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To survive in this high -pressured crazy world, most of us have to become highly adept at self -criticism.
Para sobrevivir en este mundo loco y lleno de presiones, la mayoría de nosotros tenemos que volvernos muy hábiles en la autocrítica.
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We learn how to tell ourselves off for our failures and for not working hard or smart enough.
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what we might call self -flagellation, a rather dangerous state which just ushers in depression and underperformance.
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We might simply lose the will to get out of bed.
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For those moments, we need a corrective.
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We need to carve out time for an emotional state of which many of us are profoundly suspicious.
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Self -compassion.
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We're suspicious because that sounds horribly close to self -pity.
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But because depression and self -hatred are serious enemies of a good life, we need to appreciate the role of self -care in a good,
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ambitious and fruitful life.
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To this end, we can perform what we've called a self -compassion exercise, a structured meditation lasting 15 minutes or so.
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lying in bed or perhaps a bath, turn over a sequence of thoughts that interrupt and correct the flow of your worst self -accusations.
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For a time, adopt an entirely kindly perspective on your setbacks.
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The self -compassion exercise goes like this: We're so in love with success,
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we fail to notice the scale of the challenges we routinely set ourselves.
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There is nothing remotely normal about what we've tried to achieve.
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We failed, but given the mountain we were trying to climb, the conclusion doesn't have to be that we're simply fools.
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- We have tricky family histories, we all do.
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There were things which happened to us at the hands of others, which can help to explain some of our current troubles.
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We're not entirely sane or well, But none of us are.
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We weren't well set up to carry out certain tasks.
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It isn't wholly our fault in the here and now.
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From the media, you'd think everyone was rich and famous and successful.
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But in reality, undramatic, quiet failure is by a huge margin the statistical norm.
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We shouldn't tear ourselves apart for not managing to beat what were, in truth, awesome odds.
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Tough, self -critical people don't allow themselves the indulgence of believing in luck.
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They take responsibility for everything.
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They think winners make their own luck.
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they don't, for the most part.
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Luck is a genuine feature of existence.
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We're robbing ourselves of fair consolation by believing that we're entirely in control and therefore entirely to blame when we crash.
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You are not only your achievements.
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Status and material success and in their best moments helped you to feel it.
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Rehearse the internalized voices of all those who've been kind to you.
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Bathe in the memory of a love independent of achievement.
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It seems it will never end.
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That's not the truth.
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It's just how a crisis feels.
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You need to reduce expectations to zero for a time.
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Take each new hour as it comes.
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And without being banal, what you need most of all is some rest.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “Self Compassion”. Las palabras que más se repiten: self, ourselves, entirely, compassion, luck. Este vídeo tiene 42 frases y 496 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:07. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 120 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 83 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| compassion sustantivo | /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/ | compasión |
| suspicious adjetivo | /səˈspɪʃ.əs/ | sospechoso, suspecto |
| corrective adjetivo | /kəˈɹɛktɪv/ | correctivo |
| flagellation sustantivo | /ˌflæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/ | flagelación |
| fruitful adjetivo | /ˈfɹuːtfl̩/ | fértil |
| horribly adverbio | /ˈhɔɹəbli/ | horriblemente |
| internalize verbo | /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/ | interiorizar |
| rehearse verbo | /ɹɪˈhɝs/ | repetir |
| setback sustantivo | /ˈsɛtbæk/ | contratiempo, descalabro |
| usher sustantivo | /ˈʌʃəɹ/ | acomodador, acomodadora |
| profoundly adverbio | /pɹəˈfaʊndli/ | profundamente |
| consolation sustantivo | /ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/ | consolación, consuelo |
| accusation sustantivo | /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/ | acusación |
| interrupt verbo | /ˌɪntəˈɹʌpt/ | interrumpir, interromper |
| sane adjetivo | /seɪn/ | cuerdo, estar en su acuerdo |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| carry out verbo | /ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/ | llevar a cabo, llevar al cabo |
| get out of verbo | salirse de, ponerse fuera de |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 16 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, don't, we've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: compassion /kəmˈpæʃ.ən/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, flagellation /ˌflæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/, usher /ˈʌʃəɹ/, consolation /ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: flagellation /ˌflæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/, internalize /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/, consolation /ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, expectation /ˌɛk.spɛkˈteɪ.ʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: internalize /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: flagellation /ˌflæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃən/, indulgence /ɪnˈdʌl.d͡ʒəns/
- /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: horribly /ˈhɔɹəbli/, rehearse /ɹɪˈhɝs/, wholly /ˈhoʊ.li/, hatred /ˈheɪtɹɪd/
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 compassion, suspicious, corrective.
¿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.