Shadowing Practice: Therapy is exhausting... - Learn English Speaking with Video

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It's hard because people don't think I need therapy, but I'm really struggling.
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I mean, I have all these big things coming up and it just feels...
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I think it was like dealing with the change.
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I don't know if I'm good enough.
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Hmm?
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I'm sorry.
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Say that again?
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I just feel uncertain and scared.
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Yeah.
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Do you think that some of these feelings you're having is maybe coming from a place of uncertainty or fear?
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That's what I just said.
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Right.
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That's literally what I just said.
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And now we could begin.
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People don't think I have struggles or problems.
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I think...
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Are you okay?
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I sometimes feel that the best way of finding answers is by not talking and just...
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What's it called?
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What do Indians do when they're not talking and they're thinking about stuff?
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Or Indian people?
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Would you like to be called an Indian or an Indian person?
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I'm a British Indian.
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A British Indian.
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Meditating.
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Yeah, meditating.
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But that's not just what Indian people do when they don't talk.
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Traditionally, right?
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I think that's racist.
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No, in a good way.
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Okay.
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Is Buddha Indian or Chinese?
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Anyway, so you're saying we need to meditate, right?
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Is it meditating or meditation?
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They're both words.
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Meditation.
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Yes, meditation.
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But if we were practicing it, it would be meditating.
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Have you ever meditation?
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I've been meditating ever since I lived as a monk.
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Or I've been meditation.
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You have my book?
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It's Think Like a Monk.
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I didn't think you were actually a monk.
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No, I was.
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I was trying to encourage people to adopt that mindset.
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New York Times bestseller.
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Haven't read it yet.
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Ooh.
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Monk.
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It's a funny word.
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Monk.
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What brought you to that?
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I guess I was searching for answers.
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Do you advise other people try monking?
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We don't call it monking.
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What is it?
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Living with monks or living as a monk.
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Not monking.
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Not monking.
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Why don't we take a deep breath?
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I Can
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breathe out I think I was wrong enough.
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I don't really know how to do it.
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I know that Huberman says you breathe in and then you do it again, but I don't have his body, I don't know if I need that kind of breath work.
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You're qualified, right?
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Yeah.
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I know that you're supposed to look in the sun, you take deep breaths.
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Magnesium's hot right now.
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Protein.
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Vitamin D, I think you have to do that with K2 or something.
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GLP-1, that's a hot topic.
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When do we start talking about how I feel?
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Let's begin.
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I feel like I've learned more about you in this session than you've learned about me.
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How old were you when you lost your virginity?
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I don't think I want to tell you that.
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Younger than I would have thought, based on the way you just answered that.
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Do you remember her full name?
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No. You dog.
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Do you feel comfortable telling me how much money you made in your deal with Netflix?
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It's pretty much public knowledge.
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How much money did Jay Shetty make from his Netflix deal?
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I gotta be a monk.
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Who was your least favorite guest?
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I don't have one.
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Come on.
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Really?
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Yeah.
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The worst.
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That's a bummer.
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Star of the...
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Damn.
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Nobody would know this.
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I would never say it to anyone else.
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I trust you somehow.
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Good.
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I was just about to tell you how hard it is for me to be that honest with someone.
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Did you say how hard or how hot?
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Hard.
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Spell it.
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H-A-R-D.
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Hot.
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I think I need a new therapist.
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Don't you think maybe you're dealing with enough changes right now?
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Maybe.
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And now we can begin.
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What are you looking at?
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Netflix.
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July 13th.
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Spotify.
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July 13th.
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You passed the test.
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You could be one of my clients.
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You're one of my clients now.
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Congratulations.
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I'm gonna go take a s*.
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Make yourself a little.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Therapy is exhausting..”. Las palabras que más se repiten: monk, Indian, meditating, meditation, monking. Este vídeo tiene 119 frases y 671 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 5:09. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 130 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. Solo el 79 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente. 29 de sus 119 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 13 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
monk sustantivo/mʌŋk/monje
meditate verbo/ˈmɛ.dɪˌteɪt/meditar
bestseller sustantivosuperventas, bestseller
virginity sustantivo/və(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɪnɪti/virginidad, doncellez
mindset sustantivo/ˈmaɪn(d)ˌsɛt/mentalidad, actitud
therapist sustantivo/ˈθɛɹəpɪst/terapeuta
uncertain adjetivo/ʌnˈsɜɹ.tən/incierto, poco certero
vitamin sustantivo/ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/vitamina, vitamínico
uncertainty sustantivo/ʌnˈsɜːtənti/incertidumbre, incerteza
traditionally adverbio/tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li/tradicionalmente
scare verbo/skɛɚ/asustar, atemorizar
qualify verbo/ˈkwɑ.lɪ.faɪ/calificar
adopt verbo/əˈdɑpt/adoptar, ahijar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
come up verbosalir a relucir

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • What brought you to that?
  • Do you advise other people try monking?
  • Why don't we take a deep breath?
  • When do we start talking about how I feel?
  • How old were you when you lost your virginity?

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 34 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, you're, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: meditation /mɛdɪˈteɪʃn̩/, traditionally /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: virginity /və(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɪnɪti/, uncertainty /ʌnˈsɜːtənti/, traditionally /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ə.nə.li/

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 monk, meditate, bestseller.

¿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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