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We are back now with two acting greats.
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Molly Ringwald and Bob Odenkirk have starred for years on the screen and now they are teaming up on the stage.
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They are starring in the off -Broadway show Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?
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So the play follows the work of the infamous 1940s House Un -American Activities Committee which investigated
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anyone suspected of having communist ties including some powerful members of
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hollywood as well molly bob good morning to both of you
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love the concept for folks who may not be familiar with
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this particular part of american history the play we should point out based on actual transcripts from those committee meetings.
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Yeah.
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How do your characters fit into the story?
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YOU WANT TO GO?
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Well, I play Lillian Hellman,
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who was blacklisted, and MY PART IS A LETTER THAT SHE WROTE.
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I DON'T WANT TO GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY, BUT SHE'S A PRETTY FORMIDABLE PRESENCE.
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I PLAY LIONEL STANDER, WHO PEOPLE MIGHT REMEMBER FROM HEART TO HEART.
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Uh, THAT'S THE BEST.
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YOU KNOW, THE BEST.
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THE TV SHOW?
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YEAH.
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HE WAS THE BUTLER, MAX.
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OH, YEAH.
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YEAH.
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BUT HE WAS AN ACTOR HIS WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE.
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AND HE APPEARED BEFORE THE HOUSE THE FAMILY IS NOT A LITTLE WHOLE THING MEANT HE WAS BLACKLISTED.
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HE ENDED UP NOT, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING FOR WORK, DOING NIGHT CLUBS, GOING TO EUROPE FOR A COUPLE YEARS.
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IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS HE'S IN ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA.
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HE'S IN THAT MOVIE BECAUSE THAT WAS SHOT IN ITALY.
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BUT HE STRUGGLED FOR WORK FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS AND THEN WAS SLOWLY FOUND HIS WAY BACK TO ANOTHER CAREER IN SHOWBIZ.
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and certainly for people in the arts, because for some reason, everybody got very scared
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and excited about who might have been a communist or even just attended a meeting or been friends with somebody who was.
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And it became...
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YOU KNOW, THIS BLACKLIST AND PEOPLE DIDN'T WORK AND WERE FORCED TO TESTIFY.
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AND SO THE PLAY IS, AS YOU POINT OUT, TRANSCRIPTS FROM THE ACTUAL HEARINGS THAT A GREAT PLAYWRIGHT, ERIC BENTLEY, CUT TOGETHER.
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AND YOU SEE EVERY SIDE OF IT.
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YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO NAME NAMES, Ilya Kazan, AND OTHER PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
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YOU SEE PEOPLE WHO FIGHT AND PUSH BACK.
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YOU SEE EVERY SIDE OF IT.
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Gave him the finger.
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Sorry, can I say that?
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You can leave it at that.
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And Molly, this really does sort of have a revolving door of talent, if you will.
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And you two are now stepping in for the next few weeks.
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How do you find your groove so quickly?
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How do you get your tempo going?
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Well, it's a story that's always really been interesting to me from the time I started in Hollywood.
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I DIDN'T LEARN ABOUT THE McCARTHY ERA IN SCHOOL.
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I ACTUALLY LEARNED ABOUT IT ON SET BECAUSE SOMEBODY THAT I WORKED WITH
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was friends with Kazan and I really wanted to work with Kazan
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and I went out to a dinner meeting with someone a director
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and she said oh who do you want to work with
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and I said I really love to work with Ilya Kazan
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and she said oh what would you call it naming names I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.
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I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.
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I WAS GOING TO DO.
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I WENT BACK TO WORK THE NEXT But they already had every name.
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They already have it, you know, and you know, and so and I thought, oh, this is interesting.
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So I started to do a lot of research about it, and it really was.
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THIS TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY THEIR OWNERS, THEIR OWNERS, THE in that sort of environment now.
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Bob, we love when you come visit us today.
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And there's been so many great things over your career to talk about.
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I mean, from comedy to drama, from screen to stage.
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You also even told us about an album.
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Oh, my God.
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You want to know how it's going.
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Is there going to be a tour?
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Well, if I survive, are you now or have you ever been off Broadway
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and the audience doesn't hate me and kick me out of the door?
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I will try to come back with a tour of me singing.
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I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.
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I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO.
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LOOK OUT.
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THEY ARE ALL COMEDY SONGS.
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WRITTEN BY A FRIEND OF MINE, A GREAT WRITER FROM CHICAGO WHO I 'VE KNOWN MY WHOLE LIFE.
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SO WE'RE PUTTING THEM TOGETHER.
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WE MAY DO A LITTLE TOUR.
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THANK YOU.
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COME BACK WHEN THE ROM COM STARTS.
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ONE NIGHT ONLY IN AUGUST.
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WITH CALM TURNER, MONICA BARBERO.
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on Are You Now or Have You Ever Been, July 14th through August 2nd over at the New York City Center.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Molly Ringwald and Bob Odenkirk Talk Off-Broadway Show”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Kazan, molly, bob, tour, meeting. Este vídeo tiene 80 frases y 814 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:21. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 152 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 87 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 13 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
blacklist sustantivo/ˈblæklɪst/lista negra
transcript sustantivo/ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/transcripción
playwright sustantivo/ˈpleɪˌɹaɪt/dramaturgo, dramaturga
revolve verbo/ɹɪˈvɑlv/girar (alrededor de)
showbusiness sustantivo/ˈʃoʊˌbɪznɪs/show business
formidable adjetivo/ˈfɔɹmɪdəbəl/formidable
tempo sustantivo/ˈtɛm.poʊ/tempo
groove sustantivo/ɡɹuv/ranura, acanaladura
infamous adjetivo/ˈɪn.fə.məs/de mala fama, malfamado
testify verbo/ˈtɛstɪfaɪ/testificar
scare verbo/skɛɚ/asustar, atemorizar
butler sustantivo/ˈbʌt.lɚ/sumiller, sommelier (somelié)
turner sustantivo/ˈtɝ.nɚ/tornero, torneador

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
point out verboseñalar, apuntar
end up verboterminar, ir a parar
look out verbomirar a, dar a

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • How do your characters fit into the story?
  • Sorry, can I say that?
  • How do you find your groove so quickly?
  • How do you get your tempo going?
  • You want to know how it's going.

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 ahorahave starred · Have You Ever Been · there's been
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewas blacklisted · was shot · were forced
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosasomebody who was · PEOPLE WHO NAME · people who fight

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 7 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, I'm, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stander /ˈstændɚ/, scare /skɛɚ/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: revolve /ɹɪˈvɑlv/, groove /ɡɹuv/

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 blacklist, transcript, playwright.

¿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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