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Many things in life come in threes.
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Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Scissors, paper, rock.
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Beginning, middle, and end.
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- Voila!
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Recently, I realized something else might also come in threes.
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- Got any hobbies?
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What do you answer when you get asked that?
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See, when you're a kid, the answer comes easily.
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And as you grow older, those hobbies change.
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Until eventually...
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we find something that feels a little different.
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Something that doesn't just fill your time, but starts to shape who you are.
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For me, that was making videos.
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I even wanted to go to film school.
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For years, if anyone asked me that question, it was the first thing I'd say.
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But now, Got any hobbies?
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I don't mention it anymore.
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And as you make new friends, colleagues, people you meet along the way,
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the only person who remembers that version of you is you.
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I think at any given time, a person can only nurture three aspects of their life at once.
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Career often takes up one of those spots.
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Kids would be a huge one.
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And if you try to fit more than that, you'll burn out.
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or something will become neglected.
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How was work?
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What?
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Yeah.
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- Uh, chill.
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We had team lunch.
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- Oh yeah.
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- You know everyone is calling me the car guy now.
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- Car guy?
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Why?
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I think it's because when I talk about you it's like we went for a drive
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or you did something to your car.
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Interesting.
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Oh, you know what my manager said today?
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What?
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I didn't know you were into that kind of stuff.
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I thought you were just a gym guy.
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I think it's reasonable.
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What do you think you are?
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since the start of the year.
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My habits drifted towards whatever fit neatly.
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inside my 9 -5.
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Thank you.
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So whatever caused the least friction, that's what I did.
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Maybe they're right.
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What do you think?
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you Thank you.
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It'd been months since I'd made a video.
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And it seemed like it'd be more months until the next one.
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- Car set in business.
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And once a version of you stops showing up long enough, people stop seeing it.
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Then, eventually, so do you.
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Hello, is this NRMA roadside assistance?
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I can't turn them off.
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The military began major combat operations in Iran.
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Yet another dangerous and deadly escalation.
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Some have jacked up prices prematurely.
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The Strait of Hormuz are now closed.
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There is not less supply.
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This is an issue.
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It has been an issue of increased demand.
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Diesel topping $3 a litre.
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Right now the only thing rising faster than the price of fuel across the city is anxiety and anger.
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The economic shocks caused by this war will be with us for months.
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At over $2 a litre, I started doing the math every time I filled up.
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Is this drive even worth it?
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one of my three things eventually stopped.
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Thank you.
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- Thank you.
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Okay.
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And one day...
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Thank you.
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there was space again.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Okay.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Got any hobbies?
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Yeah, actually.
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I make videos outside of work.
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Oh, nice.
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How often do you do that?
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Uh -oh.
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You know, I try and make time for it.
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Oh yeah.
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Obviously like...
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I think the only time I get is...
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Many things in life.
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come in threes.
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Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
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Scissors, paper, rock. And me.
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to my colleagues, I'm a car guy To some people, I'm the gym guy.
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To the friends who knew me earlier, I'm probably still the video guy.
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For a while, I thought one of those had to be the real one.
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And that if life pushed one part of me out of the equation, it meant that I had lost it.
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So if I presented myself as if I was still that version of me, it would be dishonest.
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Welcome home, Alex.
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The time is 9 :15 p .m.
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You have one overdue reminder.
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Finalized video script.
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Would you like me to mark as complete?
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But maybe that's not true.
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Even if every day feels the same as the last.
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One thing that's guaranteed is that life moves in seasons.
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And when one thing inevitably goes quiet, something else will return.
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Maybe life does come in threes.
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Who you were, who you became,
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and who patiently waits for you when the season changes.
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you you Thank you.
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you Ah!
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “"Got any hobbies?"”. Las palabras que más se repiten: hobbies, lunch, eventually, version. Este vídeo tiene 116 frases y 730 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:27. El hablante habla despacio, unas 86 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 87 % 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
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| hobby sustantivo | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | afición, hobby |
| scissors sustantivo | /ˈsɪzəz/ | tijeras |
| litter sustantivo | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | cama, lecho |
| colleague sustantivo | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | colega, compañero |
| escalation sustantivo | /ˌɛs.kəˈleɪ.ʃən/ | escalada, escalamiento |
| finalize verbo | /ˈfaɪ.nə.laɪz/ | finalizar |
| nurture sustantivo | /ˈnɜːɹ.t͡ʃəɹ/ | crianza, criación |
| overdue adjetivo | /ˌoʊ.vəɹˈdu/ | atrasado |
| patiently adverbio | /ˈpeɪʃəntli/ | pacientemente |
| prematurely adverbio | /ˌpɹiːməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/ | prematuramente |
| roadside sustantivo | /ˈɹoʊdsaɪd/ | arcén |
| dishonest adjetivo | /dɪˈsɑnɪst/ | embustero, mentiroso |
| friction sustantivo | /ˈfɹɪkʃən/ | fricción |
| neglect verbo | /nɪˈɡlɛkt/ | descuidar, negligir |
| inevitably adverbio | /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/ | inevitablemente, indefectiblemente |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| fill up verbo | llenar, repletar |
| show up verbo | comparecer, personarse |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- What do you answer when you get asked that?
- See, when you're a kid, the answer comes easily.
- What do you think you are?
- How often do you do that?
- Would you like me to mark as complete?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have jacked · has been |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | person who remembers · friends who knew |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, I'd, it'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: escalation /ˌɛs.kəˈleɪ.ʃən/, patiently /ˈpeɪʃəntli/, friction /ˈfɹɪkʃən/, equation /ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: escalation /ˌɛs.kəˈleɪ.ʃən/, prematurely /ˌpɹiːməˈtjʊə(ɹ)li/, inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: overdue /ˌoʊ.vəɹˈdu/, inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: scissors /ˈsɪzəz/, finalize /ˈfaɪ.nə.laɪz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como hobby, scissors, litter.
¿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.