Shadowing Practice: THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Clip - "Andy Gets A Makeover" (2006) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Excuse me, where do you think you're going?
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She hates me, Nigel.
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And that's my problem because...
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Oh, wait, no, it's not my problem.
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I don't know what else I can do,
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because if I do something right, it's unacknowledged.
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She doesn't even say thank you.
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But if I do something wrong, she is vicious.
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So quit.
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What?
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Quit.
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Quit.
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I can get another girl to take your job in five minutes.
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One who really wants it.
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No, I don't want to quit.
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That's not fair.
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But I, you know, I'm just saying that
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I would just like a little credit for the fact that I'm killing myself trying.
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Ugh, Andy.
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Be serious.
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You are not trying.
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You are whining.
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What is it that you want me to say to you, huh?
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Do you want me to say,
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poor you, Miranda's picking on you, poor you, poor Andy?
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Hmm?
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Wake up, Six.
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She's just doing her job.
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Don't you know that you were working at the place that published some of the greatest artists of the century?
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Halston, Lagerfeld, De La Renta.
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And what they did, what they created, was greater than art.
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Because you live your life in it.
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Well, not you, obviously, but some people.
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You think this is just a magazine?
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This is not just a magazine.
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This is a shining beacon of hope for...
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Oh, I don't know.
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Let's say a young boy growing up in Rhode Island with six brothers,
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pretending to go to soccer practice when he was really going to sewing class
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and reading Runway under the covers at night with a flashlight.
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You have no idea how many legends have walked these halls.
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And what's worse, you don't care.
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Because this place, where so many people would die to work,
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you only deign to work.
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And you want to know why she doesn't kiss you on the forehead
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and give you a gold star on your homework at the end of the day.
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Wake up, sweetheart.
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Okay, so I'm screwing it up.
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I don't want to.
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I just wish that I knew what I could do to...
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Nigel.
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Nigel.
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Nigel.
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No. I don't know what you expect me to do.
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There's nothing in this whole closet that'll fit a size six,
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I can guarantee you.
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These are all sample sizes, two and four.
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All right, we'll join this for you.
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And...
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A poncho.
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You'll take what I give you and you'll like it.
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We're doing this Dolce for you.
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And choose Jimmy Choo.
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Lola Blahnik Nancy Gonzalez Love that Okay,
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now's this all the rigors This we love It might fit It might Okay,
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now Chanel, you're in desperate need of Chanel Darling, shall we?
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We have to get to the beauty department God knows how long that's going to take.
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I mean, I have no idea why Miranda hired her.
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Me neither.
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The other day we were in the beauty department and she held up the swimwear eyelash curler and said,
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what is this?
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I mean, I just knew from the moment I saw her she was going to be a complete and utter disaster.
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Miranda Priestly's office?
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No, actually she's not available, but I'll leave word.
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Okay, thanks.
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Bye.
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How did...
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Are you wearing the...
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The Chanel boots?
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Yeah, I am.
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You look good.
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What?
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Shut up, Serena.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA Clip - "Andy Gets A Makeover"”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Nigel, quit, Chanel, poor. Este vídeo tiene 83 frases y 558 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:42. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 119 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 82 % 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 11 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
eyelash sustantivo/ˈaɪlæʃ/pestaña, abéñula
flashlight sustantivo/ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/linterna, foco
poncho sustantivo/ˈpɑn.t͡ʃoʊ/poncho, jorongo
sweetheart sustantivo/ˈswiːtˌhɑːt/dulzura
beacon sustantivo/ˈbiːkən/baliza, almenara
vicious adjetivo/ˈvɪʃəs/vicioso
utter verbo/ˈʌtəɹ/resolgar, resollar
forehead sustantivo/ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/frente, testuz
homework sustantivo/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/deberes, tarea
shine verbo/ʃaɪn/brillar, lucir
boot sustantivo/but/bota

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar
hold up verboaguaitar, esperar
shut up/ʃʌt ʌp/cállate la boca, cállate

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Excuse me, where do you think you're going?
  • She doesn't even say thank you.
  • No, I don't want to quit.
  • You think this is just a magazine?
  • I don't know what you expect me to do.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 20 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: eyelash /ˈaɪlæʃ/, flashlight /ˈflæʃˌlaɪt/, vicious /ˈvɪʃəs/, shine /ʃaɪn/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: sweetheart /ˈswiːtˌhɑːt/, forehead /ˈfɔɹ.hɛd/, homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/

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 eyelash, flashlight, poncho.

¿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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