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Citizen.
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She is proud to be a citizen of New York.
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Experience.
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Mountain climbing is a great experience.
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Belong.
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The red apple does not belong.
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Evolve.
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The picture shows how humans evolved.
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Reproduce.
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Sheep reproduce often.
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Rise.
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The number of blocks is rising.
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Populate.
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People populated the city quickly.
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Culture.
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His clothes are part of his culture.
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Upright.
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The woman is standing upright.
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Society.
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Their society has many different people.
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Generally.
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Basketball players are generally tall.
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Famine.
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During the famine, everybody is always hungry.
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Curious.
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The boy is curious about something.
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Flee.
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The men are fleeing from a bull.
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Descend.
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That watch has descended from my great -grandfather.
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Home away from home.
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A home Home is not just the house or apartment you live in, it is the place where you belong.
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Home is not always where you are born, either.
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Every day, people travel across the world and make new homes in new places.
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Humankind has been traveling like this for thousands of years.
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In fact, many scientists believe our original home was in Africa and that humankind descended from a small group of ancient travelers.
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Long before modern humans, there were other kinds of animals that were much like people.
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These weren't monkeys or apes, but rather animals that walked upright and used tools.
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These creatures evolved into modern humans about 200 ,000 years ago.
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A small group of modern humans, maybe only around 150 of them, left Africa about 70 ,000 years ago.
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Over the next 50 ,000 years, they populated the rest of the world.
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South Asia, 50 ,000 years ago.
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Australia, 40 ,000 years ago.
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Europe, Korea, and Japan, 30 ,000 years ago, and then lastly, North America, either 30 or 15 ,000 years ago.
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These early humans traveled from place to place looking for food and shelter.
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Now, most cultures make a single place their home.
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They live, eat, and reproduce there, creating their own society.
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These societies generally stay put, but with the rise of modern transportation, humans are on the move again.
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Like ancient humans, modern humans travel to find food and shelter, but also for many other reasons.
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Some flee from wars and famine, others travel because their homes have been destroyed,
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and a number of travelers are just curious and looking for new experiences.
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Whatever your reasons for traveling, remember that we are all citizens of the world.
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The world is our home, and we are all here together.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Home Away from Home”. Las palabras que más se repiten: humans, modern, famine, reproduce, upright. Este vídeo tiene 53 frases y 393 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:44. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 144 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

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
curious adjetivo/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/curioso, tener curiosidad
citizen sustantivo/ˈsɪtɪzən/ciudadano, ciudadana
belong verbo/bɪˈlɒŋ/pertenecer [with en or a]
flee verbo/ˈfliː/huir, huirse
evolve verbo/ɪˈvɑlv/desarrollar
upright adjetivo/ˈʌpɹaɪt/vertical, recto
reproduce verbo/ˌɹi.pɹəˈdus/reproducir
famine sustantivo/ˈfæm.ɪn/hambruna, hambre
descend verbo/dəˈsɛnd/descender
shelter sustantivo/ˈʃɛltə/abrigo, amparo
hungry adjetivo/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/hambriento, tener hambre
grandfather sustantivo/ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/abuelo
climb verbo/ˈklaɪ̯m/escalar, subir
scientist sustantivo/ˈsaɪəntəst/científico, científica
sheep sustantivo/ˈʃiːp/pusilánime, papanatas

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 ahorahas descended · have been destroyed
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceare born · have been destroyed

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

  • Los sonidos de “th”: grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/, cloth /klɒθ/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, sheep /ˈʃiːp/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hungry /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/, humankind /ˌhjuːmənˈkaɪnd/

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 curious, citizen, belong.

¿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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