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I believe in America.
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America has made my fortune.
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And I raised my daughter in the American fashion.
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I gave her freedom, but I taught her never to dishonor her family.
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She found a boyfriend, not an Italian.
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She went to the movies with him.
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she stayed out late.
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I didn't protest.
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Two months ago, he took her for a drive with another boyfriend.
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They made her drink whiskey and then they tried to take advantage of her.
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She resisted.
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She kept her honor.
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So they beat her like an animal.
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When I went to the hospital, her nose was broken.
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Her jaw was shattered, held together by wire.
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She couldn't even weep because of the pain.
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But I wept.
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Why did I weep?
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She was the light of my life.
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Beautiful girl.
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Now she will never be beautiful again.
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Sorry.
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I went to the police like a good American.
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These two boys were brought to trial.
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The judge sentenced them to three years in prison and suspended the sentence.
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Suspended the sentence?
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They went free that very day.
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I stood in the courtroom like a fool.
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And those two bastards, they smiled at me.
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Then I said to my wife,
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for justice, we must go to Don Corleone.
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Why did you go to the police?
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Why didn't you come to me first?
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What do you want from me?
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Tell me anything but do what I beg you to do.
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What is that?
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I can't do anything.
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That I cannot do.
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I'll give you anything you ask me.
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We've known each other many years,
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but this is the first time you ever came to me for counsel or for help.
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I can't remember the last time that you invited me to your house for a cup of coffee.
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Even though my wife is godmother to your only child.
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But let's be frank.
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You never wanted my friendship.
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And you were afraid to be in my debt.
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I didn't want to get into trouble.
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I understand.
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You found paradise in America.
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You had a good trade, made a good living.
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Police protected you and there were courts of law.
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And you didn't need a friend like me.
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But now you come to me and you say,
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Don't call me on and give me justice.
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But you don't ask with respect.
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You don't offer friendship.
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You don't even think to call me Godfather.
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Instead, you come into my house on the day my daughter's to be married,
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and you ask me to do murder for money.
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They ask you for justice.
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That is not justice.
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Your daughter is still alive.
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You're going to suffer, then.
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She suffers.
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How much shall I pay you?
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I'm sorry.
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Buona Sarah.
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Buona Sarah.
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What have I ever done to make you treat me so disrespectfully?
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If you'd come to me in friendship,
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Then the scum that ruined your daughter would be suffering this very day.
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And if by chance an honest man like yourself should make enemies,
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then he would become my enemies.
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And then they would fear you.
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Be my friend.
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Godfather.
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Good.
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Someday, on that day may never come,
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I'll call upon you to do a service for you.
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But until that day, accept this justice as a gift on my daughter's wedding day.
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Grazie, grazie, ma'am.
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Grazie.
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I'll give this to Clemenza.
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I want reliable people, people that aren't going to be carried away.
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I mean, we're not murderers,
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in spite of what this undertaker says.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “The Godfather I Opening scene HD”. Las palabras que más se repiten: justice, grazie, friendship, daughter, America. Este vídeo tiene 86 frases y 583 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:11. El hablante habla despacio, unas 94 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. 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

Las 12 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
weep verbo/ˈwiːp/llorar, lagrimar
suspend verbo/səsˈpɛnd/suspender
disrespectfully adverbio/dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl.i/irrespetuosamente
godmother sustantivo/ˈɡɒdmʌðə/madrina, comadre
shatter verbo/ˈʃætɚ/astillar, reventar
undertaker sustantivo/ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkə(ɹ)/director de funeraria
courtroom sustantivosala de un tribunal
scum sustantivo/skʌm/escoria
whiskey sustantivo/ˈwɪski/whisky, wiski
murderer sustantivo/ˈmɝdɚɚ/asesino, asesina
spite sustantivo/spaɪt/despecho, ojeriza
someday adverbioalgún día

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
carried away adjetivoembalado, enajenado

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Why did I weep?
  • Why did you go to the police?
  • Why didn't you come to me first?
  • What do you want from me?
  • How much shall I pay you?

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewas broken · was shattered · were brought
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahas made · We've known · have I ever done

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

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

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: disrespectfully /dɪs.ɹɪˈspɛkt.fəl.i/, undertaker /ˈʌndə(ɹ)ˌteɪkə(ɹ)/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scum /skʌm/, spite /spaɪt/

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 weep, suspend, disrespectfully.

¿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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