Shadowing Practice: The Most Life Changing Marcus Aurelius Quotes - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Marcus Aurelius Concentrate every minute on doing what's in front of you.
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You don't have to turn this into something.
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It doesn't have to upset you.
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The present is all we have to live in, or to lose.
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Stop whatever you're doing for a moment and ask yourself, Am I afraid of death because I won't be able to do this anymore?
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Let each thing you would do, say or intend be like that of a dying person.
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The things you think about determine the quality of your mind mind.
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Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
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Today, I escaped anxiety.
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Or no, I discarded it because it was within me, in my own perceptions, not outside.
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You have You have to assemble your life yourself, action by action.
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The impediment to action advances action.
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What stands in the way becomes the way.
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The best revenge is not to be like your enemy.
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You can also commit injustice by doing nothing.
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Receive without pride.
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Let go without attachment.
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If it's endurable, then endure it.
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Stop complaining.
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Have I done something for the common good?
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Then I share in the benefits.
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It never ceases to amaze me.
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We all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.
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It's unfortunate that this has happened.
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No, it's fortunate that this has happened and I've remained unharmed.
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If it is not right, do not do it.
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If it is not true, do not say it.
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You always own the option of having no opinion.
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Ask yourself at every moment, is this necessary?
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If something is humanly possible, it's attainable by you too.
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Think of yourself as dead.
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You have lived your life.
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Now take what's left and live it properly.
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Someone despises me.
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That's their problem.
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Everything is born from change.
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You have power over your mind, not outside events.
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When jarred, unavoidably by circumstance,
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revert at once to yourself and don't lose the rhythm more than you can help.
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You could leave life right now.
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Let that determine what you do, say and think.
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Our life is what our thoughts make it.
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If you don't have a consistent goal in life, you can't live it in a consistent way.
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Get back up when you fail.
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Celebrate behaving like a human.
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Limit yourself to the present.
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The tranquility that comes when you stop caring what they say, or think, or do only what you do.
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Don't you see how much you have to offer, and yet you still settle for less?
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Mastery of reading and writing requires a master.
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The struggle is great, the task divine, to gain mastery, freedom, happiness and tranquility.
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Do not let others hold you back.
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A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it.
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To love only what happens, no greater harmony.
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If it's humanly possible, you can do it too.
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Choose not to be harmed, and you won't feel harmed.
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Don't feel harmed, and you haven't been.
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Don't procrastinate.
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Don't confuse.
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Don't wander.
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Don't be passive or aggressive.
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Don't be all about business.
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Love the hand that fate deals you, and play it as your own.
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Practice even what seems impossible.
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There is never any need to get worked up about things you can't control.
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People exist for one another.
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The nearer a man comes to a calm mind, the closer he is to strength.
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This is my first copy of Meditations.
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It's almost 15 years old.
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I've read it more times than I can count.
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This is my new edition, which is the same translation, but hopefully going to stand the test of time better.
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This is a leather-bound edition of Gregory Hayes' Meditations, meant to really be able to put some miles on it,
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which you can check out at dailystoic.com slash meditations.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “The Most Life Changing Marcus Aurelius Quotes”. Las palabras que más se repiten: action, harmed, meditations. Este vídeo tiene 72 frases y 643 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:16. El hablante habla despacio, unas 89 palabras por minuto, así que hay tiempo para imitar cada sonido. El 86 % 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 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
humanly adverbio/ˈhjuːmənli/humanamente
mastery sustantivo/ˈmæs.tɚ.i/dominio
attainable adjetivo/əˈteɪ.nə.bəl/alcanzable, realizable
discard verbo/dɪsˈkɑɹd/desechar, descartar
endurable adjetivo/ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ.ɪ.bəl/soportable, aguantable
impediment sustantivo/ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/estorbo
procrastinate verbo/pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/hacer desidia, procrastinar
revert verbo/ɹɪˈvɝt/revertir
unavoidably adverbioinevitablemente, ineludiblemente
unharmed adjetivoileso, incólume
despise verbo/dɪˈspaɪz/despreciar
brightness sustantivo/ˈbɹaɪtnəs/brillo
assemble verbo/əˈsɛm.bəl/ensamblar, montar
circumstance sustantivo/ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/circunstancia, tesitura
wander verbo/ˈwɑndɚ/vagar, divagar

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • You don't have to turn this into something.
  • It doesn't have to upset you.
  • Have I done something for the common good?
  • If it's humanly possible, you can do it too.
  • Don't feel harmed, and you haven't been.

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 happened · have lived · haven't been
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo haceis born · is thrown · be harmed

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 19 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, can't, I've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, perception /pɚˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: tranquility /træŋˈkwɪlɪti/, attainable /əˈteɪ.nə.bəl/, endurable /ɪnˈd(j)ʊɹ.ɪ.bəl/, impediment /ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/, procrastinate /pɹoʊˈkɹæs.tə.neɪt/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: revert /ɹɪˈvɝt/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, passive /ˈpæs.ɪv/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: despise /dɪˈspaɪz/, confuse /kənˈfjuːz/, blaze /bleɪz/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: injustice /ɪnˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪs/, endure /ɪnˈd͡ʒʊə(ɹ)/, jar /d͡ʒɑː/

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 humanly, mastery, attainable.

¿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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