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Honey, child, more than words you can say. If I didn't care...
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Mr. Dufresne, describe the confrontation you had with your wife.. the night that she was murdered.
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It was very bitter.
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She said she was glad I knew...
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that she hated all the sneaking around.
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She said she wanted a divorce in Reno.
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What was your response?
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I told her I would not grant one.
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I'll see you in hell before I see you in Reno.
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Those were the words you used, Mr. Dufresne, according to the testimony of your neighbors. If they say so.
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I really don't remember if I was upset.
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What happened after you argued with your wife?
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She packed a bag.
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She packed a bag to go and stay with me and stay with Mr. Quentin.
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Glenn Quentin, the golf pro at the Snowden Hills Country Club.
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The man you had recently discovered was your wife's lover. Did you follow her?
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Went to a few bars first.
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Later I drove to his house to confront them.
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They weren't home, so I parked in the turnout and waited.
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With what intention?
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I'm not sure.
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I was confused and drunk.
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I think mostly I wanted to scare them.
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When they arrived, you went up to the house and murdered them.
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No. I was sobering up.
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I got back in the car and I drove home to sleep it off.
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Along the way, I stopped and I threw my gun into the Royal River.
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I feel I've been very clear on this point.
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Well, where I get hazy is where the cleaning woman shows up the following morning
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and finds your wife in bed with her lover riddled with .38 caliber bullets.
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Now, does that strike you as a fantastic coincidence, Mr. Defrainer?
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Mr. Dufrain, or is it just me?
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Yes, it does.
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Yet you still maintain that you threw your gun into the river before the murders took place.
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That's very convenient.
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It's the truth.
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The police dragged that river for three days, and nary a gun was found.
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So there could be no comparison made between your gun...
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and the bullets taken from the blood-stained corpses of the victims. And that also...
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is very convenient, isn't it, Mr. Dufresne?
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Since I am innocent of this crime, sir, I find it decidedly inconvenient.. that the gun was never found.
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And would I be sure that this is love beyond compare?
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Ladies and gentlemen, you've heard all the evidence.
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You know all the facts.
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We have the accused at the scene of the crime.
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We have footprints, tire tracks.
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We have bullets strewn on the ground which bear his fingerprints.
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The broken bourbon bottle, likewise with fingerprints.
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Likewise, with fingerprints, and most of all, we have a beautiful young woman and her lover lying dead in each other's arms.
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They had sinned.
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But was their crime so great as to merit a death sentence?
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Now, while you think about that, think about this.
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A revolver holds six bullets, not eight.
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I submit that this was not a hot-blooded crime of passion.
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That at least could be understood, if not condoned.
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No. This was revenge of a much more brutal and cold-blooded nature.
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Consider this, four bullets per victim.
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Not six shots fired, but eight.
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That means that he fired the gun empty and then stopped to reload so that he could shoot each of them again.
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An extra bullet per lover.
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Right in the head.
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You strike me as a particularly icy and remorseless man, Mr. Dufresne.
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Mr. Dufresne, it chills my blood just to look at you.
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By the power vested in me by the state of Maine, I hereby order you to serve two life sentences back to back, one for each of your victims.
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So be it.
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Oh, my God.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “The Shawshank Redemption court”. Las palabras que más se repiten: bullet, gun, Dufresne, lover, crime. Este vídeo tiene 66 frases y 637 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:49. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 132 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 78 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
fingerprint sustantivo/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/huella digital, huella dactilar
likewise adverbio/ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz/similarmente, ídem
convenient adjetivo/kənˈviː.niənt/conveniente, cómodo
condone verbo/kənˈdoʊn/condonar
decidedly adverbio/dɪˈsaɪdɪdli/decididamente
inconvenient adjetivo/ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/inconveniente
reload verbo/ɹiːˈləʊd/recargar
revolver sustantivo/ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/revólver, mitigüeso
riddle sustantivo/ˈɹɪdəl/acertijo, adivinanza
footprint sustantivo/ˈfʊtpɹɪnt/pisada, huella
hereby adverbio/hɪɹˈbaɪ/por este, por este medio
bourbon sustantivo/ˈbɜː(ɹ).bən/bourbon
caliber sustantivo/ˈkæl.ə.bɚ/calibre
turnout sustantivo/ˈtɜː(ɹ)naʊt/concurrencia, asistencia
stain sustantivo/steɪn/mancha, lamparón

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
show up verbocomparecer, personarse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • What was your response?
  • I really don't remember if I was upset.
  • What happened after you argued with your wife?
  • Did you follow her?
  • Dufrain, or is it just me?

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 murdered · was found · was never found
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahoraI've been · you've heard

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 8 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: decidedly /dɪˈsaɪdɪdli/, inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, confrontation /ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/, coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/, testimony /ˈtɛstɪmoʊni/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stain /steɪn/, sneak /sniːk/, scare /skɛɚ/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: convenient /kənˈviː.niənt/, inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, revolver /ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/, vest /vɛst/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: likewise /ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz/, accuse /əˈkjuz/

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 fingerprint, likewise, convenient.

¿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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