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I studied six religions in six months and I discovered something weird.
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Every prophet from every religion had to do the same thing.
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They had to leave their village behind.
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They had to leave the village to start the religion.
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Dreams, potential, new ideas and new religions die in a village.
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This was true thousands of years ago and it is true now.
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The village is our comfort zone and uncomfortable ideas don't thrive there.
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I didn't thrive in my village either.
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I couldn't reach my potential.
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In this video, I want to give you, the person watching this, The step-by-step guide on how to leave your village,
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reach your potential and change your life legally just like I did I'm not gonna do this alone.
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I asked my friend Akshay for help.
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He is the founder of Leverage EDU Hi, my name is Akshay and I'm happy to help.
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He helped more than more than 50,000 people leave their village
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and get a better life somewhere else and all it takes is 4 easy steps Step 1.
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Find your passion
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You have to know what you're good at because that becomes your passion And your passion decides your next village.
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If you're passionate about cars, go to Munich.
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If you're passionate about law, go to London.
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If you're passionate about tech, go to San Francisco.
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Choose the village that is best for your passion.
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Step two, become a student.
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Become a student.
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Becoming a student is the easiest way in the world to immigrate legally.
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I moved from my village in the Middle East to the United States by applying to a university.
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Don't cross the border illegally.
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Don't marry for the visa.
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Just become a student.
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It's a win-win.
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There are more than 10,000 universities outside your village.
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Each one can give you a visa, an education, a community, and a degree legally.
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Universities are the perfect stepping stone for anybody that wants to move locations from one place to another.
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Doesn't matter what you study as long as you get your first step, your first foot in the door.
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Step 3.
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Get a Visa.
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Once you graduate, don't go back to the village.
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Get a Warped Visa instead.
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There are more than 20 types of work visas in the United States and the UK.
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First, I got the F1 student visa.
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Then I got the H1B work visa.
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And now I have the O1 entrepreneur visa.
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This is how I stayed in the United States for more than 10 years legally.
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Almost every country on this planet has a visa for bright international students like you.
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By now you are passionate about something.
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You have a university degree and a work visa in a village that wants you.
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Now you're ready for the last step.
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Step 4.
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Start your life.
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This is where life truly starts.
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In this stage, your ideas matter.
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Your opinion matters.
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You can do so much.
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You can finally reach your potential.
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And when you touch your potential, You'll grow an amazing career.
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You'll find a soulmate.
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You'll start a family.
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You'll start a movement and maybe even a religion.
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You will feel God's gift of life on your own skin.
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And it all starts with leaving your village behind.
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You know, I don't hate the village.
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I'm not saying that the village is bad or that the people are bad.
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I actually like think the people are good in every village.
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It's just my ideas were not received in this village.
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And I think a lot of people will resonate with this.
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You just got to decide which village matches with your mindset.
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And just do whatever it takes to get there.
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I know it's not easy, but this is how I built my life.
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This is how Akshay built his life.
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This is how they are building their life now.
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Vaibhav and Rutaja grew up in a poor village in India.
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And with the help of Akshay's company, they're now on step two, studying at a university in the UK.
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They got a partial NAS scholarship to study there.
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That NAS scholarship, that was really cool.
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But now, instead of two students, I want to give it to 20 students.
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Yeah, Akshay and his company, Leverage EDU, decided to help.
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They will help you find a university, find a city, get a visa,
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and leave your village entirely for free for 20 of you.
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You could even come here to Japan.
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If you're interested in this, just click on this link and apply.
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And hopefully you're one of the lucky ones.
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This is the most life-changing project I can do.
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Okay, good luck and back to the video.
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To the village kid watching this, remember that your potential is sky high.
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Your ideas are good, your opinion is right, even if the village says it's not.
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But above all, remember, if the prophets had to pack their bags and leave their village behind,
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then maybe you should too.
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Religions are revolutionary and revolutionary ideas cannot thrive in a village.
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It's as simple as that.
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You're not trying to start a religion, but what you are trying to do is live a revolutionary life and for that,
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you have to leave the village.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 90 frases y 876 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:06. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 123 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

  • visa /ˈviːzə/ (sustantivo) — visa, visado. A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
  • passion /ˈpæʃən/ (sustantivo) — pasión. A true desire sustained or prolonged.
  • legally /ˈliːɡəli/ (adverbio) — legalmente. As permitted by law; not contrary to law.
  • passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/ (adjetivo) — apasionado. Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
  • revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/ (sustantivo) — revolucionario, revolucionaria. A revolutionist; a person who revolts.
  • thrive /θɹajv/ (verbo) — prosperar, crecer. To grow or increase stature; to grow vigorously or luxuriantly; to enjoy a state of excellent health and well-being; to flourish.
  • scholarship /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/ (sustantivo) — beca. A grant-in-aid to a student.
  • prophet /ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/ (sustantivo) — profeta, profetisa. Someone who speaks by divine inspiration.
  • founder /ˈfaʊ̯n.dəː/ (sustantivo) — fundador, fundadora. One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
  • comfort /ˈkʌm.fət/ (sustantivo) — comodidad, confort. Contentment, ease.
  • marry /ˈmæɹi/ (verbo) — casar, casarse. To enter into the conjugal or connubial state; to take a husband or a wife.
  • discover /dɪˈskʌvə/ (verbo) — descubrir. To find or learn something for the first time.
  • uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ (adjetivo) — incómodo. Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
  • partial /ˈpɑɹʃəl/ (adjetivo) — parcial. Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
  • entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/ (sustantivo) — emprendedor, emprendedor comercial. A person who sets up a business; generally, a person who owns and manages a business and assumes its financial risks.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 25 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, you'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: passion /ˈpæʃən/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/, scholarship /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/, partial /ˈpɑɹʃəl/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: revolutionary /ˌɹɛvəˈluʃənɛɹi/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/, illegally /ɪˈliːɡəli/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como visa, passion, legally.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe easiest · the most life
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónYou'll grow · You'll find · You'll start
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohad to do · had to leave · have to know
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasI'm not saying · You're not trying

¿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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