Shadowing Practice: Her Teacher Gave Her An F For Being Right 💀 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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My daughter came home crying with an F because her teacher doesn't know what color blood is.
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The first time I realized something was wrong, Riley came home from school holding out her arm.
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Look dad, you can see the blue blood in my veins right here.
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She traced the blue lines under her skin with her finger.
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I put down my coffee and looked at her.
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Actually sweetheart, that's not true.
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Blood is always red because of hemoglobin.
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It's just darker red in your veins.
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Her face scrunched up.
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But Mrs. Miller showed us a whole PowerPoint about it.
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She even had diagrams from a science book.
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The next morning, I packed my work scrubs in my bag.
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was working the afternoon shift anyway.
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I sent Mrs. Miller an email asking if I could do a quick presentation about blood for career day that afternoon.
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She loved the idea.
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When I arrived, Mrs. Miller introduced me as Riley's dad who works at the hospital.
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28 kids stared up at me from their desks.
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I heard you guys learned that blood is blue inside your body, I said.
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The entire class nodded enthusiastically.
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Mrs. Miller beamed from her desk in the corner.
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I pulled out a blood collection tube from my pocket and held it up.
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This is what we use to draw blood at the hospital.
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Notice something.
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The tube creates a vacuum.
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No oxygen inside at all.
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I paused.
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Draw blood with these.
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It never touches oxygen until we pop the cap off.
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I showed them photos on my phone of sealed blood tubes.
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See?
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Still red.
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Mrs. Miller's smile started fading.
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She shifted in her chair and cleared her throat.
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A boy raised his hand and pointed to their science textbook.
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But our textbook says it's blue.
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I picked up the book and checked the publication date.
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1998. Medicine updates pretty fast.
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We used to think lots of things that turned out to be wrong.
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Mrs. Miller suddenly stood up from her desk, her hands gripping the edge.
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Well, thank you for that interesting presentation, Mr. Johnson.
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But we need to move on to math now.
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I nodded and started packing, when a girl in the back raised her hand.
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"So our textbook is wrong?" The class erupted in whispers.
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Mrs. Miller's jaw clenched and her voice got tight.
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"The curriculum says, 'Actually,'" I interrupted, pulling up the state science standards on my phone.
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I walked over and turned my phone toward her.
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"The current curriculum specifically mentions this myth as something to correct." She stared at the screen and her eyes narrowed.
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Her mouth pressed into a thin line and her nostrils flared.
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"Can I speak with you in the hallway?" The kids watched as we walked out and the door closed behind us.
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"Do you authority.
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Her face was red and her voice was sharp.
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Now they'll question everything I say.
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I kept my voice calm.
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Isn't that exactly what we want them to do?
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Question things and learn critical thinking?
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She crossed her arms tightly.
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I've been teaching for 22 years.
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I'm not changing my whole curriculum because some nurse thinks he knows better than our textbooks.
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The next day, I found out Mrs. Miller gave the class a pop quiz.
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Riley came home crying, her face red and puffy.
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Her hands were shaking as she handed me a paper with a big red F on it.
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I took a deep breath and felt my jaw tighten as I looked at the question.
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What color is blood inside the body?
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Riley had and Mrs. Miller had marked it wrong.
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I requested a meeting with Principal Davis and brought printouts of medical textbooks, the state science standards, and Riley's quiz.
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The principal called in Mrs. Miller and asked her directly, is blood blue inside the body?
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After a long pause, Mrs. Miller said, it's what the children understand better.
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I leaned forward in my chair.
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My daughter is crying every morning before school because she's afraid of getting Fs for writing down the truth.
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The next day, the school replaced their science books.
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Now whenever Riley learns something new at school, she comes home and asks me, dad, is this actually true or is it just a Mrs. Miller truth?
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 71 frases y 712 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:00. El hablante habla rápido, unas 237 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

  • textbook /ˈtɛkst.bʊk/ (sustantivo) — manual, libro escolar. A coursebook, a formal manual of instruction in a specific subject, especially one for use in schools or colleges.
  • desk /dɛsk/ (sustantivo) — escritorio, pupitre. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a…
  • tube /tuːb/ (sustantivo) — tubo, chisguete. Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
  • curriculum /kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm/ (sustantivo) — currículo. The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.
  • presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/ (sustantivo) — presentación, exposición. The act of presenting, or something presented.
  • oxygen /ˈɑksɪd͡ʒən/ (sustantivo) — oxígeno. The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. Sometimes called elemental…
  • pause /pɔːz/ (sustantivo) — pausa. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
  • stare /stɛɚ/ (verbo) — mirar fijamente, quedarse mirando. To look fixedly (at something).
  • quiz /kwɪz/ (sustantivo) — prueba, cuestionario. A competition in the answering of questions.
  • vein /veɪn/ (sustantivo) — vena. A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart.
  • nod /nɑd/ (verbo) — asentir con la cabeza, cabecear. To incline the head up and down, as to indicate agreement.
  • finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (sustantivo) — dedo, alambres. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
  • pocket /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ (sustantivo) — bolsillo, bolsa. A bag stitched to an item of clothing, used for carrying small items.
  • sharp /ʃɑɹp/ (adjetivo) — agudo, afilado. Terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut or pierce easily; not dull, obtuse, or rounded.
  • publication /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ (sustantivo) — publicación. The act of publishing printed or other matter.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.
  • find out (verbo) — averiguar, anoticiarse. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
  • hold out (verbo) — extender. To hold (something) out; to extend (something) forward.
  • pick up (verbo) — coger, asir. To lift; to grasp and raise.
  • pull out (verbo) — retirarse. To withdraw; especially of military forces; to retreat.
  • put down (verbo) — menospreciar. To insult, belittle, or demean.
  • write down (verbo) — apuntar, anotar. To produce or set (something) down in writing; to record something.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 5 contracciones y formas reducidas, como doesn't, I'm, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: thin /ˈθɪn/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, breathe /bɹiːð/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, myth /mɪθ/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: presentation /ˌpɹɛzn̩ˈteɪʃn̩/, sharp /ʃɑɹp/, publication /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: curriculum /kəˈɹɪk.jə.ləm/, publication /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, hemoglobin /ˌhimoʊˈɡloʊbɪn/

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 textbook, desk, tube.

¿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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