Shadowing Practice: Stay in School - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Transcription by CastingWords and who would like to go first um i will go first
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my name is musa i am from the great country of senegal it's in the continent of africa
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and my name is martin
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and i am jamaican my name is Lou I come from
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China I'm from the Dominican Republic oh my parents moved there
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before coming to the US I speak Spanish too cool my name is Omar
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and I'm from India I am
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Yelena I am from Russia
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and you are I am Diego Diego Villa Welcome, Diego.
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And where are you from, Diego?
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I'm from my English class.
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No, man, no. No, what country are you from?
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Oh, I'm from Mexico.
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Okay, everybody.
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This week, we are going to tell our stories.
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How you came here, why you came here, anything you want to tell us.
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Diego, would you like to go first?
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Me?
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Yes.
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First?
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Come on, Diego.
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Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego,
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Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego, Diego.
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Well, I first came to New York a few months ago.
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Diego, come on.
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Look.
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Welcome to New York City.
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The future World Cup champion.
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My nephew, Diego Villa.
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Well, are you going to let the soccer champion in?
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Welcome, Diego.
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This is your home now.
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We want you to be happy here.
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Thank you.
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Hey, Lupe, do you want to play?
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So, that was when I first arrived.
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My aunt and uncle were great.
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I thought school in New York would be like a school back at home in Mexico. But it wasn't.
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Your homework for tomorrow is to read pages 27 through 50.
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There will be a quiz.
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Any questions?
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I was lost in class.
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I couldn't understand the teacher.
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I couldn't understand the teachers either. And...
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I had problems at home.
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Problems at home?
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Oh, yeah?
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Well, yeah.
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One day, I came home, and...
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The landlord called again.
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He wants to know when we're going to pay.
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The rent is a full month late.
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So, what do we tell him?
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Well, what can we tell him?
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We tell him that we'll need another week to get the money.
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He raised the rent, but my salary did not go up.
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We have to pay.
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We don't have a choice.
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I will try to do more overtime.
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But, honey, you already work so much.
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Maybe I can borrow from my sister.
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Diego!
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How was your game?
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Did you win?
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Diego, Lupe, lunch is ready.
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so did you win yes that's my soccer star let's eat i'm not so hungry uncle one come on eat eat
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my family needed money so i decided to drop out
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and get a job drop out you know quit school
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but I didn't tell my aunt
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and uncle you didn't tell them they thought I was going to school every day
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but really I got a job do
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you like this job this job it pays two bills well this job
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and my other job why aren't you in school school will take forever my family needs the money now
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You need money?
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Learn English.
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Get your diploma.
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Then, you'll make real money.
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I hated that job.
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But at least I was making money.
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so what happened what about your aunt and uncle yeah did they find out the truth
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Hello, Mr. Diaz.
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This is Diego's English teacher.
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I am calling to tell you that Diego is not doing well in school.
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He isn't doing his homework.
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He's failing his tests.
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And he has missed class for a whole week.
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Please call me as soon as you can.
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Hello, Mr. Diaz.
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This is Diego's English teacher.
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I am calling to tell you that Diego is not doing well in school.
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Not doing well in school?
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He isn't doing his homework.
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Not doing his homework?
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He's failing his tests.
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Failing his tests?
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And he has missed class for a whole week.
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This is Ms. Glass for a whole week.
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Ms. Glass for a whole week?
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Please call me as soon as you can to set up an appointment.
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If you need an interpreter, please let me know.
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My office number is...
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My office number is 718 -555 -5252.
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Poppy's home!
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Hi, Poppy.
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Hi.
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How was school?
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Good.
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Lupita, please, take off your jacket and start your homework.
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I'll come into the room in one minute.
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Hi.
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What's going on?
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There was a message from Diego's English teacher.
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She said he's failing.
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And he has not been in class for a whole week.
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Diego?
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Our Diego?
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I don't understand.
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He goes to school every morning.
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What am I going to tell his mother?
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She trusted me to take care of him. That boy.
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When Diego gets home tonight...
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Juan, calm down.
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Diego is a good boy.
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He's smart.
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When he gets home, we'll ask him and we'll hear what he has to say.
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Okay?
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Did your uncle really listen to you?
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Or did he just...
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What's wrong?
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Diego.
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Diego.
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Carmen and I got a call from your teacher.
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My teacher?
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What is going on, Diego?
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I, Uncle Juan.
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School?
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Please, I don't want to talk about school.
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You don't want to talk about school?
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You haven't been in class.
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What's the matter with you?
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Please, Diego, tell us what is going on.
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I don't know what's going on.
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That's the problem.
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In Mexico, it was different.
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But here, in English, everything is blah, blah, blah.
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I don't understand my teachers.
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I can't read the books.
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With my English, I'll be in school forever.
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It's hard to learn English.
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It's hard to be in a new country.
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It was the same for us.
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I just want to help the family.
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I got a job.
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A job?
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I could help you pay the rent.
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That's not why you are here in New York.
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You are here to go to school.
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That is your job.
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I want to make my mother proud
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but your mother is proud of you we are all proud of you
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but a school is very important but school is
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so hard get an education you will have more choices you
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can get the job you want you can go to college college yes college why not I don't know.
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I don't know.
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Thank you.
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I don't know.
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Uncle Wand?
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I've decided I want to stay in school.
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Okay, Diego.
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We will do this together.
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I am not sure how, but we will do this together.
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Wow, Diego, so what happened next?
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Well, my family got busy.
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We had to ask questions, find out who to talk to, figure things out.
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Hello, this is Juan Diaz.
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You left me a message about my nephew, Diego Villa.
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I'd like to make an appointment to see you.
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Hi, it's Carmen.
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What high school does your daughter go to?
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Not the one in the neighborhood?
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How did you find it?
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Yes.
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Hello.
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3 -1 -1.
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My nephew is new to New York.
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He is having trouble in high school.
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He needs help in English.
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no one answers the phone keeps ringing and ringing don't give up mommy
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they didn't give up my aunt and uncle called everyone it wasn't easy my uncle took two days off of work
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You mean he can take extra English classes after school, too?
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Extra classes?
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Good.
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Very good.
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And you have the right to be in school until you're 21.
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21?
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I would like you and your uncle to talk to Mr. Shama.
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Our guidance counselor.
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Here.
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These are in Spanish.
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You know, every young person in New York City has a right to free education.
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Classes are free and extra help is free. For everyone? For everyone. With papers, without papers.
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Thank you.
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Tell me, what does Diego need to do to graduate?
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Well, there are classes he has to take, but Diego is a very smart guy.
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It will only take three or four more years.
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Four more years?
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I'm not sure.
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What if it doesn't work?
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What if I can't do it?
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Maybe I don't belong in school.
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yes you do if it doesn't work here we'll find another school
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there are big schools small schools international schools schools that have classes at night
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you have a lot of choices but let's try here first that's good
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you know Diego there's a group
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that meets once a week students like you they get together
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just to talk they're meeting today right after school I think you might like it so
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and that's how I got here with you guys oh mon diego what a story it's like a movie
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so you decided to stay in school
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but will you stay in this school diego you can't leave you're my only mexican friend I'm so, Diego.
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I'm staying here with you.
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Yeah!
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Hello, Mr. Diaz.
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This is Diego's English teacher.
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English teacher?
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I just wanted to call and let you know that Diego is doing very well in class.
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Very well.
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He's passing all his tests.
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He's passing all his tests?
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And after he finishes high school, he wants to go to college.
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And after he finishes high school, he wants to go to college.
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Yes!
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Yes!
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Yes!
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Go!
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Thank you.
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We'll be right back.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Stay in School”. Las palabras que más se repiten: diego, English, uncle, teacher. Este vídeo tiene 237 frases y 1573 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 23:07. El hablante habla despacio, unas 68 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 47 de sus 237 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 11 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
homework sustantivo/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/deberes, tarea
aunt sustantivo/ɑːnt/tía
nephew sustantivo/ˈnɛf.ju/sobrino
marten sustantivo/ˈmɑɹ.tən/marta
diploma sustantivo/dɪˈploʊmə/diploma, título
counselor sustantivo/ˈkaʊnsələ(ɹ)/consejero
quiz sustantivo/kwɪz/prueba, cuestionario
overtime sustantivo/ˈoʊ.vɚˌtaɪm/horas extras, tiempo de más
borrow verbo/ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/pedir prestado, tomar prestado
continent sustantivo/ˈkɑntɪnənt/continente
jacket sustantivo/ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/chaqueta, campera

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
drop out verbomarginarse
find out verboaveriguar, anoticiarse
give up verborendirse, entregar
calm down verbocalmarse
get together verboreunir, juntar
go up verbosubir
take off verboquitarse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • No, what country are you from?
  • What am I going to tell his mother?
  • You don't want to talk about school?
  • What's the matter with you?
  • What if I can't do it?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahas missed · has not been · haven't been
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que ocurre ahora o en estos díasam calling · isn't doing · is going
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicciónwill go · will be · we'll need
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venirare going to tell · are you going to let · we're going to pay

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 49 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, we'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como homework, aunt, nephew.

¿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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