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The world is connected in many different ways.
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Through tourism, culture, disasters and aid,
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migration, education, trade, and so much more.
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These bring people and communities together,
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encourage diversity and acceptance, create new experiences and help the economies of countries all around the world.
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Many people leave their homes to improve their living conditions or opportunities.
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This process is called migration.
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Your grandparents, or even you,
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may have migrated because your home country couldn't offer jobs
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and you wanted a better quality of life or more opportunities for education.
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However, some people leave their home country because it isn't safe there.
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This process is called seeking asylum.
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It is often because their home country is experiencing war,
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a natural disaster, poverty, or they are facing persecution,
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which is when people are abused or unfairly treated because of their religion,
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race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender,
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and they need somewhere safer to live.
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When people come to a new country,
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they also bring their own cultures and traditions with them.
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Religions, languages, celebrations, clothes, music and food,
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are all examples of the colorful things that are spread throughout the world as a result of migration.
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Can you think of some ways that your suburb,
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city or even your entire country has been influenced by migration?
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Did you know that education is another way that communities around the world can connect?
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Have you ever known someone to go on an exchange program to attend school in another city or country?
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An exchange program is when students from other places around the world decide to travel to another country to study.
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Sometimes it's to experience new cultures,
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and sometimes it's because the education offered in other countries is much better than the education they would get in their own.
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When people travel to other countries to go to school or university,
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it can create many new connections.
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Not only does it bring tourism and money to a country,
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but it also encourages international friendships,
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new cultural experiences, and builds relationships between schools across the world.
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Have you ever wondered where your food comes from?
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Or your clothes?
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What about your electronics?
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Trade is the exchange of goods between countries around the world.
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So, your television might be from China,
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your clothes made from Indian cotton,
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and your rugs from the Middle East.
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Countries trade goods because they may not have the ability or the natural resources to produce certain things themselves.
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You probably won't find delicious strawberries growing in the middle of snowy mountains.
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But thanks to trade, you can find them in the supermarket.
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Trade also allows countries with different resources to sell their products around the world to improve their economy.
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These are just a few examples of the ways we are globally connected.
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Through migration, education, trade and much more.
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Things throughout the world are influenced by these activities,
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and chances are that you can already think of some examples.
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Maybe you can identify the parts of your daily life which are influenced by these processes.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “Global Connections: Migration, Education and Trade”. Las palabras que más se repiten: trade, countries, migration, influenced, examples. Este vídeo tiene 49 frases y 506 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:43. El hablante habla despacio, unas 107 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 89 % 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 13 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
cloth sustantivo/klɒθ/tela
grandparent sustantivo/ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/abuelo, abuela
migrate verbo/maɪˈɡɹeɪt/migrar
strawberry sustantivo/ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/fresa, frutilla
rug sustantivo/ˈɹʌɡ/tapete, alfombra
persecution sustantivo/ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/persecución, cacería
ethnicity sustantivo/ɛθˈnɪsɪti/etnicidad, etnia
supermarket sustantivo/ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/supermercado
colorful adjetivo/ˈkʌl.əɹ.fl̩/lleno, de color
suburb sustantivo/ˈsʌbɝb/afueras, arrabal
globally adverbio/ˈɡloʊbəli/globalmente
asylum sustantivo/əˈsaɪləm/asilo, santuario
orientation sustantivo/ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/orientación

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceis connected · is called · are abused
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahas been influenced · Have you ever known · Have you ever wondered

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 3 contracciones y formas reducidas, como couldn't, isn't, won't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: cloth /klɒθ/, ethnicity /ɛθˈnɪsɪti/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: persecution /ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/, orientation /ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: persecution /ˌpɝsəˈkjuʃən/, ethnicity /ɛθˈnɪsɪti/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, orientation /ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/

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 cloth, grandparent, migrate.

¿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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