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Hey, I'm Dua Lipa and I'm doing the Wired Autocomplete Interview.
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Okay.
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First one.
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What is Dua Lipa's real name?
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It's just Dua Lipa.
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No middle name.
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That's it.
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It's Albanian, so that's why it probably sounds a bit weird to everyone.
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What Dua Lipa song are you?
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I guess I'd have to be all of them really, in some capacity.
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What Dua Lipa fans are called?
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There's no set name.
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I always just call them my loves.
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They'd have to decide on their own.
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It's not my duty to name them.
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What was Dua Lipa's first song?
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The first song that I put out was called New Love.
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I put that out in 2015.
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I'm 15.
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Oh my God, when I look back on that video, it's so crazy.
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What is Dua Lipa's accent?
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Honestly, I have no idea.
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British on most occasions.
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Does Dua Lipa have a Grammy?
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I have two.
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It feels so weird saying it.
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Does Dua Lipa speak Spanish?
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I don't, but I bloody wish I did.
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I feel like it's such a sexy language.
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Maybe this should be my New Year's resolution is learn Spanish.
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Does Dua Lipa support Liverpool?
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Hmm, how do I say this in the best way possible?
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I'm like, can you say like honorary Liverpool supporter?
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Only because my dad and brother support Arsenal
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and I think I'd be getting in a lot of trouble if I said that I just support Liverpool, but I love Liverpool, it's always got a special place in my heart.
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Does Dua Lipa like anime?
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I do!
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And my favorite anime is Ponyo.
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It's the cutest, I'm just obsessed with it.
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Does Dua Lipa play guitar?
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I don't play guitar, but I used to play the cello in school.
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And then I got bullied about it a lot.
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And so I quit and now I can't play anything.
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How did Dua Lipa get discovered?
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Bit of a long story, but I'll try and shorten it a little bit.
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When I was young, I always wanted to make music.
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I started making YouTube covers and I started showing them to my friends in school.
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And then I used them as a form of portfolio to work with different producers and get in the studio.
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And I was like, you know, I sing, and I would love it if we could get in the studio and write together.
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I made a bunch of demos, and then I basically Googled managers in London.
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And then I got offered a publishing deal.
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Then I had to find a lawyer, and then the lawyer was trying to help me.
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I was like, don't sign this publishing deal, whatever you do, let me help you find a manager and he introduced me to my manager Ben.
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And so that was a really, really long story, cut short.
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How is Dua Lipa pronounced?
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Dua Lipa.
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It's quite easy, although growing up, I feel like it was really difficult for lots of teachers and people to pronounce it.
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How tall is Dua Lipa feet?
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Five foot eight and my feet size six UK.
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How to get Dua Lipa hair.
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On occasion a lot of it is bought and glued in.
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That's quite easy, I feel like anyone could do that.
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But other than that, I struggle to try and make it look nice.
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Bad hair days are kind of my thing.
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What is homesick Dua Lipa about?
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It was really, I'd spent so much time away from London and then it started pouring with rain in Los Angeles
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And it just made me miss London so much.
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That's what Homesick was about, was trying to get back home.
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What are Dua Lipa rules?
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Work hard and be nice.
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What is Dua Lipa's zodiac sign?
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I'm a Leo, but I'm also a Libra rising and a Cancer moon,
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so I'm emotional as .
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But then really tough, so don't mess with me.
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What is Dua Lipa's middle name?
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I don't have a middle name.
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It's just Dua Lipa.
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Kinda wish I did.
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What is Electricity Dua Lipa about?
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It's about love feeling so electric and completely sending these electric messages all up
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and down your spine and the feeling that you get when you're falling in love.
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It's a fun song.
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This was really a kind of turning point for me in terms of confidence when I shot the music video for Electricity.
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It kinda changed my life.
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I was like for the first time I was in front of cameras.
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I was very much in the zone
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and I didn't really care what anybody was thinking
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and I just kind of let it all out and that song will always kind of represent that for me.
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And I made that with my friends Mark Ronson and Diplo.
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So it's always more special when you get to do stuff with your mates.
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Can Dua Lipa sing?
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I bloody hope so.
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Otherwise I have no idea what I'm doing here.
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Can Dua Lipa drive?
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I can drive.
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I actually passed my driving test first time.
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I would always get public transport, but I do really love the freedom of just getting in your car and going wherever you want.
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Can Dua Lipa rap?
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Only at karaoke.
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That's where I like to rap, because I hate singing at karaoke, so I like to rap.
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Can Dua Lipa sing high notes?
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I'm learning, I'm learning.
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I definitely have such a low voice, so I've always struggled with high notes, but I have been practicing
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and working with my vocal coach to be able to just like expand my range and learn some new stuff.
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Okay, who is Dua Lipa siblings?
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I have two siblings.
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I have a younger brother and a younger sister.
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My sister is called Rina and my brother's called Jin.
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And they are the loves of my life.
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Who is Dua Lipa the singer?
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Interesting question to answer.
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I am, I guess, Dua Lipa the singer.
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I guess a songwriter first and foremost, and born and raised in London, but via Kosovo, which is where my parents are from.
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And so I always feel like I'm from two places at once, and I also feel like that makes me who I am.
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Who is Dua Lipa signed to?
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I'm signed to Warner Brothers Records, first in the UK and then in the US and the rest of the world as well, and Universal in Germany.
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Who is Dua Lipa's stylist?
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Oh, my amore, Lorenzo Pissacco.
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I love him, I love collaborating with him.
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He's been with me for the longest time.
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We've grown together and it's been amazing.
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Love him to pieces.
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Who is Dua Lipa's mum?
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My mum is an angel sent from above.
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Her name is Anessa and she's my rock and my superhero.
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I wrote my first ever song when I was like four years old and it was about her.
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It was more like a joke, it of something at home.
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It was in Albanian and it was all about when I grow up, can I wear your dress?
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When I grow up, can I borrow your shoes?
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When I grow up, can I be as pretty as you?
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And still, my parents make fun of me sometimes and we still sing at home to each other.
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Who is Dua Lipa's makeup artist?
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Today, I have the wonderful Samantha, who I love.
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She's amazing and she makes me feel like a million bucks.
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Was Dua Lipa in a movie?
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No, I've never been in a movie.
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I don't know if I'm ready yet, but I would love to do it at some point.
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I enjoy acting, I just, my main focus is always music.
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Was Dua Lipa on The Voice?
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No, I wasn't on The Voice.
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Was Dua Lipa on X Factor?
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I wasn't on X Factor, but you know, earlier I said I did like a commercial and then I got offered like a publishing deal.
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I did the commercial for The X Factor where I sang for one of their adverts.
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And then I ended up working with a producer for it who then offered me the publishing deal
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and then I didn't end up signing that.
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But it was like a series of events that happened, which then led to me getting to do what I always dreamt of doing.
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Was Dua Lipa at the Grammys?
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I have been to the Grammys a couple times.
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It's always really, really exciting.
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I have some incredible memories there.
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All right, what have we got?
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Oh, last one.
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Are Dua Lipa and Bibi Rexha related?
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Love Bibi, we're not related.
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We are both Albanian, so I guess in that way, I feel like all Albanian people call each other cousins or sisters or whatever,
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like you see an Albanian person on the street and you're like, yeah, yeah, that's my cousin.
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But no, me and Bibi aren't related.
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I'm from Kosovo and I believe Bibi's from Macedonia, but we speak Albanian and we're very, very proud to be Albanian.
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Are Dua Lipa and Akshom Bronson related?
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Again, not related, but I do see him as my big brother.
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Also got the crazy Albanian roots, and he also gives me the best restaurant recommendations of all time.
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Finally, our Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift friends.
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I love Taylor.
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We've met a couple times.
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She's amazing.
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What an incredible artist.
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Done!
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Thank you so much for watching.
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Feel free to Google any questions, and maybe I'll be back and answer yours.
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Mwah!
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Thank you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Dua Lipa Answers the Web's Most Searched Questions”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Dua, Lipa, Albanian, song. Este vídeo tiene 171 frases y 1600 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:14. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 173 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 77 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente. 40 de sus 171 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
publish verbo/ˈpʌblɪʃ/publicar
karaoke sustantivo/ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/karaoke
sibling sustantivo/ˈsɪb.lɪŋ/hermano, hermana
anime sustantivo/ˈæn.ɪ.meɪ/anime, ánime
excite verbo/ɪkˈsaɪt/emocionar
obsess verbo/əbˈsɛs/obsesionarse
shorten verbo/ˈʃɔɹtn̩/acortar, acorzar
stylist sustantivo/ˈstaɪlɪst/estilista
zodiac sustantivo/ˈzoʊ.diˌæk/zodíaco
collaborate verbo/kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/colaborar, coadyuvar
honorary adjetivo/ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/honorario
glue sustantivo/ɡlu/cola, goma
superhero sustantivo/ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/superhéroe
bully sustantivo/ˈbʊli/bravucón, abusón
spine sustantivo/spaɪn/columna vertebral, espinazo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
grow up verbocrecer
end up verboterminar, ir a parar
get back verboregresar
put out verbosacar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • It's not my duty to name them.
  • I don't, but I bloody wish I did.
  • Hmm, how do I say this in the best way possible?
  • When I grow up, can I borrow your shoes?
  • All right, what have we got?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraI've always struggled · He's been · We've grown
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceare called · was called · is bought
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingstarted making · started pouring · hate singing
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe best · the cutest · the longest

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 43 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, I'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: publish /ˈpʌblɪʃ/, shorten /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: karaoke /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/, collaborate /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, honorary /ˈɑn.əˌɹɛɹ.i/, superhero /ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stylist /ˈstaɪlɪst/, spine /spaɪn/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: advert /ædvˈɝt/, vocal /ˈvoʊ̯.kəl/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: homesick /ˈhoʊ̯m.sɪk/, superhero /ˈs(j)upɚhɪɹoʊ/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como publish, karaoke, sibling.

¿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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