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Hello, my friends.
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Welcome back to English Unleashed.
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This is a very short and easy episode for a relaxed Tuesday.
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So get comfortable, take a slow breath, and enjoy a few minutes of English with me.
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I'm Tom.
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Today we are talking about something you may have said to yourself.
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I will speak English when I feel ready.
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It sounds like a good plan.
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Learn more words.
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Study a little more.
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Then one day, open your mouth and speak.
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But when does that day arrive.
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Let me tell you about a woman called Sarah.
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Sarah had a small notebook.
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Every evening she wrote five English words in it.
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Her writing was beautiful.
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She used different colors.
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She added examples.
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After a year, she had several notebooks.
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But she had never had a full conversation in English.
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Then a new neighbor moved into her building.
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Her name was Kate, and she spoke English.
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One morning, Sarah saw Kate.
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She was near the front door.
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Kate was holding two bags and looking for her keys.
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Sarah wanted to say, can I help you?
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She knew every word.
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Can I help you.
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Four small words.
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But then she began to think.
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What if she answers quickly?
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What if she asks me something?
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What if I cannot understand?
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So Sarah looked down and walked past.
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Upstairs, she put her bag on the table and she felt sad.
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She did not need another word in her notebook.
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She needed a chance to use the words already there.
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The next morning, she saw Kate again.
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This time, Kate was carrying a large box.
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Sarah felt the same worry.
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Her heart was beating fast.
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Her hands felt warm.
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She did not suddenly feel ready, but she said it anyway.
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Can I help you?
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Kate smiled.
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Yes, please.
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Could you halt the door?
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Sarah heard door.
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She looked at the box.
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She understood.
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She held the door open.
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Then Kate said, thank you.
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And Sarah answered, you're welcome.
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That was all.
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No long conversation.
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No difficult words, just a door, a box, and a little help.
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Yet, something was different.
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Before that morning, speaking English was something Sarah planned to do.
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Now it was something she had done.
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Later, she opened her notebook book.
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Under her new words, she wrote one sentence.
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Today I used my English.
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Perhaps you need a sentence like that too.
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You may think your first conversation must be interesting.
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You may want to sound clever.
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You may hope to speak for 10 minutes without stopping.
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But your first step can be much smaller ask where something
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is say you like someone's jacket ask a simple question about
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their dog you do not need to tell your whole life story you only need to begin
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and yes the other person might say something you do not understand.
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That is possible.
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You can say, sorry, could you say that again?
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or a little slower, please.
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You can also say, I'm learning English.
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These are useful things to say during a conversation.
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You can ask for help and still take part.
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Think about making a cup of tea in someone else's kitchen.
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You do not know where the cups are.
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You cannot find a spoon do you stand there silently
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because you should know everything first probably not you ask where are the cups someone shows you
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and you continue a conversation can work like that you find your way while you are in it.
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Some days it feels easy, other days it feels difficult.
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You may stop, you may forget a word, or you may give a very short answer.
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But let that be part of the experience.
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Thank you for spending part of your Tuesday with English Unleashed.
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I'm Tom.
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If you enjoyed this episode, please like, subscribe, and share this episode with a friend.
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Until next time, keep learning, keep speaking, and keep believing in yourself.
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Bye for now.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Learn English with Podcast”. Las palabras que más se repiten: English, Sarah, word, Kate, conversation. Este vídeo tiene 89 frases y 655 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:41. El hablante habla despacio, unas 98 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. 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

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
notebook sustantivo/ˈnoʊtˌbʊk/cuaderno, libreta
hungry adjetivo/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/hambriento, tener hambre
arrive verbo/əˈɹaɪv/llegar, arribar
jacket sustantivo/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/chaqueta, campera
relax verbo/ɹɪˈlæks/relajar, aflojar
breathe verbo/bɹiːð/respirar
clever adjetivo/ˈklɛv.ɚ/hábil, listo
subscribe verbo/səbˈskɹaɪb/suscribirse, subscribirse
spoon sustantivo/spuːn/cuchara
upstairs adverbio/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/arriba
neighbour sustantivo/ˈneɪbɚ/vecino, vecina
silently adverbio/ˈsaɪləntli/silenciosamente, callando

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Sarah wanted to say, can I help you?
  • What if she asks me something?
  • What if I cannot understand?
  • Could you halt the door?
  • You can say, sorry, could you say that again?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguromay have · may think · may want
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas holding · was carrying · was beating
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare talking · I'm learning

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, clever /ˈklɛv.ɚ/

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 notebook, hungry, arrive.

¿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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