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Hey, Bob.
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So, why weren't you at work yesterday?
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Hi, Sam.
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Oh, I had a really crazy day.
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If I tell you, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone.
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Oh no, it sounds serious.
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I promise I won't say a word.
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My mouth is sealed.
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What happened?
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Well, it all started at the train station.
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I was waiting for the train.
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When I saw a beautiful woman walk by,
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I couldn't believe my eyes.
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She was stunning.
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Honestly, she was like something from the movies.
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She suddenly stopped and started talking to me.
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I was talking to her when the train that I was supposed to get on stopped.
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I missed my train because she was asking me questions.
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And I couldn't stop talking to her.
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She was asking me what train she should take when my train arrived.
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Of course, I had to help her.
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It would have been rude to just jump on my train.
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So, I helped her find her way.
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Anyways, I was checking the train schedule for the next train I could take when she invited me for coffee.
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I checked my watch and I was already late for work,
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so I didn't know what to do.
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Should I go for a coffee and call in sick?
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Or should I politely explain that I was running late for work and miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?
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That's when she told me that she was only visiting.
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She was planning to go back to her hometown after she visited her grandma at the hospital.
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There was a chance that I'd never see her again if I didn't go for coffee.
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It was then that I decided to call in sick.
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We hopped on the train and went to Central Station.
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There's a really quiet and fancy coffee shop very close to the station that I decided to take her to.
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We started walking when she received a message from her friend.
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She was replying to her friend when a man selling flowers walked by.
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I quickly bought a rose for her when she wasn't looking.
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I gave her the rose and she screamed with joy.
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Thanks, thanks, thanks.
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She was really thrilled.
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We were walking to the coffee shop when she suddenly stopped
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and told me that she needed to call her grandma and tell her she would be a little bit late.
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When I was standing on the street,
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waiting for her to finish talking to her grandma,
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I noticed our boss Cindy out of the corner of my eye.
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I quickly covered my face with a bag as she was walking by.
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I don't think she saw me,
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but I was a little bit worried.
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Anyways, she finished talking to her grandma,
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and we continued walking to the coffee shop.
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We got there, and it was completely full.
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There were no seats in the place.
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Just my luck.
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That is when she suggested that we wait.
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We were sitting in the waiting area when an old loud man came in.
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He looked at her and said, Wow!
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Are you from heaven?
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I think I'm in love with you.
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She smiled and thanked the old man.
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Then she did something that I wasn't expecting at all.
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She invited the old man to join us for coffee.
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He happily accepted her invitation.
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After waiting for nearly an hour, we got a table.
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We were looking at the menu and trying to decide what to order.
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When the old man suddenly passed out on the table,
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We looked at each other and started laughing hysterically.
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We were laughing when suddenly,
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out of the blue, an older-looking woman walked in the door.
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It was her grandma.
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That confused me.
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Since she had told me several times that visiting her grandma in the hospital was the whole purpose of her trip,
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I was thinking to myself, was she lying?
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Or did her grandma really make a sudden recovery?
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Her grandma was walking towards us with a huge smile on her face.
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Then she looked down and noticed the old man passed out at our table.
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She stopped in her tracks and screamed loudly.
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What is he doing here?
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Well, that really confused me.
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How did all of these strangers happen to know each other?
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I was thinking to myself,
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well, then her grandma started dancing to a song that came on the radio.
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The old man woke up and he suddenly started singing.
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We were clapping and laughing when the waitress came over with a birthday cake.
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Everyone in the coffee shop started to sing happy birthday to me.
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I couldn't understand why since my birthday was last month.
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It was really hot and I was sweating because I didn't know what was happening.
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I closed my eyes, made a wish and blew out the candles.
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That's when I woke up and realized it was all just a dream.
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I'd forgotten to set my alarm clock and slept in.
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Well, I was running late and decided to use a personal day to catch up on some errands.
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Well, that was a pretty entertaining dream and story.
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I'm relieved to hear that everything is okay with you, Bob.
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Next time, you can just give me the short answer.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Past Simple, Past Continuous, Past Perfect”. Las palabras que más se repiten: train, grandma, coffee, suddenly, walking. Este vídeo tiene 93 frases y 883 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 9:11. El hablante habla despacio, unas 96 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. 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 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| grandma sustantivo | /ˈɡɹænmɑː/ | abuela, abuelita |
| scream verbo | /skɹiːm/ | gritar, alaridar |
| invite verbo | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | invitar, convidar |
| errand sustantivo | /ˈɛɹənd/ | recado, mandado |
| hysterically adverbio | histéricamente | |
| politely adverbio | /pəˈlaɪtli/ | educadamente, cortésmente |
| clap verbo | /klæp/ | dar palmas, palmear |
| waitress sustantivo | /ˈweɪ.tɹɪs/ | camarera, mesera |
| thrill verbo | /θɹɪl/ | emocionar, excitar |
| relieve verbo | /ɹɪˈliːv/ | aliviar, aleviar |
| loudly adverbio | /ˈlaʊdli/ | en voz alta, ruidosamente |
| entertain verbo | /ˌɛntəˈteɪn/ | divertir, entretener |
| candle sustantivo | /ˈkæn.dəl/ | vela, candela |
| hometown sustantivo | /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/ | patria chica |
| happily adverbio | /ˈhæp.ə.li/ | felizmente, alegremente |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
| blow out verbo | apagar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- So, why weren't you at work yesterday?
- I promise I won't say a word.
- I couldn't believe my eyes.
- Should I go for a coffee and call in sick?
- I was thinking to myself, was she lying?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasado | was waiting · was talking · was asking |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | started talking · stop talking · started walking |
| Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena idea | should take · Should I go · should I politely |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | have to promise · had to help · needed to call |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 16 contracciones y formas reducidas, como couldn't, didn't, I'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scream /skɹiːm/, sweat /swɛt/, stranger /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/, relieve /ɹɪˈliːv/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: hometown /ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/, happily /ˈhæp.ə.li/
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 grandma, scream, invite.
¿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.