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It's hard to be human.
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Cats don't have to work very hard to be cats.
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They're really just naturally good at it.
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But we actually have to do a lot of work to be good humans.
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You have to do a lot of work to be good at relationships.
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You have to do a lot of work to be good at friendship.
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You have to do a lot of work to be a good leader.
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You have to do a lot of work to be a good colleague and co -worker.
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It actually takes a lot of work.
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And the people who show up at a company, and the company makes them a promise, which is, and by the way,
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this is the exact promise.
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When people start at my company, they get a phone call from me, and I tell them two things.
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Number one, you're a part of something bigger than yourself.
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And our little team is having an unbalanced impact in the world, and you were a part of it, right?
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So I start with why, and I tell them about the movement that they are now a part of.
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And then I always say the same thing.
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I have one expectation of you, that you take yourself on.
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And whether you stay with us for a short term
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or a long term and whether you love it here
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or whether you hate it here I expect you to leave here a better version of yourself because you worked here.
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We will give you some of those resources and
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Some of those resources are I expect you to do the work by yourself, but that is my expectation of you and
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I think that's really important because what that does for a human being is to know that you know
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So work is sometimes good days and bad days
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and we have personality conflicts and we make good decisions and we make bad decisions.
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But the belief that I'm coming to work and simply because I'm showing up to work, I'm going to be a better parent,
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I'm going to be a better friend, I'm going to be a better spouse.
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Like just because of work.
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One of my favorite companies is a company called Barry Waymiller.
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Led by my dear friend and mentor just passed away a couple months ago, Bob Chapman.
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And Bob, they implemented a listening course at the company.
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And it was all voluntary, and it was meant to help with communication inside the organization.
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Because we're bad listeners, right?
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Most people are bad listeners.
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And it was done for business reasons.
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And a few early adopters took the course and almost to a tee the response they got from the,
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from those who took the course were my relationship with my kids is better, my marriage is better, I'm learning to,
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I'm learning how to resolve conflict better myself.
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They talked about the fact that they were growing and
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that their personal relationships were growing even though it was meant for work.
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And that's because what people forget is that we're the same human beings at work or outside of work.
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You know, the only difference is the clothes I wear, the table I sit at.
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It's me.
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The reason my family and my friends love me is me.
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The reason my colleagues and my co -workers love me is it's me.
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And so if you're acting differently in one of those two places, in one of those two places you're lying.
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And we want to help people to bring their full selves to work.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “It's Hard To Be Human”. Este vídeo tiene 48 frases y 605 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:04. El hablante habla rápido, unas 197 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| worker sustantivo | /ˈwɝ.kɚ/ | trabajador, obrero |
| resource sustantivo | /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ | recurso |
| expectation sustantivo | /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/ | expectación |
| colleague sustantivo | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | colega, compañero |
| listener sustantivo | /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/ | oyente, escucha |
| naturally adverbio | /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ | naturalmente, a natura |
| belief sustantivo | /bɪˈliːf/ | creencia |
| friendship sustantivo | /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/ | amistad, amistanza (disused) |
| differently adverbio | /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/ | diferentemente |
| implement verbo | /ˈɪmpləmənt/ | implementar |
| resolve verbo | /ɹɪˈzɑlv/ | resolver, solventar |
| cloth sustantivo | /klɒθ/ | tela |
| voluntary adjetivo | /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/ | voluntario |
| spouse sustantivo | /spaʊ̯s/ | cónyuge, consorte |
| mentor sustantivo | /ˈmɛn.tɔː/ | mentor |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| pass away verbo | fallecer, dejarnos |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was meant |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | people who show · those who took |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, we're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, voluntary /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: resolve /ɹɪˈzɑlv/, voluntary /ˈvɑ.lənˌt(ɛ)ɹi/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: resource /ɹɪˈzɔːs/, resolve /ɹɪˈzɑlv/
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 worker, resource, expectation.
¿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.