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What did I do?
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I did my job.
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I slashed benefits to the bone.
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I saved this company money.
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Was I too harsh?
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Maybe.
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I don't believe in coddling people. In the wild.
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There is no health care.
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than the wild healthcare is.
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Ow, I hurt my leg.
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I can't run.
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A lion eats me, and I'm dead.
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Wow.
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I'm not dead.
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I'm the lion.
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You're dead.
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Thank you.
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All right, who did this?
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I'm not mad.
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I just want to know who did it so I can punish them.
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What are you talking about?
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Uh, someone forged medical information, and that is a felony.
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Okay, whoa.
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All right, because that's a pretty intense accusation.
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How do you know that they're fake?
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Ah.
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Leprosy?
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flesh -eating bacteria.
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Hot dog fingers.
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Government created killer nanorobot infection.
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You did this, didn't you?
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-Absolutely not.
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-Yes, you did.
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-No, I didn't.
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-I know it was you.
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Okay, fine.
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You know what?
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I'm gonna have to interview each and every one of you.
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until the perpetrator makes him or herself known.
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And until that time, There will be no health care coverage for anyone.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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- - Killer?
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Animal?
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Robot?
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It's an epidemic.
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The problem, Jim, is that people who are really suffering from a medical condition won't receive the care they need.
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because someone in this office is coming up with all this ridiculous stuff.
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Count Choculitis.
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Sounds tough.
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Why did you write that down, Jim?
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Is it because you know I love Count Dracula? Do you?
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I think you need to confess the fact that-- -Yep.
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-What are you doing?
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-What?
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-Those are my keys.
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-Good luck.
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Jim!
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Damn it!
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No!
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Jim, let me out!
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Jim, let-- The light grain for green 90s.
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Thank you.
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Jim Halpert?
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Who is this?
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No, you can't fire me.
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Can you hold on one second?
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I'm getting the beep.
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Jim Halpern.
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Hey, Jim, it's Pam.
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Hey, Pam.
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How are you?
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Jim?
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Good.
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How are you?
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I'm doing okay.
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Getting excited for the weekend now.
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Yeah.
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Yeah?
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What are you up to?
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Um, I'm not bothering you, am I?
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No, not at all.
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You don't have anything you're doing?
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I have nothing to do.
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Oh, great.
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Jim?
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Um, yeah, no, this weekend, nothing.
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I'm not really doing anything.
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Jim!
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Might go to the mall.
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The mall?
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I need new shoes.
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Oh, interesting.
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What kind of shoes?
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Hello?
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Uh, hello.
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Uh, this is Dwight Schrute calling for Jan Levinson -Gould.
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This is Jen.
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Hi.
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Dwight Schrute calling, acting manager, Scranton Branch.
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Listen, I needed your permission to fire Jim Halpert.
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Who is this?
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Dwight Schrute? From sales?
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- Well?
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- Where's Michael Scott?
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Uh, he is not here right now.
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He put me in charge of the office.
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Dwight, listen to me very carefully.
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You are not a manager of anything.
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Understand?
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That's not entirely true.
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Because he put me in charge of picking a health care plan.
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Really?
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- Yeah.
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- Okay.
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When Michael gets back, you tell him to call me immediately.
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Call you immediately.
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Good.
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-Yes.
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Oh, hey, listen.
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Um, since I have you on the phone, Um...
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Can I fire Jim?
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No. Please don't use my cell phone ever again.
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Oh, this is your -- I thought this was your -- Oh.
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- - Oh.
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Thank you.
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- - Thank you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 127 frases y 548 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:04. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 135 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 82 % 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 menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

  • killer /ˈkɪlɚ/ (sustantivo) — matador, matadora. One who or that which kills.
  • mall /mɔːl/ (sustantivo) — centro comercial, shopping. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
  • lion /ˈlaɪən/ (sustantivo) — león. A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
  • shoe /ˈʃu/ (sustantivo) — zapato, taba. A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
  • finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (sustantivo) — dedo, alambres. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
  • bone /boʊn/ (sustantivo) — hueso. A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
  • carefully /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ (adverbio) — cuidadosamente. With care; attentively, circumspectly.
  • ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ (adjetivo) — ridículo. Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
  • suffer /ˈsʌfɚ/ (verbo) — sufrir, penar. To undergo hardship.
  • bother /ˈbɑðɚ/ (verbo) — molestar, agobiar. To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
  • intense /ɪnˈtɛns/ (adjetivo) — intenso. Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
  • infection /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/ (sustantivo) — infección, infición. The act or process of infecting.
  • robot /ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/ (sustantivo) — robot. An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
  • flesh /flɛʃ/ (sustantivo) — carne. The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
  • grain /ɡɹeɪn/ (sustantivo) — grano. The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • call for (verbo) — llamar. To shout out in order to summon (a person).
  • come up with (verbo) — ingeniar, ingeniarse. To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
  • get back (verbo) — regresar. Return to where one came from.
  • talk about (verbo) — hablar de, hablar sobre. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 21 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shoe /ˈʃu/, infection /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/, flesh /flɛʃ/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, epidemic /ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, perpetrator /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pɪˌtɹeɪt.ə(ɹ)/

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 killer, mall, lion.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare you talking · are really suffering · is coming
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill be · won't receive
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohave to interview · need to confess

¿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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