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I know our lives are so busy.
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We've got work, we've got family responsibilities and all the rest.
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But every time before you go grocery shopping,
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I want you to spend 10 minutes doing the Clark Method to save big money.
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We first interviewed Starla Bailey about food prices in 2022.
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She was living in an apartment with her son after selling her previous home and looking to downsize.
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The pandemic sidelined those plans.
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Since then, life overall has been really well.
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We've since moved.
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We've bought a new home.
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Bailey says she feels fortunate to be able to afford a home despite higher interest rates and home prices.
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However, one place she's had to be more flexible is at the checkout.
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Years ago, I could choose my grocery store that I absolutely loved and and take care of all of my needs there,
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but there's changes now.
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Those changes directly affect your wallet.
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
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since January of 2020, just before the pandemic,
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to January of 26, milk has gone up over 26%,
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bread 36%, and chicken is up almost 45%.
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I'm searching in the circulars for the items that are buy one, get one free.
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I love supermarket circulars.
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Using those flyers can help you save before stepping out the door by using a reverse shopping list.
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Find the items on sale and plan your meals around the discounts.
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And if you don't have the paper copies,
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the Flip app has them all in one place.
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Another key to saving at the store?
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I'm definitely switching to items that are not necessarily the big name brands.
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That has been able to save us some money.
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When you compare the store brand versus the name brand,
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the savings can be huge.
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Walmart store brand whole milk was listed at $2.76 a gallon.
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Name brand, $4.57.
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Store brand bread, $1.42 a loaf.
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Name brand, $2.47 and chicken store brand $2.57 a pound while the brand was $3.42 a pound.
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That's $6 of savings if you shop for the store brand on just three items.
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It's more about what it is that is on sale and what benefits us financially.
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And where you shop can make a huge difference.
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Using Walmart as a baseline,
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Consumer Reports found that your typical grocery store can cost you a little under 10 or more than 10% more on average.
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And shopping at the warehouse clubs,
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get this, can save you over 20% more on average.
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Just make sure to check the expiration dates on anything you buy in bulk,
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giving you plenty of time to use it.
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I've seen our grocery bill almost cut in half.
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It definitely helps to feed that money back into your budget
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and to be able to really see where your efforts are paying off.
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All righty.
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Groceries can be so expensive.
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Life is so expensive right now.
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The more you can think through every bit of spending you do,
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the more money you'll keep in your wallet.
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It becomes a habit.
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Try to make it one in your life.
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I'm Clark Howard.
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Thank you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Good Grocery Shopping Habits”. Las palabras que más se repiten: brand, store, grocery, items, save. Este vídeo tiene 55 frases y 504 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:34. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 141 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % 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 14 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
circular adjetivo/ˈsɜɹ.kjə.ləɹ/circular
wallet sustantivo/ˈwɑl.ət/cartera, billetera
downsize verbo/ˈdaʊnsaɪz/hacer recortes de personal, hacer recortes de plantilla
expiration sustantivo/ˌɛk.spɚˈeɪ̯.ʃən/espiración
checkout sustantivo/ˈt͡ʃɛkˌaʊt/caja
groceries sustantivo/ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/comestibles, abarrotes
baseline sustantivo/ˈbeɪslaɪn/línea basal
gallon sustantivo/ˈɡælən/galón
supermarket sustantivo/ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/supermercado
fortunate adjetivo/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/afortunado, propicio
financially adverbiofinancieramente
warehouse sustantivo/ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/almacén, depósito
flexible adjetivo/ˈflɛk.sɪ.bəl/flexible, doblegable
bulk sustantivo/bʌlk/masa

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
pay off verbovaler la pena, salir a cuenta
think through verbocavilar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 10 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we've, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: expiration /ˌɛk.spɚˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: downsize /ˈdaʊnsaɪz/, groceries /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/

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 circular, wallet, downsize.

¿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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