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If there's source material, read it, especially if it's a book.
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Read a book, because writers tend to give you vital info about who the character is, where he came from, what he does.
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Sometimes they even try and explain why he's doing it, why he's doing a particular thing.
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And after you've done that, reread the story again to get the story in your mind.
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And after you've read that, figure out how you feel about that character, and why he's doing those things that he's doing inside that script.
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And once you think you know why that character is doing those things, then you figure out OK, where'd he come from?
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Who is he? How old is he?
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Does he feel that way about this character because he has a brother or sister that is that way?
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Who are his parents?
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What's his educational background?
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Does he have a military background?
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Did he go into the army?
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Has he ever been in jail?
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Is he out of jail?
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How educated is he?
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Is he smart, sort of smart, very smart?
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It's not there.
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And sometimes, you will never have to explain that to an audience, or to the other cast members.
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But it's important to you as a person, because all those kinds of things determine how you feel about people, how you look at them, how you interpret their actions, what your prejudices are toward those people in a particular way.
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Are they smarter than me?
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Do I like that?
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Do I not like that?
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Is he dumber than me?
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Am I going to manipulate him because of it?
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And it's stuff that an audience might-- or they probably won't, ever know.
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But for you as the actor, when you're interacting with that character that you think you're smarter than, it interprets how you approach that character, and how you accept what they say to you, or what you think of it, or what you're trying to do.
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And all those things are dictated by what kind of person I am.
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And if there's no source material to tell me what kind of person I am, then it's incumbent upon me to create a human being that's inside that story, that has a full life, that feels a certain way about things, because this happened to him, that happened to him, this didn't happen to him.
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He didn't have this advantage growing up, or he had this advantage.
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Or he had a woman who left him, so he can't relate to women, because he thinks women are all whatever, and he just cannot deal with them, or he doesn't understand the female psyche.
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Or his mom did something to him, so he can't handle family life.
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And he doesn't know how to be a father, because he didn't have a father, or the father he had, had no idea how to treat him, or he watched him treat his mother a certain way, or didn't do this.
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All kinds of things that you can make up about that person, but what you need is a whole person.
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Which is something Lloyd Richards imposed upon me, Douglas Turner Ward imposed upon me, that says whenever you're on stage, you're coming from somewhere, and you're going somewhere when you leave.
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And do you want people to go with you when you go?
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So when you show up in there, you-- boom, you hit that moment.
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And when you leave, everybody is like, "Well, I wanna go with him.
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Where is he going?
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That was, uh, he looks like he has something on his mind." And then I had another actor tell me once, he's like, "Look, every time a camera passes you when you're on set, always look like there's something on your mind.
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Don't be standing there waiting on your line." You know, thinking about something, either what that character just said, or how you feel about the thing that character said.
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Or even if you thinking about "I need to get out of here.
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I'm sick of being here," people need to see that on your face, not just-- unless you're playing an idiot.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 42 frases y 697 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:12. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 166 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 92 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
12 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- interpret /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/ (verbo) — explicar, exponer. To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding…
- vital /ˈvaɪtəl/ (adjetivo) — vital. Relating to or characteristic of life.
- script /skɹɪpt/ (sustantivo) — escrito, escripto. A writing; a written document.
- boom /bum/ (verbo) — retumbar. To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
- psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ (sustantivo) — psicología. The study of the human mind.
- relate /ɹɪˈleɪt/ (verbo) — relatar. To tell in a descriptive way.
- interact /ɪn.təˈɹækt/ (verbo) — interactuar. To engage in communication and other shared activities (with someone).
- educate /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/ (verbo) — educar, instruir. To instruct or train.
- prejudice /ˈpɹɛd͡ʒədɪs/ (sustantivo) — prejuicio. An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts.
- manipulate /məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt/ (verbo) — manipular. To move, arrange or operate something using the hands
- dictate /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/ (verbo) — dictar. To order, command, control.
- reread /ɹiːˈɹiːd/ (verbo) — releer. To read again.
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
- come from (verbo) — ser de. To have as one's origin, birthplace or nationality.
- figure out (verbo) — averiguar, captar. To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
- think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (verbo) — pensar en, ocurrírsele. To ponder.
- deal with (verbo) — tratarse de, ocuparse. To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.
- get out of (verbo) — salirse de, ponerse fuera de. To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of.
- grow up (verbo) — crecer. To mature and become an adult.
- look at (verbo) — mirar, funar. To observe or watch.
- wait on /ˈweɪt ˌɑn/ (verbo) — atender. To provide a service to (someone); to act as a servant to (someone); to serve (someone) as a waiter or waitress in a restaurant.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 23 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, didn't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, manipulate /məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt/
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 interpret, vital, script.
¿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.