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Less than 347, Carnival.
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Clayann talks about the big tradition of Carnival in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Listen to the end for bonus study materials.
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Now, let's begin.
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So, Clay -Ann, can you talk a little bit about Carnival in your country?
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Actually, Carnival in my country started a very long time ago, after the end of slavery.
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And now it has kind of changed a lot into a big festival.
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where everybody basically dances in the street wearing very little clothes, very colorful costumes listening to music.
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It lasts for two days.
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It's called Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
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And for those two days, that's when we have the big parades in the street, with big costumes, small costumes, and a lot of music.
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The days leading up to Carnival may actually be more important.
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than the two days of Carnival themselves,
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because that's when we have a lot of concerts and competitions for calypsonians and Calypstonians.
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Uh...
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people who sing Calypso, which is music that's native to Trinidad and Tobago.
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and We have a lot of steel band festivals and steel bands are like big musical bands who play the steel drums.
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which were invented in Trinidad and Tobago.
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So this is a national holiday everything is closed down for at least a week.
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A week?
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Yeah, even before before Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
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It's closed from the Wednesday of the week before.
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So Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.
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And then everybody goes right back to work?
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On the following Wednesday is Ash Wednesday.
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It started I think as a kind of a religious festival.
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I've seen examples of it all over the world including Europe.
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And actually it started from the Catholic Church.
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So on Ash Wednesday, people are supposed to go to church and confess their sins and get ashes.
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And I can assume that we probably have a lot to confess after Carnival Monday and Tuesday.
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So is it usually pretty much the same thing every year or does it change a little bit?
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It always changes because it's not government run.
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The carnival bands, that means the bands of people who parade the streets in different costumes, they're actually competing with each other to get a lot of people.
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to win the band of the year and their judge on their costumes.
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So we have private owners of bands who design different costumes every year with different themes.
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And they have to portray these themes on the street.
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And the aim is to win.
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the competition for band of the year and every year the costumes are different - Actually,
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Carnival is launched from the year before.
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So I think this year Carnival will be launched somewhere in...
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Actually, I think they already launched it last month, July.
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and so from july you're going to see all the bands um coming out with their
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costumes on display for people to decide which band they want to play in, which costumes they would like to use.
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artists start to release their sing their Calypso singles because there's all there's also competition for best calypso and Um...
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and other different types of music.
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which are not as big as calypso music in Trinidad and Tobago.
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Welcome back.
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This lesson comes with free study materials First, students can play the audio and read the transcript and go over the conversation.
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Students can also take a listening comprehension quiz and check their score.
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They can review the vocabulary used in the lesson, for example, "confess your sins," government run,
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And they could also do a grammar puzzle, my favorite.
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Students can read the script and try to choose the correct word and then get their grammar score at the end.
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Also, this lesson comes with a free worksheet similar to the grammar lesson that students can do offline.
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for the free lesson details.
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And that's it for this lesson.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Lesson 347 – Carnival”. Las palabras que más se repiten: carnival, band, costumes, lesson, Wednesday. Este vídeo tiene 62 frases y 709 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:58. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 143 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 83 % 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 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| carnival sustantivo | /ˈkɑɹnɪvəl/ | carnestolendas, carnaval |
| costume sustantivo | /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/ | traje |
| calypso sustantivo | /kəˈlɪp.soʊ/ | calipso |
| confess verbo | /kənˈfɛs/ | confesar |
| grammar sustantivo | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | gramática |
| parade sustantivo | /pəˈrɑd/ | desfile, paseíllo |
| worksheet sustantivo | hoja de trabajo | |
| invent verbo | /ɪnˈvɛnt/ | inventar |
| comprehension sustantivo | /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ | comprensión, entendimiento |
| portray verbo | /poɹˈtɹeɪ̯/ | retratar |
| transcript sustantivo | /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/ | transcripción |
| offline adjetivo | /ɔfˈlaɪn/ | offline, fuera de línea |
| colorful adjetivo | /ˈkʌl.əɹ.fl̩/ | lleno, de color |
| vocabulary sustantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulario |
| quiz sustantivo | /kwɪz/ | prueba, cuestionario |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| go over verbo | sentar, pasar |
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 | were invented · is closed · is launched |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | people who sing · people who parade |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 5 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, I've, they're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, ash /ˈæʃ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: calypsonian /kælɪpˈsəʊnɪ.ən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: carnival /ˈkɑɹnɪvəl/, invent /ɪnˈvɛnt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, slavery /ˈsleɪvəɹi/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: quiz /kwɪz/, puzzle /ˈpʌzəl/
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 carnival, costume, calypso.
¿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.