Shadowing Practice: Mike Quits From Pearson Hardman | Suits - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I'd been working six months when Mr. Hunt started asking me to work more, order dinner, one night.
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Late, he tried to have sex with me.
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The next day, I requested a change in assignments.
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Two months later, I was fired for having a bad attitude.
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- Yeah.
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This is ridiculous.
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Wipe that smirk off your face.
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You're not even supposed to be here.
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Mr. Hunt has every right to be here.
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Now, Ms. Webster, After working for Devlin McGregor, you-- Then went on to waitress at Hooter's.
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Right?
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Yes, I did.
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Place that advertises the...
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sexuality of his waitstaff, correct?
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You'll have to ask them that.
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I'm asking you.
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And she's not answering.
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Move on.
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Ms. Webster.
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- Thank you.
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Would you say that you're a.. truthful person.
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Yes?
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So when you said earlier that you had never been arrested for a crime, You were, uh...
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You were speaking the truth.
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Yes.
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Yes.
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So, in 1993, then, you were not arrested for stealing $1 ,000 worth of jewelry from the Willow Grove Mall in Pennsylvania.
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I was 17. That was one mistake.
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Those records were supposed to be sealed.
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So when you say those records were sealed, what you mean to say is you thought you could get away with a lie.
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No, that's not it.
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You're making it seem different than it is.
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I'm sorry.
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You were arrested in your past, and you lied about it here under oath.
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That making it seem different than what it is?
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No answer.
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All right.
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Um...
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Let me ask you this.
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Since you've lied here once, what's to make us believe you're not lying about Mr. Hunt?
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Well...
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Thank you.
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How the hell did you miss that arrest?
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I did every background check we have.
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Did he grill her like I told you to?
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It was a sealed record, Harvey.
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Damn it, I knew it.
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Fix it.
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Ah!
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- Joanna, wait, please.
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- This is why I didn't want to testify.
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They twist something from a hundred years ago and make me look like a liar.
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They make it sound like what he did to me didn't happen.
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- Look, it doesn't matter, right?
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I just, I need you to testify on Friday and keep this case alive.
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We don't have time to find anyone else before.
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Would you please wait?
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- No, I'm not waiting.
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You promised this wouldn't happen, and it did.
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Don't contact me again, please.
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Bye.
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What happened with the witness?
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Thank you.
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Nothing.
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Nothing happened.
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I couldn't fix it.
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Thank you.
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So you're gonna quit?
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- - Either that or have Lewis Lipp fire me.
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What are you talking about?
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My first day, Lewis fired Gary Lipsky for screwing up a case.
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He said if I did the same thing, I'd be gone just as fast.
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Well, you go back to the witness's house and get her to testify again.
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I tried.
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There's no way.
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There's always a way.
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Then why don't you go and convince her?
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Because you screwed it up.
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Oh, and you don't give a damn about the client.
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Right.
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It's not my job.
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Does your job include giving a damn about me?
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Because the least you could do is offer to stand up to Louis for me.
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I put my ass in the life.
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But it turns out you may have had the balls to get this job.
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But you don't have the courage to stick it out when it gets tough.
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That's not true.
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Isn't it?
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You've had one foot out the door since you got here.
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What are you talking about?
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I'm talking about that briefcase being locked in your desk.
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Yeah, I saw it, and I know what it is.
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It's your backup planning case.
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This doesn't work out.
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You can make some quick cash and go right back to the life you told me you didn't want to lead.
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So if you want to quit, Go ahead, but this isn't because of Lewis.
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And it isn't because of me.
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It's because you're afraid you might have to admit that you're not as smart as you think you are.
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If you're here in the morning, I'll know I still have an associate.
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you you you

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Mike Quits From Pearson Hardman”. Las palabras que más se repiten: testify, sealed, Lewis, Hunt, arrested. Este vídeo tiene 100 frases y 701 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:00. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 140 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 16 de sus 100 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 11 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
testify verbo/ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/testificar
briefcase sustantivo/ˈbɹiːfˌkeɪs/maletín
truthful adjetivo/ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l/veraz
waitress sustantivo/ˈweɪ.tɹɪs/camarera, mesera
advertise verbo/ˈædvɚˌtaɪ̯z/anunciar
jewellery sustantivo/ˈd͡ʒʊ-/joyería, joyas
grill sustantivo/ɡɹɪl/rejilla
oath sustantivo/ˈoʊθ/juramento, juramiento
wipe verbo/waɪp/enjugar, trapear
liar sustantivo/ˈlaɪ.ɚ/mentiroso, mentirosa
assignment sustantivo/əˈsaɪn.mənt/asignación

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
get away with verboirse de rositas, salir impune / inulto (de)
go ahead verbo/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/venga, adelante
turn out verboresultar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • You're not even supposed to be here.
  • You'll have to ask them that.
  • Did he grill her like I told you to?
  • What are you talking about?
  • Then why don't you go and convince her?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Oraciones condicionales if + oración, will/would + verbo — una condición y su resultadoif I did the same thing, I'd be · If you're here in the morning, I'll know
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewas fired · been arrested · were not arrested

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 34 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: truthful /ˈtɹuːθ.f(ə)l/, oath /ˈoʊθ/

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 testify, briefcase, truthful.

¿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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