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Music Excuse
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me ma'am, but I think you're in my seat.
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Oh, sorry about that.
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Hey, Janice.
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What a surprise.
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It's me, Matt.
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We were classmates in high school.
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Matt, fancy meeting you here.
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Long time no see.
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Yeah, it's been ages.
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I haven't seen you since graduation.
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You look very different now.
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I almost didn't recognize you.
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No wonder.
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For starters, I used to have braces in high school,
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so when I smiled, you would see metal over my teeth.
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I hated that.
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I had really bad acne.
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I had pimples all over my face.
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It wasn't that bad.
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Don't be so hard on yourself.
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And I was pretty plump.
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I've lost a lot of weight since then.
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I'm into sports now.
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I wish I had been more involved in the sports clubs in high school.
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I didn't have the motivation to put my heart into any sport.
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But you haven't changed a bit since high school.
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You look the same, but better.
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That's nice of you to say.
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We had some fun times in high school.
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We did many foolish things.
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That's true.
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I'm with you on that.
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Remember Mrs. Nesbitt's chemistry class when I had that funny accident?
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You mean that explosion when you blew up your project?
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Exactly.
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I really screwed up.
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Well, these things happen.
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Luckily, no one got hurt.
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You didn't show up at our 10-year high school reunion,
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so I haven't heard from you since graduation.
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Unfortunately, I wasn't able to make it to the reunion.
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It's so nice that you could catch up with all our classmates.
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Yeah, actually, I have kept in touch with some of them over the years.
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Did you hear that Tom won one million dollars at the lottery?
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And lost all the money in two years?
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No way.
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You've got to be kidding me.
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How could that happen?
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I don't know.
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Beats me.
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And did you know that Rob got married with Lindsay?
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That figures.
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They've been in love with each other since 10th grade.
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Do they have any children?
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Not that I know of.
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Do you still live in San Antonio?
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No, I moved to Houston eight years ago.
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What about you?
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Yes, I still live there.
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So what have you been up to these past 12 years?
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Well, I got a degree in finance.
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While in college, I met my husband, Nick.
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After we met, it was a whirlwind romance.
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We got married about a year after I graduated.
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We have two children now, Elizabeth and Danny.
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Really?
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That's great to hear.
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How old are they?
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Elizabeth is three and Danny is five.
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And where do you work?
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After I graduated, I started working at a local bank,
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but all along I knew finance was not my thing.
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I had always been into fashion and clothing,
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but my parents discouraged me to pursue this career.
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So I finally made up my mind to go for it.
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I quit my job and started doing tailoring from home.
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Then I rented a place and opened a tailor shop.
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I started from scratch and built it beautifully, nicely.
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Now I am about to open a boutique with my own creations.
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You rock!
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I'm really happy for you.
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I think it takes a lot of guts to start such a business.
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It has been a lot of work,
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but it's been worth it.
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I couldn't ask for more.
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It goes to show that it's never too late to change careers and pursue your passion.
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I couldn't agree more.
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How about you?
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What have you been up to all these years?
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Well, I studied film and got my degree in cinematography.
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But filmmaking isn't all it's cracked up to be.
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I couldn't earn a living from the films I was making.
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That sounds tough.
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Tell me about it.
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I had to work all kinds of jobs for a while just to make ends meet.
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I painted people's houses and I did some lawn maintenance.
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Then I worked as a photographer for a few years.
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I have been working on a film lately,
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but I don't know if it's going to be successful.
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Just hang in there.
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The road to success is not easy.
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Hard work and patience always pay off big time.
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I hope you get the big break you need.
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Just keep going and hopefully you'll make it in the film industry.
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Even if that doesn't happen,
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I can live with that.
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It won't be the end of the world if I don't make it.
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I'll do photography again.
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That's life.
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You win some, you lose some.
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I can't argue with that.
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I may not have the perfect career,
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but I have a wonderful family.
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I am a happy married man with three kids.
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Lucky you!
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I couldn't be happier for you!
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Sounds like we've both been busy.
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Yeah, time has flown by.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Long Time No See - Common English Phrases”. Las palabras que más se repiten: film, sport, married, career, happen. Este vídeo tiene 121 frases y 824 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:33. El hablante habla despacio, unas 109 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
classmate sustantivo/ˈklæs.meɪt/compañero de clase, compañera de clase
tailor sustantivo/ˈteɪlɚ/sastre, modisto
graduation sustantivo/ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/graduación
cinematography sustantivo/ˌsɪn.ə.məˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fiː/cinematografía
whirlwind sustantivo/ˈ(h)wɝlwɪnd/torbellino
boutique sustantivo/buˈtik/boutique
discourage verbo/dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/descorazonar, acobardar
acne sustantivo/ˈækni/acné
brace sustantivo/bɹeɪs/abrazadera
guts sustantivo/ɡʌts/tripas, tripa
foolish adjetivo/ˈfuː.lɪʃ/tonto, necio
luckily adverbio/ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/afortunadamente, por suerte
beautifully adverbio/ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/bellamente
lawn sustantivo/lɔːn/césped, grama
lottery sustantivo/ˈlɑtɚi/lotería

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
make up verbo/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/reponer, suplir
pay off verbovaler la pena, salir a cuenta

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • I haven't seen you since graduation.
  • I almost didn't recognize you.
  • I've lost a lot of weight since then.
  • Nesbitt's chemistry class when I had that funny accident?
  • What have you been up to all these years?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 30 contracciones y formas reducidas, como couldn't, don't, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/, patience /ˈpeɪ̯.ʃəns/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, cinematography /ˌsɪn.ə.məˈtɒɡ.ɹə.fiː/, beautifully /ˈbju.tɪ.fə.li/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: starter /ˈstɑɹ.tɚ/, scratch /skɹæt͡ʃ/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, discourage /dɪsˈkɝɪd͡ʒ/

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 classmate, tailor, graduation.

¿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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