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Here's why we need Wii U.
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Anyone can be like a superhero.
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Silly rabbit, tricks are for kids.
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Hi, I'm Brett.
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Kids spend a lot of time on screens these days.
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And where there are screens, there are ads.
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And lots of them.
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In this video, you're going to learn how advertising rewires kids' brains.
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Carl Sagan once said that the visions we offer our children shape the future.
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But these days we're not treating kids like shapers of the future, we're treating them like shoppers of the future.
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How?
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By serving up ads everywhere.
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On TV, with product placements and the shows they watch, in apps and even in video games.
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But kids don't always understand that advertising isn't designed to shape them into healthy, happy adults.
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It's designed to sell them more stuff.
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Some marketers even intentionally take advantage of young people's insecurities
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and their desire to fit in and that's all
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because advertisers care about what's best for their bottom line not what's best for kids
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so what do children learn from this constant stream of advertising kids learn
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that buying more stuff leads to more happiness in short the more ads kids see the more materialistic they become
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that means that they're more likely to say they want to be rich
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and famous when they grow up and that having lots of money is important to learn more I talked to this guy.
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Josh from Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood explained some of the consequences of these materialistic values.
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Research shows that kids who are more materialistic report lower levels of happiness
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and that's not surprising given that materialism teaches us that stuff is what's important.
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In fact it's actually our relationships and our life satisfaction that makes us happy.
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These materialistic kids also have lower academic performance and it may be
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because they're more concerned with appearing successful than actually learning new skills
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and ideas and when it comes to sharing
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and caring well they don't care about that either
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when asked what they would do with the money
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if they won the lottery kids who were more materialistic are less likely to say they would use
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that money to help others oh yeah they're less likely to care about the environment too the research shows
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that materialistic kids are less likely to recycle or turn off the lights
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when they leave a room but advertising doesn't just affect kids brains it's harming their bodies too.
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About 98 % of televised food ads that kids see are for unhealthy foods like soda, candy, and fast food.
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Studies have shown the more ads for unhealthy food that kids see, the more of this unhealthy food that they eat, raising their risk for obesity, diabetes, and other health complications.
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Black and Hispanic kids and teens are exposed to twice as much junk food marketing as their white peers.
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So yeah, advertising is really bad for children and for society at large.
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But here's the good news.
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People know that advertising to children is a problem.
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In one poll in 2014, 57 % of respondents supported banning all advertising to children.
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You can be part of the solution too.
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Let's help kids understand what commercials and marketing are all about and teach them that more stuff doesn't bring more happiness.
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Just as kids learn negative lessons from advertising, they can unlearn it too.
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And that starts by asking questions.
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If you watch media with your children, that gives you the opportunity to have conversations when the advertisements come on.
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You can ask your children, what is the ad trying to do?
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Who made it?
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But it's also important to reduce children's screen time.
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Not only will that improve their academic performance, help with their relationships, and make them more physically healthy, but it will also reduce their exposure to advertising,
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which is trying to convince them of the big lie, that stuff will make them happy.
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Groups like the Campaign for a Commercial Free Childhood can help.
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So the Campaign for Commercial -Free Childhood has all sorts of resources to help parents
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and caregivers reduce the amount of time that children spend with ad -supported screens.
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And finally, we advocate for policies that would protect children from marketing, because if we want less materialistic kids, it's important that we change the rules of society so
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that all kids have a chance to grow up and be citizens first and consumers later.
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Thank you.

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El escenario: publicidad y niños, un tema que impacta

En el video, se explora cómo la publicidad moldea el cerebro de los niños, exponiendo su influencia en la materialidad, la salud y las relaciones. Este contexto real nos permite practicar el inglés de forma significativa, ya que combina vocabulario cotidiano con temas actuales. ¿Listo para aprender mientras reflexionas? ¡Vamos!

Trozos útiles y colocaciones para memorizar

  • "Rewires kids' brains": "Reestructura el cerebro de los niños". Una frase poderosa para hablar de impactos profundos.
  • "Bottom line": "Línea de fondo" (intereses económicos). Clave en contextos empresariales o publicitarios.
  • "Materialistic values": "Valores materialistas". Esencial para discutir sobre consumo y felicidad.
  • "Junk food marketing": "Mercadotecnia de comida basura". Ideal para temas de salud y publicidad dirigida a niños.
  • "Advocate for policies": "Abogar por políticas". Útil para hablar de acciones sociales y cambio.

Tu reto de shadowing: practica ahora mismo

La técnica de shadowing es perfecta para mejorar tu pronunciación y fluidez. Aquí está tu tarea: elige un fragmento del video (por ejemplo, la parte donde se habla de "materialistic kids") y repítelo en voz alta, imitando la entonación y el ritmo. Pausa, reproduce y sigue el flujo. Usa un sitio de shadowing o simplemente el video: lo importante es shadow speech, es decir, "hablar a la sombra" del hablante. Con 5 minutos diarios, notarás cómo tu inglés suena más natural. ¡Recuerda: shadowspeaks, la práctica constante es la clave! Aprende inglés con videos y transforma tu forma de hablar. ¿Listo para empezar? ¡Hazlo ahora!

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceisn't designed · are exposed
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosakids who are · kids who were

¿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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