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Here we go. We are going to practice speaking  English. We're going to do a lot of listening, learning, repeating, and shadowing, working on  our English speaking skills. Let's take a look at this. Let's jump in. Have you ever thought  that the biggest risk in life might actually be not taking any risks at all? Oo, say that with  me. Ready? Have you ever thought that the biggest risk in life might actually be not taking any  risks at all? Not taking any risks at all.
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That's a weird one at the end there, right?  Risks. Risks. Risks at all. Risks at all.
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In today's practice, we're exploring risktaking.
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That's right. In today's practice, we're exploring  risktaking, why it matters, how it helps us grow, and why stepping outside our comfort zones can  change our lives. Let's say that again. why it matters, how it helps us grow, and why stepping  outside our comfort zones can change our lives.
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We'll also talk about how being willing  to fail is often the key to real success.
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Being willing to fail, being okay  with the idea of fail failing.
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We'll also talk about how being willing  to fail is often the key to real success.
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Imagine a simple puzzle  called the nine dot IQ test.
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You see nine dots arranged in a square 3x3.  You see nine dots arranged in a square 3x3.
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Imagine a simple puzzle called the nine dot IQ  test. You see nine dots arranged in a square 3x3.
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The challenge is to connect all the  dots using just four straight lines without lifting your pen or pencil from the paper.
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Say that with me. The challenge is to connect  all the dots using just four straight lines without lifting your pen or pencil from  the paper. Most people struggle at first.
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Why? Because they automatically assume.  Because they automatically assume they have to stay inside the  square shape created by the dots from the top. Say it with me. Most  people struggle at first. Why?
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because they automatically assume they have to  stay inside the square shape created by the dots.
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They place an invisible border around the puzzle.
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They place an invisible border around  the puzzle. But here's the secret.
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The solution only appears when you draw  lines that go outside that imagined box.
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But here's the secret. The solution only  appears when you draw lines that go outside that imagined box. You literally have to  go beyond the edges to solve the problem.
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See right here, we went beyond  the edges to solve the problem.
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So there's one, two, three, four. Four lines. All  right, say that with me. You literally have to go beyond the edges to solve the problem. This simple  puzzle is a powerful and eyeopening metaphor.
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A metaphor, a comparison that  helps explain something about life.
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From the top, this simple puzzle is a powerful  and eye-opening metaphor, a comparison that helps explain something about life. Many of us live as  if we are stuck inside our own invisible boxes.
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Are you stuck inside your own invisible  box? Well, many of us are. Say it with me.
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Many of us live as if we are stuck inside our own  invisible boxes. These boxes are not real walls.
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They are mental limits. We create for ourselves  with thoughts like what kind of thoughts do we have that create these mental limits? We'll get to  that first. Let's say this one more time. Ready?
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These boxes are not real walls. They are mental  limits we create for ourselves with thoughts like I can't do that. That's not for  people like me. Or what if I fail?
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I can't do that. I can't do that. I know  I can't do that. That's I just I know I can't do that. It's not me. That's not for  people like me. People like me cannot do that.
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What if I fail? What if I try it and I fail?  I don't know. All right. Yet the best answers, the most creative ideas, and the  biggest achievements often wait for us just outside those mental borders. Just  outside those mental those mind borders.
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Say it with me. Yet the best  answers, the most creative ideas, and the biggest achievements often wait  for us just outside those mental borders.
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Life is not a spectator sport, meaning  it's not something you just sit and watch.
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A spectator sport is a sport that you just sit  and watch, right? Life is not a spectator sport.
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Meaning it's not something you just sit and watch.  Life asks us to get involved, to participate, to take part fully. Again, life asks us to get  involved, to participate, to take part fully.
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It often quietly dares us to step beyond the  imaginary lines we've drawn in our minds.
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It often quietly dares us to step beyond the  imaginary lines we've drawn in our minds.
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Just like the 9 IQ test, the  true success, the real victory usually appears when we move beyond these  self-imposed limits. Self-imposed limits.
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Limits that we put on our self. We impose  the limit on oursel. It is self-imposed from the top. Just like with the 9 do IQ test, the true success, the real victory usually appears  when we move beyond these self-imposed limits.
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Being bold doesn't mean acting without thinking.
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Risktaking is not about being careless  or reckless. from the top. Being bold doesn't mean acting without thinking. Risktaking  is not about being careless or reckless.
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Instead, it's about being effective,  making thoughtful, wellplanned choices, taking smart chances, and accepting  that sometimes things won't work out from the top. Instead, it's about being  effective, making thoughtful, wellplanned choices, taking smart chances, and accepting  that sometimes things won't work out.
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Sometimes things won't work  out. You got to accept that.
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To take a risk means you are willing to make  a calculated decision. a calculated decision.
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That's a choice where you look at all  the possible results, both good and bad, and you make a decision based on  those, and then move forward anyway from the top. To take a risk means you are  willing to make a calculated decision, a choice where you look at all the possible results,  both good and bad, and then move forward anyway.
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It also means being prepared to face failure.
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This doesn't mean you want to fail, but you  understand that failing that falling down sometimes you fall down. Falling down sometimes is  part of moving forward. All right, from the top.
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It also means being prepared to face  failure. This doesn't mean you want to fail, but you understand that falling down  sometimes is part of moving forward.
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In other words, risktaking is about embracing  the fall. In other words, risk-taking is about embracing the fall, accepting that mistakes  and setbacks will happen and trusting that you can stand up again stronger and wiser  than before. accepting that mistakes and setbacks will happen and trusting that you can stand  up again stronger and wiser than before.
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On the path to success, you will find  many resting spots, comfortable places where you might feel tempted to stop. On the path  to success, you will find many resting spots, comfortable places where you might feel  tempted to stop. And also many dead ends where a plan simply doesn't work. And also many  dead ends where a plan simply doesn't work.
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These are like parking places in life where  growth slows down or stops if you stay too long.
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These are like parking places in life where  growth slows down or stops if you stay too long.
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But just as the nine dot puzzle shows  us, sometimes you need to draw your line past the usual limits. But just  as the nine dot puzzle shows us, sometimes you need to draw your line past  the usual limits. Sometimes you need to stretch beyond what feels safe or familiar in  order to truly connect the dots in your life.
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Again, sometimes you need to stretch  beyond what feels safe or familiar in order to truly connect the dots in your  life. In the end, life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. In the end, life  is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.
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A daring adventure is a life where you take  chances, try new things, and accept uncertainty.
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A daring adventure is a life where you take  chances, try new things, and accept uncertainty.
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Failure is not the opposite of success.
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It is a natural and necessary part of it.
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Failure is not the opposite of success.  Kind of like that. Say it with me. Ready?
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Failure is not the opposite of success.  It is a natural and necessary part of it.
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Every failure can teach you something  valuable if you are willing to learn from it.
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Every failure can teach you something  valuable if you are willing to learn from it.
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So allow yourself to step outside  the lines. Take meaningful risks.
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Welcome the possibility of balling  knowing that you can rise again.
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Let's say it together. So allow yourself to  step outside the lines. Take meaningful risks.
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Welcome the possibility of falling,  knowing that you can rise again.
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Keep going, keep learning, and keep stretching  beyond your comfort zone. Keep going, keep learning, and keep stretching beyond your  comfort zone. Because in the big picture of life, the greatest risk of all is  choosing never to take one.
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Because in the big picture of life, the greatest  risk of all is choosing never to take one.
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So take a risk and boom, good workout. Keep  moving forward one step at a time. take risks and keep and just keep going forward in life.  And if you fall down, get back up and keep going.
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You know the drill. I'll see you in the  next English speaking practice video.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Listening, Learning, Repeating, and Shadowing: English Speaking Skills”. Las palabras que más se repiten: risk, dot, beyond, limit, fail. Este vídeo tiene 67 frases y 1655 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 17:09. El hablante habla despacio, unas 97 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 14 de sus 67 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:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
puzzle sustantivo/ˈpʌzəl/enigma, rompecabezas
dare verbo/dɛ(ə)ɹ/osar, atreverse
invisible adjetivo/ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/invisible
spectator sustantivo/spɛkˈteɪtə/espectador
metaphor sustantivo/ˈmɛt.ə.fɚ/metáfora
calculate verbo/ˈkælkjʊleɪt/calcular
arrange verbo/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/arreglar, acotejar
setback sustantivo/ˈsɛtbæk/contratiempo, descalabro
tempt verbo/tɛmpt/tentar, acodiciar
careless adjetivo/kɛɹ.ləs/descuidado, irresponsable
imaginary adjetivo/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪˌn(ɛ)ɹi/imaginario
reckless adjetivo/ˈɹɛkləs/imprudente, temerario
thoughtful adjetivo/ˈθɔːtfəl/detallista
pencil sustantivo/ˈpɛnsəl/lápiz
uncertainty sustantivo/ʌnˈsɜːtənti/incertidumbre, incerteza

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
move forward verboir adelante, adelantar
slow down verbodesacelerar, decelerar
stand up verbolevantarse, ponerse de pie

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Let's take a look at this.
  • In today's practice, we're exploring risktaking.
  • Are you stuck inside your own invisible  box?
  • We'll get to  that first.
  • What if I try it and I fail?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorawe've drawn
Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupothe biggest · the best · the greatest
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ingpractice speaking · keep learning · Keep moving
Posibilidad con “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo posible pero no seguromight actually be · might feel

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 24 contracciones y formas reducidas, como doesn't, can't, we'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, imaginary /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪˌn(ɛ)ɹi/, uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: puzzle /ˈpʌzəl/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: arrange /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/, imaginary /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪˌn(ɛ)ɹi/

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 puzzle, dare, invisible.

¿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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