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Hello and welcome to Simple Stories in English.
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This second episode of Season 2 presents multiple descriptive adjectives
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that both do and don't describe my physical characteristics and personal qualities to answer the question,
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What am I like?
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So you can better talk about what you are like.
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What am I like?
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Well, physically, I am pretty normal.
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I am of average height.
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I am not tall or short.
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I am skinny.
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I am not super thin and I am not fat.
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I have green eyes.
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I always wear glasses because my eyes are not perfect.
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My hair is brown and wavy or curly.
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My face is round like a circle.
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I think I am pretty.
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But I am much more than my physical appearance.
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I have a big personality.
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A lot of people say I am energetic.
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I always have a lot of energy.
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My energy is obvious when I talk or teach.
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I can't be in one position for a long time.
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I need to move.
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That's why when I talk, I move my hands a lot.
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Since I have a lot of energy, it is no surprise that I am also very active.
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I like being outside in nature and I can walk in the mountains for hours and hours.
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Sometimes I ride my bike with my son.
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I am energetic and active, but I am not athletic.
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I don't like participating in sports like soccer or volleyball.
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I don't have much coordination.
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I am clumsy and I have a lot of accidents in sports.
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In addition to being energetic and active, I also have moments when I am lazy.
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In these moments, I can spend hours with a book or watching television.
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When I watch TV, I am lazy.
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I am social and outgoing.
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I am not shy.
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I like to talk.
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I talk with everyone.
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Sometimes my sons get mad because I talk and talk and talk and they want to go home,
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but I keep talking.
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I have wonderful friends and I talk with them a lot.
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I also talk to people I don't know.
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I am friendly and I smile a lot.
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I like to talk with new people.
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I am patient with other people, but I am impatient with myself.
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When my sons or students need help, I am patient.
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I repeat myself a lot without problems.
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When I am with other people, I am patient.
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I can listen to their stories or help without frustration.
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But when I am alone, I am impatient.
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When I am in the supermarket and I want to go home, I am impatient.
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When I am in traffic, I am really impatient.
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When I need to prepare materials for class or use the copier, I am impatient.
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I think I am patient when it is important,
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but I need to work on patience in the rest of my life.
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I am fun.
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I like going out with friends and doing fun activities like singing karaoke or floating the river.
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I am a fun teacher.
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In class, we do fun activities like finger painting and acting out stories.
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I am a fun mom.
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At home, I play with Lego with my sons and I read books in a funny way.
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I am also fun because I am funny.
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I tell jokes at home and in class.
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My jokes are typically terrible, but they are also funny.
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I am smart.
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I study a lot and I have a lot of information in my head.
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I also like reading.
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When I read, I learn more.
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So with every book, I am more intelligent.
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In addition to the information that I have,
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I am smart because I recognize that it isn't possible to be an expert on everything.
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I don't have all the answers to the problems of the world,
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and I need to study and listen to experts and learn from them.
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I am hard working.
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I have a lot of personal and professional projects.
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I work practically all the time.
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Personally, I work on my house.
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I work in the yard.
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I work on projects and activities for my sons.
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I work on myself through exercising.
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It is a lot of work to maintain the house.
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It is also a lot of work being a single mom.
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Professionally, I work on my books.
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I work on my podcast.
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I work to help other teachers in school,
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and I work to teach Spanish to my students at the high school and at the college.
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I am creative.
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I think that I plan creative and different activities and classes.
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I can create stories in the moment with only a few ideas from my students.
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I can look at an activity and think of multiple ways to present the activity to have maximum participation from my students.
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In my house, I am creative with Lego.
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I can look at a picture and create a house or car without instructions.
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I make art with my sons.
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I am not artistic, but I am creative with my combination of colors and forms.
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I am strong.
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I don't have big muscles, but I am physically and mentally strong.
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I can do construction projects in the house and yard.
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I can hike for days in the mountains with all my needs in a pack on my back.
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I can plan multiple classes for all abilities.
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I can ignore my problems when it is more important to focus on others' problems.
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I can find solutions to my problems and offer solutions to other people's problems.
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I can do complicated or difficult things with little frustration or anxiety.
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I have a lot of qualities that I think are good.
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But I also have some characteristics that I don't like.
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I work a lot to change my bad characteristics.
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For example, I am very direct.
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Sometimes it is good to be direct, but sometimes when I am direct,
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people think I am mean or rude.
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They think my comment is an insult.
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So I need to work on being kinder with my direct words,
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and I also need to work on thinking first and speaking later.
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Another characteristic that I don't like is that I am controlling.
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I like being the leader in everything.
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I like having control on decisions.
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It is very difficult for me to give control to another person.
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I need to work on listening more to others' ideas,
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and I need to pass control to other leaders in the group sometimes.
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We all have physical and personal attributes that we like and that we don't like.
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What are you like?
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What are your physical characteristics?
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What is your personality like?
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The end.
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Thank you for listening to my story.
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You can find today's transcript by clicking on the link to my blog in the show notes.
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This podcast is produced entirely from donations from my listeners.
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You can donate to Small Town Spanish Teacher through Buy Me a Coffee, Venmo, or PayPal.
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There is a link in the show notes.
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Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast wherever you listen.
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And remember, you can find me on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, and my blog at Small Town Spanish Teacher.
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See you soon!
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You can find a transcript of today's story as well as other stories and learning and teaching aids on my website, smalltownspanishteacher.com.
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This story was an original work by Camilla Given.
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Any resemblance to stories by other authors is purely coincidental unless otherwise noted.
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If you have an idea for a story or a story you would like read, feel free to email me at smalltownspanishteacher at gmail.com.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Simple Stories in English: What am I like?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: stories, problems, impatient, characteristic. Este vídeo tiene 135 frases y 1293 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 12:30. El hablante habla despacio, unas 103 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. 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 |
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| impatient adjetivo | /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/ | impaciente |
| characteristic sustantivo | /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/ | característica |
| energetic adjetivo | /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/ | enérgico, energético |
| podcast sustantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, pódcast |
| transcript sustantivo | /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/ | transcripción |
| frustration sustantivo | /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ | frustración |
| subscribe verbo | /səbˈskɹaɪb/ | suscribirse, subscribirse |
| lazy adjetivo | /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/ | perezoso, flojo |
| physically adverbio | /ˈfɪz.ɪ.kli/ | físicamente |
| adjective sustantivo | /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ | adjetivo |
| clumsy adjetivo | /ˈklʌmzi/ | patoso, torpe |
| karaoke sustantivo | /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/ | karaoke |
| listener sustantivo | /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/ | oyente, escucha |
| descriptive adjetivo | /dəˈskɹɪptɪv/ | descriptivo, descriptorio (disused) |
| resemblance sustantivo | /ɹəˈzɛmbləns/ | semejanza, parecido |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- What am I like?
- I don't have much coordination.
- I also talk to people I don't know.
- What are your physical characteristics?
- What is your personality like?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
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| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | is produced · can be notified |
| Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario | need to move · need to prepare · need to work |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 13 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, can't, isn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: impatient /ɪmˈpeɪʃənt/, frustration /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, coordination /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/, donation /doʊˈneɪʃən/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, energetic /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/, coincidental /ˈkəʊ.ɪn.sɪˌdɛn.tl̩/, karaoke /ˈkæ.ɹiˌəʊ.ki/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, descriptive /dəˈskɹɪptɪv/, volleyball /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/, wherever /(h)wɛɹˈɛvɚ/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: lazy /ˈleɪ̯zi(ː)/, physically /ˈfɪz.ɪ.kli/, clumsy /ˈklʌmzi/, resemblance /ɹəˈzɛmbləns/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: energetic /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/
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 impatient, characteristic, energetic.
¿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.