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Yes, that's me.
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I had a fairly standard childhood.
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I came from what you might call a broken home.
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Literally broken.
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I was eight days old and still living with my parents.
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How sad is that?
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Clearly it was time to move on.
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Here is your minion.
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He will take care of you.
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And here is your pinky.
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You are destined for me.
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I didn't quite hear that last part, but it sounded important.
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Destined for what?
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I set out to find my destiny.
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Turns out a kid from the Glaucon Quadrant had the exact same idea.
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That was the day I met Mr. Goody Two-Shoes.
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And our glorious rivalry was born.
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Could this be what I was destined for?
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A dream life filled with luxury?
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Apparently not.
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Even fate picks its favorites.
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No big deal.
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A much different fate awaited me.
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A baby!
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How thoughtful!
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Oh, yes, yes, I saw it and thought of you.
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Luckily, I found a lovely little place to call home.
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Can we keep it?
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A place that taught me the differences between right and wrong.
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Mr. Goody-Two-Shoes, on the other hand, had life handed to him on a silver platter.
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Or a baby can fly.
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Yes, yes, nothing but the best for you, darling.
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The power of flight, invulnerability, and great air.
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But I had something far, far greater.
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My amazing intellect, and knack for building objects of mayhem.
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After a few years, and with some time off for good behavior,
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I was given an opportunity to better myself through learning at a strange place called Chul.
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It was there that I once again ran into Mr. Goody Two-Shoes.
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He had already amassed a gigantic army of soft-headed groupies.
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He bought their affections with showmanship and extravagant gifts of deliciousness.
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So I too will make this puppet corn and win over those mindless drones.
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Lights out!
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That's when I learned a very hard lesson.
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Good receives all the praise and adulation, while evil is sent to quiet time in the corner.
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So fitting in wasn't really an option.
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While they were learning the itsy bitsy spider, I learned how to dehydrate animate objects and rehydrate them at will.
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Some days it felt like it was just me and Minion against the world.
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No matter how hard I tried, I was always the odd man out.
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The last one picked.
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The screw-up.
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The black sheep.
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The bad boy. Was this my destiny?
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Wait, maybe it was.
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Being bad is the one thing I'm good at.
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Then it hit me.
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If I was the bad boy, then I was going to be the baddest boy of them all.
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I was destined to be a supervillain, and we were destined to be rivals.
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The die had been cast, and so began an enduring epic lifelong career, and I loved it.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 58 frases y 479 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:44. El hablante habla despacio, unas 101 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. Solo el 78 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

  • fate /feɪt/ (sustantivo) — azar, hado. The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
  • destiny /ˈdɛs.tɪ.ni/ (sustantivo) — destino, destinación. That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
  • lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ (sustantivo) — lección. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
  • epic /ˈɛp.ɪk/ (sustantivo) — epopeya. An extended narrative poem in elevated or dignified language, celebrating the feats of a deity, demigod (heroic epic), other legend or traditional hero.
  • luxury /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/ (sustantivo) — lujo. Very wealthy and comfortable surroundings; the state of being that they create.
  • praise /pɹeɪz/ (verbo) — alabar, elogiar. To give praise to; to commend, glorify, or worship.
  • spider /ˈspaɪ̯dɚ/ (sustantivo) — araña. Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs to catch prey.
  • corn /ˈkɔːn/ (sustantivo) — cereal, grano. Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
  • sheep /ˈʃiːp/ (sustantivo) — pusilánime, papanatas. A woolly ruminant of the genus Ovis.
  • rival /ˈɹaɪvəl/ (sustantivo) — rival. A competitor (person, team, company, etc.) with the same goal as another, or striving to attain the same thing. Defeating a rival may be a primary or necessary…
  • darling /ˈdɑɹlɪŋ/ (sustantivo) — amado, amada. Often used as an affectionate term of address: a person who is very dear to one.
  • glorious /ˈɡlɔː.ɹi.əs/ (adjetivo) — glorioso. Exhibiting attributes, qualities, or acts that are worthy of or receive glory.
  • drone /dɹoʊn/ (sustantivo) — zángano, abejón. A male hymenopteran (ant, bee, hornet, or wasp), whose sole primary function is to mate with the queen.
  • affection /əˈfɛk.ʃən/ (sustantivo) — afecto, afección. The act of affecting or acting upon.
  • luckily /ˈlʌk.ɪ.li/ (adverbio) — afortunadamente, por suerte. In a lucky manner; by good fortune; fortunately.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • come from (verbo) — ser de. To have as one's origin, birthplace or nationality.
  • fit in (verbo) — caber en, encajar en. To be physically capable of going into a space.
  • move on (verbo) — superarlo, seguir adelante. To continue; to proceed; to go on.
  • run into (verbo) — darse de bruces con, dar de bruces con. To enter by running.
  • turn out (verbo) — resultar. To end up; to result.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 3 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, I'm, wasn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: luxury /ˈlʌk.ʃə.ɹi/, sheep /ˈʃiːp/, affection /əˈfɛk.ʃən/, adulation /ˌæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/, showmanship /ˈʃəʊ.mən.ʃɪp/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: adulation /ˌæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/, extravagant /ɪkˈstɹævəɡənt/

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 fate, destiny, lesson.

¿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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