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Morning, little chef.
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Rising shot?
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Oh no. Idiot!
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I knew this would happen!
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I let him run into my place and tell him what's mine is his?
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Egg's gone!
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Stupid!
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He's stolen food and hit the road!
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What did I expect?
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That's what I get for trusting a rat!
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What?
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Uh...
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Hey, is that for me?
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Mmm, that's good!
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In this hilarious clip from Ratatouille, Linguini wakes up to find his new cooking partner, Rammy the rat, has already whipped up an omelette for breakfast.
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Rise and shine is a cheerful way to wake someone up.
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Rise and shine!
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right after breakfast they hit the road which means they left or went away.
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Ratatouille is a movie about breaking stereotypes and pursuing your dreams.
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This unlikely duo teaches us a valuable lesson.
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And when things seem impossible, teamwork can help you overcome any challenge.
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Let's watch it together!
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Oh, you got...
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GAAAHHHHH!
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GAAAHHHHH!
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This is not gonna work, little chef!
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I'm gonna lose it if we do this anymore!
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We gotta, we gotta figure out something else.
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Something that doesn't involve any biting or nipping or running up and down my body with your little rat feet.
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Biting?
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No!
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Scampering?
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No!
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No scampering or scurrying!
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You understand, little chef?
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Little chef?
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Oh, you're hungry.
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Yeah, so funny.
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He says, I'm gonna lose it.
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What does it mean here by saying I'm gonna lose it?
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This is not gonna work, Little Chef!
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I'm gonna lose it if we do this anymore!
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I'm gonna go crazy.
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I'm gonna just go insane.
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Yeah, like lose control, right?
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Yeah, lose control of myself, of my mind.
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Okay, so for example, the Beatles fans in the past, you know, when the Beatles started playing, the fans would just lose it.
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So you could say, oh, they lost it.
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Yeah, he just like, he feels like overwhelmed with everything's going on.
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Yeah, just too much motion around it.
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So he can't keep cool.
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Nice word there to overwhelmed when there's too much, right?
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So he will lose it if they keep doing that, if the little chef keeps doing that.
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So he says that they got to figure out something else.
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We got to figure out something else.
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So when you figure something out, you kind of solve a problem.
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You find a way how to solve something, how to fix things.
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And what I find interesting about this phrase is is that the order in which you say the words can change.
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Like you can say to figure it out, to figure it out.
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There's some connected speech there, figure it out.
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There's a tap T that becomes like a D sound, at out, figure it out.
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But in this case, he says, figure out another way to do something.
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So you're placing the object, another way to do something or something else after figure out.
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So you can say it either way, depends on how you're phrasing it.
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And by the way, connected speech, good that you mentioned it, because in the phrase, I'm gonna lose it, there's also an interesting pattern, right?
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It's, I am going to lose it.
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He says, it's just, I'm gonna lose it, just as one chunk.
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I'm gonna, and then lose it.
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The Z sound from lose, it just connects to it, to that, lose it, I'm gonna lose it.
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We gotta, we gotta figure out something else.
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Something that doesn't involve any biting or nipping or running up and down my body with your little rat feet.
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You're biting, no. Scampering, no. No scampering or scurrying!
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You understand, little chef?
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So many actions that a rat can do on your body, like biting, nipping, scampering, right?
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What are all those words?
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What's the meaning of all those words?
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Yeah, so nipping, which is quite funny to just picture it, is to bite quickly and sharply.
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Like often in a small and light way, you're just like pinching, you know, like you're nipping.
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It's almost pinching, I just wanted to say, it's almost like pinching.
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He also said scampering, what is that?
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Yeah, scampering, it makes me think about like animals or even small children, because scampering is running quickly, right?
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With like little light steps.
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And he describes that as like running up and down my body with your little rat feet.
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Can you just imagine that?
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It just makes me shivers, you know, like my body.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Because it's tickling as well, as if it was tickling, right?
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So he says, no skimpering or scurrying.
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Now that's a more advanced and really interesting word, scurrying.
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What is that?
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Yeah, makes me think that it's a kind of a combination of the word scary and hurry.
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Yeah, so scarily hurry.
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Scaring is moving hurriedly when you are in a rush.
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Yeah, and you again make those short quick steps.
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Yeah, it makes me think of squirrels, which is an interesting.
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Oh, pretty yeah exactly it's similar work the word sounds similar
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right scurry squirrel the animal squirrel it scurries right it's like
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it hops in it it moves quite fast with all those quick steps
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and get it now all right ed let's watch the second part of this clip
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which is a little bit longer but that's exactly the part
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when they try to figure out the system
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and you might be surprised at the end of this clip if you haven't watched the movie Okay,
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so let's think this out.
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You know how to cook, and I know how to appear, uh, human.
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We just need to work out a system, so that I do what you want, in a way that doesn't look like I'm being controlled by a tiny rat.
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Chef, oh, would you listen to me?
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I'm insane, I'm insane, I'm insane!
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Your refrigerator talking to a rat!
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Linguini?
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We gotta communicate.
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I can't be constantly checking for a yes or no head shake from a rat!
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The rat!
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I saw it!
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A rat?
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Yes, yes, a rat right next to you!
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What are you doing in here?
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I'm just familiarizing myself with, you know, the vegetables and such.
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Get out!
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One can get too familiar with vegetables, you know! That was close.
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Are you okay up there?
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How did you do that?
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Whoa!
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That's strangely involuntary!
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One look and I knew we had the same crazy idea.
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Okay, so let's think this out.
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You know how to cook, and I know how to appear human.
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Okay, so everybody knows the verb to think, but how does it change if we add out here?
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So what does it mean to think out?
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When you're thinking more carefully, maybe you're planning, you're considering something or planning more carefully and you're taking extra time to do it,
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so you're thinking it out.
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I also liked how he pronounces the phrase how to differently, so he uses it twice.
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You know how to cook and I know how to appear human, right?
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So in the first case, he uses the connected speech here, how to, how to.
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Yeah, so we reduce to to a schwa sound, ta, and connect two words together, how to.
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You know how to cook.
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And then he takes a pause.
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That's why to is not reduced in this case.
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And I know how to, takes a pause, appear human.
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Yeah, he was thinking what he can do actually, yeah, appear human.
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We just need to work out a system so
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that I do what you want in a way
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that doesn't look like I'm being controlled by a tiny rat
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chef oh would you listen to me I'm insane I'm insane I'm insane nice
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so we just explained uh the phrasal verb to think out
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there's another phrasal verb to work out he says we should
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work out a system could you define it please yeah that's
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it's a nice phrase right to work out a system
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because workouts if you don't know this expression you could think it's like exercising like physical exercising right
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but to work out a system is just to create or figure out an effective way of doing something.
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And really you can collocate this with other phrases, like you can work out a way to do it, figure it out, as you said.
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So it's very similar to that in that sense.
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And it has connected speech here too.
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It's another word chunk.
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So work out, work out a, work out a way, work out a system.
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And what happens there is the K connects, the K sound connects with out.
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So work out.
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And the T in out becomes a flap T, the american t which connects with uh the short a the article a
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so work out a i really like the example of the passive voice here
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so he says i'm being controlled you may be confused by it
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but if you look at this being part rings a bell right a i
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and g tells you about continuous progressive tenses
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so i am being controlled is actually a present continuous yeah i am doing something but in a passive voice.
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The passive voice is formed when the action is directed toward the subject and we can easily turn into the active voice.
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For example, the rat is controlling the chef.
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So the chef is being controlled by a rat.
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So you see, it transforms both ways very easily.
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Guys, let me just quickly bring another example for you to practice it more.
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Like, for example, right now, we are explaining the word, or we are explaining the passive voice to you.
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If you want to convert it into active, you can say that this grammar piece is being explained by the real-life coaches.
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We just need to work out a system so
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that I do what you want in a way that doesn't look like I'm being controlled by a tiny rat chef.
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Oh, would you listen to me?
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I'm insane.
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I'm insane.
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So he says that he's being controlled by a tiny rat chef.
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What's that word?
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Tiny.
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I also like another variant of this word as a teeny tiny.
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So tiny or teeny tiny is super small, like something very small.
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And another connected speech pattern here.
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Would you listen to me?
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Could you break it down easy?
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The first instance of pectin speech we see there that the words would you morph into a single would you sound.
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So there's like a j, j, would you, would you, would you.
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Okay, so the rest of that phrase is would you listen to me.
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Yeah, so here what happens is if you remember from the previous lessons we made in this channel, the combination of letters and T usually drops T.
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So, listen and to merge together, listen to, but then we lose the T here, listen to, listen to me.
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Yeah, and to is reduced also to a schwa sound, so it becomes ta.
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So he says, would you listen to me?
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I'm insane.
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I'm crazy.
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Yeah, going crazy, you're losing it, you're insane.
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And guys, now we're going to play the rest of the clip, and it will be a little bit difficult to hear some of the words, because we are out of this refrigerator
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and this is actually how linguine's boss just listens to him
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uh that's why it's a little bit muffled right easy what is muffled yeah muffled well muffled is like
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when a sound is more difficult to hear exactly like you're
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saying maybe like you know oh hello hello hey ksenia hey ksenia hello exactly like that's the muffled sound so Linguini?
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We gotta communicate.
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I can't be constantly checking for a yes or no head shake from a rat.
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Yeah, so those muffled words he was actually saying are gourmet restaurant.
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Yeah, gourmet, the interesting French word, it actually means fancy, high-end dining, right?
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Because as you remember, they are located in Paris and it is well known for its fine cuisine.
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The gourmet restaurant is some fancy restaurant, right?
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Wow, so many interesting advanced words there, Xenia.
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Like high-end, fine cuisine, gourmet restaurant.
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So for all of you watching us, remember that all these advanced words, you can practice them on the real-life app, just like Xenia said earlier.
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So make sure to download it right now.
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And you can even continue watching this lesson there.
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So Xenia, he also says, we will never pull this off, or I will never pull this off.
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What does that mean?
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To pull something off or to pull it off?
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That's a very interesting phrasal verb, actually.
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When you successfully achieve something or complete some difficult task, you can say, oh, I pulled this off, right?
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Or when you're in doubt, like Linguini here, that he doesn't know if he's actually capable of completing this task successfully.
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I also hear it when somebody decides to buy a piece of clothing
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or get a haircut that looks really unique and different and somehow it just fits them and they look cool in it.
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Other people could say, oh you really pulled it off.
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The rat!
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I saw it!
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The rat?
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Yes, yes, a rat right next to you!
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What are you doing in here?
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I'm just familiarizing myself with, you know, the vegetables and such.
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Get out!
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Yeah, that is so funny that he says this phrase here, I'm familiarizing myself with the vegetables.
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Yeah, I couldn't imagine like, you know, he goes into a refrigerator to learn about some vegetables.
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Familiarizing yourself is to get to know something, right?
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But there is an interesting addition.
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He says like and such, right?
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What does this mean?
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So and such is similar things with vegetables and things are similar to vegetables.
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So it's a collocation they can use to say that.
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It's interesting he says vegetables there the way he says it because it's the way natives usually say it.
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But then when his boss says it because it has this French accent, it sounds slightly off, you know, like how most native English speakers would say it. And
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that reminds me of something you shared in the podcast you
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did with Ethan recently of how your daughter used to say the word vegetable.
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Because that's a very difficult word for foreigners.
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And remember the tip that Ethan shared?
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Just say badges.
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Badges.
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Yeah, there you go.
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Yeah, let's leave the link in the description for that episode.
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It's really nice because you guys covered so many different difficult sounds.
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By the way, EZ, do you remember an English word to describe this motion, this movement he just did to avoid this waiter?
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Ah, well, maybe dodge.
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That's a verb.
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Like when you dodge, there's even a phrase like dodge a bullet, which is not literal, like somebody firing a gun and you're dodging the bullet.
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But that's more figurative when you avoid a situation that could be problematic for you.
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So you dodge the bullet.
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But that's the word that comes to mind.
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Dodge.
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That's an interesting dodge because I didn't remember that.
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What did pop in my head is the verb duck.
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And it's funny because there is this bird, duck.
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but if you use it as a verb to duck it means exactly
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that to avoid something what is about to hit you
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and probably the etymology of this word is from this thing duck does
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and it lowers its head right so the duck means to lower its head or to avoid something
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How did you do that?
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Oh Whoa, that's strangely involuntary
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That's so funny he is like a muppet right so there is this doll with cords and you like control
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The doll it's like a muppet.
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It's called a muppet.
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You mean like a puppet?
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It's a puppet!
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It's a Muppet or Puppet?
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Muppet is a show, right?
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Yeah.
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I'm not your puppet!
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And there is an interesting advanced word he used.
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It was involuntary.
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What does it mean, involuntary?
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Involuntary.
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And I think the way he says it, involuntary...
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But that's not how you should say it, right?
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The actual pronunciation is involuntary.
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It's when you do something without wanting to or it's not conscious.
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Like when we sneeze sometimes, like we don't plan to and it's just involuntary, right?
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Or if somebody tickles you, you know, to make you laugh or just...
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Your reaction is involuntary.
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So they figured it out how to do it, yeah?
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I highly recommend you check out this movie if you haven't yet done so, because it's super nice, it's family friendly,
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it's inspirational and it's so charming and now it's time for a test.
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Let's watch the clip one more time without subtitles and answer some of our quiz questions.
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biting or nipping or running up and down my body with your little rat feet.
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Biting?
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No!
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Scampering?
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No!
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No scampering or scurrying!
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You understand, little chef?
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Little chef?
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What is nipping?
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Running?
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Jumping?
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Biting?
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Oh, you're hungry.
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Okay, so let's think this out.
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You know how to cook, and I know how to appear...
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...human.
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We just need to work out a system, so that I do what you want in a way that doesn't look like I'm being controlled by a tiny rat.
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Chef, oh would you listen to me?
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I'm insane, I'm insane, I'm insane!
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I'm a printer and you're talking to a rat!
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To work out in this context means to do some training, to develop some plan, to trick the system.
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Oh, you're hungry.
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Okay, so let's think this out.
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You know how to cook, and I know how to appear, uh, human.
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We just need to work out a system so
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that I do what you want in a way that doesn't look like I'm being controlled by a tiny rat.
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Chef, oh would you listen to me?
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I'm insane, I'm insane, I'm insane!
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A refrigerator talking to a rat!
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If you pull something off, you accomplish a difficult task, understand how things work, forget about this unpleasant experience.
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A rat?
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Yes, yes, a rat right next to you!
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What are you doing in here?
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I'm just familiarizing myself with, you know, the vegetables and such.
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Get out!
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Choose the correct word.
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I'm just familiarizing myself about, on, with, the vegetables.
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One can get too familiar with vegetables, you know! That was close.
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Are you okay up there?
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How did you do that? So guys,
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thank you so much for learning with us today, but that's not the end of your learning sessions.
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This is the easiest way to make these words stick with you forever.
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And if you need a recommendation, here's another fun lesson for you to watch next.
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I think someone is targeting predators on purpose and making them go savage.
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Wow.
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Isn't that interesting?
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Wait, wait, please.
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I know you'll never forgive me and I don't blame you.
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I wouldn't forgive me either.
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I was ignorant.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Learn English with RATATOUILLE — Linguini's Secret”. Las palabras que más se repiten: word, rat, chef, insane, lose. Este vídeo tiene 356 frases y 3502 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 25:30. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 137 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. 73 de sus 356 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| vegetable sustantivo | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | verdura, legumbre |
| scamper verbo | /ˈskæmpɚ/ | apresurar, corretear |
| involuntary adjetivo | /ɪnˈvɑ.lənˌtɛɹ.i/ | involuntario |
| scurry verbo | /ˈskʌ.ɹi/ | corretear |
| verb sustantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| dodge verbo | /dɑd͡ʒ/ | esquivar |
| familiarize verbo | /fəˈmɪliəɹaɪ̯z/ | familiarizar |
| muffle verbo | /mʌfl̩/ | asordinar |
| vocabulary sustantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulario |
| gourmet sustantivo | /ɡʊɹˈmeɪ/ | gastrónomo, sibarita |
| refrigerator sustantivo | /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/ | frigorífico, heladera |
| puppet sustantivo | /ˈpʌpɪt/ | títere, marioneta |
| passive adjetivo | /ˈpæs.ɪv/ | pasivo |
| tickle verbo | /ˈtɪkl̩/ | hacer cosquillas, cosquillear |
| squirrel sustantivo | /ˈskwɪ.ɹ(ə)l/ | ardilla |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| figure out verbo | averiguar, captar |
| get out verbo | salir |
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear |
| go away verbo | irse, marcharse |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Hey, is that for me?
- What does it mean here by saying I'm gonna lose it?
- Can you just imagine that?
- Chef, oh, would you listen to me?
- What are you doing in here?
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 | being controlled · is not reduced · is formed |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | road which means · nipping, which is · squirrels, which is |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has already whipped · haven't watched · has connected |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 103 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, you're, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: schwa /ʃwɑ/, shine /ʃaɪn/, collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, flashcard /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/, repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: involuntary /ɪnˈvɑ.lənˌtɛɹ.i/, familiarize /fəˈmɪliəɹaɪ̯z/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, refrigerator /ɹɪˈfɹɪd͡ʒ.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/, collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scamper /ˈskæmpɚ/, scurry /ˈskʌ.ɹi/, squirrel /ˈskwɪ.ɹ(ə)l/, strangely /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒli/, skimper /ˈskɪmpə/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, involuntary /ɪnˈvɑ.lənˌtɛɹ.i/, verb /vɝb/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, passive /ˈpæs.ɪv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: familiarize /fəˈmɪliəɹaɪ̯z/, phrasal /ˈfɹeɪzəl/, pause /pɔːz/, cuisine /kwɪˈziːn/, sneeze /sniːz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como vegetable, scamper, involuntary.
¿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.