Shadowing Practice: Harvey Specter Interviews Mike Ross | Suits - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hi, uh, Rick Sorkin.
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Harvey Specter, nice to meet you.
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I wish I had a seat here.
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Whoa!
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What's this?
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How the hell did you know they were the police?
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I read this novel in elementary school.
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Um, cops are staking out a hotel.
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One of them dresses as a bellhop, the other is a man in a suit.
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And it was the exact same thing.
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You read a novel in elementary school?
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What?
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I like to read.
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And why'd you ask them what time it was?
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Throw them off.
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I mean, what kind of drug dealer asks a cop what time it is
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when he's got a briefcase full of pot, right?
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We should hire you.
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Jesus, I'd give you the 25 grand as a signing bonus.
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I'll take it.
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Unfortunately, we only hire from Harvard, and you not only did not go to Harvard Law School, you haven't even gone to any law school.
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What if I told you that I consume knowledge like no one you've ever met, and I've actually passed the bar.
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I'd say you're full of crap.
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That's a Barbary legal handbook right there, right?
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Open it up.
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Read me something.
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Anything.
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Civil liability associated with agency is based on several factors, including the...
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...the deviation of the agent from his path, the reasonable inference of agency on behalf of the plaintiff, and the nature of the damages themselves.
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How did you know that?
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I learned it when I studied for the bar.
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Okay, hot shot.
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Fire up this laptop.
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I'm gonna show you what a Harvard attorney can do.
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Pick a topic.
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Stock option backdating.
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Although backdating options is legal, violations arise related to disclosures under IRC section 409A.
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You forgot about Sarbanes-Oxley.
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The statute of limitations renders Sarbanes-Oxley moot post-2007.
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Well, not if you can find actions to cover up the violation as established in the Sixth Circuit, May 2008.
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It's impressive, but you're sitting at a computer.
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Playing hearts.
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Sorry, if you want to beat me, you're gonna have to do it at something else.
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How can you know all that?
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I told you, I like to read.
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And once I read something, I understand it.
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And once I understand it, I never forget it.
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Why take the bar?
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This dickhead bet me I couldn't pass it without going to law school.
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Okay, look, this is all pretty fascinating stuff, but I'm afraid I gotta get back to work.
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I'll make sure that Serpico isn't around waiting for you.
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You want this job so much, why don't you just go to law school?
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When I was in college, it was my dream to be a lawyer.
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I needed some money, and Trevor convinced me to memorize this math test and sell it.
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Turns out we sold it to the dean's daughter.
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I lost my scholarship, I got kicked out of school, I...
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I got knocked into a different life.
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And I have been wishing for a way back ever since.
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Let me tell you something.
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This isn't elementary school.
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This is hard work.
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Long hours.
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High pressure.
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I need a grown goddamn man.
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You give me this, and I will work as hard as it takes to school those Harvard douches
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and become the best lawyer you have ever seen.
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I'm inclined to give you a shot, but what if I decide to go another way?
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I'd say that's fair.
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And sometimes I like to hang out with people who aren't that bright, you know, just to see how the other half lives.
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Move over.
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I'm e-mailing the firm I just found our next associate.
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All right.
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You're gonna start a week from Monday.
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Here's what you're gonna do.
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First, no more pot.
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We drug test.
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Stop smoking now, you'll be fine.
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I assume that's all the drugs you do.
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How do you know that?
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You read books, I read people.
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Hotheads smoke pot.
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That's what they do.
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That's not all I do.
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I have interest.
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You're Albert friggin' Einstein, and you couldn't manage to get into law school.
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You think that's not from smoking weed?
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That's another thing.
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You're never gonna talk to Trevor again.
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You're gonna diss that briefcase, and you're gonna get on a plane to Harvard, and you're gonna learn everything there is about going to law school there.
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Did you buy that suit?
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Yeah, let's buy some new ones.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Harvey Specter Interviews Mike Ross”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Harvard, elementary, pot, drug, bar. Este vídeo tiene 91 frases y 734 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:48. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 153 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 78 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente. 15 de sus 91 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
briefcase sustantivo/ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪs/maletín
violation sustantivo/ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/violación, vulneración
deviation sustantivo/ˌdiː.viˈeɪʃən/desviación
douche sustantivo/duːʃ/jeringa
fascinate verbo/ˈfæsɪneɪt/fascinar
inference sustantivo/ˈɪn.fə.ɹəns/inferencia, ilación
memorize verbo/ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/memorizar
limitation sustantivo/lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/limitación
render verbo/ˈɹɛn.dɚ/volver, dejar
whoa/woʊ/so, cho
statute sustantivo/ˈstæt͡ʃuːt/estatuto
handbook sustantivo/ˈhændˌbʊk/prontuario, enquiridión
inclined adjetivo/ɪnˈklaɪnd/inclinado
consume verbo/kənˈsum/consumir
arise verbo/əˈɹaɪz/surgir, provenir

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
cover up verboencubrir, cohonestar
get back to verboresponder / contestar (en un rato), volver / tornar a contactar
turn out verboresultar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • You read a novel in elementary school?
  • How did you know that?
  • How can you know all that?
  • How do you know that?
  • You think that's not from smoking weed?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 39 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, gonna, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: violation /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, deviation /ˌdiː.viˈeɪʃən/, douche /duːʃ/, limitation /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/, disclosure /dɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: violation /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, deviation /ˌdiː.viˈeɪʃən/, limitation /lɪmɪˈteɪʃən/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, liability /laɪəˈbɪlɪti/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: statute /ˈstæt͡ʃuːt/, stake /steɪk/, scholarship /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: violation /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, deviation /ˌdiː.viˈeɪʃən/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: memorize /ˈmɛm.əˌɹaɪ̯z/, arise /əˈɹaɪz/

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 briefcase, violation, deviation.

¿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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