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10 things
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that can transform your space with the last one being my favorite number one almost a year ago
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I made a video on transforming my childhood room
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and one of the best things I added was different lighting
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this is what my desk looks like with no different light
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and then boom adding some different lighting just transforms the way
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this area feels one of the best ways to get better
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lighting is by adding cool unique lamps look at the areas in your room
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that are dark and see if you can add some cool lamps to light
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that area up but why do I need different lighting
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if I have an overhead light because the overhead light makes your room feel like a hospital
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Lamps can also change the way a room feels based on how they look physically.
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For example, if I were to put an old house lamp on my little nightstand right here,
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it kind of makes this spot look a little older and a little bit more bland.
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But if I put one of these IKEA lamps right here, it makes it feel a bit more modern and unique.
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Even the color of the lighting plays a part.
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You want a warmer feel to your space, you get an orange warmer light.
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There are also so many other ways to get lighting other than lamps.
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Art lights, candle warmers, even aquariums work.
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Number two.
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Before I started working on my room, I had to find the style I wanted everything to be.
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One of the most important parts of a room is its theme.
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For my room, I kind of wanted it to be kind of coastal or whatever you call this.
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I wanted a lot of lighter wood stuff.
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Your space has to have some cohesion to it.
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A theme can be a bunch of different things.
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Industrial, mid -century, modern, but make it fit that style you picked.
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I'm not saying you can't add the things you want, but just make it fit with a style.
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It makes the room look a lot cleaner.
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If you want to add something that doesn't really match, add it with something that does.
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Number three, a small worthless object.
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One of my favorite parts of my room is all the little things I put in it.
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Knickknacks.
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Little things you feel yourselves with.
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Little details.
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Look at what you like and add stuff from it.
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It doesn't even have to be some expensive thing.
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But adding stuff you think is cool makes the room a whole lot more personal.
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Little things like a bobblehead.
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A keyholder.
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Even just a poster works.
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Just make it unique to you.
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Add stuff you like.
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Number four.
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When coming up with things I wanted to add to my room, one thing kept coming up a record player.
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Now mine isn't anything crazy but having a spot to play some form of media can make a room so much cooler.
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It doesn't have to be music.
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It can be anything.
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A reading corner, TV spot, even a little
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Wii or something.
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But I find that having some spot for
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that type of thing adds a lot more depth to a room and again it shows your personality a little bit more.
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Number five.
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Most people have hobbies and if you don't you wish you had time to do more hobbies.
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The thing is you
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You can make it a lot easier to do your hobbies in how you set up your room.
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I want to draw more, so I have sketchbooks near my desk.
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Maybe you want to play more piano, maybe you want to paint more,
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so put the necessary tools required for those hobbies in a certain spot in your room.
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Make your hobbies easily accessible.
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Not only does this help you prioritize your hobbies a little bit more, but it again shows what you like.
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Number 6.
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For some reason a few years ago, a ton of people started making these crazy RGB light -up desk setups.
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I used to love these.
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Desk setups are one of the most common things in someone's space.
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A desk is almost like a mini room.
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Pick a theme, find some lighting, and fill it with what you want.
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Look again at the style you chose and try to make your desk fit that.
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For me, I knew I wanted a light wood desk.
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I wanted a section for books, a monitor, and a few other little things,
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but I tried to make it still fit the style I was going for.
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Desk setups don't have to be insane.
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Obviously, put what you need on it, and along with the desk itself, you have to find a chair that fits.
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I really like the old light brown leather in some old cars and I found some chairs that kind of fit that.
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So try to find something that fits your desk.
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Number seven.
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Mess makes everything harder.
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You're less organized.
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You can't find what you need.
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So make your space functional.
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Add things that make your life smoother.
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Maybe that's getting an Alexa to turn things off and on.
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Maybe it's removing things that distract you.
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But make it to where your room helps you go towards your goals.
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If whenever you go into your space you become lazy and distracted that's not a very good spot to be.
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I'm not saying don't make your room relaxing.
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Just don't let it affect the good habits you've built.
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Make you productive in what you want that space to be.
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Number eight.
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One of the last things I added to my room was also one of the most important things.
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Plants.
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I find that adding even just a little plant somewhere in your room can fill a spot, add some color, and most of the time,
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they fit in any room.
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You can make a forest, or you can just add a little plant on your window.
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Take care of them, though.
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Don't just let them die.
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You can even go crazy and make a tiny terrarium.
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Number nine.
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Being organized is one thing, but what you organize with is another.
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There are so many ways to store things.
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Baskets, racks, drawers.
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Maybe you have a blank spot on your wall you want to fill.
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Putting a pegboard would be perfect.
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There are so many different types of drawers and shelves.
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Wooden ones, curvy ones, skinny ones.
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You can add bookends for books, a small TV stand for records, little nooks for mugs.
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The point is, think outside the box.
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Number 10.
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When trying to fill my walls, I knew I wanted some posters.
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I really like these minimalist type posters, but the posters weren't of stuff I really wanted, so I made my own.
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One of the coolest things you can add to your room is your art, your own designs, your own creations.
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It could be a carving on your desk, it could be a poster you made, but put something in your room that you created.
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It has a story to tell.
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It's personal.
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There's a reason you created it.
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And most of the time, it's one of one.
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No one else has that.
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So show it off.
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When changing your room, your kitchen, your office, whatever it might be, make it something you want to go to.
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Make it something you get excited to live in, but add what you want to your room.
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Look for different textures, eras, styles, but make your space yours.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “How To Make Any Room Actually Cool”. Las palabras que más se repiten: add, desk, spot, fit, space. Este vídeo tiene 121 frases y 1265 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:19. El hablante habla rápido, unas 238 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. 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
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| desk sustantivo | /dɛsk/ | escritorio, pupitre |
| lamp sustantivo | /ˈlæ̝mp/ | lámpara |
| hobby sustantivo | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | afición, hobby |
| poster sustantivo | /ˈpoʊstɚ/ | cartel, póster |
| setup sustantivo | /ˈsɛtʌp/ | trampucheta, maquinación |
| transform verbo | /tɹænsˈfɔɹm/ | trasformar, transformar |
| organize verbo | /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/ | organizar |
| overhead sustantivo | /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/ | gastos generales |
| drawer sustantivo | /dɹɔɹ/ | cajón, gaveta |
| distract verbo | /dɪˈstɹækt/ | distraer, despistar |
| insane adjetivo | /ɪnˈseɪn/ | enfermo mental, enajenado |
| monitor sustantivo | /ˈmɑ.nɪ.tɚ/ | monitor |
| leather sustantivo | /ˈlɛðɚ/ | cuero, antelina (faux) |
| boom verbo | /bum/ | retumbar |
| wooden adjetivo | /ˈwʊdn̩/ | de madera |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| come up verbo | salir a relucir |
| come up with verbo | ingeniar, ingeniarse |
| light up verbo | iluminar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- You can't find what you need.
- Maybe it's removing things that distract you.
- I'm not saying don't make your room relaxing.
- There's a reason you created it.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the best · the most important · the most common |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | started working · kept coming · started making |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | had to find · has to have · have to be |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | I'm not saying |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 16 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, doesn't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: smooth /smuːð/, leather /ˈlɛðɚ/, worthless /ˈwɜːθ.ləs/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shelf /ʃɛlf/, cohesion /kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: accessible /əkˈsɛs.ɪ.bəl/, aquarium /əˈkwɛɹ.i.jəm/, minimalist /ˈmɪn.ə.məl.ɪst/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, terrarium /təˈɹɛɹ.i.əm/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: smooth /smuːð/, skinny /ˈskɪni/, sketchbook /ˈskɛt͡ʃˌbʊk/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: overhead /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/, productive /pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/, yourselves /jəˈsɛlvz/, carving /ˈkɑɹvɪŋ/, curvy /ˈkɚ.vi/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: organize /ˈɔɹɡənaɪz/, physically /ˈfɪz.ɪ.kli/, lazy /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/, yourselves /jəˈsɛlvz/, prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/
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 desk, lamp, hobby.
¿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.