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Is your life full of dull, boring chores you'd rather not do?
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Are there people you'd rather avoid?
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I'm going to show you how to make excuses like an absolute pro, using just five conjunctions.
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Tim and Yaz want me to go around to their place for dinner tonight, and they want to do karaoke.
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I don't have the energy for this.
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But anyway, I can't go unless I finish my work.
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Yay, so I can go to Tim's house.
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Great.
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Oh, I can't go until the neighbours get back.
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There are some suspicious people lurking outside their house.
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Oh, great.
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It wasn't burglars.
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How fortunate it.
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Well, looks like I'm going to Tim and Yaz.
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Oh, no, no, no, no. This documentary is very educational.
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I can't go before it finishes.
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Oh, that's just great.
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I guess I have to go to Tim and Yaz.
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Oh, no, no, no, no. I can't go in case my package gets delivered.
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If I'm not here, it.
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They'll deliver it to the neighbours and they'll accidentally open it.
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You can't be serious, but Tim and Yaz it is.
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But no, no, look at the time.
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The football has just finished.
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I can't go out while all the fans are leaving the game.
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The traffic will be awful.
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Oh my days.
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You know what?
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No, I'm not going.
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even though I have literally nothing else to do.
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I can't go because I don't like karaoke and I can't go because I don't like Tim or Yaz.
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Hi Tim.
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Hi Yaz.
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I'm so sorry.
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I'm so tired.
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I can't do anything until I've slept and when I wake up it'll be too late.
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So maybe you noticed that all these excuses have the same basic structure.
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I can't go plus the conjunction plus the excuse.
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The conjunction joins together the parts of the sentence and changes their relationship, so it changes the meaning of the sentence.
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First, I said I can't go unless I finish my work.
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I can go if I finish my work, unless is the conjunction.
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Then I said I can't go until the neighbors get back i can go
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when the neighbors have returned
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and then i said i can't go before the documentary finishes the conjunction is before we could also say until
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that is i can go after the documentary finishes next up
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i can't go out in case my package gets delivered the conjunction here is in case we use this conjunction
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when we want to take steps to prevent something happening i don't want to go out
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because i don't want to miss my delivery next i said i can't go out
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while the fans are leaving the game the conjunction here is
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while the fans are driving home
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and i can't go out at the same time oh oh hang on oh you've got to be joking
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They want to come round to my house tomorrow, oh quick, what should I say help?
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “How to make excuses in English – a Mini English Lesson”. Las palabras que más se repiten: conjunction, Yaz, Tim, neighbours, finishes. Este vídeo tiene 54 frases y 497 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:43. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 133 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 82 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
14 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| conjunction sustantivo | /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/ | conjunción |
| neighbour sustantivo | /ˈneɪbɚ/ | vecino, vecina |
| documentary sustantivo | /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/ | documental |
| package sustantivo | /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/ | paquete, kete |
| awful adjetivo | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | infumable, malísimo |
| accidentally adverbio | /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/ | accidentalmente, sin querer |
| suspicious adjetivo | /səˈspɪʃ.əs/ | sospechoso, suspecto |
| fortunate adjetivo | /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt/ | afortunado, propicio |
| dull adjetivo | /dʌl/ | romo, embotado |
| bore verbo | /boɹ/ | aburrir |
| karaoke sustantivo | /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/ | karaoke |
| burglar sustantivo | /ˈbɝɡlɚ/ | ladrón |
| chore sustantivo | /t͡ʃoɹ/ | mandado, tarea |
| lurk verbo | /lɝk/ | acechar, agazaparse |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| go out verbo | salir | |
| get back verbo | regresar | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Is your life full of dull, boring chores you'd rather not do?
- Are there people you'd rather avoid?
- I don't have the energy for this.
- I can't go until the neighbours get back.
- Quick, what should I say?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has just finished · I've slept · have returned |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días | are leaving · I'm not going · are driving |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | They'll deliver · will be · it'll be |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 35 contracciones y formas reducidas, como can't, I'm, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: conjunction /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: documentary /ˌdɒk.jʊˈmɛn.tɹi/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/, karaoke /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: conjunction /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃn̩/, package /ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ/, joking /ˈd͡ʒoʊkɪŋ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como conjunction, neighbour, documentary.
¿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.