Shadowing Practice: How Are Genetic Tests Changing Families? - Learn English Speaking with Video

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At home genetic tests can uncover connections you never knew existed.
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Revelations like these can upend families with upsetting findings or enrich them with incredible discoveries.
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That's what happened to Edric McNary of Chicago in 2017.
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So it's interesting, so I am adopted, and so it's always been a curiosity of mine for most of my adult life.
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I decided to try this Ancestry DNA kit to try to see if I could find my parents that way.
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And then about a month after we sent in the results, we got our information back.
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Genetic test companies start by reading the sequence of the three billion letters in your genetic code.
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All variations in the code serve as markers that make your genes unique.
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Algorithms identify those who share many of these markers, making them very likely to be close relatives.
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In McNary's case, the test revealed a life-altering surprise.
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It mentioned that there was someone else that had a very similar parent-child relationship genetically.
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And so I reached out and was like, hey, I'm looking for a mother.
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Did you live in Indiana?
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Like, you know, in the 70s, you know, and actually the response I got back was actually, this is, um, this is for my daughter.
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I'm actually looking for her father.
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Well, obviously, I think the first thing was just like, there's no way.
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You know, it's just kind of like how, I mean, obviously we know how that's possible.
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And, you know, if I had awareness of that, I would have, you know, done the right thing by, you know, taking care of the mother and getting married and all that fun stuff.
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So after some conversation, we kind of realized that she absolutely is my daughter.
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Spitting image.
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You cannot deny it.
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It turned out that 17 years before, when McNary's daughter was conceived, her mother couldn't reach him.
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When I first moved to Chicago, I had aspirations to be in the entertainment industry.
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That being said, I was broke a lot.
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So my cell phone was shut off a lot.
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And so, you know, her mother and I were, you know, we had gone out and dated a little bit in our own separate ways.
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We actually went to Michigan to meet with them.
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My oldest daughter now, they're like peas in a pod.
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They text each other, they talk to each other.
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She comes and visits all the time.
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She'll be here next week.
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We get along great.
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She's my homie.
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She really is.
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When she comes into town, we go for a pool.
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She has been wanting to find her dad for her entire life, but now she has it, and she feels complete.
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I actually turned on my GPS tracking on my phone, so she knows where I'm at all the time.
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Maybe extreme, but I just want to just reinforce that point
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that you will always know where I'm at before the rest of your life.
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I love her.
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I'm not going anywhere.
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I'm here for good.
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It's a message a genetic test allowed this father to send.
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Kat Sandoval, Newsy.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “How Are Genetic Tests Changing Families?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: genetic, daughter, test, mother. Este vídeo tiene 44 frases y 522 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:06. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 168 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 14 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
aspiration sustantivo/ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/aspiración
conceive verbo/kənˈsiːv/concebir
enrich verbo/ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/enriquecer
uncover verbo/ʌnˈkʌvɚ/destapar, descobijar
pea sustantivo/piː/guisante, ervilla
genetically adverbio/d͡ʒəˈneɾɪkli/genéticamente
reinforce verbo/ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/reforzar, socalzar
spit verbo/spɪt/escupir
revelation sustantivo/ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/revelación, develamiento
curiosity sustantivo/ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/curiosidad
algorithm sustantivo/ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/algoritmo
alter verbo/ˈɔl.təɹ/alterar, cambiar
variation sustantivo/ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/variación
adopt verbo/əˈdɑpt/adoptar, ahijar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
get along verbollevarse bien con, avenirse
get back verboregresar
go out verbosalir
reach out verbotender la mano
turn out verboresultar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 9 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, couldn't, she'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, variation /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, genetically /d͡ʒəˈneɾɪkli/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, curiosity /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: conceive /kənˈsiːv/, uncover /ʌnˈkʌvɚ/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, variation /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/

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 aspiration, conceive, enrich.

¿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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