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how was losing your dad at such a young age i
¿Cómo fue perder a tu padre a una edad tan temprana?
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didn't know him the first time i met him was on
No lo conocía la primera vez que lo vi fue en
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national television i didn't see him for i guess 16 years oh wow my aunt called me
televisión nacional no lo vi durante, supongo, 16 años oh, vaya mi tía me llamó
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and she was like it's not looking good you should see him
y ella dijo algo así como: "No tiene buena pinta, deberías verlo".
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so i flew down with my sister and we saw him
Así que volé con mi hermana y lo vimos.
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and i got a lot of answers like i got
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so many answers that i didn't get when i was 16
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and when i was filming the show
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because i don't think i was mature enough to ask the questions
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that i should have a lot of people were like why would you wait until his deathbed
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but it was like
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when was another opportunity i hadn't talked to him since i met him the first time what was the question
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that you asked him that you didn't know to ask
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when you were 16 why he gave up why he didn't try for us i might have asked it
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when he when i was 16 because the cameras were there
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and it was just less uh private it was more like in passing
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and it was like well you know i knew you'd come find me right
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but when we went down
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and i saw him before he passed away he gave me
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the full story full details full disclosure with everything about why he gave up everything
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that he did before he quote unquote gave up and it just gave me completely new perspective on just dads in general.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 21 frases y 259 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 1:02. El hablante habla rápido, unas 251 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 85 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés; conviene repasar el resto antes de empezar.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
mature adjetivo/məˈt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹ/maduro, curado
aunt sustantivo/ɑːnt/tía
disclosure sustantivo/dɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/descerramiento, deschave
deathbed sustantivo/ˈdɛθˌbɛd/lecho de muerte
detail sustantivo/ˈdi.teɪl/detalle
perspective sustantivo/pɚˈspɛk.tɪv/perspectiva
quote sustantivo/kwəʊt/cita, citación
completely adverbio/kəmˈpliːtli/completamente, enteramente
dad sustantivo/dæd/papá
opportunity sustantivo/ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ/oportunidad, baza
sister sustantivo/ˈsɪs.tɚ/hermana, sor
camera sustantivo/ˈkæməɹə/cámara, cámara fotográfica
television sustantivo/ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/televisión, tele
fly sustantivo/ˈflaɪ̯/mosco, mosca

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraSignificado
give up verborendirse, entregar
pass away verbofallecer, dejarnos

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 8 contracciones y formas reducidas, como didn't, don't, hadn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: disclosure /dɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/, television /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: opportunity /ˌɒp.əˈtjuː.nɪ.tɪ/, television /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/

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 mature, aunt, disclosure.

Gramática en este vídeo

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

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Past continuous was/were + -ing — una acción en curso en un momento del pasadowas losing · was filming
Consejo con “should” should + verbo — decir qué es buena ideashould see · should have

¿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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