Shadowing Practice: i don't work as much as i think i do - Learn English Speaking with Video

Kat says no. This is a video about time management.

Like, I do not use time the way I think I do.

Something I do these days is I time myself on my phone to track how much work I actually do.

I got this idea on the internet somewhere.

And I do this on days where I don't have to physically go into work.

So I'm like often at home working on music or on videos or whatever.

And it has given me a lot of insight.

I'd recommend this to anybody if you haven't tried it if you want to get better at your time management.

But the glaring conclusion that I have come to is

that I do not use my time the way that I think I do.

It's not even close.

I do not do as much work for as long as I think I do.

It's weird.

We all obviously value time.

We all have to maneuver it.

We all understand how it works.

But I've observed in myself the mental gymnastics that I do that misrepresents in my mind how I actually use my time.

How time actually moves for me and the typical results that are attained from a certain amount of time.

Bro, for years, like, I convinced myself that on a day in which I didn't have work,

right, I would say to myself,

like, oh, well, like, this is my day off.

Like, obviously, I can get eight hours,

maybe 10 hours of great work done.

But it's like, no, I don't.

I don't have 10 hours of time.

That is impossible.

I realistically will have to do other things.

Other things will pop up.

I can't possibly spend 100% of my waking hours making music.

So a couple years back,

I started implementing this thing where I would set a timer on my phone whenever I was working.

And the explicit rules that I had to follow were that I had to stop the timer anytime I did anything else.

So if I got a phone call,

if I had to cook,

if I had to clean,

if I get distracted in any way,

if I have to do anything else,

I have to turn the timer off until I begin again.

And I would do this on days where I thought I had plenty of time to get stuff done.

And needless to say, what I thought going in would be like an easy eight hour workday,

I very quickly realized like,

dude, I only spent three and a half hours doing work today.

And the strange thing was that that would feel like a lot to me.

It felt like I was locked in all day when in reality,

I spent more than half of that hypothetical eight hour day doing other things.

It's my day off.

And realistically, a lot of other things need to get taken care of.

I think as I was leaving college,

I started to watch those like Kenny Beats videos where he would be like,

if you're really about this music shit,

like you should be making beats 14 hours a day.

And as like a 22 year old,

I was like, you're right.

Like I could do that easily.

And that's just not the case, unfortunately.

Setting the timer and all that,

like it doesn't have to be a strict disciplinary thing.

It doesn't have to be torture because I think what it demonstrated for me was

that would I realistically be able to spend a meaningful,

precocious eight hours doing work?

I don't know, to be honest.

Now, that depends on the person, of course.

Ultimately, it is about long-term consistency,

but consistency is more achievable if I have actual information that backs up.

Like, how do I use my time?

How do I function?

How do I get work done?

I guess I've been trying to shave off as much fat from my life as possible.

And I've learned that this is easier said than done.

But yeah, I still do it to try to hold myself accountable.

Maybe it will help you as well.

Those are just some insights that I've had.

Yeah, thank you for watching.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “i don't work as much as i think i do”. Las palabras que más se repiten: hour, timer, eight, realistically. Este vídeo tiene 73 frases y 707 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:52. El hablante habla rápido, unas 183 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. 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

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
timer sustantivo	/ˈtaɪmɚ/	temporizador
consistency sustantivo	/kənˈsɪs.tən.si/	consistencia
achievable adjetivo	/əˈt͡ʃivəbəl/	lograble
misrepresent verbo	/ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/	incurrir en falsedad, tergiversar (las palabras de)
precocious adjetivo	/pɹəˈkəʊʃəs/	precoz
workday sustantivo		día laborable, día hábil
maneuver sustantivo	/məˈnuvɚ/	maniobra, ejercicio
gymnastics sustantivo	/d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/	gimnasia, gimnástica
attain verbo	/əˈteɪn/	alcanzar, conseguir
hypothetical adjetivo	/ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/	hipotético
needless adjetivo	/ˈniːdləs/	sin necesidad
distract verbo	/dɪˈstɹækt/	distraer, despistar
disciplinary adjetivo	/ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/	disciplinario
shave verbo	/ˈʃeɪ̯v/	afeitar, rapar
accountable adjetivo	/əˈkaʊntəbl̩/	hacer rendir cuentas

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
back up verbo	retroceder, ciar
pop up verbo	aparecerse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

I was like, you're right.
I don't know, to be honest.
How do I function?
How do I get work done?
Those are just some insights that I've had.

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 given · haven't tried · have come
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	are attained · was locked

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 17 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I've, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: precocious /pɹəˈkəʊʃəs/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: consistency /kənˈsɪs.tən.si/, achievable /əˈt͡ʃivəbəl/, misrepresent /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/, hypothetical /ˌhaɪpəˈθɛtɪkəl/, disciplinary /ˌdɪsɪˈplɪnəɹi/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: achievable /əˈt͡ʃivəbəl/, maneuver /məˈnuvɚ/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: misrepresent /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/, observe /əbˈzɜːv/

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 timer, consistency, achievable.

¿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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