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Fun, beautiful and with beautiful women.
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And a great bravo to your colleagues and comrades from Prisma Media.
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AI!
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For me, I think it's dangerous.
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Welcome to the most innovative country in the world, the European Union.
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America gave the world the iPhone, but we developed its cookie banner.
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Everyone knows our legendary innovations.
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The printing press, the steam engine.
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And we are confident there will be a third.
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Just look at our most valuable tech company.
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Procurement software company SAP.
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Everyone in the DAX100 loves SAP.
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What Europe really shines with is the vast amount of talent that we train before we give them to California.
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California.
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But in Europe we don't chase unicorn status always.
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We have something better.
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Bye-bye!
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67 vacation days.
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We are going to conquer the American market soon.
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But this year has 23 national holidays in June, so we shifted it to last year.
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Nokia was the past.
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Skype was was the present.
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Spotify was the future.
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Today I will give you a tour of an overlooked but high potential and GDPR protected ecosystem.
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The European tech scene.
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This is our biggest data center.
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Old Nokia headquarters, Europe's biggest chip factory.
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This is the vehicle of the future.
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The 24-hour cash ATM.
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Every morning after I wake up I send out my GDPR notices.
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We just raised 4.7 thousand euros in our series A.
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Our lead investor is a regional fund.
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The other portfolio is a vineyard.
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I commute exclusively by bike with a GDPR compliant app, which doesn't work on Tuesdays to offset data center emissions.
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This is a powerworking space.
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It's bring your own marcher, bring your own cat.
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Bring your own dog is not allowed because of building regulations.
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All of our employees get three hours of lunch break.
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We like to go to tech conferences to see what technology the US is building.
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And then we ban the technology immediately.
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If you try to compete with us, we will report this as EU illegal content.
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Me and my co-founder, who's on 36 months of fraternity leave, we have already achieved all ISO certificates.
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Our national pastime, fighting for labor loss.
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The Americans don't even have a word for entrepreneur.
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We have access to frontier technologies, 5KB transformer models that fit on 3 floppy disks.
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Our 3G towers are the best ones in the world, so get your air conditioners ready.
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In six to eight months, once the grand committee responds.
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Quick espresso break.
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Three works about Paris.
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Fun, beautiful and with beautiful women.
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Fashion and cool and beautiful people.
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Spontaneous, community, cool.
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I think it's really cool.
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Three words about the EU.
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The chance to, you know, freedom.
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We can move and work everywhere.
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You know, I'm from Spain, I live in the UK, now I live in the Netherlands.
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It's inclusion, it's melting pot, it's culture.
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Safety, community, this is not a word, but like a feeling of belonging somewhere.
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Finally, three words about AI.
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AI?
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AI.
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Try GPT, GPT.
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This is the trend now, but it's gonna be over soon because humans wanna be together and they wanna work.
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Dumb question, dumb question.
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For me, I think it's dangerous for me.
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It's very dangerous.
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If you wrong utilization, call me.
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Have you used AI before?
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No. Maybe one day.
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You're in a certain position?
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Yes.
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It won't go!
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Like, I don't know man.
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Honestly, I'm a little bit drunk.
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I don't like the that much.
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AI, ehm...
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It's also a debate, a question about the right remuneration of the work of journalists
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because their production will be found in the data sources of artificial intelligence.
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Mmm.
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Ehm.
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Then, after my 2pm swim party, I went to Europe's biggest tech conference,
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where I met various unregulated robots and handed them an up-to-date booklet about data privacy laws.
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I also exchanged business cards with lots of rising talent and then signed mutual GDPR forms to use those contacts.
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The European Union Innovation Council was of course still on summer vacation and not present on the fourth day, meant to target young adults and students.
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So I stepped in and educated the people.
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Do you have a form, anybody?
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Do you have a template?
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Do you have a template?
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Ah, no. I don't know.
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I don't know.
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Well, I'm going to leave a companionship, but I start at level one.
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OK, well, what is the funding that we're talking about?
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I don't remember now.
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I would say it's working, but I need to test it in the area.
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The platform, the company, that have organization to check the compliance related to AI Act.
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I understand, right?
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Waiting for a business angel, a companionship accelerator, anything.
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Well, I met one VC in the US, in Colorado, then VC'd into startups in one year, 13 billion US dollars.
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That's the total of what was invested in Europe in one year.
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As I was walking down the streets, I was finally able to sit down with the real European founder, who was working hard at 4pm at a nearby cafe.
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I'm Emmanuel Doucet, and I'm the CEO of DatFlow.
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And we're building a product for our ATP, for the Parisian Metro Network.
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How much did you guys raise?
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Nothing.
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So you actually are profitable?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Barely, but we're profitable.
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We worked for a full year undercover.
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And eventually someone took an interest and we signed a contract and
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two co-founders also are researchers originally we worked in the automotive industry for driverless
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a business teacher i had who said the the european founders are like ducks
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so above the surface they are all quiet and calm and under the surface They're peddling like crazy to deliver actual value.
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Yeah, we have great engineers and a lot of them are going abroad.
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A lot of them are going to the US and building companies there.
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And you can get funding without an actual product.
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So you can grow quicker and test quicker and break things quicker and fail quicker.
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Though I think the culture is starting to change a bit, but it's slow and it's...
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How many pages did you have to fill out before you could register your company?
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I know that's usually something people complain about.
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As for me, I mean in an hour it was done.
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So we had a great platform which did everything for us.
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Great!
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Keep it up.
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Don't die like the other European companies.
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We're trying our best.
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Yeah, and I believe bureaucracy somehow is a shield as well.
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Once you've cracked it, man, that's a big shield around you, because cracking it is tough,
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so that's a real barrier protecting you once you've done it.
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Okay, you can let go of my head now.
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I'm sorry.
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He explained to me that EU founders do not seem like the most hardworking kind only on the surface.
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They do not have time to scream about their grind on Twitter, as they are busy delivering real value in an environment without unlimited monopoly money.
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I mean VC funding.
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His real job is of course the musician.
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So learn how you too can receive the 500 euro grant for registering your AI startup.
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While it is still legal, see you back in mid-September.
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If OpenAI offered you 400k base salary and some stock, would you go over it?
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No. No. What about 500k?
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Maybe.
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Everyone has a price.
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That's true.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “How Americans see EU Tech”. Las palabras que más se repiten: european, founder, beautiful. Este vídeo tiene 142 frases y 1239 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:59. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 124 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| companionship sustantivo | /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/ | compañerismo, acompañamiento |
| template sustantivo | /ˈtɛm.plɪt/ | plantilla |
| startup sustantivo | /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/ | arranque |
| profitable adjetivo | /ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/ | rentable, provechoso |
| accelerator sustantivo | /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/ | acelerador, accelerador |
| compliant adjetivo | /kəmˈplaɪənt/ | cumplidor, cumpliente |
| conditioner sustantivo | /kənˈdɪʃənə/ | acondicionador, condicionador |
| espresso sustantivo | /ɛˈspɹɛsoʊ/ | espresso, expreso |
| floppy sustantivo | /ˈflɒ.pi/ | disquete |
| hardworking adjetivo | /ˈhɑːɹdˌwɜːɹ.kɪŋ/ | trabajador, esforzado |
| pastime sustantivo | /ˈpæs.taɪm/ | pasatiempo |
| remuneration sustantivo | /ɹɪˌmjuː.nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | remuneración, contraprestación |
| transformer sustantivo | /tɹænsˈfoɹməɹ/ | transformador, transformadora |
| unregulated adjetivo | alegal, no reglamentado | |
| overlook verbo | /ˈoʊ.vɚˌlʊk/ | pasar por alto, pasársele de alto |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| fill out verbo | /fɪl ˈaʊt/ | rellenar, cumplimentar |
| go over verbo | sentar, pasar | |
| send out verbo | emitir | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- For me, I think it's dangerous.
- You're in a certain position?
- Do you have a form, anybody?
- Do you have a template?
- How much did you guys raise?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have already achieved · Have you used · you've cracked |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is not allowed · will be found · was invested |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 28 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: companionship /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/, remuneration /ɹɪˌmjuː.nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, emission /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/, musician /mjuˈzɪʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: companionship /kəmˈpænjənʃɪp/, accelerator /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/, remuneration /ɹɪˌmjuː.nəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, bureaucracy /bjʊˈɹɑ.kɹə.si/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: startup /ˈstɑɹtˌʌp/, skype /skaɪp/, spontaneous /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/, scream /skɹiːm/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: overlook /ˈoʊ.vɚˌlʊk/, vineyard /ˈvɪn.jɚd/, undercover /ˌʌndə(ɹ)ˈkʌvə(ɹ)/, bravo /ˈbɹɑvoʊ/, automotive /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como companionship, template, startup.
¿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.