Shadowing Practice: never say never - Learn English Speaking with Video
Creando lección...
1
So, It was announced about a month ago, that I'm going to be acting in my first movie.
2
And this is a huge plot twist, okay?
3
Pun intended.
4
It's a massive plot twist in my life.
5
To all of you, because you've all known me for my entire career as a YouTuber and podcaster who's themselves.
6
That's what I built my career on.
7
But it's also a plot twist to me, okay?
8
I didn't pursue a career in entertainment to one day be an actor.
9
That was never the goal.
10
In fact, I remember when my career on YouTube really started to pick up, and it became time to sort of build a team around me.
11
managers, agents, whatever.
12
And I remember being in meetings and, with agents and them just saying to me, "So you want to be an actor, right?" And I was like,
13
"No, I want to be a YouTuber." this is not a stepping stone for me.
14
This is the final destination.
15
I want to be a YouTuber.
16
And I remember being so frustrated.
17
Like, why does acting seem to be the final destination?
18
Like, what's wrong with just being a YouTuber?
19
And I became very stubborn about this.
20
And I feel like.. these early experiences in my career of being told that I should be an actor, that that should be my final destination.
21
I feel like these moments made me stubborn and completely closed off to the idea of acting.
22
And so for the last few years, I've been like, I'm never going to be an actor.
23
I have no interest in acting.
24
And leave me alone.
25
You know, like I just want to be myself.
26
That's what I built my career on.
27
That's what I want to do for the rest of my life.
28
I don't want to pretend to be something else.
29
That goes against the entire ethos of my career thus far.
30
And stop trying to tell me what to do.
31
That's the other thing.
32
I'm very rebellious.
33
And when people tell me what to do, I tend to do the opposite.
34
So I think it wasn't helpful that in the very beginning, I was told I should be an actor.
35
I was so closed off to the idea of acting that I said I'd never do it.
36
That was my answer to the question.
37
If I was in an interview and I was asked, would you ever consider acting?
38
My answer was no, absolutely not.
39
And now I'm going to be in a movie.
40
Okay, so what happened?
41
Right?
42
How did that happen?
43
Well, that's what we're going to discuss today.
44
Okay, how I went from saying never to saying yes.
45
I briefly paused this episode to let you know that this episode of Anything Goes is presented by Temptations Cat Treats.
46
Your cat will come running for the purr -fectly irresistible Temptations Creamy Purr -ray and Temptations Lickable Spoon Cat Treats.
47
The best time to feed lickable cat treats to your cat is...
48
Anytime.
49
Feed by hand for a playful moment, in a bowl for a creamy treat, or as a topper to make mealtime fun.
50
Visit temptatonstreats .com to learn more.
51
Now let's get back to the episode.
52
Let's go back to those meetings in the beginning of my career.
53
when I was building out a team.
54
Being told that the ultimate goal in entertainment should be to be an actor really made me angry.
55
It bothered me.
56
And I really don't think that these agents meant any harm.
57
I really do think that they're trained classically to be like, well, digital entertainment, modern entertainment, is a stepping stone to traditional entertainment.
58
You know, this is all that they know.
59
This is the world that they live in, acting being the pinnacle.
60
direction, I really do genuinely think that they just couldn't comprehend the idea that being a YouTuber,
61
being a podcaster, being yourself is a sustainable career.
62
You know, I think it's at the time it was so new, it was, it was incomprehensible.
63
But as a 17, 18 year old, I was stubborn.
64
And so this sort of pissed me off.
65
And I eventually did get an agent who completely understood my dream of being myself and that being my job.
66
And we have a beautiful relationship.
67
I absolutely adore this woman.
68
She's still my agent to this day.
69
And then as my career progressed over the years, I started getting asked more and more, like, would you ever act?
70
Would you ever act by journalists and interviews and actors and directors in this industry that I meet at events?
71
You know, I started getting asked more and more, being asked in a more sweet sort of way like that, made me rethink it again,
72
in a less rebellious sort of way.
73
And I came to the same conclusion.
74
but it was a bit different.
75
I didn't want to be an actor, not because I was rebelling against agents that told me I should.
76
I didn't want to act because, number one, I wasn't passionate about it.
77
Also, I grew up watching YouTube.
78
I didn't grow up watching movies as much.
79
I absolutely watched movies and I absolutely adore movies, but I actually have a complicated relationship with movies.
80
I often sit down to watch a movie and I hate it and then I feel trapped.
81
And so there are a lot of movies that shaped me as a child, shaped me as a young adult, have seriously moved me that,
82
you know, I'm obsessed with, but I don't know, like my relationship with movies has always been Growing up,
83
I watched YouTube because I didn't have cable until I was like 15, maybe 14, 15, maybe 12.
84
I don't know.
85
But anyway, I didn't have cable television.
86
I went to the library and got DVDs, which, you know, sometimes I get movies and stuff.
87
But I ended up really loving YouTube.
88
And that became my main source of entertainment.
89
And in a way, you know, the way that a lot of young people feel about movie stars, I felt about YouTubers.
90
You know, the posters I wanted to put were not of Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio.
91
I wanted to put posters on my wall of Rhett and Link.
92
The YouTubers, do you know what I'm saying?
93
I grew up passionate about YouTube.
94
I just never felt passionate about movies.
95
And so that was one reason why I didn't want to act.
96
Reason number two was because I didn't want to get nepotismed in.
97
Now, I'm not a nepo baby, okay?
98
My parents are not famous.
99
They're not in the entertainment industry.
100
They're not in actually any industry that would benefit me in my career at all.
101
My mom used to manage an electricity company and then managed, like, she was like a manager, for different companies.
102
My dad was an electrician, and then later became a painter, okay?
103
I did not benefit from nepotism.
104
However, in a weird way, I have my own form of nepotism with myself, okay?
105
Because I built a career on YouTube, and now I'm a public figure.
106
In a way, if I were to want to enter into another industry that's adjacent to mine,
107
acting, music, theater, Broadway, like all of these different forms of entertainment.
108
If I wanted to enter into those industries, it's gonna be much easier for me to do that now than it would be if I was just starting from scratch.
109
Right?
110
So technically, I'm not benefiting from nepotism.
111
Technically, I have arrived at the place that I've arrived to completely on my own.
112
But if I wanted to enter into another space, In a way, I kind of have nepotism.
113
but it's just my own, it's nepotism from myself.
114
Okay.
115
I already have an agent.
116
I have a team.
117
I know acting agents.
118
I know directing agents.
119
I know writing agents.
120
I know these people.
121
I've met them all, you know, like I have connections now that could allow me to get involved easier.
122
And that really bothered me as well, because I take a level of pride in the way that I've built
123
of using that to potentially get opportunities easier in other areas bothers me.
124
And last but not least, I know how cutthroat acting is.
125
I know how brutal it is.
126
Memorizing all these lines, you know, doing a self -tape, sending it in, getting rejection after rejection after rejection,
127
doing 40 self -tapes, doing 50, going into 12 auditions a week, getting rejected, rejected, rejected.
128
And the thought that I might take the place of someone who is dedicating their life to this craft, like, it made me sick.
129
And so I stood really firm in that for a really long time.
130
It doesn't make sense.
131
And these are all the reasons.
132
I had a very solid perspective on it.
133
So how did I get to the point where I was like, all right, I'll try it.
134
I'll dip my toe in.
135
How did I go from that to saying, "Okay, you know what?
136
I might actually try this." Well, weirdly, it started with my interest in fashion.
137
This was completely unintentional.
138
I love fashion.
139
I'm obsessed with fashion.
140
I'm passionate about fashion.
141
I have been for many, many years.
142
But in my late teen years, I really started to get involved.
143
I got invited to my first fashion show in Paris.
144
Louis Vuitton, going to that fashion show expanded my mind to the possibilities.
145
It, it, it, going to that show exposed me to a whole other dimension of fashion
146
that I had never even paid attention to.
147
You know, the world of haute couture.
148
You know what I mean?
149
I, I'm never going to speak with a French accent again.
150
I'm so sorry.
151
That was horrible.
152
It was horrifying.
153
Um, but, Hopefully I don't get casted in any roles where I need to do a French accent
154
because that will happen again.
155
And that's not good.
156
I started going to fashion shows.
157
I started working with, you know, these.. very fancy designer brands.
158
And I grew this love and passion for the art of it all.
159
And that led me to doing more editorial photo shoots where I'm wearing wigs and doing editorial makeup with,
160
you know, eye looks that are colorful and, you know, wild and, you know,
161
wearing these runway pieces and posing in weird ways for magazines or even for my coffee company.
162
I really fell in love with doing these sorts of editorial photo shoots.
163
And I never really thought about why I liked it as my love for it was developing.
164
But in retrospect, I'm not sure it's clear to me that I loved getting to be a character.
165
There was something so sort of cathartic about it for me
166
because I had built my entire career thus far on being myself.
167
And once I got over the cringe element of posing for the camera,
168
I really fell in love with getting to be a character, you know, putting on these outfits, these costumes almost, if you will,
169
you know, the theme for the shoot.
170
And in a lot of ways, This was sort of acting.
171
It's obviously not acting, but it was 10 % of what acting is.
172
You know, putting on a costume and changing your behavior to match that costume.
173
I just grew a real love for this and Over the years, I've done more and more of it.
174
it dawned on me at a certain point probably a year
175
and a half ago or maybe two years ago now i was like I love doing this so much.
176
How can I chase this feeling?
177
Like, what else can I do that sort of is like this?
178
Because this is clearly very fun for me.
179
And it dawned on me that what I like about it is being a character, not being myself.
180
Maybe I shouldn't have said never about all of the acting stuff.
181
Maybe I'll give it a try.
182
And it's interesting because, you know, it was really hard for me to wrap my head around the idea of me giving acting a try,
183
but not being a TV buff, a movie buff.
184
I was like, is this okay?
185
Like, am I allowed to dip my toe into this if I'm not technically the textbook actor who,
186
you know, is obsessed with watching every single television show, studying every single director?
187
Like, I don't know if I'm allowed to be interested in this.
188
embodying someone else.
189
And then as I started thinking about this more,
190
it dawned on me that something that I'm also passionate about is analyzing and discussing people.
191
There's nothing I love more than analyzing people and discussing people.
192
I find other human beings so fascinating.
193
And a great example of this is on the weekends, there's nothing I love more than sitting at a cafe and just watching people.
194
human thing to enjoy.
195
We find other humans fascinating.
196
But I will say that I've always been a little bit more interested in other people than,
197
say, my parents or, you know, my friends.
198
I'm like obsessed with analyzing people and figuring people out, connecting all the dots.
199
You know, why is somebody like this?
200
Why do they do the things that they do?
201
What traits are connected?
202
You know, I don't know, like I've always been obsessed with analyzing people.
203
And a lot of what acting is, is having an understanding of people to the point where if you're assigned a character,
204
you can create that character in your head and then be it.
205
You know, I think me being somebody who loves to analyze people goes hand in hand with acting, right?
206
So it really, I was like, oh my God, what is happening?
207
A few years ago, I'm having these epiphanies and I'm like, what is actually happening?
208
Like what is happening?
209
I literally, this is the one thing I said I'd never do.
210
Actually, I also said I'd never make music.
211
And now I'm learning how to play guitar.
212
So I'm fully just a walk.
213
I'm a hypocrite.
214
I'm a liar.
215
I'm a hypocrite.
216
I like, I mean, I'm not writing any music.
217
I can barely play a song on guitar anything outside of my little entertainment bubble,
218
YouTube podcast, whatever.
219
Like I was so against it
220
that it was really uncomfortable to be having this epiphany that I am actually interested in this thing.
221
And so I started auditioning.
222
I didn't want to take a class, to be honest.
223
And this is a controversial take, but I really wanted to discover this my own way,
224
and teach myself in a way that's intuitive.
225
And if that lands me rolls, great.
226
If it doesn't, Great, but I want to do it my own way.
227
And so I started doing some auditions.
228
I will say I have some actors in my life.
229
One incredible actor in my life is Owen, my best friend, Owen Thiel.
230
He helped me so much.
231
He's so talented and so good.
232
And he's always been like, Emma, please, you have to act, which I was like, why?
233
What are you talking about?
234
Since I met Owen, Owen was like, I just know in my gut that you will act.
235
You have to act.
236
You're made for it.
237
And I was like, why?
238
I never understood.
239
But anyway, so the second I showed interest, he was so excited.
240
And he helped me with so many tapes.
241
We did a lot of tapes together.
242
But I also have other people in my life who did theater.
243
Like, I have a lot of actors in my life.
244
So I had a lot of support
245
and a lot of people around me who were down to just fuck around and do these tapes with me.
246
And I ended up having a lot of fun with it.
247
I will say in the beginning, it was really embarrassing.
248
I was really uncomfortable.
249
Similar to how I was the first time I did an editorial photo shoot.
250
it's really vulnerable and weird to be a character, not only in front of the camera, but also in front of whoever you're reading the scene with.
251
It was so uncomfortable for me.
252
I did get a little bit discouraged in the beginning, but I also, I didn't go into this with high expectations.
253
I didn't go into this like, "I'm gonna book a role.
254
Yeah, I'm going to book a role.
255
That's my goal for this year.
256
I went into it like, I just want to try this and see what happens, you know?
257
But once I got over the cringe of it, I.. just loved doing it.
258
I loved analyzing the scenes.
259
I loved trying to figure out who my character is.
260
I loved making the scene my own.
261
I loved improvising.
262
I loved it all.
263
I loved every single...
264
part of it.
265
And I ended up just having fun doing the auditions.
266
And so anytime I had extra time, and there was an audition in my inbox, I was like, fuck it, let's do this thing.
267
And I would just do it.
268
I had no expectations.
269
And let me tell you, I've done, not, I will say, I haven't done as many auditions as,
270
the classically trained actor, like most actors are doing audition after audition after audition after audition, like 50 a month.
271
You know what I'm saying?
272
I couldn't dedicate my entire life to this, but anytime I could dedicate time to it, I would.
273
And I got a lot of no's, okay?
274
I got a lot of no's.
275
I wasn't right for a lot of stuff.
276
I got shut down a lot.
277
And what I was really grateful for was I didn't feel like I had a leg up because of, you know, my YouTube career,
278
I really did think that that would give me a leg up.
279
You know, I was like, am I going to like get this role because I have followers on Instagram?
280
Like, I don't know.
281
You know, sometimes that's how stuff works in this industry.
282
Absolutely not.
283
I was relieved to find that they do not give a fuck.
284
Okay.
285
These casting directors are like, are you good?
286
Are you right for this role?
287
And for a lot of the roles I wasn't, or they didn't like my tape, whatever.
288
Like, and it was totally fine.
289
I didn't care.
290
I have, I'm very fortunate that in this thus far, I've had no ego.
291
I don't care.
292
I just, it's just fun.
293
And now I'm going to be in a movie.
294
Now I'm going to be in a movie.
295
I did get a role.
296
And I will say, I'm not going to talk too much about this role yet
297
because actually I haven't even started filming yet.
298
I start filming next week and I film for a very short period of time.
299
Like I'm lucky.
300
It's a perfect sized part for my first part.
301
I'm not like in the entire movie.
302
I'm in a chunk of it.
303
I really didn't want to be the biggest star in a movie for my first project.
304
I wanted to be kind of the perfect supporting character.
305
You know what I mean?
306
Like, just like, not like a background character that's in one tiny scene.
307
You know, that, listen, I'd do that too.
308
That'd probably be really fun.
309
But I mean, that wasn't ideal.
310
I wanted something that would really give me a taste of what this is like, but also not fully, you know, ride on me.
311
I'm not ready to be the lead in a movie.
312
I haven't, this is my first time being in a movie.
313
And to be honest, and maybe I'm completely delusional, and maybe the movie will come out and everyone will be like, terrible in that movie.
314
She's a terrible actor.
315
She should never act again.
316
Weirdly, like, I'm not afraid.
317
I had a lot of imposter syndrome when I first started auditioning.
318
But once I really just started having fun with it, the imposter syndrome, for the most part, went away.
319
I feel prepared for this role because I think my life has prepared me for this role.
320
You know, in a weird way,
321
body as a tool to create interesting imagery for a long time.
322
All of these things have led to this, and I'm just excited to try it.
323
And listen, am I going to become a full -time actor?
324
I don't know.
325
What I learned from this experience is to never say never.
326
I could have never predicted This.
327
This is.. a massive plot twist.
328
Like, An insane plot twist.
329
There's no reason to say never about something that's ultimately harmless, right?
330
Like Justin Bieber was on to something when he said, never say never
331
because who knows like now i'm playing guitar it's like watch
332
me come out with an album i don't even know i don't know anymore i don't know what's happening i i'm
333
it's going against my own moral compass.
334
I was so against me going into genres of entertainment that I am not classically trained in,
335
that I'm not known for participating in.
336
But I think what I've realized is for me, I just want to do things that excite me and are fun for me.
337
And if that means making music, okay.
338
If that means making a movie, being in a movie, you know, being a tool you know, the writers and directors who are creating a movie.
339
Okay.
340
There it is.
341
If I want to write and direct a movie.
342
Okay.
343
If I want to make a reality TV show.
344
Sure.
345
If I want to make a, a really shitty painting.
346
Okay, great.
347
If I want to make a YouTube video, cool.
348
If I want to make a podcast, great. Who cares?
349
You know, like I have these rigid rules for myself.
350
Like, no, we don't do that.
351
And here's why, but why not?
352
If I think I can add something to a space, I'm going to try to add to it.
353
and I never thought I'd be saying this, but I really do think, and I hope, that I have something to add in the world of film.
354
And you know what, even if it's just me being a background character, even if it's literally me in like a dog suit, no one even knows it's me and I'm acting, like whatever it is, if I think I can add something,
355
I'm not gonna let limiting beliefs get in my way anymore.
356
I'm just gonna give it a try.
357
And that's what I'm doing now.
358
There's something so freeing about letting yourself try things.
359
recently i've been painting and i've been playing guitar and i'm
360
so bad at these things i'm horrible at these things you know
361
but i'm really enjoying doing them
362
and sometimes i even share these things online with the internet
363
and to some people it's like why are you sharing this you're not good at it
364
but to other people it's like wait this is inspiring
365
that you're trying this you know what i mean um and that's all that's all i have to discuss today
366
I'm so curious to see how this goes.
367
Like, I'm just as curious as you are.
368
I have no clue how this is going to go.
369
We're all going to find out together on the big screen, baby.
370
Fuck yeah.
371
So keep an eye out.
372
For Forbidden Fruits, my first movie, Roll, There are so many amazing ladies in this movie who...
373
Like, don't watch it for me, okay?
374
Watch it.
375
for everyone else in this movie, okay?
376
Um...
377
It's going to be really incredible.
378
I'm so excited.
379
I like am obsessed with the script.
380
I read the script Like, I can't stop reading the script over and over again because it's so good and it's so perfect.
381
And I just, well, I also should be reading the script over
382
and over again because it's my job now to read the script over and over again.
383
But I would read it anyway.
384
Like, even if, like, I didn't get the part, I would still be reading the script every night before I go to bed.
385
Like, it's my Bible, you know, because it's so good and it's just, it's so well written and it's, I'm just so excited.
386
Um, I'm just so excited.
387
So we'll see how it goes.
388
We'll all find out together and wish me luck.
389
Anyway, that's all I have to discuss for today.
390
I hope you all enjoyed this episode.
391
And if you did, new episodes every Thursday and Sunday.
392
Okay, I'm not a full -time actor yet, all right?
393
So I'm still, we're still doing the podcast, okay?
394
I'm still here because this is my initial passion, okay?
395
In my life.
396
New episodes every Thursday and Sunday.
397
Watch on Spotify and YouTube.
398
Listen anywhere. at anything goes.
399
I'm on social media at Emma Chamberlain and my coffee company is everywhere.
400
Well, it's like It's not everywhere, but it's online.
401
It's in grocery stores.
402
It's at the Westfield Century City Mall, Chamberlain Coffee.
403
Check it out.
404
All right.
405
Thank you all for listening and hanging out.
406
It was a joy as always.
407
I love you all.
408
I appreciate you all. And...
409
I will be talking to you in a few days.
410
So this is not goodbye.
411
This is see you later.
412
Love you.
413
Bye.
📺 Mismo canal
B2finding comfort in yourself, advice session
American AccentBusiness EnglishTeensDaily Conversation
B216
existential crisis, advice session
American AccentTeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B12
my quiet morning routine and other things i like rn
American AccentTeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B28
lower your expectations about people
American AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B29
friendship breakups and boundaries, advice session
American AccentTeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B21
social life, success, and sleep
American AccentBusiness EnglishDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B25
a talk with kendall jenner
American AccentTeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B27
bittersweet
American AccentBusiness EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B2are you living for you?
American AccentDaily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults
B2i feel like my life is boring and it scares me
American AccentBusiness EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B2its not about not caring
American AccentBusiness EnglishTeensDaily Conversation
✨ Recomendar Video
B24
101 oraciones
Emma Watson Reveals the Dark Truth Behind Red Carpets & Hollywood Pressure
Business EnglishTeensDaily Conversation
B23
84 oraciones
My ONE comment changed EVERYTHING!...
Business EnglishTeensDaily Conversation
B11
588 oraciones
ENG 'เจมีไนน์ นรวิชญ์' มองเห็นคุณค่าในตัวเอง เข้าใจชีวิตว่ามีขึ้นมีลง || T2T
Business EnglishInterview EnglishTeens
B12
119 oraciones
☾ PILLOW TALK 4 / Failures, Rejections + Parent Expectations ✧
American AccentBusiness EnglishTeensDaily Conversation
B21
125 oraciones
Classic Movie Scenes: LA LA LAND (2016) // Argument // Script-to-Screen
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
91 oraciones
Bridgerton’s Claudia Jessie talks getting into acting & her big career turning point 🎬 | Audible UK
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
43 oraciones
Timothée Chalamet - "Miss Stevens" award winning monologue
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B2114 oraciones
Everything changes when you stop playing it safe
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B21
101 oraciones
the conversation I couldn’t stop thinking about
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B27
162 oraciones
Jenna Ortega Creates a Sculpture of Herself | Vanity Fair
TeensDaily ConversationHigh School Students
B21
104 oraciones
Why I Quit Learning Languages
Business EnglishDaily ConversationUniversity Students
B17
11 oraciones
One Conversation That Defined a Life | Pursuit of Happyness
Business EnglishDaily ConversationHigh School Students
Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Este vídeo tiene 413 frases y 4276 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 24:55. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 172 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. 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
15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
- audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/ (sustantivo) — audición. A performance, by an aspiring performer, to demonstrate suitability or talent.
- script /skɹɪpt/ (sustantivo) — escrito, escripto. A writing; a written document.
- analyze /ˈæn.əˌlaɪz/ (verbo) — analizar. To subject to analysis.
- twist /twɪst/ (verbo) — torcer, despescuezar. To turn the ends of something, usually thread, rope etc., in opposite directions, often using force.
- passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/ (adjetivo) — apasionado. Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic, sexual, or both.
- guitar /ɡɪˈtɑɹ/ (sustantivo) — guitarra, jarana. A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
- editorial /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːɹɪəl/ (sustantivo) — editorial. An article in a publication giving the opinion of its editors on a given topic or current event.
- bother /ˈbɑðɚ/ (verbo) — molestar, agobiar. To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
- dawn /dɔːn/ (sustantivo) — alba, amanecer. The morning twilight period immediately before sunrise.
- destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/ (sustantivo) — destino, destinación. The place set for the end of a journey or to which something is sent; place or point aimed at.
- anytime (adverbio) — cuando sea, sea cuando sea. At any time.
- uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ (adjetivo) — incómodo. Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
- costume /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/ (sustantivo) — traje. A style of dress, including garments, accessories and hairstyle, especially as characteristic of a particular country, period or people.
- podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ (sustantivo) — podcast, pódcast. A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on…
- technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/ (adverbio) — en realidad, de hecho. Based on precise facts, which, however, may be contrary to common belief or casual terminology.
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
- grow up (verbo) — crecer. To mature and become an adult.
- end up (verbo) — terminar, ir a parar. To bring to a conclusion.
- find out (verbo) — averiguar, anoticiarse. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
- get over (verbo) — superar, sobreponerse a. To overcome.
- go against (verbo) — ir en contra de. To violate; to breach; to break.
- put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (verbo) — ponerse. To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- come out /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ (verbo) — revelarse, salir a la luz. To be discovered; to be revealed.
- do for (verbo) — hacer por. To doom; to bring about the demise of someone; to injure or harm someone.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 145 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, didn't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, theater /ˈθi(ə)tɚ/, cathartic /kəˈθɑɹtɪk/, cutthroat /ˈkʌtθɹəʊt/, ethos /ˈiθɑs/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: audition /ɑˈdɪʃən/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, rejection /ɹɪˈd͡ʒɛkʃən/, passion /ˈpæʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: editorial /ˌɛdɪˈtɔːɹɪəl/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
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 audition, script, analyze.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa | has always been Growing · i've been painting |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | I've been · have arrived · I've met |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was announced · being told · was told |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | someone who is · somebody who loves |
¿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.