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I was sitting on the sofa.
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And my mom comes home from work.
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started complaining and yelling at me about how she has to do all the work
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and how she has to take care of the whole house.
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And so I started doing the kitchen and cleaning up, doing the dishwasher.
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While I was doing so, she kept yelling at me about stuff, asking me if my sister is telling her more fairy tales about her
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and her boyfriend that me and my sister both don't like.
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At some point, she stomped into her room, started screaming, throwing things around, and it was nighttime.
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We were supposed to be quiet because we live in an apartment complex.
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Her boyfriend was trying to calm her down, and I was crying of course.
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Her boyfriend was asking me, "Are you okay?" and I'm like, "How am I supposed to be okay?" when she always screams at me
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so at one point i went into my room her boyfriend
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kept trying to calm her down talking to me through my
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door at one point i had enough i opened the door
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and he was saying she needs you right now can't you see
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that she's not doing well at all i'm like no she doesn't need me she hates me
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and why would she scream at me like
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that why would she treat me like that
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and he kept trying to convince me that she needed me
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and that she was the victim because my mother has a victim complex she's a
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my mom came out and started screaming at me again her boyfriend kept interrupting me
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and my mother
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while we were talking trying to get us to lower our voice trying to get us to shut up
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and he was like all right i'll go away
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and i was like yeah go away and then i pushed him
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and my mom lost it she threw a glass on the floor right in front of me i was afraid
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that our cats might get cut by the glass on the floor and threatened me saying, "If you're ever gonna be disrespectful to my boyfriend again,
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I will beat the out of you." And she went and said, "Listen, if you wanna leave,
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you can leave but never come back." I waited until my mom and her boyfriend were in her room.
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I went and got a suitcase, started packing bags, and then I texted my sister and my cousin, SOS, I'm leaving.
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I'm not staying here anymore.
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10 minutes after I left and I was sitting at the bus stop, my mother tried calling me, but I ignored her.
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I blocked her on everything.
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My cousin and her grandpa picked me up in the middle of the night.
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And now I live with my aunt in a new apartment away from my mother.
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It's the best for me, even though my mother still asks if I'm okay.
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They always say I'm totally fine, even though I don't feel fine at all.
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I'm just glad I'm away from her.
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And if anyone is struggling at their home, please tell a friend.
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Please get out of there.
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I did it and so can you.
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You're not alone.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “I Had To Escape My Mother”. Las palabras que más se repiten: boyfriend, mother, kept, mom, sister. Este vídeo tiene 42 frases y 543 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:43. El hablante habla rápido, unas 200 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 86 % 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 14 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
scream verbo/skɹiːm/gritar, alaridar
yell verbo/jɛl/gritar, vociferar
dishwasher sustantivo/ˈdɪʃˌwɑʃɚ/lavaplatos, lavavajillas
nighttime sustantivo/ˈnaɪtˌtaɪm/conticinio, noche
suitcase sustantivo/ˈsutkeɪs/maleta, petaca
interrupt verbo/ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/interrumpir, interromper
disrespectful adjetivo/dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl/irrespetuoso
grandpa sustantivo/ˈɡɹæm.pɑː/abuelo, abuelito
sofa sustantivo/ˈsoʊ̯fə/sofá, sillón
threaten verbo/ˈθɹɛt.n̩/conminar, amagar
aunt sustantivo/ɑːnt/tía
complain verbo/kəmˈpleɪn/quejarse, alegar
convince verbo/kənˈvɪns/convencer, llevar al huerto
tale sustantivo/ˈteɪl/cuento, historia

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
go away verboirse, marcharse
clean up verbolimpiar
come out verbo/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/revelarse, salir a la luz
get out of verbosalirse de, ponerse fuera de
shut up/ʃʌt ʌp/cállate la boca, cállate

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas sitting · was doing · was trying
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingstarted complaining · kept yelling · started screaming
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasis telling · I'm leaving · I'm not staying
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una prediccióni'll go · will beat

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

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

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 scream, yell, dishwasher.

¿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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