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1.9.
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Part 2.
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So, did you always want to be a chef, to have your own restaurant?
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No, not at all.
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I wanted to be a psychologist.
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And when I was 18, I came to the UK to study at Kent University.
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Then I decided I didn't want to be a psychologist after all, and I went travelling for a bit.
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I'd saved some money at university because I worked in the evenings.
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I went all around Southern Europe and also to South America, to Ecuador.
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I tried all sorts of different dishes and fell in love with food again.
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So I went back to Crete and worked in our family restaurant for two years.
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Why did you come back to the UK?
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Well, I wanted to continue working as a chef, but I needed a bigger challenge.
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And when I was a student in the UK and I missed good food, I used to save money to go to London to have dinner in a restaurant called Moro.
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It wasn't Greek food, but it was Mediterranean, Spanish, North African, and I loved it.
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So when I came back to London, I went to Moro and I said, I want a job, and they gave me one.
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And what happened then?
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Well, really slowly, through hard work, and after seven years, I became head chef.
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It was magic.
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And then the owners of Morro, Samantha and Samuel Clark, suggested that I help them open Morrito.
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How is Morrito different from Morro?
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It's the same inspiration and many of the dishes are similar
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but because I run the kitchen I have been able to have more Cretan dishes on the menu, dishes from my childhood.
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This week for example I'm making dakos, a Cretan salad made with fresh goat's cheese, tomato and bread.
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Do you go back to Crete much?
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Yes, I go to Crete maybe four or five times a year.
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My family's restaurant is closed now, but I go out for lunch with my friends, the people I miss when I'm in London.
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Food comes and we share everything.
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We always order too much and by the end of it, we feel incredibly full.
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Well, Marianna, it's been great chatting to you and thanks for coming in.
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Thank you very much for having me.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “English File intermediate 4th edition SB_1.9”. Las palabras que más se repiten: dishes, restaurant, Crete, chef, London. Este vídeo tiene 30 frases y 382 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:20. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 164 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 79 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente. 5 de sus 30 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
dish sustantivo/dɪʃ/vajilla
chef sustantivo/ʃɛf/chef
psychologist sustantivo/ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/psicólogo, psicóloga
inspiration sustantivo/ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/inspiración
incredibly adverbio/ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/increíblemente
menu sustantivo/ˈmɛn.juː/menú, carta
salad sustantivo/ˈsæl.əd/ensalada
tomato sustantivo/təˈmeɪ.toʊ/tomate, jitomate
restaurant sustantivo/ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/restaurante, restorán
lunch sustantivo/lʌnt͡ʃ/almuerzo, comida
kitchen sustantivo/ˈkɪt͡ʃ(ə)n/cocina
slowly adverbio/ˈsloʊli/lentamente, despacio
chat verbo/ˈt͡ʃæt/charlar, platicar
cheese sustantivo/t͡ʃiz/queso
childhood sustantivo/ˈtʃaɪld.hʊd/niñez, puericia

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 5 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, didn't, I'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: dish /dɪʃ/, chef /ʃɛf/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/

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 dish, chef, psychologist.

¿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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