Shadowing Practice: English in a Minute: Break Even - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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When we break something, we usually expect people to get angry.
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But what about when we break even?
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Let's listen.
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Break even.
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Hey, how is your friend's new business doing?
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The first year her coffee shop was open, she barely broke even.
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That's not bad.
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Many small businesses don't even make it to the second year, let alone break even.
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Yeah, but she is really hoping to actually earn a profit this year.
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Breaking even means the point at which costs and earnings are equal.
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Breaking even is not the worst thing to happen to a business.
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That would be going bankrupt.
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But the point of being in business is to make a profit.
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So if your business is always breaking even, you may want to rethink your business model.
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And that's English in a Minute.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 16 frases y 142 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 0:56. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 152 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 94 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
12 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- earn /ɝn/ (verbo) — ganar, granjear. To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- earnings (sustantivo) — ganancia, devengo. Wages, money earned, income.
- bankrupt /ˈbæŋk.ɹəpt/ (adjetivo) — quebrado, arruinado. In a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay outstanding debts or meet financial obligations; specifically, having been legally declared insolvent.
- rethink /ɹiːˈθɪŋk/ (verbo) — repensar, reflexionar. To think again about something, with the intention of changing or replacing it.
- angry /ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/ (adjetivo) — enojado, enfadado. Displaying or feeling anger.
- equal /ˈiːkwəl/ (adjetivo) — igual, equiparable. The same in one or more respects.
- barely /ˈbeɹ.li/ (adverbio) — apenas, malavés. By a small margin.
- profit /ˈpɹɑfɪt/ (sustantivo) — beneficio, lucro. Total income or cash flow minus expenditures. The money or other benefit a non-governmental organization or individual receives in exchange for products and…
- welcome /ˈwɛl.kəm/ — ¡bienvenido!, ¡bienvenida!. Greeting given upon someone's arrival.
- shop /ʃɑp/ (sustantivo) — tienda, negocio. An establishment that sells goods or services to the public; originally only a physical location, but now a virtual establishment as well.
- coffee /ˈkɑfi/ (sustantivo) — grano de café, café. A beverage made by infusing the beans of the coffee plant in hot water.
- ill /ɪl/ (adjetivo) — enfermo, mareado. Indicative of unkind or malevolent intentions; harsh, cruel.
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 earn, earnings, bankrupt.
¿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.