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Going away?
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Do you care?
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Look, I wasn't to know you hadn't told him.
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It never occurred to me...
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Just shut up!
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I don't know what's happened.
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Tom's made you feel bad. Or Papa.
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Or maybe it's just the same old
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Mary who wants her cake and hate me to.
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I never meant to.
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Yes, you did!
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Who do you think you're talking to?
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Mama, your maid.
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I know you.
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I know you to be a nasty, jealous, scheming bitch.
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Now listen, you possessive...
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You're a bitch!
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And not content with ruining your own life, you're determined to ruin mine.
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I have not ruined my life.
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And if Bertie's put off by that, then...
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Don't demean yourself by trying to justify your venom.
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Just go.
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And you're wrong, you know.
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As you so often are.
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Henry's perfect for you.
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You're just too stupid and stuck up to see it.
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Still, at least he's got away from you.
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Which is something to give thanks for, I suppose.
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Granny, when did you arrive?
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Yesterday evening.
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I spent the night before in Southampton and an entire day on trains, so I've come hot foot.
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If you're here to reprimand me about Edith, please don't.
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Tom's already torn me into strips.
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Why did you do it?
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I don't know.
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She was so...
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Anyway, I'm sorry now.
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You should be.
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With Edith, I just say things and then they can't be unsaid.
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Tom believes you're unhappy.
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That's why you lash out as you do.
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Look, if this is about Henry Talbot, you should be clear, he hasn't much to offer.
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Bertie Hexham is a loss, but not Henry.
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He's well -born, but there's no money or position.
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He's not even a countryman, not really.
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He grew up in London.
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He shoots?
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Yes, he shoots.
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Like every social climbing banker shoots.
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But let's leave his credentials to one side for a moment and concentrate on what is important. Which is?
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Tom says that he is in love with you and that you are in love with him. Do you believe him?
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Do you deny it?
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Oh, for you of all people to talk as if his qualifications don't matter.
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Tony Gillingham had all that I could wish.
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Birth, money, looks.
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but he didn't suit you.
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No. No, he wasn't clever enough.
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He wasn't strong enough.
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Henry Talbot is both.
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All right, Granny, it's not his poverty.
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But did Tom tell you I stood there, staring at a car in flames, wondering if it were him?
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I think he's told me everything.
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Then you'll know I can't be a crash widow again.
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I can't.
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I'd live in terror, dreading every race, every practice, every trial.
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I cannot do it.
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Does he know this?
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He'd feel he should give it up, but I don't want that.
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He'd resent me.
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Oh, can't you find me some duke?
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There must be one spare so I can put Edith in her place.
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You are the only woman I know who likes to think herself cold and selfish and grand.
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Most of us spend our lives trying to hide it.
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Oh, Granny, please don't lecture me on sentimental virtues.
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Don't worry, don't worry.
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I believe in rules and traditions and playing our part.
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But there is something else.
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And what is that, pray?
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I believe in love.
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I mean, brilliant careers, rich lives, are seldom led without just an element of love.
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Oh, Granny, you do surprise me.
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Oh, I am glad.
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So climbing all those stairs wasn't wasted.
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No. No, I would only say this first.
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Make peace with your sister.
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And then, make peace with yourself, Mary.
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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 “"Justify Your Venom"”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Granny, Edith, shoots, Henry, Tom. Este vídeo tiene 87 frases y 609 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:59. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 122 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

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
ruin sustantivo/ˈɹuː.ɪn/ruina
climb verbo/ˈklaɪ̯m/escalar, subir
occur verbo/əˈkɜː/ocurrir
element sustantivo/ˈɛləmənt/elemento
poverty sustantivo/ˈpɑːvɚti/pobreza, pauperismo
duke sustantivo/dʒuːk/duque
pray verbo/pɹeɪ/rezar, orar
arrive verbo/əˈɹaɪv/llegar, arribar
strip verbo/ˈstɹɪp/remover
tear verbo/tɛɹ/rasgar, desgarrar
deny verbo/dəˈnaɪ/negar, impugnar
spare adjetivo/spɛɚ/de reserva, de repuesto
terror sustantivo/ˈtɛɹɚ/terror
jealous adjetivo/ˈd͡ʒɛl.əs/celoso, encelado
nasty adjetivo/ˈnæs.ti/sucio

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
go away verboirse, marcharse
put off verboperecear
shut up/ʃʌt ʌp/cállate la boca, cállate

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Look, I wasn't to know you hadn't told him.
  • I don't know what's happened.
  • Who do you think you're talking to?
  • Granny, when did you arrive?
  • Why did you do it?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 33 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, you're, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/, qualification /ˌkwɑlɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, credential /kɹɪˈdɛnʃəl/, lash /læʃ/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: strip /ˈstɹɪp/, spare /spɛɚ/, stairs /ˈstɛɹz/, stare /stɛɚ/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: poverty /ˈpɑːvɚti/, arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, clever /ˈklɛv.ɚ/, virtue /ˈvɝt͡ʃu/, venom /ˈvɛnəm/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: stairs /ˈstɛɹz/, possessive /pəˈzɛs.ɪv/, resent /ɹiˈzɛnt/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como ruin, climb, occur.

¿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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