Shadowing Practice: Motivation: Fail Better (ft. Peter Dinklage) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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When I was 29, I told myself the next acting job I get, no matter what it pays, I will from now on,
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for better or worse, be a working actor.
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So I quit my position at the professional examination services,
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and now I didn't have either the internet or a cell phone for a job. But something good happened.
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I got a low paying theater job in a play called Imperfect Love, which led to a film called 13 Moons with the same writer,
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which led to other roles, which led to other roles.
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And I've worked as an actor ever since.
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I didn't know that would happen.
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At 29, walking away from data processing, I was terrified.
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Ten years in a place without heat, six years at a job I felt stuck in, maybe I was afraid of change. Are you?
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My parents didn't have much money, but they struggled to send me to the best schools.
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And one of the most important things they did for me is that once I graduated, I was on my own.
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financially it was my turn.
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But this made me very hungry.
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Literally.
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I couldn't be lazy.
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Now I'm totally lazy, but back then, I couldn't be.
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And so at 29, in a very long last, I was in the company of the actors and writers and directors I'd sought out that first year,
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that first day after school.
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I was, I am, by their sides.
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Raise the rest of your life to meet you.
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Don't search for defining moments because they will never come.
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The moments that define you have already happened.
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And they will already happen again.
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Sorry, it sucks after graduation.
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It really does.
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I mean, I don't know, at least it did for me.
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But that's the only thing I know.
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You.. you just get a bit derailed.
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But soon something starts to happen.
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trust me a rhythm sets in just try not to wait until like me you're 29 before you find it
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and if you are that's fine too some of us never find it but you will I promise you
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what did Beckett say Ever tried, ever failed, no matter.
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Try again, fail again, fail better.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Motivation: Fail Better”. Las palabras que más se repiten: actor, led, happen. Este vídeo tiene 34 frases y 367 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:17. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 112 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
define verbo/dɪˈfaɪn/determinar, definir
lazy adjetivo/ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/perezoso, flojo
hungry adjetivo/ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/hambriento, tener hambre
suck verbo/sʌk/chupar, sorber
theater sustantivo/ˈθi(ə)tɚ/teatro
examination sustantivo/ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/examen, examinación
graduation sustantivo/ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/graduación
rhythm sustantivo/ˈɹɪð.əm/ritmo
financially adverbiofinancieramente
derail verbo/ˌdiːˈɹeɪl/descarrilar, desrielar
terrify verbo/ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/aterrar
fail verbo/feɪl/fracasar, zozobrar
writer sustantivo/ˈɹaɪ.təɹ/escritor, escritora
struggle sustantivo/ˈstɹʌɡəl/lucha, brega
seek verbo/ˈsiːk/buscar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 11 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, couldn't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “th”: theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/
  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: lazy /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, graduate /ˈɡɹæd͡ʒueɪt/

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 define, lazy, hungry.

¿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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