Shadowing Practice: The Wake Up Call | Powerful Speech By Sheikh Khalid Yasin - Learn English Speaking with Video
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The Quran says you are busy piling up,
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calculating, developing your careers, your money,
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your occupation, your wealth until you visit the graves Think about it.
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When was the last time that you went to a funeral? Was it your mother?
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Was it your father?
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Was it your grandfather?
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Was it your uncle?
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Was it your cousin?
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Was it your friend?
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Was it your wife?
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Was it your husband? your husband?
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The last time that you visited the grave,
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when you went to a funeral and you saw that person whom you loved that was laughing,
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crying, live, boasting, wealthy, educated,
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denied, arrogant, whatever they were.
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What was the demeanor of the people when you walked in that funeral home,
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when that person was stretched out in their last suit.
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What was the demeanor?
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Were the people cracking jokes? Were they dancing?
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Were they clapping and singing songs?
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No. Silence.
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Melancholy.
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Trauma.
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Why?
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Because every person that walked in that room, seeing that person stressed out, the first thing they thought about was not the person.
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The first thing they thought about was that one day, this will be me.
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So Allah said, All of us, all of you are engaged in running your mouths,
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doing your business, multiplying, buying houses, cars, business, whatever you're doing.
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And when you're told about God, religion, life, morality, you're saying, Look, I ain't got no time for that.
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I ain't got no time for that.
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I don't want to hear that.
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I don't even believe in God.
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Matter of fact, I don't even know if I'm gonna die and if I do, maybe I'm coming back again.
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As a matter of fact, science is so sophisticated that I think really
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that they're on the verge of being able to solve the whole thing of death soon.
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We ain't gotta die.
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If we got enough money, we don't even have to die.
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See how arrogant people can be
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until they visit the funeral house and then after you go to the funeral house if you got the guts,
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if you got the, if you're able to do
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so you go to the grave and now this is another scenario and you say to yourself Is that it?
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I mean 50, 60 years Scraping, struggling, scheming, lying, stealing, fornicating, jumping up and down, begging,
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working And this is the end of it?
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I mean is this what's gonna happen to me?
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Are they gonna be dropping me into a hole in the ground?
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A hole in the ground, the same hole that a cat digs after it defecates.
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Just a little deeper, but for the same reason.
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The cat digs a hole because the cat has dignity.
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Something that human beings don't seem to have.
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Instinctively the cat digs a little hole, covers it up.
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Humans have got to be taught to do that.
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But it's for the same reason.
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So you and I, we're going into a hole a little deeper than the one the cat dove.
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And all the people that's crying, pulling out their hair, screaming, almost acting like they falling in the thing with you.
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They wanna just jump in there with you.
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Not really though, you know, it's all a act.
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Cause ain't nobody really gonna jump in there and stay in there.
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They don't love you that much.
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And then after all the shoveling, after all the shoveling get done, and they fill it up, and the box, you can't even see the box no more,
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the coffin, the coffin that costs $5,000.
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I don't know, what did they burn somebody with a $5,000 coffin for?
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I mean, if I was a funeral director, after they left, I would dig them back up and put them in another box and take that box back.
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And honestly, I'm telling you, that's what they do.
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Yeah.
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So after all the money and all the drama, and they dig that hole and put you in there,
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and cover you up, and everybody goes back to the place, go back to Mama's house or Daddy's house or whoever's house,
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and you know we cook some chicken or whatever it is
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and we do a little dancing and drink some scotch
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and forget all about that person Then we start we want the lawyer to come down and talk about You know, divvying up the spoils
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So if that woman who died had a husband somebody else gonna marry him you know that and
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That man who died
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You know that woman in about six months or a year of grieving or whatever it is
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she gonna come to understand that she needs somebody else to be with, so she gonna marry somebody, so that means if his suit is still in the closet and he can fit him, who gonna wear him?
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So it really means that after all this time, and the people walk away from that grave, it's over.
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What about that person in the grave?
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What's happening?
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Because you know and I know that death is almost like sleeping.
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Death is like sleeping.
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Your body is gone.
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Your body is dead.
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Your spirit is gone.
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But your consciousness is there.
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Yes brothers and sisters, you and I are going to know.
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When the people put us in that box and put us in the grave, we are going to know.
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Your spirit is gone.
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You can't shout.
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You can't call out.
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You can't say don't leave me here.
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But you're going to be hearing and you're going to be seeing
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because that's a different kind of consciousness but you can't move.
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And in that grave this is when the real trauma is going to begin.
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Because there's a reason for humans to go inside the grave.
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If the creator wanted to, he could have caused us to live and then disappear into the atmosphere. But he didn't.
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He caused us to go into another womb called the tomb.
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You started out in the womb of your mother and you wind up in the womb of the earth called the tomb.
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From the womb to the tomb.
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This is the whole trip.
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And this is what you have to think about.
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That grave is going to be a place of drama and trauma.
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A place where you're going to be questioned before you're resurrected.
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And brothers and sisters, do you think that human beings that have the ability,
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human beings that have the ability to take a piece of earth, dig it up, irrigate it, put down seeds, plant corn, whatever the case might be.
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The corn comes up, they harvest the corn, then after that what happens?
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They cut it down, dig it up again, put new seeds in there, and what happens after that?
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Comes back up again.
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What happens in the winter?
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all leaves fall off the trees and the earth goes dead.
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And what happens in the springtime?
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The water comes, generates the earth again, germinates all over again, new grass,
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new leaves, new flowers, new fruits.
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So Allah says, and a sign for them is the dead earth.
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After that, we give it life.
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And then you eat the fruits from that.
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So Allah says, the one who gave you life in the beginning, is he not able to give you life all over again in order to judge you?
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Yes, certainly.
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You may want to deny it because you don't want to be judged.
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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 Wake Up Call”. Las palabras que más se repiten: grave, dig, hole, funeral, cat. Este vídeo tiene 116 frases y 1245 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 10:08. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 123 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. El 86 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 28 de sus 116 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| womb sustantivo | /wuːm/ | vientre |
| coffin sustantivo | /ˈkɔfɪn/ | ataúd, féretro |
| tomb sustantivo | /tum/ | tumba |
| trauma sustantivo | /ˈtɹɔm.ə/ | traumatismo |
| corn sustantivo | /ˈkɔːn/ | cereal, grano |
| demeanor sustantivo | /dɪˈminɚ/ | porte, apostura |
| shovel sustantivo | /ˈʃʌv.əl/ | pala |
| arrogant adjetivo | /ˈæɹəɡənt/ | arrogante, soberbio |
| consciousness sustantivo | /ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/ | conciencia |
| fornicate verbo | /ˈfɔɹ.nɪˌkeɪt/ | fornicar |
| germinate verbo | /ˈd͡ʒɜː(ɹ)mɪneɪt/ | germinar |
| grieve verbo | /ɡɹiːv/ | contristar, desolar |
| instinctively adverbio | /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/ | instintivamente |
| irrigate verbo | /ˈɪɹəˌɡeɪt/ | irrigar |
| melancholy sustantivo | /ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.li/ | melancolía, engurrio |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| back up verbo | retroceder, ciar |
| call out verbo | especificar |
| come up verbo | salir a relucir |
| fall off verbo | caer |
| pile up verbo | arrumar, apilar |
| pull out verbo | retirarse |
| put down verbo | menospreciar |
| stress out verbo | agobiar, estresar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- When was the last time that you went to a funeral?
- Was it your mother?
- Was it your father?
- Was it your grandfather?
- I mean is this what's gonna happen to me?
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was stretched · are engaged · be taught |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | woman who died · man who died · one who gave |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 42 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, gonna, you're. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/, consciousness /ˈkɑnʃəsnəs/, shout /ʃaʊt/, occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: instinctively /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/, melancholy /ˈmɛl.ənˌkɑ.li/, morality /məˈɹælɪti/, occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scotch /skɑt͡ʃ/, spoil /spɔɪl/, scream /skɹiːm/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/, grieve /ɡɹiːv/, instinctively /ɪnˈstɪŋktɪvli/, verge /vɜːd͡ʒ/, dove /doʊv/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: resurrect /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt/, closet /ˈklɑzɪt/
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 womb, coffin, tomb.
¿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.