Shadowing Practice: My Last Video #RIPSparta - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey guys.
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- Yeah.
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So I figured I would make this video to...
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just to tell you that Sparta has passed away.
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Um, I found him this morning in his bean bag.
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He slept in this giant bean bag because he's a spoiled cat.
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as he should have been. And...
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we all kind of slept in this morning
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because the kids stayed up kind of late last night playing with the fireflies out here and uh anyway uh
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I woke up and I came downstairs around 8 :15 a .m.
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And I was shaving and I heard a weird meow and I was like, oh, that's, weird and I thought it was Gadget at first and so I did a, you know, the meow back,
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whatever, trying to find him and Gadget wasn't there and I looked in the bean bag and there was Sparta.
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and usually at this time sparta is like food hey hello food it's food time you know and I thought, wow, that's not good.
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Um.
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so i you know i grabbed sparta up
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and cradle him like i do and he meowed at me and i said oh What's going on buddy?
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And I was looking at him and he's breathing really fast and I'm panting and I was like, "Oh no, this is not good." So I took him into the kitchen
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and I sat him down so I could get down to his level and look at him and whatever.
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And when I put him on his feet, he just flopped over.
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I.. after Loki, I...
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you know, I know the signs of this stuff.
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And I mean, I'm not a vet, but it was pretty clear to me that Sparta was not okay.
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And then that's when I...
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I told my wife Kristen, I said, "Hey, get the kids." I think this might be our goodbye.
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So Kristen went upstairs and got our daughter Chell.
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who's getting ready to turn four and Atlas was there, who just turned two.
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And, uh, You know, because, you know, this is an opportunity to teach kids about life and death, you know?
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Sorry I...
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We said our goodbyes to Sparta.
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because I was pretty certain and I was right that that
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the position that he was in and then the way he was was it was not good so um
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That's when I made the video, the last video you guys probably saw.
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Sparta's last video.
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I'll say goodbye to him.
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I didn't want to shoot too much more with him because he was...
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it was suffering and then I I promised that boy, I said, "I won't let you just
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go through this I mean I'll fight tooth
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and nail to keep you as long as you're gonna be healthy on the other side of this fight and Anyway, so I took Sparta.
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to the vet and he was just fighting.
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He was not feeling well.
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Got there.
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You know, and they took him in.
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I had to wait in my car at first because of this COVID stuff and The doctor called and said, Corey, I've got bad news for you.
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This...
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This doesn't look good.
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She said that...
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sparta suffered what's kind of like a stroke where he had a blood clot that clotted up in his like rear legs,
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which paralyzed him, you know, down to his legs or whatever.
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And she said that it's called a, like a saddle aorta or something like that.
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And she says, you know, they've, they were his regular vet and they, they didn't see the heart disease.
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in him at all and she said it's just this it's hard you know
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and i understand that and she says what do you want to do i said can we fight What can we do?
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She's like, "Look, I'm gonna be honest." She said, I can push.
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I can pump him with all the medications and maybe we can get him back home and feeling better.
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She says, but look, Corey, I'm going to be straightforward with you.
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It's going to happen again.
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It's inevitable.
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He's at this point, it's You're just waiting for this again. And so that's...
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that's when I told her I said well that's not
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that's that's i can't do that to him
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I can't let him suffer i can't for my own
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thing it's that would be selfish of me to let him suffer so I ginked the okay.
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- to euthanize him and I said I have to be there.
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Please.
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So they let me in.
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You know, I went into the vet. And, um...
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- Yeah.
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there's a little switch um i i learned this with loki
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there's a little switch they they they brought him in and They said, "When you're ready, you flip this little switch on the other side of the
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room to tell the doctor to come in to give him the medication." Uh... But...
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Sparta...
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when they gave him to me, he was suffering Like, he was not...
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It was not easy.
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It was like Loki was easy because he was...
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already lethargic, he didn't have a whole lot of food, and all of this, but Sparta went from being perfectly fine
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to this and so he had energy but he couldn't do anything about it so he just just hurt.
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He just you know, and...
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Thank you.
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It was so much so that like...
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Like, he had dug his claws into me a little bit, and I understand, dude.
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Are you kidding me?
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Like...
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he's dying and so i i had to like jump over very quickly and
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flipped that switch for the doctor to come in and I felt so horrible.
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I'm like, I didn't even get like a minute and a half with him.
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You know, but at the same time, it's not about me.
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It's about him.
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And there were so many things that I wanted to say to him.
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And I did with my heart.
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- Yeah.
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You know, and...
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The doctor came in.
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about two minutes later, so I had a little bit more time with him and He calmed down a little bit, but he was still...
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not happy and and so she came in she's like okay i'm gonna give him the sedative now and
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said okay
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and I looked him in the eye the entire time I just looked at Sparta in the eyes and I
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I just told him.
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everything I felt but I didn't want him to be alone.
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I wanted him to know that he was loved and Good day.
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you know, that he wasn't going to suffer anymore, and that I didn't break my promise. And then...
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I watched him...
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ease That was just a sedative at first.
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And then the doctor said, "Okay." I'm going to go ahead and give him the medication that will stop his heart.
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I said, okay.
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Just kept looking at him.
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Right in the eye.
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- I watched him go.
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I watched him leave.
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I just told him how much I loved him and how much I appreciated him and how much...
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I'm glad he was able to make such a difference in so many of you around the world.
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It got easier once his fight ended.
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Once he stopped being combative. But it's not easy.
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It's...
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Just...
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I know he's not suffering, though.
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Thank you.
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so made one last video on instagram to you know, let everybody know because I'm going through this
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and I know a lot of you guys are going through this too and Thank you.
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So Story continues, I...
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Thank you.
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Having a hard drive home, of course, I'm alone.
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I get home.
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I felt like, okay, I'm composed.
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Then, of course, I start seeing his...
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you know, his food bowl, his toys and his things broke down again.
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And now the hard part is my daughter, who, like I said, is getting ready to turn four.
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It doesn't.
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doesn't understand the process of life.
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And, um, She was sad when she saw him when she said goodbye because he was there,
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but when I came home without him, She.. she.. she just said...
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But we still have Gadget.
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Yeah, honey, we do.
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And, you know, then I had to sit down and try to have a real conversation with a three -year -old, four -year -old.
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about death and what that means and you know, and all that, of course, As much as I tried to explain it, it didn't.
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come across and that's okay.
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You know, that's okay.
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I gave it a true shot and um Yeah,
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so she's happy and oddly confused, and I get it.
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Thank you.
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But there's so many other things now I'm just dealing with.
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- Okay.
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I think I made a wise decision on this channel.
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Thank you.
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I think you guys are aware that I was pretty much stopping making videos and...
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Mainly because like Sparta was getting older and I you know,
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I'm getting older too and and my interests are changing and my life and career goals are different and and life, you know, life.
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And, uh, He wasn't the cat on camera, he was just my boy.
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And while he was off camera, He was just my boy.
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Cuddling and still playing and battling and wrestling with gadget
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and doing all the things that even this week he was Just as normal self Until he...
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until this.
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What I want from all of you today.
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in Sparta's memory is to simply love your animals.
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to simply give them More love today.
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to spread love to appreciate.
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the things that you have.
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Appreciate the family that you have.
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Appreciate the love that is in your life.
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Thank you.
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Because Sparta, that's That's all he was.
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He was barely a cat.
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Sparta was this love energy thing that just like looked really mean but wasn't he was just love and
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I'm so glad I got to know that guy.
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Man.
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My longest roommate ever.
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- Yeah.
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- - Anyways, I uh I think that's it.
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I was gonna make a you know, really long, special dedicated video to Sparta's life,
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but You know, I-- I think he did it.
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I think Sparta has already done that.
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I think his life was Uh...
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so much more impactful than anything I could possibly create on my own.
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- So this is going to be the last video I make on this channel. on the Ming Kitty.
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And with my final words on this channel, I just want to say, Thank you.
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Thank you for all of the years.
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Thank you for all of the love and thank you for all of the support.
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Keep loving your pets.
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Keep loving each other.
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Just live your best.
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Thanks for watching, guys.
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I don't know how else to end it.
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Later.
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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 Last Video”. Este vídeo tiene 182 frases y 1814 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 13:00. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 140 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| gadget sustantivo | /ɡæd͡ʒ.ɪt/ | artilugio, aparato |
| meow | /miˈaʊ/ | miau, ñau |
| bean sustantivo | /ˈbi(ː)n/ | haba, frijol |
| medication sustantivo | /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ | medicamento, medicación |
| clot sustantivo | /klɑt/ | coágulo, cuajarón |
| sedative sustantivo | /ˈsɛdətɪv/ | sedante, sedativo |
| flip verbo | /flɪp/ | darle vuelta, voltear |
| combative adjetivo | /kəmˈbæ.tɪv/ | combativo |
| compose verbo | /kəmˈpəʊz/ | componer |
| cuddle verbo | /ˈkʌd.l̩/ | hacer arrumacos, acurrucarse |
| euthanize verbo | /ˈjuː.θənˌaɪz/ | eutanasiar |
| firefly sustantivo | /ˈfaɪ.ɚˌflaɪ/ | luciérnaga |
| lethargic adjetivo | /ləˈθɑɹd͡ʒɪk/ | tardo, letárgico |
| paralyze verbo | /ˈpæɹəˌlaɪz/ | paralizar |
| cradle sustantivo | /ˈkɹeɪdəl/ | cuna, brezo |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| go through verbo | atravesar | |
| break down verbo | descomponerse, averiarse | |
| calm down verbo | calmarse | |
| come across verbo | pasarse a | |
| go ahead verbo | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | venga, adelante |
| pass away verbo | fallecer, dejarnos | |
| sit down verbo | sentarse | |
| stay up verbo | quedarse despierto, empalmar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- I'll say goodbye to him.
- Are you kidding me?
- I know he's not suffering, though.
- Having a hard drive home, of course, I'm alone.
- I felt like, okay, I'm composed.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 45 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, didn't, gonna. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: euthanize /ˈjuː.θənˌaɪz/, lethargic /ləˈθɑɹd͡ʒɪk/, tooth /tuθ/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, selfish /ˈsɛlf.ɪʃ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, inevitable /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: spoil /spɔɪl/, straightforward /ˌstɹeɪtˈfɔː(ɹ)wə(ɹ)d/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: sedative /ˈsɛdətɪv/, combative /kəmˈbæ.tɪv/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, inevitable /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbəl/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: compose /kəmˈpəʊz/, euthanize /ˈjuː.θənˌaɪz/, paralyze /ˈpæɹəˌlaɪz/, downstairs /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como gadget, meow, bean.
¿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.