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Our next guest is sitting in the audience right now.
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And it could be you.
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Everybody stand up.
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All right. And you have to be honest here.
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Stay standing if you watch my show every day.
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Every day. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
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Stay standing if you have written me over 30 letters.
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Stay standing if you're originally from the Dominican Republic.
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Stay standing if you've learned English by watching my show.
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Diana, come on down.
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Hi. Diana Aquino, right?
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Yes. Hello.
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Hi. Hi. I love you.
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I love you, too.
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I love you, too.
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You're very sweet.
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So, first of all, it was a great way to find out who watches my show everyday.
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So when did you move here from the Dominican Republic?
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I moved here on May of 2011.
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OK. And you didn't speak any English at all?
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No. I literally speak two words.
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It was hello and goodbye.
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The most important words here.
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Really. Of course.
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All right. And so you learned English from watching my show.
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And how did you do that?
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Oh. OK. That's a funny story.
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I was just flipping through the channels, just flipping through it.
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And I just came to your face.
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You were there I asked my mom, "Who is that?" And my mom was like, "She's Ellen.
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She's really funny.
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Just watch the show.
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You will love her.
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I was like, "But I don't understand what she's saying.
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She was like, "Me either.
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But just watch it.
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She's hilarious.
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And then I was like, "OK.
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I watch it." I didn't understand anything you were saying, literally.
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I'm sorry, but I didn't.
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And then, at the end of the show, it was like, there was just this word that you say.
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You say, "Be kind." And then that word stuck with me.
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You know when you get this word that you really want to see what it is.
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I got my dictionary.
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I looked it up.
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And I kept looking at the wrong word, with the C instead of the K. Oh, my God.
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But I got it.
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And I saw how the word kind, and it means kindness, to be good to other people.
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And that stuck with me forever, because I'm loud.
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I'm affectionate.
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I like to be kind to everyone.
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So that just stuck with me to be who I am, with myself.
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So yeah. That's so sweet.
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I love that.
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I love that.
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So you said that you're very affectionate.
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I know that our culture is not as affectionate as your culture.
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Right? Yes.
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Y'all are very affectionate, and Americans are very uptight.
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Over there in Dominican, we are so loud.
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And we know everybody.
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We know every neighbor by name.
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We hug. We kiss in the cheek.
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And we hug you no matter what.
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If we meet you for the first time, we will still hug you.
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We still crazy.
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So I just keep doing that.
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Yeah. You keep doing it.
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You keep hugging them.
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You kiss them in the cheek.
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Of course. I do it.
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All right. And so you're putting yourself through college.
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You're a math tutor, And what else do you Do I'm a math tutor right now and I'm a cashier, sixth floor, in a retail store.
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In a retail store.
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So all right.
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So I have a gift for you, because you said you learned English watching me.
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So I have the Ellen DeGeneres Dictionary.
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All right. Thank you.
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All right. So Let's see.
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All right. The first word of course, it starts with an Andy.
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And it's a noun.
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And the definition is an average human.
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OK. I love Andy.
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He's so cool.
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I love Andy.
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I love him, too.
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And then we have a Bachelor.
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And that's a noun, a television show Ellen tries not to watch but inevitably gets sucked back into every season.
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It's OK. Me too.
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I know. They pull you in.
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And then we have glitter.
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It's a noun.
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Tiny pieces of sparkly material that make me an absolute mess and should be illegal.
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Oh, my God.
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Right. Then we go further back in the dictionary we have Shutterfly.
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It's a noun.
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It's an incredible company that loves sharing life's joy and wants to help you with your education by giving you a check for $10,000.
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Oh, my God.
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Thank you so much!
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You're welcome.
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Hi. I'm Andy.
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Ellen asked me to remind you to subscribe to her channel so you can see more awesome videos, like videos of me getting scared or saying embarrassing things, like ball peen hammer.
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And also some videos of Ellen and other celebrities, if you're into that sort of thing.
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God!

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Ellen Taught This Fan How to Speak English”. Las palabras que más se repiten: word, Ellen, affectionate, noun, Andy. Este vídeo tiene 104 frases y 781 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:36. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 139 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 84 % 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:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
affectionate adjetivo/əˈfɛkʃənət/afectuoso, cariñoso
noun sustantivo/naʊn/nombre, nombre sustantivo
dictionary sustantivo/ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/diccionario, tumbaburros
tutor sustantivo/ˈtjuːtəː/tutor, protutor
cheek sustantivo/t͡ʃiːk/descoco, papo
mathematics sustantivo/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/matemáticas, matemática
flip verbo/flɪp/darle vuelta, voltear
embarrass verbo/ɪmˈbæɹəs/avergonzar, abochornar
glitter verbo/ˈɡlɪtəɹ/brillar, resplandecer
cashier sustantivo/kaˈʃɪə/cajero
neighbour sustantivo/ˈneɪbɚ/vecino, vecina
yourselves/jəˈsɛlvz/sí mismos, vosotros mismos
inevitably adverbio/ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/inevitablemente, indefectiblemente
kindness sustantivo/ˈkaɪnd.nəs/amabilidad, bondad
subscribe verbo/səbˈskɹaɪb/suscribirse, subscribirse

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
find out verboaveriguar, anoticiarse
stand up verbolevantarse, ponerse de pie

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 ahorahave written · you've learned
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingkept looking · keep doing · keep hugging
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas just flipping · were saying
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena ideashould be

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 18 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, I'm, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: affectionate /əˈfɛkʃənət/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, cashier /kaˈʃɪə/, ashamed /əˈʃeɪmd/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: affectionate /əˈfɛkʃənət/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: yourselves /jəˈsɛlvz/, inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/
  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hug /hʌɡ/, hammer /ˈhæmɚ/, hilarious /hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/

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 affectionate, noun, dictionary.

¿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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