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It was just like a regular night.
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I was in the kitchen cooking something for my sister.
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I hear a ring, the doorbell ring, and I see a police officer outside, and I let him in.
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He asked my parents, and I said, sure, I'll go get them
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and as i bring them out he the police officer was very persistent of letting my sister
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and i go upstairs as we go upstairs you know how kids are being nosy
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or whatever so as we do that we go in the bathroom
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and we we are very very quiet the police officer tells my parents
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that i'm sorry to tell you this
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but your son has been murdered last night in his apartment
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when i tell you that that is one of the hardest moments of my life
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that i will never forget because i hear it every single day I hear
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that sentence I hear that phrase every single day in my head
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but you also hear your parents screaming you also hear your sister screaming I hear
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that every single day in my head you know my mother she pulled herself together
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and she told my sister and I to go upstairs
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and pray pray pray pray pray pray all that night I prayed all
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that morning I prayed and through the rest of the week we had to make phone calls
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and reservations and stuff for my brother's funeral
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and I want to thank god for having a strong support system
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because i don't think i could ever get through something like
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that if i didn't have family later
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that week i started thinking wow i'm gonna have to see
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my brother my older brother in a casket i thought i
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wouldn't be able to see this like like what 50 years from now he's like 70 60 years old
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or something like that but not now at the tender age of 22 years old
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so i was contemplating on seeing him in the casket
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but you know this is going to be the last time I see my brother
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so I had to I had to see my brother it was emotional yes I did cry
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but I had family behind me that was the main part of me
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getting through the situation was my family I see my brother laying handsomely in the casket my mother tearing up
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and kissing him on the forehead my father was disappointed he was sad
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that his only son was murdered and my sister she didn't want to see him
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but you know i mean she's a kid so i mean
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that makes sense three months later yes i still have my days
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and i'm sad and my mom she cries every day my dad doesn't talk about
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that much my sister talks about him sometimes
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but you know i think about my brother every single day we forgive the people
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that hurt him yes we do
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but you know the moral of the story is you know your family
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and friends you never know when they're gonna pass away
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so just always leave them on a good note always say
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you love them always joke with them always have fun with them you know even
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if you argue get over it it's not worth arguing with somebody because you never know when they might pass away
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “My Family Tragedy!”. Las palabras que más se repiten: hear, pray, sister, brother, casket. Este vídeo tiene 45 frases y 569 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:10. El hablante habla rápido, unas 180 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 85 % 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 10 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
casket sustantivo/ˈkæs.kɪt/cofrecito, joyero
upstairs adverbio/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/arriba
scream verbo/skɹiːm/gritar, alaridar
contemplate verbo/ˈkɑn.təmˌpleɪt/contemplar
doorbell sustantivo/ˈdɔɹ.bɛl/timbre
forehead sustantivo/ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/frente, testuz
persistent adjetivo/pəˈsɪstənt/persistente
tender adjetivo/ˈtɛn.dɚ/tierno, dolorido
forgive verbo/fɚˈɡɪv/disculpar
phrase sustantivo/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/frase

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
get through verbo/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/aguantar, salir adelante
pass away verbofallecer, dejarnos
get over verbosuperar, sobreponerse a

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacehas been murdered · was murdered
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirgonna have · is going to be · gonna pass
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesariohad to make · have to see · had to I
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónI'll go · will never forget

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, didn't, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 casket, upstairs, scream.

¿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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