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Travel is very subjective based on your own personal travel experiences
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and there are many variables that can make or break a trip such as the weather, your health, your mood, who you meet, what you eat and the things you do.
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All things considered, here are my least favorite countries in the world and we start in the Horn of Africa with Djibouti.
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Djibouti was one of the first stops on a three -month Africa trip
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that I did back in 2018 and I can't say I loved it.
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So So first of all, the visa was a, it's a visa on arrival, but when you get there, they give you a hard time and if your money isn't like perfectly square with any,
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if there's any marks on it, they won't let you in.
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So I had a big problem at the airport getting in.
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Once I was in, walking around Djibouti, there's not a whole lot going on and there's a lot of military bases.
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There's like an Italian military base, a US base, a French base, I think there's a German base.
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And so there's a lot of security.
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Like everywhere you go on the street, you feel like there's eyes looking at you from every direction.
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So especially me, you know, walking with my camera, I was very intimidated.
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Like, what's going on?
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What are these people looking at?
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So obviously the locals were friendly, just like in the neighboring countries of Somalia and Eritrea.
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I really didn't feel comfortable.
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Like I walked down certain streets and it felt very unsafe.
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It was really dodgy.
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Once again, you know, it's like at the time I wasn't really with a local friend.
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Actually, I met a guy at my hotel and he ended up driving me around, but he wasn't like a person that I connected with that much.
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Your booty or your booty?
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Where you come from?
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From your booty.
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And truth be told, it was really, really expensive, like obnoxiously expensive.
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I found the cheapest hotel that I could book in the whole city and it was 105 bucks a night.
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I can't even think of another city really that is that expensive.
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And it's probably because they don't get many tourists and they can just jack up the price.
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Culturally, it's an interesting mix of like French speaking people
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and Arabic speaking people and Somali speaking people and they just like really mix together.
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So it's kind of a little bit hard to grasp.
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There's a lot of like French influence with the street names
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and the baguettes and the different things to eat
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But the people are closely related to Somalis It was just
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a hard place for me to grasp a difficult culture to figure out.
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Would I give it a second chance?
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Absolutely But I just can't say that it was one of my favorite countries Oh boy, Chad, man, I don't know where to start.
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So it's a central African country I will link to my other video on YouTube
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that I made where you guys can see like what the full story of what actually happened
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but long story short met up with a local friend
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and He was cool and all until we both got on separate motorcycle taxis
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and we got lost from each other My phone wasn't working
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and that the motorcycle taxi that I jumped on happened to be a stolen bike
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So I was caught in this big police chase
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and I was cutting through the dirt roads of the city
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And there was a I got off the bike
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and there was a huge fight that broke out on the street
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and I was like people were like grabbing my shirt like wanting to kill me
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and then later on I was taking pictures
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and I took a picture of a little kid
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which normally I get approval from the parents I didn't see the parents around
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and then it turned into a huge problem and another brawl
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and people were trying to literally a guy like threatened to take out a knife
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and this happened several years ago I would definitely give Chad
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another chance actually I heard in the north there's really interesting
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festivals called the Giriwal festival where the men like dress up as women
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and they put lipstick on and they try to impress women
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which is really interesting so I want to go see like the more Sahel region in the Sahara part of Chad.
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I'm talking about the capital of Jemena, which is where all this happened and it was just it was really rough.
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At the end of the day, you know, I was trying to be calm
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and I was out at a shisha place
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and I walked outside to take a phone call and I stepped in a huge pile of poop, like human poop, not cow poop, like human feces.
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And I actually ended up booking my flight out early because I had that bad of a time.
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And this is a series of events that happened to me that I don't know how I could have avoided it actually, Not to mention like everywhere you go in Chad people kind of stare at you.
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They're not that welcoming people
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and it's as a traveler It's a very very very difficult place to visit Not much to do
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and a place that is a little bit rough around the edges We move on to West Africa,
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so I was on a huge road trip with my buddy Alvaro We started in Liberia
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and we went all the way to Senegal covered about seven countries back in 2019 Great trip overall, but going through Guinea was tough.
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So Kanakuri, the capital, I mean, it is a rough place.
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We happened to visit during a coup.
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We were visiting a mosque, which was actually really cool.
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And then all of a sudden, all these police came out with shields and were like, get out of the streets, go to your hotels.
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And we were just like, what is going on?
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We thought we were being attacked.
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And even shooting on my phone was nervous.
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Okay, so we are walking now on the streets of downtown Kanakuri.
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And it's a Thursday afternoon.
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And it's just completely dead and we see everywhere we look we see policemen that's why my camera's right here.
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Just the locals, the locals will tell on you.
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Yeah, and it just feels like this is one of the most unsafe places I think, right?
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That I've ever been in.
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We really got to be careful, they look for any reason to...
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I'm just gonna hold this one.
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Yeah, I know.
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The policemen are in front of me.
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So as you can see it was pretty rough shooting
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and we were actually stopped by a little checkpoint guy when we were driving in Guinea because...
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I don't know, he saw my camera
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and thought I was taking a picture of someone
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and then he came up to us and he bribed us
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and we had to pay him 20 bucks and our poor driver Marlon was the one dealing with all the bribes.
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Unfortunately bribery in this part of the world is really common
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so it's really unavoidable if you travel as a tourist or a white person.
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Other things to do in Kanakuri, well there's really not that much.
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I mean just walking around just trying to stay safe
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and once again in some countries it's just really hard to meet people and hard to connect and hard to shoot content.
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I mean even on a phone and Guinea was one of them.
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I don't really know
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if I'll give it a second chance like I I gotta
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find a really good reason to go back maybe a good story to tell
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or or a better reason than just to go So if you have any ideas, let me know in the comments below
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Brunei is a country in Southeast Asia on the Borneo island sandwiched in between
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Indonesia and Malaysia now it's an interesting place like I love Southeast Asia
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So I love you know generally the culture in that part of the world but Brunei is an unwelcoming place For me, I went into the main mosque, which is a beautiful mosque.
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It's one of the most stunning looking mosques from the outside.
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But I was kicked out for no reason.
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I took my shoes off.
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I was respecting everyone.
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I was trying to just be normal and respect the culture as I always do.
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And some guy was like in there like screamed at me to get out and was like really, really aggressive.
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And to this day, I just don't know what I did wrong.
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I just don't understand why they would be so rude to me when I wanted to visit their holy place.
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Nothing going on in the capital of Bendak Seri Begawan.
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There is a cool national park called Ulu Tembarang, which I do recommend checking out
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But I don't know I was in the capital city on a weekend
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and I mean there's no alcohol in Brunei For you know Islamic reasons, which I respect but there was no places to go hang out
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and nothing to do And I can't say the people were unfriendly I just didn't really meet
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that many people but it's not like my experiences in Chad or Guinea where the people were like actually Really rude.
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I thought the people were fine But just like getting yelled at in the mosque
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and lack of things to do in Brunei is a reason that I probably won't be visiting anytime soon Guyana, probably the least visited country in all the Americas.
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It's in the northeastern part of South America.
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It's the only English speaking country on the continent, which is pretty interesting.
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The capital of Georgetown is not a great place.
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I felt very unsafe.
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I was actually staying at a hostel in the city center, okay, of Georgetown.
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And when seven o 'clock came, the guest house lady was like, do not go outside.
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Have your dinner and come back and we're going to lock you inside.
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And that's probably the first time I've ever been told that, that I wasn't able to go outside.
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But she was just suggesting me not to go outside
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and that's because it is so unsafe and there are attacks and there's kidnappings or whatever.
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I don't know what's going on, but it's not that safe of a place.
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There's only one golf course in the country so knowing me of course I went to the golf course.
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But I went to Guyana and met a local caddy guy
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and took me around and it's just
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that place where you always kind of feel like you're looking over your shoulder for whatever reason.
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There's not a whole lot other to say about
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Georgetown I went to the market I went out of the market after a few minutes
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and it's one of those places
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that you just kind of stay low -key try to try to just make the best of it
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and that is Guyana this has been a hard video for me to make
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and actually I contemplated if I should make this video
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or not it's been on my list for years
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but I don't mean a badmouth countries and
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if you're from one of these countries I would love to
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go back I would love to give it a second chance I would love to try to meet new people
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and make new experiences but once again travel is subjective which means there's many things that can make or break your experience.
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In these countries, I maybe wasn't with the right people or I didn't go to the right places.
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So that's why they made my list as my least favorite countries.
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But love to hear from you guys.
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If you've ever been to these countries, if you have certain advice or feedback, please let me know in the comments below or let me know what your least favorite countries are.
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I think this is a really interesting topic for conversation because we always talk about our favorite places and our best experiences, but nobody ever talks about the least favorite.
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So with that all being said, guys, thanks for watching.
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Really appreciate it.
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And stay tuned for some more epic stories coming soon on my channel.
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A lot of Iran content coming soon.
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I just got back from Iran.
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I have a whole series coming, so stay tuned for that, and I'll see you guys in the next video.
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Peace.
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I'm Drew Binsky, and thanks for watching.
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Until next time, stay safe, be spontaneous, and just go.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “My 5 LEAST Favorite Countries”. Este vídeo tiene 165 frases y 2235 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:16. El hablante habla rápido, unas 241 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 84 % 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:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| mosque sustantivo | /mɑsk/ | mezquita |
| unsafe adjetivo | /ʌnˈseɪf/ | inseguro |
| poop sustantivo | /ˈpuːp/ | popo, pupú |
| bribe sustantivo | /bɹaɪb/ | soborno, coima |
| subjective adjetivo | /səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/ | subjetivo |
| grasp verbo | /ɡɹæsp/ | agarrar, asir |
| buck sustantivo | /ˈbʌk/ | buco, gamo |
| subscribe verbo | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | suscribirse, subscribirse |
| motorcycle sustantivo | /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/ | motocicleta, moto |
| visa sustantivo | /ˈviːzə/ | visa, visado |
| taxi sustantivo | /ˈtæksi/ | taxi, taxímetro |
| baguette sustantivo | /bæˈɡɛt/ | baguete, baguette |
| bribery sustantivo | /ˈbɹaɪbəɹi/ | soborno, cohecho |
| checkpoint sustantivo | /ˈt͡ʃɛkˌpɔɪnt/ | puesto de control, alcabala |
| contemplate verbo | /ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/ | contemplar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| end up verbo | terminar, ir a parar |
| walk around verbo | deambular |
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear |
| dress up verbo | vestirse de gala, ponerse elegante |
| figure out verbo | averiguar, captar |
| get off verbo | bajarse |
| get out verbo | salir |
| get out of verbo | salirse de, ponerse fuera de |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- I really didn't feel comfortable.
- Your booty or your booty?
- Where you come from?
- Would I give it a second chance?
- That I've ever been in.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be told · was caught · being attacked |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | Jemena, which is · mosque, which was · mosque, which is |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've ever been · I've ever been told · has been |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 42 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, wasn't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: badmouth /ˈbæd.maʊθ/, northeastern /ˌnorˈθiː.stɚn/, threaten /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: obnoxiously /əbˈnɑkʃəsli/, shisha /ˈʃiːʃə/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: motorcycle /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, intimidate /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/, obnoxiously /əbˈnɑkʃəsli/, unavoidable /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/, spontaneous /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spontaneous /spɑnˈteɪ.ni.əs/, stare /stɛɚ/, scream /skɹiːm/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: subjective /səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/, visa /ˈviːzə/, traveller /ˈtɹævəlɚ/, unavoidable /ˌʌnəˈvɔɪdəbəl/, variable [ˈvæɹ.i.ə.bl̩]
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: subjective /səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/, sandwich /ˈsæn(d).wɪd͡ʒ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como mosque, unsafe, poop.
¿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.