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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to English Cozy Chat,

Hola a todos y bienvenidos de nuevo a English Cozy Chat,

a slow English podcast which helps you to learn English in a fun and natural way.

Un podcast en inglés pausado que te ayuda a aprender inglés de una manera divertida y natural.

I'm Maria, and today we are going to have a fun chat about how I feel about clothes.

Soy María, y hoy vamos a tener una charla divertida sobre lo que pienso de la ropa.

But first, as always, let's talk about my cozy drink of the moment,

Pero primero, como siempre, hablemos de mi bebida reconfortante del momento,

and that is some mint tea.

y eso es un té de menta.

I really wanted to drink a second cup of coffee this morning,

Tenía muchas ganas de tomarme una segunda taza de café esta mañana.

but I did not because every time I do that,

pero no lo hice porque cada vez que hago eso,

it makes it hard for me to sleep and it's never good.

Me dificulta conciliar el sueño y nunca es bueno.

I try this many times and I think, hey, maybe it won't affect my sleep today and it always does.

Lo intento muchas veces y pienso: "Oye, tal vez hoy no afecte a mi sueño", pero siempre lo hace.

So today I thought, okay,

Así que hoy pensé, está bien,

I'll just have a cup of tea instead and I'm drinking out of my coffee cup that I made or teacup today.

Mejor me tomo una taza de té, y la bebo en la taza de café que preparé hoy o en mi taza de té.

So cheers you guys.

Así que, ¡saludos a todos!

Now for today's episode I really wanted to talk about clothes because there is something that I've been thinking about.

En el episodio de hoy quería hablar de ropa porque hay algo en lo que he estado pensando.

I want to start off with a story.

Quiero empezar con una historia.

I went to the United States in May, and when I was there,

Fui a Estados Unidos en mayo, y cuando estuve allí,

my mom had this jacket there that she had had for a long time,

Mi madre tenía allí esta chaqueta que tenía desde hacía mucho tiempo,

which I bought 20 years ago

que compré hace 20 años

and she said do you want this jacket you told me to get rid of it a long time ago

Y ella dijo: ¿Quieres esta chaqueta? Me dijiste que me deshiciera de ella hace mucho tiempo.

but I didn't and here you go do you want it back

pero no lo hice y aquí lo tienes, ¿lo quieres de vuelta?

and it was a little bit cold

y hacía un poco de frío

so I thought okay no I'll just wear it now and

Entonces pensé: bueno, no, me lo pondré ahora y

that will be good and then I started wearing it and I was like wow this is so comfortable.

Eso estará bien y entonces empecé a usarlo y pensé: ¡Guau, esto es muy cómodo!

This jacket I bought 20 years ago

Esta chaqueta la compré hace 20 años.

and I wore it almost every day of the winter for maybe eight years in a row.

Y la usé casi todos los días del invierno durante quizás ocho años seguidos.

I wore this jacket a lot and I think I wore it

so much that I got sick of it and I didn't want to wear it anymore.

And for that reason, I told my mom, just sell it, give it away, get rid of it because I didn't want it.

But now I'm like, oh, this is so cozy.

It is really warm.

And I like it because it's really soft on the inside and the outside.

So I can put it on in the morning right when I wake up.

And I can also leave my house in it and it's just a jacket.

It's not like a jacket or a coat

that I need to put on and take off every time I leave the house.

It's comfortable for me to wear both inside and outside.

And I'm not sure why,

you guys, but this is just making me really happy to have my old jacket back that I bought 20 years ago.

One, because I think it brings back old memories of when I used to wear this jacket a lot.

I wore this jacket so much in a fun time of my life,

and it just feels good to wear it again.

And another thing is it's very comfortable,

so soft and really warm keeps me warm without being too hot

and that's why I can wear it inside and outside

and I also feel good to be using something that at one point I said I wanted to get rid of.

So, this is why I've started to think a little bit more about clothes over the past days.

Because, for example, this is a nice jacket.

This is nice.

It's quality.

And that's why I can still wear this.

And I will probably be able to wear this many years to come

but now I feel like it's always so tempting to buy things

that I kind of like but there's certain things

that I don't like about it and maybe the quality is not very good but I end up buying things anyway.

Just because I feel like, hey, why not?

Like, it's not that expensive.

I can buy this and wear it sometimes.

But the truth is, in my case, and everyone's different.

If I don't love something when I buy it

and I don't think wow this feels great

and for me now what is most important is

that clothes are comfortable and that the fabric feels good on my skin

and that I can breathe well and that I put it on

and I feel good that's the most important thing

and maybe I have a dress or a shirt or something that looks really nice,

but it's not comfortable for whatever reason.

And I just will not wear it.

I know myself and I won't.

Even if I want to, I'm like, oh, I want to wear this pretty dress.

But then I'll try it on and say, oh, no, because it doesn't feel good.

And I feel like now with so many options of clothes and stores and brands and styles,

it can be very overwhelming.

At least me, I'm not a very fashionable person at all.

Like, I don't know anything about fashion, really.

I appreciate good fashion, and I appreciate it when people look nice.

And I also like to feel good in what I'm wearing and to look nice.

But it's actually, it's hard for me to know what is in style

or what is the kind of right thing to wear as far as styles go

so I just feel like there is a lot of options out there

and for me it can be very overwhelming and even the other day I had seen some things on a website.

I do online shopping mainly because I hate actually going shopping and I saw some clothes that I thought looked nice.

I thought hey that looks good and then I was at the store one day

and I saw those same pieces of clothing that I saw online

and I thought oh that doesn't look as nice as I thought

or I tried them on and I thought this just doesn't this doesn't look as nice

and quality as it did on my computer so that's also something

that I have to really be careful about the truth is I think

that we should normalize wearing less clothes wearing less not less clothes

but less variety I think

it is perfectly fine to wear the same thing two days in a row as long as you are clean

and you feel good and you're not dirty,

I think people feel like, you know, you need to always change.

Obviously, if your shirt is dirty or whatever, you should change it.

But still, like some people want lots of variety

and to not ever wear the same thing twice in a short amount of time.

But I really think it's completely okay and actually good

if we have less options and only wear the things that you like.

And more importantly, the things that you feel good in and that you feel confident in and that make you feel comfortable.

Now that being said, I have a closet full of clothes

and i bet i only wear 20 of the clothes

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that are in my closet i have lots of clothes

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that are just sitting there just in case like dresses shirts pants skirts stuff

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that i think I'm gonna keep that because maybe one day I'm gonna wear

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that and you know what happens I never wear it

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but it's still in my closet

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and for some reason it's hard for me to let go of those things why is it

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so hard sometimes to let go of things that we are not using I don't know.

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I do try twice a year to go through my closet.

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It's when I change my closet from summer to winter and winter to summer.

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I go through and I do try to get rid of clothes that I'm not wearing, so clean things out.

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But still, I always keep things that I don't need and

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that I know I probably won't wear and it's actually kind of funny

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when I do clean my closet out

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and I take some clothes out to give away

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and I will put them in a bag I have to get rid of that bag immediately.

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Because well, first off, let me go back.

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When I do clean out my closet, I have to in that moment have a mindset.

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I have to be thinking, okay, Maria, get rid of stuff.

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You need to get rid of things, throw things out, give things away. Because

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if I'm in a mindset that's like oh

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I don't want to I'll say oh this shirt I'll keep this this I will keep this too

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and of course then I get rid of like three things

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and I should be getting rid of many more so I always have like a trash bag full of clothes.

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And I always need to make sure to get rid of

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that trash bag as soon as possible and bring it to a donation center as soon as possible.

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Because if it sits in my house for too long, I will start to go through it and say,

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oh, but that sweater I'll take that and oh there's these shorts

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and it's just it's so annoying that I do that

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but I do that almost every time so those are always things

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that I need to make sure that I do

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so I'm really excited about my comfortable jacket and I think I am in the mindset now to say okay

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Maria just do it clean out the closet only keep things

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that you really like that make you feel good

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that you will wear

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and I think maybe today would be a good day for me to clean out my closet let's see

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and guys I also wanted to mention that in my membership you receive a study sheet with every episode.

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There is the full transcript, a vocabulary list with example sentences,

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vocabulary exercises, some grammar exercises that go along with

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each episode and if you are in my membership you will get one of those with every episode

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so I just wanted to mention that to you that are interested

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so guys let me know do you have the same struggles as me do you buy clothes

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that you don't need do you have a lot of clothes in your closet that you don't wear?

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Are you fashionable?

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Are you not fashionable like me?

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Or is there a piece of clothes that you really just love to wear

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and that makes you happy and that you feel like you could wear every day?

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Let me know in the comments.

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Thank you guys so much and I hope you have a wonderful day.

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Bye!

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Slow English Chat ☕ How I feel about CLOTHES”. Las palabras que más se repiten: wear, clothes, jacket, closet, rid. Este vídeo tiene 148 frases y 1805 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 15:45. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 115 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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

15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
cloth sustantivo	/klɒθ/	tela
jacket sustantivo	/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/	chaqueta, campera
mindset sustantivo	/ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/	mentalidad, actitud
fashionable adjetivo	/ˈfæʃənəbl̩/	a la moda, de moda
membership sustantivo		membresía
trash sustantivo	/tɹæʃ/	basura, tlazol
vocabulary sustantivo	/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/	vocabulario
pants sustantivo	/pænts/	pantalón, pantalones
clothing sustantivo	/ˈkloʊðɪŋ/	ropa, ropaje
sheet sustantivo	/ʃit/	hoja, folio
coat sustantivo	/ˈkoʊ̯t/	abrigo, saco
breathe verbo	/bɹiːð/	respirar
grammar sustantivo	/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/	gramática
podcast sustantivo	/ˈpɑdˌkæst/	podcast, pódcast
cheers	/t͡ʃɪəz/	salud, chinchín

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
clean out verbo		desvalijar
go through verbo		atravesar
end up verbo		terminar, ir a parar
go along with verbo		ir junto con
take off verbo		quitarse
wake up verbo	/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/	despertarse, recordar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

Just because I feel like, hey, why not?
I know myself and I won't.
Are you not fashionable like me?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

Estructura	En el vídeo
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena idea	should normalize · should change · should be
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción	won't affect · I'll just have · I'll just wear
Obligación: must / have to / need to decir que algo es necesario	need to put · have to really be · need to always change
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos días	I'm drinking · is just making · I'm wearing

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 42 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “th”: cloth /klɒθ/, clothing /ˈkloʊðɪŋ/, breathe /bɹiːð/
Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: fashionable /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/, trash /tɹæʃ/, sheet /ʃit/, donation /doʊˈneɪʃən/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: skirt /skɚt/, sweater /ˈswɛtɚ/
/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: closet /ˈklɑzɪt/, cheers /t͡ʃɪəz/, cosy /ˈkoʊzi/, normalize /ˈnɔː.mə.laɪz/

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 cloth, jacket, mindset.

¿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.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Gramática en este vídeo

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

¿Qué es la Técnica de Shadowing?