Shadowing Practice: The Pitt | A Humane Death (1) - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Dr. Robbie.
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Yep.
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The son and daughter of Mr. Spencer from Assisted Living.
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They're here.
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OK.
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I'll be right there.
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Your father has pneumonia and a condition called sepsis.
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What is that exactly?
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It means that the bacteria has spread from his lung to his bloodstream.
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So far, he's been responding well to treatment.
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Hey, Pop.
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It's Helen and Jeremy.
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Jeremy.
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Puree.
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Boob.
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Blood.
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It's the Nowhere Man from Yellow Submarine.
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It's what he used to call me when I didn't do my homework.
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Is this his baseline?
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He has good days and bad days.
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Why don't we step out for one more second?
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So your father came in with low blood pressure, which is improving.
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Can he go back to assisted living?
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Eventually, we hope so.
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Your dad has an advanced directive expressing his wishes, which says that IV fluids and medications are okay, but no artificial life support, no CPU.
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He doesn't want a bunch of machines keeping him alive.
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Okay.
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Then we will continue with oxygen and IV fluids, and antibiotics, but if his lungs stop working, we're not going to place a tube in his windpipe for a breathing machine.
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But pneumonia is treatable?
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Most of the time, it is.
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But if he can get better in a week, then put him on a machine.
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That's not what he wanted.
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Do either of you have durable power of attorney for health care?
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Yes.
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We both do.
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OK.
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Well, this is a decision that does not need to be made right now.
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Why don't you think about it?
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Talk about it.
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If things get worse, sometimes allowing for a comfortable natural death can be the most humane path.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 40 frases y 281 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:08. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 132 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 81 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

  • assist /əˈsɪst/ (verbo) — ayudar, asistir. To help.
  • fluid /ˈflu.ɪd/ (sustantivo) — fluido. Any substance which can flow with relative ease, tends to assume the shape of its container, and obeys Bernoulli's principle; a liquid, gas or plasma.
  • lung /ˈlʌŋ/ (sustantivo) — pulmón. A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
  • pneumonia /njuˈməʊniə/ (sustantivo) — pulmonía, neumonía. Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms.
  • tube /tuːb/ (sustantivo) — tubo, chisguete. Anything that is hollow and cylindrical in shape.
  • breathe /bɹiːð/ (verbo) — respirar. To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
  • oxygen /ˈɑksɪd͡ʒən/ (sustantivo) — oxígeno. The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas. Sometimes called elemental…
  • artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/ (adjetivo) — artificial. Man-made; made by humans; of artifice.
  • medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ (sustantivo) — medicamento, medicación. A medicine, or all the medicines regularly taken by a patient.
  • homework /ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/ (sustantivo) — deberes, tarea. Exercises assigned by a teacher to a student which review concepts studied in class.
  • directive /daɪˈɹɛk.tɪv/ (sustantivo) — directiva. An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
  • baseline /ˈbeɪslaɪn/ (sustantivo) — línea basal. A line that is a base for measurement or for construction.
  • durable /ˈdʊɹəbəl/ (adjetivo) — durable. Able to resist wear or decay; lasting; enduring.
  • humane /hjuːˈmeɪn/ (adjetivo) — humano. Having or showing concern for the pain or suffering of another; compassionate.
  • antibiotic /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/ (sustantivo) — antibiótico. Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • talk about (verbo) — hablar de, hablar sobre. Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
  • think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (verbo) — pensar en, ocurrírsele. To ponder.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 7 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, didn't, doesn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, antibiotic /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/

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 assist, fluid, lung.

¿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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