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They say hobbies can say a lot about a person and as our own Neil Jones reports, sometimes the hobby will surprise you.
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For 19 years Dr. Terry Lee has dedicated himself to helping people as a radiologist.
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It's a pretty consuming profession so.
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The UMKC grad was looking for a hobby
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that would allow him to escape the high -pressure world of medicine and he's found it in an unlikely place.
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Dr. Lee discovered a love for driving race cars.
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I won't lie to you.
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I mean, I like cars.
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I like speed.
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Now it looks like he's driving a real
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Formula One or Indy car, but it's actually an F1000 Formula car with a top speed of around 150.
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The adrenaline rush and kind of the thrill of the speed
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and the g -forces you feel and the turns and there's nothing really else I've done that's quite like it.
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It takes time to get used to the speed, takes time to get used to how fast you can take a corner
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and knowing the limits of the car and knowing your own limits.
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Dr. Lee tests those limits here at the Spring Mountain Motorsports Ranch.
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It's kind of like a country club for drivers that set up 55 miles west of Las Vegas.
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The track that I belong to, they can do 50 different configurations.
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The longest configuration is 6 .1 miles.
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He owns his car, which cost around $40 ,000.
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The main thing that you notice is how well the car handles.
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In a corner, they can pull two and a half Gs easily.
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And that's a big thrill I like about racing, you know.
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While the father of two has no desire to wreck, he admits that he does not mind feeling a little fear.
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I think it is good in a way.
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Then you've reached the limit of your car.
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You've reached the limit of what you can do, and that's what really it is about.
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For now, he races around one weekend a month.
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But during his hours at work, he does dream about the track.
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I've thought about it a lot.
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It would be a wonderful thing to someday go, hey, I'm going to retire.
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I want to go do racing for a year and see how I do.
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You know, it would be amazing, I think.
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So along with his love for his family and his love for medicine, Terry Lee has developed a love for racing.
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It is an addictive thing.
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Neil Jones, KCTV 5 Sports.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Local doctor has unique hobby, drives in races”. Las palabras que más se repiten: limit, Lee, speed, racing. Este vídeo tiene 36 frases y 417 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:38. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 158 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 82 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
hobby sustantivo/ˈhɑ.bi/afición, hobby
configuration sustantivo/kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/configuración
thrill verbo/θɹɪl/emocionar, excitar
rush verbo/ɹʌʃ/correr, apurarse
discover verbo/dɪˈskʌvə/descubrir
belong verbo/bɪˈlɒŋ/pertenecer [with en or a]
unlikely adjetivo/ʌnˈlaɪkli/improbable
profession sustantivo/pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/profesión, profesión de fe
retire verbo/ɹəˈtaɪɹ/jubilar
someday adverbioalgún día
wreck sustantivo/ˈɹɛk/cacharro, trasto
consume verbo/kənˈsum/consumir
addictive adjetivo/əˈdɪktɪv/adictivo, que crea dependencia
adrenaline sustantivo/əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/adrenalina
dedicate verbo/ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/dedicar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • I won't lie to you.
  • Then you've reached the limit of your car.
  • I've thought about it a lot.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 6 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I've, you've, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: configuration /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, profession /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: configuration /kənˌfɪɡ.əˈɹeɪ̯.ʃən/, adrenaline /əˈdɹɛnəlɪn/, radiologist /ˌɹeɪ.diːˈɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: discover /dɪˈskʌvə/, addictive /əˈdɪktɪv/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como hobby, configuration, thrill.

¿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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