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In his international best-selling book, The Art of Seduction, Robert Greene wrote, your greatest power in seduction is your ability to turn away,
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to make others come after you, delaying their satisfaction.
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Do you think playing hard to get works best, or do you prefer to be direct?
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It can be difficult to figure out the best way to attract your crush.
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By the end of this video, you'll learn tips backed by scientific research that will teach you how to step up your game and keep them interested.
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Here's how to attract your crush and leave them wanting more.
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To smile or not to smile.
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When you're flirting with your crush, you should smile to come across as approachable and show them that you're interested.
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Or should you?
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Research shows that it might not be that simple.
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Smiling can be perceived as either attractive or unattractive, and this depends on your gender.
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But there's one expression that seems to be universally attractive, regardless of gender, and it's probably not what you think.
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In a 2011 study published in the journal Emotion, women were perceived as most attractive when they were smiling and looked happy.
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For men, the results were the complete opposite.
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Smiling was their least attractive facial expression.
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So if you're a man, the cool and mysterious persona may be more seductive to your crush.
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But there was one facial expression that was perceived as relatively attractive regardless of gender.
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Shame.
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When someone had their head and eyes tilted downwards and narrowed their posture, expressing shame, they were rated as attractive whether they were male or female.
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When you're with your crush, see how they react when you innocently look down or avert your gaze every once in a while.
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just might help attract them to you.
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The right approach.
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Imagine your crush is sitting at an empty table at school.
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Now is your chance to make a move.
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When you go up to your crush to talk to them, should you approach them from the front and sit across from them or sit beside them?
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Turns out, like a lot of other attraction strategies, the answer depends on your crush's gender.
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In a study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, participants were approached by a researcher who sat either beside them or directly in front of them.
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Results showed that male participants had a more negative reaction when a female researcher approached them from the front.
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On the other hand, females didn't like being approached from the side by a male researcher.
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According to these findings, if you're trying to attract a man, the best way to approach them is to sit beside them rather than across from them.
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But if your crush is a woman, go with the head-on strategy and sit in front of them.
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It's such a subtle move, they won't even know you're doing it.
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Got jokes?
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Does your crush have a good sense of humor?
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More importantly, do you?
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Philosopher William James once said, common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds.
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A sense of humor is just common sense dancing.
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However, researcher Eric Bressler at McMaster University found that men and women define humor differently.
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Knowing this can help you step up your seduction game.
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Bressler found that women defined someone with a good sense of humor as someone who could make them laugh.
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And they preferred men who have a good sense of humor 62% of the time.
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Conversely, men thought someone had a good sense of humor when they appreciated their own humor, AKA laughed at their jokes.
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They preferred women who laughed at their jokes 65% of the time.
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The takeaway, if your crush is a man, you can pique their interest by laughing at their jokes just a little more.
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And if your crush is a woman, you can attract them by making them laugh rather than laughing at their jokes.
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The magic touch.
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Combining physical touch with the other tips we've mentioned will make you even more attractive to your crush.
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Key is to keep it subtle.
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A 2007 study published in the journal Social Influence had male researchers either ask women for their numbers
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or ask them to dance.
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In both cases, they found that if they touched a woman's forearm for just one or two seconds before asking her, she was more likely to say yes.
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Light touches on the arm are an innocent and simple way to attract your crush.
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Of course, this technique depends on your relationship with them, their boundaries, and your cultural norms.
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But if you and your crush are comfortable with it, giving them a soft touch on the arm every once in a while might be the perfect way to arouse their interest.
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Thanks for watching, Psych2Goers.
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We hope you found this video helpful.
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Remember, these tips shouldn't be used to manipulate your crush.
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At the end of the day, the best way to attract someone if you want a genuine relationship with them is to be yourself.
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Will you be trying any of these tips?
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Do you have any of your own attraction tips to offer that have worked for you in the past?
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Share your ideas in the comments below.
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Keep in mind that because scientific research has focused primarily on straight men and women, some of the studies in this video don't reflect everyone's experience.
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If you have a perspective to share that hasn't been mentioned, we'd love to hear from you and start an open and inclusive conversation.
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Please share your thoughts in the comments.
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Thanks for watching and see you in the next one.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “How To Subtly Attract Your Crush”. Las palabras que más se repiten: crush, humor, sense, attract, attractive. Este vídeo tiene 65 frases y 950 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:50. El hablante habla rápido, unas 196 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 83 % 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 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
crush verbo/kɹʌʃ/aplastar, destripar
humour sustantivo/ˈhjuːmɚ/humor, gracia
researcher sustantivo/ˈɹiˌsɝ.t͡ʃɚ/investigador, investigadora
seduction sustantivo/sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/seducción
perceive verbo/pɚˈsiv/percibir, apercibirse de
depend verbo/dɪˈpɛnd/depender/pender (de), ser dependiente (de)
participant sustantivo/pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/participante, partícipe
facial adjetivo/ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/facial, fisonómico
attraction sustantivo/əˈtɹækʃn̩/atracción
approachable adjetivo/əˈpɹəʊ.t͡ʃə.bəl/abordable, orillable
arouse verbo/əˈɹaʊz/provocar, incitar
downwards adverbio/ˈdaʊnwɚdz/hacia abajo, para abajo
forearm sustantivo/ˈfɔːˌɹɑːm/antebrazo
innocently adverbio/ˈɪnəsəntli/inocentemente
seductive adjetivo/sɪˈdʌktɪv/seductor

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
step up verboaumentar, redoblar
come across verbopasarse a
figure out verboaveriguar, captar
turn out verboresultar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • Does your crush have a good sense of humor?
  • More importantly, do you?
  • Will you be trying any of these tips?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacecan be perceived · were perceived · was perceived
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorawe've mentioned · have worked · has focused
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosasomeone who could · men who have · women who laughed

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, didn't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: crush /kɹʌʃ/, seduction /sɪˈdʌk.ʃn̩/, facial /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/, satisfaction /sætɪsˈfækʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: participant /pɑːɹˈtɪsəpənt/, approachable /əˈpɹəʊ.t͡ʃə.bəl/, innocently /ˈɪnəsəntli/, universally /ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/, manipulate /məˈnɪp.jʊ.leɪt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: perceive /pɚˈsiv/, seductive /sɪˈdʌktɪv/, conversely /kənˈvɝsli/, universally /ˌjunɪˈvɝsəli/, inclusive /ɪnˈkluːsɪv/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: arouse /əˈɹaʊz/, downwards /ˈdaʊnwɚdz/, gaze /ɡeɪz/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como crush, humour, researcher.

¿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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