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Sugar I never imagined something so sweet could be so harmful.

Growing up, my family worked the land and ate fresh food we grew and gathered.

We were strong and healthy.

We came on hard times though, and left our village to find work and a better life in the city.

In some ways life became easier.

My father drove a taxi and my mother had a factory job.

We sat a lot more.

Our food also changed.

We bought sweets, sugary drinks and fast food.

It tasted so good and was fast and easy.

Our family began to look like our city relatives.

My father got a big belly.

He was proud of it.

enough money to eat well.

One day, I saw a notice for diabetes testing.

The man on the poster looked a lot like my father.

I was surprised my father had signs of diabetes.

He was thirsty a lot, peeing often, had blurred vision and he sure was tired.

My father didn't think he had a problem, but since his brother had lost his leg to diabetes, he agreed to get tested.

Sadly, my father's blood had a lot of sugar in it.

The nurse said he had diabetes.

It turned out that my father's big belly was a sign of his poor health.

The nurse explained that eating too much especially sweets and starchy foods, makes unhealthy fat inside the belly.

It's different from the soft fat we can pinch.

Fat inside the belly leads to diseases like diabetes.

She explained that when we eat, sweet things turn into sugar.

But other foods do too, especially starchy foods like rice, potatoes and bread.

A lot of sugar is hidden in processed food.

Diabetes makes sugar build up in the blood and damages the blood vessels and nerves.

People are more likely to have heart attacks, strokes, kidney disease and blindness.

They may also get dementia, becoming forgetful and confused.

Injured nerves make feet numb, so people don't feel injuries which can get infected and lead to amputation.

Nerve damage can even make the penis weak.

It was a terrible disease.

But the good news was that my father could control diabetes and not get those problems.

The nurse explained that our new way of life was the reason for my father's problems.

To get healthy, he had to eat better, eat less, and be more active.

Now my father had diabetes.

My uncle did too.

I realized my whole family was at risk.

I went to see my grandma.

When she grew up there was no junk food and no one had diabetes.

We made a plan together.

First we stopped buying sweets and fast foods.

Instead we shopped at markets for fresh food,

vegetables, whole grains and foods high in protein like beans, eggs and fish.

Then we cooked the traditional food that's kept us well for generations.

and he were eating healthy food.

We also ate less with healthier portions and not much rice.

And last, we started walking every morning.

Over that year, my father lost his belly, his blood sugar got better and his energy came back.

we all became healthier, and we really didn't miss the sugar.

Remember, eat real food, cook it yourself, and be active.

Your family can be healthy too.

Thank you.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “The Story of Sugar”. Las palabras que más se repiten: diabetes, father, sugar, belly, sweet. Este vídeo tiene 55 frases y 556 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:31. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 123 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 82 % 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:

Palabra	Pronunciación	Significado
diabetes sustantivo	/ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/	diabetes, diábetis
belly sustantivo	/ˈbɛli/	barriga, panza
nerve sustantivo	/nɝv/	nervio
starchy adjetivo	/ˈstɑɹt͡ʃi/	feculento, amiláceo
amputation sustantivo	/ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən/	amputación
blindness sustantivo	/ˈblaɪndnəs/	ceguera
forgetful adjetivo	/fərˈɡɛtfəl/	olvidadizo, desmemoriado
infect verbo	/ɪnˈfɛkt/	infectar, contagiar
injure verbo	/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/	lastimar, lisiar
numb adjetivo	/nʌm/	entumecido, entumido
blur verbo	/blɝ/	desdibujar, difuminar
unhealthy adjetivo	/ʌnˈhɛl.θi/	insalubre, no / poco / nada saludable / salutífero
thirsty adjetivo	/ˈθɝs.ti/	sediento, tener sed
pinch verbo	/pɪnt͡ʃ/	pellizcar, repizcar
dementia sustantivo	/dɪˈmɛnʃə/	demencia

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

Palabra	Significado
grow up verbo	crecer
turn out verbo	resultar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 3 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, don't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

Los sonidos de “th”: unhealthy /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/, thirsty /ˈθɝs.ti/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/
Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: amputation /ˌæmpjʊˈteɪʃən/, dementia /dɪˈmɛnʃə/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

/v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: nerve /nɝv/, vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, vessel /ˈvɛsəl/
/dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: injure /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/, vegetable /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/, junk /d͡ʒʌŋk/
/h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: unhealthy /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/, harmful /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/

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 diabetes, belly, nerve.

¿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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