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It was May of 2006, and I was traveling 8,600 miles from my home in Phoenix,
Era mayo de 2006 y yo estaba viajando a 8600 millas de mi casa en Phoenix,
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Arizona, to Bangalore, India.
De Arizona a Bangalore, India.
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I grew up in Maine.
Me crié en Maine.
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Traveling to India was something I had never thought was going to be in my future.
Viajar a la India era algo que jamás pensé que formaría parte de mi futuro.
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But I was heading there to onboard a team of employees.
Pero me dirigía allí para incorporar a un equipo de empleados.
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It was important to me not only to know their skills, what they wanted out of the job,
Para mí era importante no solo conocer sus habilidades, sino también lo que querían del trabajo,
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but about them, them as people, their culture.
pero sobre ellos, ellos como personas, su cultura.
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So with that in mind, I decided to take a trip to what they call City Market.
Así que, teniendo eso en cuenta, decidí hacer una excursión a lo que ellos llaman City Market.
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Now, City Market in Bangalore, India can best be described as an assault on all of your senses.
El City Market de Bangalore, India, puede describirse como un asalto a todos los sentidos.
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It's not a tourist destination.
No es un destino turístico.
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In fact, they kept looking at me incredulously when I said, I really want to go there.
De hecho, me miraban con incredulidad cuando les decía: "Tengo muchas ganas de ir allí".
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They're like, no. No, no, no, no, no. An assault on the senses.
Son como, no. No, no, no, no, no. Un ataque a los sentidos.
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Sights I had never seen before.
Paisajes que jamás había visto antes.
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Bright-colored fruits and spices.
Frutas y especias de colores vivos.
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Lots of people.
Mucha gente.
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Smells.
Olores.
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Not all of them are great.
No todos son geniales.
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There was a lot of livestock around.
Había mucho ganado alrededor.
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And did I mention it was May and really, really humid.
¿Y mencioné que era mayo y que hacía muchísima humedad?
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So crowds of people, all these scents, all these smells, all of these noises that I had never experienced in my life.
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It was a little overwhelming, to be honest.
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I kind of stuck out like a sore thumb.
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So when I spied over in the corner of the market, this alcove, this concrete alcove, that not only offered some shade,
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but it also offered a beautiful visual.
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See, it was in this basement-like structure that the ladies were sitting there, stringing flowers together, making lays for the temple.
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These colors in these flowers was absolutely amazing.
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And the smell of the jasmine in the air was incredible.
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And they sat there and they delicately strung these together.
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And as I was walking by and looking at them, one woman caught my eye.
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You see, she caught my eye because she was probably older than my grandmother.
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And I thought, oh, my gosh, she's sitting on that hard concrete floor,
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little bent hands, stringing these flowers for rupees.
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She had no teeth.
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She had probably nothing.
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So I unzip my very fancy fanny pack, as American tourists do, and I pull out my rupees.
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She doesn't speak English, I don't speak Hindi, so the international sign for, hey, I want to buy your things, right?
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And she looks at me up and down and she goes, devastated.
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I'm so embarrassed that I'm backing away from her into my guide and I say, Danny, my guide, I did something to offend her.
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Can you please go make it right?
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So he walks over, he has a little conversation with her, and then he waves me over.
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And she gets up and she picks the most beautiful jasmine lei I've ever seen.
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And with her arthritic hands, she pins it in my hair.
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And again, unzip the fanny pack.
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And she, I said, I don't understand.
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Danny said, Belinda, you picked her.
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You honored her by wanting her flowers.
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Your debt is paid in full.
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That moment changed my life because I realized I had gotten it all wrong.
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I was a child of the 80s.
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I was climbing that corporate ladder.
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Next title, next promotion, corner office.
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I had it all wrong.
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I was defining my value by what I earned and not by who I was serving.
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When we put money before honor, we're only going to get so far.
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But when we truly serve from our hearts, the people who honor us with their time, their trust, their money, we will be abundantly rich.
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I have a journal from that time in India.
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When I open that journal, I see that lay preserved.
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Flowers are now brown and wilted, but they are my constant reminder of a woman who had nothing,
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yet was the wealthiest person I have ever met in my life.
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Made a lot of changes in my life after that.
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I left India a new woman, my heart full, my mind full, and actually my arms were full too.
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Because not only did I go home and quit my job, I went home with a dog I had adopted off the streets of Bangalore.
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And he was my reminder as well of what we can do in this world.
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So I would leave you with this.
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Service over sales, honor over hustle,
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and most importantly, people over profits.
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Thank you.
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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 Life Lesson from a Trip to India”. Las palabras que más se repiten: flowers, India, Bangalore, smell, honor. Este vídeo tiene 67 frases y 750 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:35. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 134 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| alcove sustantivo | /ˈæl.koʊv/ | hornacina |
| rupee sustantivo | /ɹuˈpi/ | rupia |
| unzip verbo | bajar el síper, abrir el riqui | |
| jasmine sustantivo | /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/ | jazmín |
| reminder sustantivo | /ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/ | aviso, recordatorio |
| abundantly adverbio | /əˈbʌn.dn̩t.li/ | abundantemente |
| arthritic adjetivo | /ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹɪtɪk/ | artrítico |
| delicately adverbio | /ˈdɛlɪkətli/ | delicadamente |
| overwhelm verbo | /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ | apabullar, arrollar |
| humid adjetivo | /ˈhjuːmɪd/ | húmedo |
| offend verbo | /əˈfɛnd/ | ofender |
| hustle verbo | /ˈhʌsəl/ | darse prisa, apurarse |
| devastated adjetivo | /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/ | devastado |
| scent sustantivo | /sɛnt/ | fragancia, perfume |
| livestock sustantivo | /ˈlaɪvstɑk/ | ganado |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| get up verbo | levantarse |
| pull out verbo | retirarse |
| stick out verbo | sobresalir, ventanear |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've ever seen · have ever met |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be described · is paid |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | people who honor · woman who had |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 8 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: arthritic /ɑː(ɹ)θˈɹɪtɪk/, thumb /ˈθʌm/, grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, shade /ʃeɪd/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: delicately /ˈdɛlɪkətli/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: alcove /ˈæl.koʊv/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/, devastated /ˈdɛv.əˌsteɪ.təd/, livestock /ˈlaɪvstɑk/, preserve /pɹəˈzɝv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: jasmine /ˈd͡ʒæzmɪn/, preserve /pɹəˈzɝv/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: humid /ˈhjuːmɪd/, hustle /ˈhʌsəl/
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 alcove, rupee, unzip.
¿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.