Shadowing Practice: The Differences Between Generations — And What They Mean for a Changing America - Learn English Speaking with Video

Elige un modo de práctica

Cada modo abre una sala de práctica a pantalla completa.

167 oraciones

Si las oraciones son demasiado cortas o largas, haz clic en Editar para ajustarlas.

the generation we are born into impacts every aspect of our life.

Think about that, y'all.

It impacts our attitudes, our values, our economic conditions, our opportunities, even our well-being.

Some people have challenged this idea.

How so?

Yeah.

Well, I think pretty much everyone agrees that growing up now, living now, is completely different from what it was like to live 100 years ago.

or 50 years ago, even 20 years ago.

There's just so many changes in technology and the way that we led, the way that we relate to each other and everything else.

Where you get the challenges is people say, well, why are we putting people into these arbitrary 15 to 20 year groups?

Well, because that's really an easier way to study people.

Otherwise, how would we have the language?

Would we have to say each individual birth year or people born in the 70s?

And there are some reasons to group people that way.

it allows us to just understand more about each other, which is really the point, you know, not to point fingers or stereotype, but to try to understand each other better.

That's why I got into doing this in the first place.

Okay, so you write about a phenomenon called the slow life strategy.

What is that?

Yeah, so it explains so much about how things have changed over the generations.

So when you have a society that's just more technologically complex, people live longer because we have better medical care,

And then education takes longer to finish.

So it slows down the whole life cycle.

Like not day to day, but in terms of years.

That people take longer to grow up and longer to grow old.

So in childhood, kids are less independent.

Teenagers are now much less likely than, say, Gen X was at the same age to have a driver's license.

Or to have a paid job.

They're less likely.

Yes.

Much less likely.

And why is that?

That they're less likely?

That's what I hear.

The teenagers now don't have driver's license.

That's right.

...nor care about driving.

Right.

And why is that?

Well, there's a couple reasons.

So one is the parties on Snapchat or Instagram, but that's one element.

Yeah.

But it is also this slow-life strategy.

They just are not as eager to do adult things in the way

that Gen Xers or even millennials were at the same age.

They look at having a driver's license and they're like, you know.

Oh, see, I thought it was because of Uber.

Well, until really recently, you couldn't take Uber until you were 18.

Plus, we see the decline in driver's licenses, even in rural areas where Uber isn't around.

Uber's expensive, too.

So, and it's also not just the driver's license.

They're less likely to have a paid job.

They're less likely to go out on dates.

They're less likely to drink alcohol.

So nobody's getting jobs at 15 and 16 anymore?

Not as much.

Yeah.

Not as much.

It's much less common.

So all of those adult things, those happen later.

So they're just taking longer to do those things.

That's why it's called the slow life strategy.

Yeah, that's right.

And then it shows up in young adulthood, too.

There's this reluctance to you become an adult.

It's now a verb adulting right and that's

and nobody ever says adulting for all the fun things about

being an adult like being independent it's things like doing laundry

and paying your bills yeah there's that focus on oh that's no fun

but just on the practical matter young adults um take longer

to settle into a career to get married to have children

but it goes on because middle-aged people look

and feel younger than their parents

or grandparents did at the same age thank god for hair

color yeah it's actually biomarkers too they've looked at it

and we actually are younger than a few decades ago it's

not just hair color yeah no it isn't noah efron once said

that hair color is the greatest gift ever given to women

that lady clara yeah yeah it is it made a huge difference

because you know it just did yeah yeah

and i will always color my hair i will be in the the casket, colored.

Oh God.

So, so go ahead.

Yeah.

So that's middle age.

And then just as people get older, they enjoy more years of health and more years of life.

Yeah.

And so all of that has contributed to the slow life strategy.

Yeah.

So Amanda Schneider is a researcher and writer and her upcoming book is called Work for What's Next?

Why Workplace Culture is Failing and How the Next Generation Can Fix It.

Welcome, Amanda.

Thank you.

So I'm so happy that we're having this conversation because I hear all the time the,

you know, differences between the generations in the workplace.

And you say work is broken.

How so?

So I think we are actually changing the vernacular when we think about work.

And I think, unfortunately, right now, we're focused on the wrong problem.

When we hear people talk about work today in the media, especially it's around return to office, but we can't fix a how problem with a where solution.

100

Bringing them back won't matter if there's a problem with how we're working.

101

So the next generations who are naturally digital first, meaning they see the world through a digital mindset,

102

can really help us figure out how to evolve work for this digital era, meaning blending physical and digital work.

103

Right.

104

And so I know that some Gen Zers say that they've gotten a bad rap.

105

Do you think Gen Zers have gotten a bad rap in the workplace?

106

Definitely.

107

Definitely.

108

People say they don't want to work as hard as their parents.

109

Yeah.

110

Uh, they demand work-life balance.

111

Yeah.

112

Uh, and believe in, don't really believe in loyalty to the company.

113

Are those generalizations true?

114

They're true, but there's another perspective there.

115

Okay, what is it?

116

So if we want to look at their perspective, we have to understand how they think.

117

And I think that we have to do more to bring these generations together.

118

So if I had to summarize kind of what's shifting, work used to be a noun.

119

And I think some older generations think about work as a physical place.

120

Meaning when my dad said he was going to work, it meant he was physically taking his bag and he was going to an office, right?

121

Yes.

122

Yes.

123

When these younger generations think I'm going to work, if you look at how my kids hear me when I I say I'm going to work, it means I'm going to open my laptop somewhere.

124

Might be at an office, might be at home, might be somewhere in between.

125

That's a fundamental difference in the way we perceive the languaging of it.

126

I think it's a fundamental difference in how these different generations see the world.

127

Okay.

128

And so to fix work, we're going to have to really understand and fix the systems that are evolving from a noun to a verb.

129

Jean, you even write that Jinzy is skeptical for the need for hierarchy in the workplace.

130

You call this flattening.

131

Explain what that is.

132

Yeah.

133

So it goes along with individualism, just more focus on the self and less on others.

134

It's been another big change in the culture over the years that shaped generations.

135

So in the workplace, it just means a lot less hierarchy.

136

And we've seen this across many decades, that it used to be people would call their boss by their last name, you know, Mr. Jones, Ms. Patel, right?

137

And now it's Mike or Priya, you call them by the first name.

138

Sometimes you might even call them bro, if you're in Gen Z.

139

Yeah, really.

140

Just much more casual.

141

And we see this in dress.

142

You call your boss bro?

143

I don't.

144

Yeah.

145

But you would call you some people call their bosses.

146

My kids probably will.

147

My kids call me bro.

148

Okay.

149

All right.

150

I am from San Diego.

151

Okay.

152

Explain some of it.

153

Okay.

154

Yeah.

155

But it comes out in dress too

156

that it used to be people would wear suits to work and really dress up to work.

157

And then it was, oh, in the 90s we had casual Friday and now every day is casual Friday.

158

Yeah.

159

And again, for my kids, maybe people looking at them, I'm kind of wondering if in the future people end up at work wearing pajama pants.

160

Maybe we're already there.

161

Yeah, I think we are already there.

162

And it also just comes in how people relate to each other.

163

That it used to be much more common for bosses just to tell employees, okay, this is what you're going to do, and they would go and do it.

164

And now it's much more of a team mentality and much more of the manager working with people

165

rather than ordering them around

166

and talking more about why we're doing what we're doing

167

and why it's important rather than just go do this because that's what I told you to do.

Descargar app

Todo lo que necesitas para hablar con fluidez

Pronunciación con IAEvalúa cada oración

Práctica de IPADomina cada sonido

VocabularioConstruye tu banco de palabras

Juego de vocabularioAprende mientras juegas

Escanea el QR

Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play

📺 Mismo canal

✨ Recomendar Video

19 oraciones

What is the “generation gap problem”?

Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults

121 oraciones

Leaving America Changed the Way I See Everything

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

287 oraciones

Brad Pitt & Damson Idris Argue Over The Internet’s Biggest Debates | Agree To Disagree | LADbible

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

95 oraciones

Bài 11 - Tuổi Trưởng Thành

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

169 oraciones

The Male Reading Crisis

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

216 oraciones

Life Lessons Old People WISH Young People Knew

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

380 oraciones

1955 vs 2025, who actually had it better?

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

86 oraciones

Amanda McKenna - 11 Things You Miss Most About Being a Kid, Part 1 - 11 Points Countdown

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

92 oraciones

Why Even Harvard’s Smartest Graduates Can’t Get a Job Now

Daily ConversationUniversity StudentsWorking Adults

38 oraciones

Generations and personal qualities

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

[B2] Smartphone Addiction Conversation | English Listening & Speaking Practice

471

60 oraciones

[B2] Smartphone Addiction Conversation | English Listening & Speaking Practice

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

279 oraciones

What Old Fashioned Moms Understood About Parenting That We Forgot

Daily ConversationWorking Adults

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “The Differences Between Generations — And What They Mean for a Changing America”. Las palabras que más se repiten: generation, likely, longer. Este vídeo tiene 167 frases y 1551 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:14. El hablante habla rápido, unas 188 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 88 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
workplace sustantivo	/ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/	lugar de trabajo, curro
noun sustantivo	/naʊn/	nombre, nombre sustantivo
verb sustantivo	/vɝb/	verbo
hierarchy sustantivo	/ˈhaɪ.ə.ɹɑː(ɹ).ki/	jerarquía, hierarquía (disused)
evolve verbo	/ɪˈvɑlv/	desarrollar
teenager sustantivo	/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/	adolescente, adolescentes
biomarker sustantivo	/ˈbaɪoʊˌmɑɹkɚ/	biomarcador
casket sustantivo	/ˈkæs.kɪt/	cofrecito, joyero
flatten verbo	/ˈflæ.tən/	aplanar, achatar
generalization sustantivo		generalización
grandparent sustantivo	/ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/	abuelo, abuela
individualism sustantivo	/ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/	individualismo
millennial adjetivo	/mɪˈlɛn.ɪ.əl/	milenario
reluctance sustantivo	/ɹɪˈlʌktəns/	reluctancia, renuencia
stereotype sustantivo	/ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/	estereotipo, tópico

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
grow up verbo		crecer
figure out verbo		averiguar, captar
go ahead verbo	/ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/	venga, adelante
go along with verbo		ir junto con
slow down verbo		desacelerar, decelerar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

Otherwise, how would we have the language?
There's this reluctance to you become an adult.
You call your boss bro?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

Estructura	En el vídeo
“Used to” used to + verbo — un hábito o estado pasado que ya no es cierto	used to be
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora	have challenged · have changed · they've looked
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace	are born · is called · is broken

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 34 contracciones y formas reducidas, como they're, we're, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Palabras largas — cuida el acento: hierarchy /ˈhaɪ.ə.ɹɑː(ɹ).ki/, individualism /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/, millennial /mɪˈlɛn.ɪ.əl/, stereotype /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/, vernacular /vɚˈnækjəlɚ/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stereotype /ˈstɛ.ɹi.əˌtaɪp/, skeptical /ˈskɛptɪkəl/
/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: verb /vɝb/, evolve /ɪˈvɑlv/, individualism /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/, vernacular /vɚˈnækjəlɚ/, perceive /pɚˈsiv/
/z/ — sonora, no /s/: individualism /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/, summarize /ˈsʌməˌɹaɪz/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como workplace, noun, verb.

¿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.

Técnica de shadowing: lee la guía completa paso a paso →

Shadowing Practice: The Differences Between Generations — And What They Mean for a Changing America - Learn English Speaking with Video

Elige un modo de práctica

Descargar app

Drew Barrymore on Finding Purpose When Life Takes an Unexpected Turn

Do Our Dogs Miss Us When We’re Away?

Why Sleep Is So Important - and What We’re Getting Wrong

One Woman’s Search for Meaning Led Her to AI Delusion

Are We Getting Too Comfortable With Claude?

The Best Leaders All Start with This One Thing

How to Make Yourself Attractive to Anything You Want

The 50-Cent-a-Day Habit That Really CAN Build Wealth

Why Are So Many People Finding Stoicism in Our Modern Day?

The Lessons We Need to Learn from the Financial Crash of 1929

How writing this novel has helped Mara Brock Akil heal

How Does Money Factor into Your Life's Purpose

The Reality of Homelessness Most People Never See

Ocean Vuong Shares with Oprah What She Meant to Him and His Mother

Adam Grant and Oprah Discuss Tapping Into Your Hidden Potential

Esther Perel Has a Lot to Say about People Dating Chatbots

Author Douglas Stuart Explores Faith and Desire in His Latest Novel

Finding Peace Through Family Estrangement

When does our technology use become an addiction?

Esther Perel on How Dating Has Changed over the Last 20 Years

What is the “generation gap problem”?

Leaving America Changed the Way I See Everything

Brad Pitt & Damson Idris Argue Over The Internet’s Biggest Debates | Agree To Disagree | LADbible

Bài 11 - Tuổi Trưởng Thành

The Male Reading Crisis

Life Lessons Old People WISH Young People Knew

1955 vs 2025, who actually had it better?

Amanda McKenna - 11 Things You Miss Most About Being a Kid, Part 1 - 11 Points Countdown

Why Even Harvard’s Smartest Graduates Can’t Get a Job Now

Generations and personal qualities

[B2] Smartphone Addiction Conversation | English Listening & Speaking Practice

What Old Fashioned Moms Understood About Parenting That We Forgot

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?