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Welcome to Storyline Online brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.
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I'm Olivia Munn, and today I'm going to read “The Most Magnificent Thing,” written and illustrated by Ashley Spires.
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For all the little perfectionists of the world.
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This is a regular girl and her best friend in the whole wide world.
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They do all kinds of things together.
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They race. They eat.
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They explore.
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They relax.
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She makes things.
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He unmakes things.
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One day the girl has a wonderful idea.
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She is going to make the most MAGNIFICENT thing!
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She knows just how it will look.
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She knows just how it will work.
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All she has to do is make it.
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And she makes things all the time.
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Easy peasy!
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First, she hires an assistant.
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Next they gather their supplies.
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They set up somewhere out of the way and get to work.
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The girl tinkers and hammers and measures...
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...while her assistant pounces and growls and chews.
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When she is finished, she steps back to admire her work.
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She walks around one side.
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Her assistant examines the other side.
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It doesn't look right.
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Her assistant picks it up and gives it a shake.
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It doesn't feel right either.
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They are shocked to discover that the thing isn't magnificent.
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Or good. It isn't even kind of sort of okay.
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It is all WRONG.
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The girl tosses it aside and gives it another go.
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She smooths and wrenches and fiddles.
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Her assistant circles and tugs and wags.
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When she is finished, she stands up and takes a long look at it.
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Her assistant gives it a nudge with his paw.
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The thing is still wrong.
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She decides to try again.
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The girls saws and glues and adjusts.
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She stands and examines and stares.
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She twists and tweaks and fastens.
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She fixes and straightens and studies.
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She tries all different ways to make it better.
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She makes it square.
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She makes it round.
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She gives it legs. She adds antenna.
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She makes it fuzzy.
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She makes it long, short, rough, smooth, big, small — one even smells of stinky cheese!
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But none of them are MAGNIFICENT.
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Her hard work attracts a few admirers, but they don't understand.
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They can't see the MAGNIFICENT thing that she has in her mind.
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She gets MAD.
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The angrier she gets, the faster she works.
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She SMASHES pieces into shapes.
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She JAMS parts together.
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She PUMMELS the little bits in.
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Her hands feel too big to work, and her brain is too full of all the not right things.
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If only the thing...
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WOULD... JUST...
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WORK!!! The PAIN starts in her finger.
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It rushes up to her BRAIN...
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...and she EXPLODES!
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It is not her finest moment.
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I'm no good at this.
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I QUIT. Her assistant suggests a walk.
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It's not much help at first, But before long, she starts to feel different.
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Bit by bit, the mad gets pushed out of her head.
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As they stroll along, she comes across the first wrong thing she made.
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The bad feelings are about to start all over again.
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Then she notices something surprising.
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There are some parts of the WRONG things that are really quite RIGHT.
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The bolts on one, the shape of another, the wheel-to-seat ratio of the next.
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There are all sorts of parts that she likes!
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By the time she reaches the end of the trail, she finally knows how to make the thing MAGNIFICENT.
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She gets to work.
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She works carefully and slowly, tinkering, hammering, twisting, fiddling, gluing, painting.
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Her assistant makes sure there are no distractions.
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This is the perfect thing to ward off bears!
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This will stop that leak.
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This one's all wet.
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The afternoon fades into evening.
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Finally, she finishes.
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She alerts her assistant.
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The pair take a good long look.
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It leans a little to the left.
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and it's a bit heavier than expected.
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The color could use a bit of work, too.
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But it's just what she wanted!
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They climb aboard and take it for a spin.
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They are not disappointed.
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It really is THE MOST MAGNIFICENT THING.
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You know, I like it when she says she's going to quit.
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As a kid, I think I always wanted to be able to scream, like, “I quit!” My mom, I have a I have a tiger mom, Asian mom, who will not let me quit anything.
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I wanted to quit piano.
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I couldn't quit piano.
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I wanted to quit, Taekwondo, I couldn't quit.
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I want to quit swimming.
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I wanted to quit everything.
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And she never let me quit.
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And so, the thing that I love about this little girl saying she quits is that for me I know if I was allowed to quit at any point, then I would really have regretted it as an adult.
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And I'm so happy that my mother made me keep going and keep pushing through all the tough feelings and the hard feelings and the tired feelings so that I could stick with it.
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And I love that in this book because she says I quit.
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But we know there's so much more to the book.
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You know, there's still so many more pages left.
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So we know that she, she's not going to quit.
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She's not going to let herself down.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel A1 se basa en el vídeo “'The Most Magnificent Thing' read by Olivia Munn”. Las palabras que más se repiten: quit, assistant, magnificent, feelings, gives. Este vídeo tiene 109 frases y 902 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:06. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 127 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 83 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| magnificent adjetivo | /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/ | magnífico, macanudo |
| piano sustantivo | /piˈænɪː/ | piano |
| twist verbo | /twɪst/ | torcer, despescuezar |
| examine verbo | /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/ | examinar, analizar |
| hammer sustantivo | /ˈhæmɚ/ | martillo |
| glue sustantivo | /ɡlu/ | cola, goma |
| finger sustantivo | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | dedo, alambres |
| rush verbo | /ɹʌʃ/ | correr, apurarse |
| carefully adverbio | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | cuidadosamente |
| shock sustantivo | /ʃɔk/ | choque |
| trail sustantivo | /tɹeɪl/ | rastro, pista |
| disappointed adjetivo | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ | decepcionado |
| hire verbo | /ˈhaɪɹ/ | contratar, emplear |
| discover verbo | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | descubrir |
| spin verbo | /spɪn/ | girar, rotar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| check out verbo | investigar, chequear |
| come across verbo | pasarse a |
| stand up verbo | levantarse, ponerse de pie |
| walk around verbo | deambular |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | The Most Magnificent · her best · her finest |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos de la forma en -ing | keep pushing · Keep watching |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un plan o algo que se ve venir | I'm going to read · is going to make · she's going to quit |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | will look · will work · will stop |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 12 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, couldn't, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: smooth /smuːð/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: rush /ɹʌʃ/, shock /ʃɔk/, ratio /ˈɹeɪ.ʃoʊ/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, distraction /dɪsˈtɹæk.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, perfectionist /pɚˈfɛk.ʃənɪst/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: smooth /smuːð/, spin /spɪn/, swim /swɪm/, scream /skɹiːm/, stare /stɛɚ/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: examine /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/, fuzzy /ˈfʌzi/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: adjust /əˈd͡ʒʌst/, nudge /nʌd͡ʒ/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Haz shadowing frase por frase a velocidad normal, repitiendo cada una hasta que tu ritmo coincida con el del hablante.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como magnificent, piano, twist.
¿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.