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Here it is, Draw My Life.
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I had a tough time making this because,
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well, I have to tell my entire life story under 20 minutes.
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I can barely remember what I did yesterday.
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So this will be a very brief summary of my life.
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I would love to get more in depth,
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but we can save that for another time.
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So, let's get drawing!
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There are 7 billion people in this world,
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meaning there are 7 billion stories to be told told.
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But today,
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I'm going to tell you one story from someone who was born in this tiny town in Massachusetts called Boston
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or Bastin, AKA Beantown.
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January 1987, it was snowing and my mother and father were driving.
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At this time, my mother was six months pregnant
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and she asked my father what my name should be and they both decided on Michelle.
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However, My mom looked over at him and asked,
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well, what about her Vietnamese name?
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He looked out the window and saw this beautiful snowflake and he said,
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Duy C Bằng, which means avalanche.
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Thanks dad for naming me after something so terrifying.
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Hi, my name is avalanche and I could potentially kill you.
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Nice to meet you.
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So that's me, an avalanche.
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Four months later, I was born.
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Year of the rabbit.
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My welcome party was lovely.
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My mother told me that when she brought me home and placed me in my crib,
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my brother thought I was a toy so he literally jumped and slammed himself on top of me.
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Apparently I stopped breathing and my mother thought I died.
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Anyways, that's how I first met my amazing brother, Steve.
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A few years later, we all packed up and moved to California.
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Now if you don't know this landmark,
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this is the Golden Gate Bridge and it's located in San Francisco.
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This is where we moved.
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Alright, so I'm going to draw my family portrait.
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This is my mom, her name is Hieng which means gentle one in Vietnamese,
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myself, Michelle or Avalanche, my brother Steve,
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and of course my wonderful father.
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We were a very loving family.
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While living in San Francisco,
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we moved several different times,
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at least over six times in one year.
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I remember packing and moving,
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and at first I thought it was fun,
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but later I found out it was because my father had a gambling addiction.
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He was a very loving father,
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but his weakness was playing poker.
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It was so bad that he would gamble all our rent money and we would get evicted.
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That's why we kept moving.
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It broke my mother's heart.
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I'll never forget seeing my mother cry.
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I realized at a very early age that I couldn't wait to grow up so I could help her.
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Because we moved so often,
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I ended up going to several different schools in one year.
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So it was hard for me to make friends because not only was I shy,
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but I was always the new girl.
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Luckily, I had an imagination.
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And I drew a lot.
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Disney princesses were one of my favorite things to draw.
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I wanted to be just like them.
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Oakland, California.
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This is where I made my first friend.
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I finally felt like I belonged.
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It was a wonderful feeling and I remember I had so much fun.
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You never forget the first friend you make.
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I will never forget her.
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Sadly it didn't last long.
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My father told us that we had to move again and I never saw her again.
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But it's okay.
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You guys are now my friends.
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So we were on the road again.
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We packed all our things in a van and drove out to Florida.
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He said we would be moving next to Disney World and we could see Mickey.
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Later we found out that,
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well, that's Orlando, that's where Disney World is at,
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and we are right there, Tampa.
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Womp womp.
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Not really close to Orlando,
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but my first day at school was pretty hard.
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I never felt so different in my life.
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There wasn't a lot of Asian people at my school,
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and my classmates, they made fun of me, calling me names.
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Man, kids can be so cruel.
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But it's okay.
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I found something else that made me smile.
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It was drawing.
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I draw superheroes all day in class.
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I even created a superhero version of myself.
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I seriously thought that when I grew up, I would have superpowers.
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One morning I woke up and I noticed that my father was missing.
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My mother was so heartbroken.
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I didn't know why my father left.
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But every night, I would wait for him to come back.
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He never did.
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However we carried on, my mother is a strong woman,
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and she found a way to take care of us.
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We were happy.
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We didn't have much, but we had each other.
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My mother was a bombshell.
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It didn't take her long to finally remarry.
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And we were so excited because now, we had a stepdad.
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We were so happy to finally have a father again.
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A year later, my little sister was born.
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Steve and I were overjoyed to have a little sister.
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And I was excited to be a big sister.
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And her name is Christine.
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I loved her so much.
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I was never happy when I was home.
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Turns out, my stepdad wasn't the father I dreamt of.
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This is something I'd rather not talk about.
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But my mother was the best.
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She loved me so much and one Christmas I'll never forget.
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I got the very I've always wanted a Sailor Moon doll.
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It was everything to me.
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The second thing I wanted was this Barbie dream house
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But my family couldn't afford it which was totally fine
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because I made my own dream house out of cardboard box I cut out a door a window
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and every day after school I couldn't wait to come home to play with my dolls.
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It's funny how the best things in life are the most simple in Middle school.
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I played the trumpet.
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Oh, man my mom she nagged at me all the time she wished
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that I could play the flute or a violin something
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that was less loud than a trumpet high school I grew out of playing dolls instead I played games
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when my parents were arguing I would either save the world
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or become the world's greatest warrior I even picked up on manga art
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and wrote and drew a lot of my own stories it was my only escape from reality.
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See, we didn't have the internet so you guys today lucked out.
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Gosh, teenage years, always so awkward.
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I wanted to wear makeup so badly but my mother,
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she wouldn't let me.
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But little by little, she allowed me to wear a little bit of eyeliner
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and then mascara and afterwards she let me wear colored lip gloss.
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It was a pretty big deal for me.
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I loved makeup so much because to me, it was like drawing.
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It was on my own face.
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Senior year of high school,
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I couldn't take the hurt anymore.
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My stepdad left a lot of scars that I'm still trying to heal from.
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The heart can only take so much.
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My mother said enough was enough and we all left him.
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We packed up our things and went to find a new home.
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It was just us again, but it felt right.
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Just like old times.
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We didn't know what was going to happen,
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but we knew that we were going to walk together.
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It wasn't easy.
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We had to move a few times and at one point,
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we could only afford to rent a bedroom from a family.
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We all shared a bed and my brother would sleep on the floor.
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My brother and I had to work to help out my mother.
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It was tough but we made it through together as a family.
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We were unbreakable.
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A miracle happened.
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I was able to attend college.
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That meant I had to move an hour away from them and I was devastated.
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I cried so much because it was my first time away from home.
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And it also meant that I couldn't have my mom's pho as much.
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Man, you cried too because it is so good.
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My college gave out laptops to all the students.
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I always dreamt of having my own laptop,
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but I never thought I'd have one.
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Well guess what, this was the laptop where I filmed my very first makeup tutorial.
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I just wanted to show every girl out there how beautiful she was and how makeup can be their own superhero costume.
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Batman, Superman, Spiderman, without their costumes,
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they're still powerful, but it's their costume that tells the world that they're superheroes.
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Anyways, I'd love to go more into details about how everything happened,
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but this video would be two hours long,
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so I'm just going to fast forward to today.
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I now live in two cities,
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one being New York, also known as the Big Apple, and Los Angeles.
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I got my family a home where they're safe and happy.
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My mother is as beautiful as ever and hasn't aged a day.
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My little sister grew up so fast.
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She's now a beautiful young lady.
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As for my brother, being the awesome guy that he is,
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found someone really special.
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married a beautiful woman.
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You might know her as, promise.
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So everyone is happy and healthy.
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As for me, well, let's just say I met someone very special in Paris.
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This is another story that deserves to be told,
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but I'll save that for another time.
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But that's pretty much a brief summary of my story.
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Even when times were tough,
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my childlike spirit never died.
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I found that very thing that takes me to a happy place.
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It was art.
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And to others, it could be music, writing, video games.
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Whatever it is, finding that special thing will help move you forward.
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Kind of like a lotus flower finding sunlight in muddy water.
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When all odds are against it,
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it will still rise up to bloom.
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We all have a story to tell,
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and we are all part of something beautiful.
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To the world, you may be one person,
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but to one person, you may be the world.
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Every great dream begins with a dreamer,
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and every dreamer has a story.
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So don't settle for a happy ending,
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because to be continued is way more fun.
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And I'm wishing you the best on your story.
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Good luck on the next chapter in your life.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Draw My Life - Michelle Phan”. Este vídeo tiene 203 frases y 1783 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 11:17. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 158 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 83 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| avalanche sustantivo | /ˈævəlɑːnʃ/ | alud, avalancha |
| superhero sustantivo | /ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/ | superhéroe |
| doll sustantivo | /dɑl/ | muñeca, muñeco |
| costume sustantivo | /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/ | traje |
| dreamer sustantivo | /ˈdɹimɚ/ | soñador, soñadora |
| trumpet sustantivo | /ˈtɹʌmpɪt/ | trompeta |
| bombshell sustantivo | /ˈbɑmʃɛl/ | bombazo |
| childlike adjetivo | /ˈt͡ʃaɪldlaɪk/ | infantil |
| classmate sustantivo | /ˈklæs.meɪt/ | compañero de clase, compañera de clase |
| eyeliner sustantivo | /ˈaɪˌlaɪnɚ/ | delineador, lápiz de/para ojos/párpados |
| mascara sustantivo | /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/ | rímel, máscara de pestañas |
| overjoyed adjetivo | /ˌoʊvɚˈd͡ʒɔɪd/ | exultante, exuberante |
| snowflake sustantivo | /ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk/ | copo de nieve, ampo |
| superpower sustantivo | superpotencia, hiperpotencia | |
| terrify verbo | /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/ | aterrar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| grow up verbo | crecer | |
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse | |
| cut out verbo | dejar de, dejar | |
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar | |
| look out verbo | mirar a, dar a | |
| pick up on verbo | percatarse de, pillar | |
| turn out verbo | resultar | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Alright, so I'm going to draw my family portrait.
- That's why we kept moving.
- It broke my mother's heart.
- I'll never forget seeing my mother cry.
- I didn't know why my father left.
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 told · was born · were overjoyed |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | someone who was · Hieng which means |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 33 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, couldn't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: avalanche /ˈævəlɑːnʃ/, bombshell /ˈbɑmʃɛl/, gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, addiction /əˈdɪkˌʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: superhero /ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: snowflake /ˈsnoʊ.fleɪk/, scar /skɑɹ/, slam /ˈslæm/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: avalanche /ˈævəlɑːnʃ/, overjoyed /ˌoʊvɚˈd͡ʒɔɪd/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/, violin /ˌvaɪ.əˈlɪn/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: overjoyed /ˌoʊvɚˈd͡ʒɔɪd/, teenage /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/, gentle /ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/
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 avalanche, superhero, doll.
¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?
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