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Today, Pete and I are meeting with a consultant who will help us with our new show.
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Yesterday, Pete had promised to meet me here at 8 a .m.
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But, He did not come on time.
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Uh -oh, it's bad to be late for a business meeting, but while we wait for Pete, let's talk about a new verb tense.
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Past perfect.
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You know the past tense, right?
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Like...
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Pete promised to meet me here at 8 a .m.
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Past perfect is a little different.
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When we talk about two things in the past, we can use the past perfect for the first event.
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Put "had" before the past participle.
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Pete had promised he would meet Anna.
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Here's your assignment.
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Find sentences with the past perfect tense.
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Remember, before "had".
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Oh.
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Thank you.
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You two are late.
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Exactly 43 minutes late.
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What happened?
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He had to get his special coffee.
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Special coffee.
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- Huh?
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She had to feed her birds.
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Her birds?
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Of course I have to feed the birds.
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Who's going to feed them?
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It's very special coffee.
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You don't have anything to taste.
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I can see already that you two need my help.
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You can't both talk at the same time.
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You have to take turns.
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All right, Ana, you go first.
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Sure.
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Kelly, see Pete and I live in the same building.
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So we decided to meet at 8 :00 a .m.
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8 a .m.
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to come to work together.
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I had waited 15 minutes when Pete arrived.
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After Pete had wasted time waiting for coffee, we were late.
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I left you a message.
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I didn't get that message.
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Oh.
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Sorry.
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repeat.
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Anna left a message.
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That's the right thing to do.
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Did you find some examples of the past perfect tense?
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I did.
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Anna said, "After Pete had wasted time waiting for coffee, we were late." Look at that coffee.
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It looks more like dessert.
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Okay?
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Keep watching for past perfect.
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Yeah, that's not why we're late.
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This is why we're late.
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I had arrived on time at 8 a .m but didn't see Anna.
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She was standing behind a tree.
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I think she was hugging it.
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I always walk to work.
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But she said that would take too long and that a scooter would be faster.
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It was awful.
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I hated it.
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And it added too much time to our commute.
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Then, Anna stopped by a pond to feed the birds.
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She had named them after characters from books and yelled the names out loud.
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Romeo, Juliet, Sherlock.
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By the time she had fed all the birds.
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We were late.
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This is what I think.
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You two see the same event very differently.
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Does this happen often with you two?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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What are you talking about?
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Okay, this is good.
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This is good.
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It's good to see things differently.
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I have an idea.
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We will call the show, "He Said, She Said." For every story, you tell a different point of view.
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That is a great idea, Kelly.
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Pete, we are different.
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That's why I thought of you for this job.
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I think you two understand perfectly.
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Bye.
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Let's get to work.
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She named the birds?
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Really?
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Yeah.
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Of course Anna named the birds.
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Everyone should have a name and everyone should learn past perfect.
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Remember, you can use it to talk about two different things that happened in the past.
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Okay, Professor Bott, signing off.
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Bye.
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Bye.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel A2 se basa en el vídeo “Let's learn English”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Pete, birds, perfect, Anna, coffee. Este vídeo tiene 94 frases y 566 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:57. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 114 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
tense sustantivo/tɛns/tiempo
arrive verbo/əˈɹaɪv/llegar, arribar
differently adverbio/ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/diferentemente
awful adjetivo/ˈɔːfʊl/infumable, malísimo
assignment sustantivo/əˈsaɪn.mənt/asignación
consultant sustantivo/kənˈsʌl.tənt/consultor
hug verbo/hʌɡ/abrazar
pond sustantivo/pɑnd/charca, estanque
yell verbo/jɛl/gritar, vociferar
dessert sustantivo/dɪˈzɝt/dulce, postre
verb sustantivo/vɝb/verbo
scooter sustantivo/ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/patineta, patín del diablo
commute verbo/kəˈmjuːt/conmutar, indultar
participle sustantivo/ˈpɑɹtɪˌsɪpəl/participio

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
sign off verbofirmar, aprobar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Who's going to feed them?
  • You don't have anything to taste.
  • You can't both talk at the same time.
  • Does this happen often with you two?
  • What are you talking about?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas standing · was hugging
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohad to get · had to feed · have to feed
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasare meeting · are you talking
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill help · will call

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 6 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, we're, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/, participle /ˈpɑɹtɪˌsɪpəl/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, verb /vɝb/

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 tense, arrive, differently.

¿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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