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Hey, are you about to give up right now?
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So you have decided to stop playing video games, you have decided to stop procrastinating and Focus on your work and craft.
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So And right now, if you are thinking that I cannot handle the pressure, I cannot do this anymore.
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I want to quit.
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then I want to tell you something.
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I want to quit myself because I've been stopped playing video games and quitting social media for 7 days now.
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And sometimes I find it really difficult
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Sometimes I just want to go back to my old self to just
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I just want to watch YouTube videos and play video games all day because it feels really good.
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And why do I have to do all this hard work?
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But You got to know what you want.
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You want to know what you want in life.
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You can either.
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fulfill your pleasure today.
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for a Docker tomorrow.
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or you can sacrifice today pleasure for a better and brighter and more secure tomorrow,
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and If you decided to choose the latter, Do you believe that You have the power to do it.
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to make it come true.
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So because Diamonds.
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were made in the pressure.
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and without pressure, You're not the diamond.
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You're not the person that you wanted to be.
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and You know, this might sound really cliche and, you know, I just look like I'm trying to be fancy, but
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I've been through this a lot of times and
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it's really difficult to take action first because You heard all of this and maybe you are motivated to you know,
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keep trying, but I have a little note for you.
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Don.
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Don't punish yourself too hard when you fail or when you are not doing great because
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Failing 10 actually be really really useful because it shows what you are missing it shows your mistake and
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from that mistake and imperfections, you can improve yourself and you know, learn from your mistake, like You know,
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like we used to say, and For those of you who are watching this on the other side of the screen,
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I this Wish you the best and please.
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don't give up.
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I want you to success, man.
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I've been doing this for a long time and I'm not gonna let it all go into waste by
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a few instant qualifications that are not going to do anything to my life.
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And if you are thinking the same, then congrats.
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Congrats.
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You have the same.
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We had the same path and I just want to say that I'm proud of you.
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I'm actually proud of you because you have actually taken action and
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And you realize that it's not It's not going to help you.
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And that's why you take action in the first layer.
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first place and that's why I'm so proud of you.
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And You know?
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We all face difficulties, but It's up to ourselves to choose how to deal with that difficulty how to deal with challenges.
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Are you either going to be humbled by it, or you're going to get through it.
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Oh no, I don't want to use that word. Do you?
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Are you gonna...
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give a before you reach your goal.
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Are you going to prevail and Snatch .go.
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And live a life without regrets.
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I don't know what I'm saying right now.
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So yeah, I'll add it to you guys to think for yourself.
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Yeah, have a good day, guys.
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See you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “hey, are you about to give up?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: mistake, proud, pressure, decided, action. Este vídeo tiene 56 frases y 584 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:13. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 138 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 90 % 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:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
congratulations/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/felicidades, enhorabuena
difficulty sustantivo/ˈdɪfɪkəlti/dificultad
diamond sustantivo/ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/diamante, gema
layer sustantivo/ˈleɪ̯ɚ/capa, tongada
regret verbo/ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/lamentar, arrepentirse [de]
fancy sustantivo/ˈfæn.si/fantasía, magín
instant sustantivo/ˈɪnstənt/instante
sacrifice sustantivo/ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/sacrificio
humble adjetivo/ˈhʌmbəl/modesto, humilde
punish verbo/ˈpʌnɪʃ/castigar, punir
qualification sustantivo/ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/expertización
fulfill verbo/fʊlˈfɪl/cumplir
motivate verbo/ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/motivar
prevail verbo/pɹɪˈveɪl/prevalecer, vencer
cliché sustantivo/kliˈʃeɪ/cliché, clisé

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
give up verborendirse, entregar
get through verbo/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/aguantar, salir adelante

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Hey, are you about to give up right now?
  • You're not the person that you wanted to be.
  • I don't know what I'm saying right now.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahave decided · I've been stopped · I've been
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceI've been stopped · were made · be humbled
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingstop playing · stopped playing · keep trying
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare thinking · I'm trying · are not doing

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 19 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, cliché /kliˈʃeɪ/, imperfection /ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, imperfection /ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: motivate /ˈmoʊ.tɪ.veɪt/, prevail /pɹɪˈveɪl/

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 congratulations, difficulty, diamond.

¿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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