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Barack Obama in 2004, was totally unknown.

People were saying, "Huh, I don't know who this guy is.

I wonder why they picked him." He had this reputation as a bit of an upstart, as sort of a young, rising figure in the party, but no one knew who this guy was.

This was his chance to introduce himself to people.

Tonight is a particular honor for me because, let's face it, My presence on this stage is pretty unlikely.

My father was a foreign student.

born and raised in a small village in Kenya.

What makes a great political speech is if you can somehow fold your story into this larger American story.

The next thing he says is about his mother's family.

His grandfather fought In World War II we used the GI Bill, they settled in Kansas, so white people could say, Uh, oh.

He's just like us.

my parents shared not only an improbable love, They shared an abiding faith in the possibilities of this nation.

I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, I owe a debt to all of those who came before me,

and that in no other country on earth Is my story even possible?

Going into this speech, we've had four years of George Bush, and we felt as a country like we've grown further apart.

O4 was very much a divisive partisan race.

Obama's speech is in some ways an antidote to that.

Alongside our famous individualism, there's another ingredient.

in the American saga.

a belief that we're all connected as one people.

If there is a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me even if it's not my child.

If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for their prescription drugs and having to choose between medicine and the rent, That makes my life poorer, even if it's not my grandparent.

It is that fundamental belief I am my brother's keeper.

I am my sister's keeper that makes this country work.

E pluribus unum.

out of many

He gives a speech that presages his entire political message of 2008 which is this sort of post -partisan argument.

- Now, even as we speak, There are those who are preparing to divide us, the spin masters, The negative ad peddlers,

who embrace the politics of anything goes.

Well, I say to them tonight, there is not a liberal America and a conservative America There is the United States of America.

Obama was born with two great gifts.

One is his mind.

And the other is his ability to speak to large groups of people.

There are three things that Obama does that really makes that speech effective.

He wants concrete detail.

He likes story.

And he loves antithesis.

the use of repetition in structure to show contrast.

There is not a liberal America or a conservative America.

There is one America.

There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America.

There's the United States of America.

The pundits like to slice and dice our country into red states.

and blue states.

But I've got news for them, too.

We worship an awesome God in the blue states

And we don't like federal agents poking around in our libraries in the red states.

We coach Little League in the Blue States.

And yes, we've got some gay friends in the red states.

We are one people.

All of us pledging allegiance to the stars and stripes.

All of us defending the United States of America.

The way he uses his hands, he actually points a lot and does a lot of this, a lot of this, a lot of that.

In doing so, he gives off this sense of energy.

I am new.

I'm someone who is dynamic.

And he doesn't do that so much anymore.

He's a little more solemn and reserved when he gives speeches today.

But I think it's more reflective of his office.

In the end, in the end, that's what this election is about.

Thank you.

Do we participate?

in a politics of cynicism.

Or do we participate?

in a politics of hope.

It's the hope of slaves sitting around at fire singing freedom songs.

the hope of immigrants setting out for distant shores.

The hope of a young Naval Lieutenant bravely patrolling the Mekong Delta.

The hope of a mill worker's son who dares to defy the odds.

The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him too.

Hope.. hope in the face of difficulty.

Hope in the face.. of uncertainty.

the audacity of hope.

His appearance at that convention which was the best speech of the convention, better than John Kerry's. was electrifying.

and without it he wouldn't be president.

I think sincerity means a lot.

There are people who, when they speak, they speak the truth as they see it and they're very effective doing that.

I believe this country will reclaim its promise And out of this long political darkness, A brighter day will come.

Thank you very much everybody, God bless you.

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Este vídeo tiene 80 frases y 874 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 6:05. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 144 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 84 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

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15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
belief sustantivo	/bɪˈliːf/	creencia
participate verbo	/pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/	participar
keeper sustantivo	/ˈkiː.pɚ/	guardián, guardiana
partisan sustantivo	/ˈpɑː.tɪˌzæn/	partidario
defend verbo	/dɪˈfɪnd/	defender, defensar
reputation sustantivo	/ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/	reputación, nombradía
contrast sustantivo	/kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/	contraste
alongside	/əˌlɔŋˈsaɪd/	yunto/juntamente/junto con
concrete adjetivo	/ˌkɑnˈkɹit/	concreto
odd adjetivo	/ɑd/	extraño, raro
citizen sustantivo	/ˈsɪtɪzən/	ciudadano, ciudadana
connect verbo	/kəˈnɛkt/	conectar, empalmar
mill sustantivo	/mɪl/	molino
spin verbo	/spɪn/	girar, rotar
introduce verbo	/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/	presentar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
give off verbo	/ɡɪv ɒf/	emitir, desprender

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 13 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we've, can't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “th”: grandfather /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌfɑðɚ/, antithesis /ænˈtɪθ.ɪ.sɪs/
Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, contrast /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/, shore /ʃɔɹ/, worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/, prescription /pɹəˈskɹɪp.ʃən/
Palabras largas — cuida el acento: participate /pɑːˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, fundamental /ˌfʌn.dəˈmɛn.təl/, uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/

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 belief, participate, keeper.

¿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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