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Excuse me sir, can I stop you for two seconds?
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I think you look absolutely incredible.
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It's not my intention, but I just feel very cold.
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So that's the reason I have this.
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The reason I stopped you is could I take a picture of you?
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Would that be okay?
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You can, no problem.
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What is your name sir?
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Ramiro, it's a Spanish name.
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You're from Spain obviously.
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Whereabouts in Spain are you from?
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San Sebastiano.
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Amir, the question I ask everybody that I stop is what makes you happy in life?
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Happiness was lost a long time ago, 14 years ago.
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My happiness was lost when I lost my wife.
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It was of sickness, she died.
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My 42 -year wife died 14 years ago and my happiness went with it.
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But I survived and I tried to make a thing the best of it.
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But happiness, once you have had a happy marriage,
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you have had an extraordinary person with you for 40 years and she goes away with no fault on anybody's side,
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then happiness, you know, it's a tough position.
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You only realize how important that was and how extraordinary she was when you lose it.
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You know what you've got until it's gone.
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Yes, I had a good idea that it was very important.
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Certainly after she went, that was a clear confirmation.
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If you could go back in time and give that younger version of yourself some advice, what would it be?
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Study what you like.
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Your main subject of study, I made a big mistake in my life.
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That was not marriage.
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My big mistake was to study engineering instead of law or political science, instead of social sciences.
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I did study also social sciences, but I have a degree in aeronautical engineering, which fortunately I have not used.
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I would study social sciences, law, humanities.
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I thought economically, you know, my future job was better guaranteed studying engineering.
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That was a very conservative decision, which I would not repeat.
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So you think it's a better idea to follow your heart and do what you like?
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What you like.
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In life you have to do what you like.
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That is the first priority.
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In fact, eventually I had a good job.
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I had a good job in which I had a good financial compensation and I had good job satisfaction.
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That took time.
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That was only after 20 years.
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What age are you?
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You're 70s?
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76. Have you had a good life?
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I still can swim one mile every day.
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How did you meet your wife?
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We were in the same swimming team.
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She was very good.
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She was much better than me swimming.
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Getting married is a good idea?
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If you find the right person, of course.
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If you find the right person, the right decision is to make everything possible to retain her the right person.
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It is not so easy that it shows up.
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Sometimes it appears, but if it appears, you know, just seize it.
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Seize the opportunity, don't let it go away.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Tragedy and Wisdom: The Reason This Man Will Never Be Happy Again”. Las palabras que más se repiten: happiness, study, science, engineering, wife. Este vídeo tiene 56 frases y 507 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:04. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 165 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar. 13 de sus 56 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
happiness sustantivo/ˈhæpinɪs/felicidad
swim verbo/swɪm/nadar
extraordinary adjetivo/ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/extraordinario, descomunal
seize verbo/ˈsiːz/agarrar, apoderarse de
guarantee sustantivo/ˌɡæɹ.ənˈtiː/garantía, caución
priority sustantivo/pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/prioridad
compensation sustantivo/ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/contrapartida
intention sustantivo/ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/intención
humanity sustantivo/hjuˈmænɪti/humanidad
satisfaction sustantivo/sætɪsˈfækʃən/satisfacción
confirmation sustantivo/ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/confirmación
fortunately adverbio/ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/afortunadamente, dichosamente
economically adverbio/ˌiː.kəˈnɒm.ɪ.kli/económicamente
sickness sustantivo/ˈsɪknɪs/enfermedad, dolencia
whereabouts sustantivo/ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts/paradero

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
go away verboirse, marcharse
show up verbocomparecer, personarse

Frases que vale la pena repetir

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

  • Excuse me sir, can I stop you for two seconds?
  • What is your name sir?
  • You know what you've got until it's gone.
  • Have you had a good life?
  • How did you meet your wife?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahorahave had
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacewas lost

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, you've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: compensation /ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/, intention /ɪnˈtɛnʃn̩/, satisfaction /sætɪsˈfækʃən/, confirmation /ˌkɑn.fəɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: extraordinary /ɪksˈtɹɔːrdɪn(ə)ɹi/, priority /pɹaɪˈɒɹɪti/, compensation /ˌkɑm.pənˈseɪ.ʃən/, humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, satisfaction /sætɪsˈfækʃən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /h/ — una aspiración suave, no la “j”: happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, humanity /hjuˈmænɪti/, whereabouts /ˌ(h)wɛəɹəˈbaʊts/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como happiness, swim, extraordinary.

¿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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