, refrigerio |
| loser sustantivo | /luzɚ/ | perdedor |
| blanket sustantivo | /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/ | manta, cobija |
| nowadays adverbio | /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/ | hoy en día, hogaño |
| heal verbo | /ˈhiːl/ | curar, sanar |
| embrace verbo | /ɛmˈbɹes/ | abrazar, embrazar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| get out of verbo | salirse de, ponerse fuera de |
| look down on verbo | menospreciar, ningunear |
| run out verbo | agotar, quedarse sin |
| walk around verbo | deambular |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Does it bring you happiness?
- Do you feel content in the places that you're going to?
- You're not relying on anyone else.
- I'll see you guys next time.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be seen · be explored |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | people that can · them, which is |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 38 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, you're, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: introverted /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, resilience /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/, therapeutic /ˌθɛɹ.əˈpjuː.tɪk/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: patronize /ˈpætɹəˌnaɪz/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, resilience /ɹɪˈzɪl.ɪ.əns/, loser /luzɚ/, nowadays /ˈnaʊ.ə.deɪz/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: heartbreak /ˈhɑɹt.bɹeɪk/, heal /ˈhiːl/
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 fixate, hangout, heartbreak.
¿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.