Shadowing Practice: How To Be Happy - THE TRUTH - Learn English Speaking with Video
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In order to understand how to be happy we need to look at how we think there are three different ways we react to everything around us the first is by wanting were brought up
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in a culture where we're told that we need to obtain something or reach a certain goal in order to be happy oh we need to get that new phone we need to get a bigger TV we need to get that
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promotion we need to take a picture of this meal and put it onto Instagram but if you think back to any major purchase you made or achievement you reached your picture you posted
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sure you felt happier for a while but soon after you are back on the hunt every single time you end up finding yourself back at your original level of happiness only this time with less money
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in your wallet and more wrinkles on your face so it's safe to say happiness doesn't lie in the wanting category the second way we react is by rejecting from the moment we wake up our mind
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automatically starts to look for things to reject around us oh I feel so tired but I have to go to work so cold I don't want to leave my bed we reject others oh he's so awkward
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oh why can't this cashier do his job properly we reject ourselves so out of shape why am I such a loser again it's safe to say there isn't much happiness here
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either the third way we react is by zoning out what were confronted with a task that's quote-unquote boring like commuting to work or waiting at the doctor's office we tend to zone out everything become
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sort of hazy it's almost as if you put on a black and white filter over your eyes your brain goes on to sleep mode and your mind is either lost in the past over past regrets or lost in the future
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filled with anxiety about things that might go wrong doesn't sound like a fun place to be these three ways of reacting makeup over ninety-nine percent of the way the
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average person goes about his day to day life no wonder they're unhappy so how do I become happy well there's actually a fourth way of reacting something that we only
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experience once in a blue moon it's here where happiness really lies it's the way you reacted when you visited the Grand Canyon for the first time it's the feeling astronauts
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describe when they see the Earth from outer space it's the way you were when you were younger able to spend hours just looking at bugs and pictures it's called mindfulness think of it as
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the opposite of zoning out your zoning in being hyper aware of everything in front of you the way something feels the way it moves it smell its taste all of
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its features and nothing else this means there's no room for wanting no room for rejecting and you certainly not zoned out all of your focus is just on the exact thing or event happening
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right in front of you there is no judgment there's simply room for you to take it all in and when you react to things and events with mindfulness happiness follows and it stays for good
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by simply learning how to focus on what's in front of you you make room for happiness in your life and the only way to become more mindful in your reactions on a day-to-day basis is by practicing
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meditation now I'm sure there's a lot of you guys for watching this thinking oh god this is some hocus-pocus nonsense I've heard about meditation it makes no sense i'm not going to sit down and do nothing for 10-20 minutes but there are
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literally hundreds of studies backing up this claim which will be the topic of our next video the benefits of meditation and the scientific evidence to back it up
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so if you've been looking for the answer to the life old question of how to be happy look no further stop looking for a shortcut because I can just about a hundred percent guarantee you the answer
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lies in mindfulness and meditation in the upcoming weeks we're going to dive deeper into these concepts so please subscribe click on the bell icon to make sure you don't miss the next video and
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stay tuned guys
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “How To Be Happy - THE TRUTH”. Las palabras que más se repiten: happiness, meditation, react, mindfulness, zoning. Este vídeo tiene 22 frases y 753 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:01. El hablante habla rápido, unas 187 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 86 % 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 12 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| mindfulness sustantivo | /ˈmaɪn(d)fʊlnəs/ | atención plena |
| mindful adjetivo | /ˈmaɪnd.fl̩/ | consciente, cognoscente |
| shortcut sustantivo | /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/ | atajo, atrecho |
| wrinkle sustantivo | /ˈɹɪŋkl̩/ | arruga f ruga, enruga |
| commute verbo | /kəˈmjuːt/ | conmutar, indultar |
| cashier sustantivo | /kaˈʃɪə/ | cajero |
| astronaut sustantivo | /ˈæstɹəˌnɔt/ | astronauta |
| confront verbo | /kənˈfɹʌnt/ | enfrentar, confrontar |
| bore verbo | /boɹ/ | aburrir |
| loser sustantivo | /luzɚ/ | perdedor |
| subscribe verbo | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | suscribirse, subscribirse |
| unhappy adjetivo | /ʌnˈhæpi/ | infeliz |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| back up verbo | retroceder, ciar | |
| bring up verbo | levantar, alzar | |
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar | |
| sit down verbo | sentarse | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 13 contracciones y formas reducidas, como doesn't, don't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, shortcut /ˈʃɔːtkʌt/, cashier /kaˈʃɪə/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como mindfulness, mindful, shortcut.
¿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.