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The world has ended.
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The sky has fallen.
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Doomsday has come and gone.
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So now what?
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Well, let's start rebuilding civilization, of course.
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How would you begin to come back from an apocalypse?
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What could you use from the remains of our old society?
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And how would you be able to remember anything?
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This is "What If?" And here's what would happen if we had to rebuild human society from scratch.
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While you might be wondering how exactly the world ended, well, that's not so important.
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a massive asteroid collision, or a nuclear war.
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Or it could have been all of the above.
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What's more important is that you are among the lucky survivors of this doomsday scenario.
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But you would have lost a few things that were essential to the life you led before.
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The Internet and computers no longer work.
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Many of our world's knowledge keepers, like scientists, engineers and doctors, have tragically perished.
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But you wouldn't have much time to mourn.
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If you wanted to keep the torch of humanity lit through these terrible times,
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you'd need to focus on what you could do with all the other survivors to, well, survive.
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In his book, "The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World from Scratch," astrobiologist Louis Dartnell says that,
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even though there have been many things vital to our society's development, there are three essentials that stand out above all else.
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food, fire, and knowledge.
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You'd need to figure out how to ensure everyone gets the food and nutrients they need to survive.
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You'd have to harness sources of power to make tools and fuel transportation.
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And lastly, you'd want to share and record that knowledge so your society's future could continue to thrive.
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And while you might consider yourself a smart cookie with a sense of rugged individualism,
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you wouldn't be knowledgeable enough to rebuild things on your own.
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You'd need the collective wisdom and strength of everyone around you.
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And be ready to ask questions and explore outcomes.
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In the beginning, you'd have to get by with no power, no antibiotics, and none of the comforts of our modern world.
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During this period of time, people would need clean water, shelter, and fire for warmth.
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If you don't already know how to take care of these things, you better find some people who do, ASAP.
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Step 2 would rely on scavenging what remains of society to find things that could be useful to you and others.
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First and foremost, that would mean going through supermarkets for anything with a long shelf life.
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Of course, this wouldn't be a long -term solution, but it would at least tide you over and keep your stomach growling to a minimum.
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Growing a wide variety of foods would be an essential next step.
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And then, of course, you'd want a way of preserving them.
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Grains like wheat, rice, and corn have been some of the most important crops in human history.
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They grow fast and fill us up.
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them first.
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You'd need to develop technologies to grind grain into flour, similar to the ancient Roman water wheel or medieval windmill.
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Otherwise, you'd be stuck doing it all by hand.
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Hopefully, it wouldn't take you and your community too long to figure out something that works.
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Then you'd finally be able to concentrate on more complex things,
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like power sources For years of rebuilding the basics,
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it may be tempting to think you could pick up exactly where modern society left off, by burning fossil fuels.
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But you'd find that we've already used so much of these resources up, they would no longer be so easily accessible.
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You'd need to build extremely complex drilling systems in very remote areas.
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after an apocalypse.
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You'd likely be limited to burning things.
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And if you wanted to start any large -scale industrial projects, such as making steel, bricks,
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or glass, you'd need to burn a lot of fuel.
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Charcoal would probably be the best available option.
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Charcoal burns hot, hotter than coal.
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It's practically carbon neutral, too, sustainable model to rebuild your society with.
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You could take a few lessons from Brazil, which is currently the largest charcoal producer in the world.
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Just take your timber, air dry it, pile it into a soil -covered mound, and let it smolder.
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If that's not sustainable enough for you, Well, I'm sorry to say that you wouldn't be able to jump right into using renewable energy.
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While it would seem nice to throw up a bunch of solar panels and call it a day, These are made from pure silicon,
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And silicon is sand processed in a complicated manner you wouldn't be able to replicate just yet.
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And then there'd be possibly the most important step of all: communication.
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Connection is vital for human beings.
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You'd need to find and talk to other survivors in order to save the human race as a whole.
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Now, on a small scale, you could communicate with your local community by teaching people and inspiring them.
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Stories are a great way to retain information.
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A well -told story could make it 20 times easier to remember important facts.
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But to find survivors beyond your immediate surroundings, basic technology like a radio would be vital.
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This could seem simple, but it would be even more complex than building a toaster from scratch.
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If you managed to figure that out, the next challenge would be communicating messages.
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This is where something like Morse code would come into play.
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But there's a good chance you'd have to learn that from scratch.
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The upside is that Even if the people receiving the message can't understand it right away,
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they at least know there are others out there.
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Once you established contact with other communities, you could start trading with them.
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You could share resources and information.
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And that would improve both communities' ability to survive.
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Piece by piece, you'd be on the road to rebuilding society.
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And who knows, maybe you'd be off to a better start,
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of intelligence and will to survive.
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Or maybe you'd like to see how well you'd fare if you were the only person left on Earth.
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But that's a story for another WHAT IF.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “What If We Had To Rebuild Human Society From Scratch?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: society, rebuild, survivors, scratch, survive. Este vídeo tiene 81 frases y 1035 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 8:31. El hablante mantiene un ritmo constante de unas 122 palabras por minuto, cómodo para el shadowing. 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
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| rebuild verbo | /ɹiːˈbɪld/ | reconstruir |
| survivor sustantivo | /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/ | sobreviviente, superviviente |
| scratch verbo | /skɹæt͡ʃ/ | rascar |
| charcoal sustantivo | /ˈt͡ʃɑɹ.koʊl/ | carboncillo |
| doomsday sustantivo | /ˈduːmz.deɪ/ | día del Juicio Final, apocalipsis |
| apocalypse sustantivo | /əˈpɑkəlɪps/ | apocalipsis |
| silicon sustantivo | /ˈsɪləˌkɑn/ | silicio |
| grain sustantivo | /ɡɹeɪn/ | grano |
| sustainable adjetivo | /səˈsteɪnəbəl/ | sostenible, sustentable |
| individualism sustantivo | /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/ | individualismo |
| perish verbo | /ˈpɛɹɪʃ/ | perecer |
| smolder verbo | /ˈsməʊldə(ɹ)/ | arder sin flama |
| toaster sustantivo | /ˈtəʊ̯s.təː/ | tostadora, tostador |
| tragically adverbio | trágicamente | |
| windmill sustantivo | /ˈwɪn(d).mɪl/ | molino de viento |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| figure out verbo | averiguar, captar |
| go through verbo | atravesar |
| pick up verbo | coger, asir |
| throw up verbo | lanzar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- How would you begin to come back from an apocalypse?
- What could you use from the remains of our old society?
- Otherwise, you'd be stuck doing it all by hand.
- You'd likely be limited to burning things.
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | has ended · has fallen · has come |
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | be stuck · are made |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | people who do · Brazil, which is |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 31 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you'd, wouldn't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: thrive /θɹajv/, warmth /wɔɹmθ/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: perish /ˈpɛɹɪʃ/, collision /kəˈlɪʒn̩/, civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, shelf /ʃɛlf/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: apocalypse /əˈpɑkəlɪps/, sustainable /səˈsteɪnəbəl/, individualism /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/, antibiotic /ˌæn.taɪ.baɪˈɑ.tɪk/, knowledgeable /ˈnɑ.lɪ.d͡ʒə.bəl/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scratch /skɹæt͡ʃ/, scavenge /ˈskæv.ɪndʒ/, smolder /ˈsməʊldə(ɹ)/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: survivor /sɚˈvaɪvɚ/, individualism /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/, scavenge /ˈskæv.ɪndʒ/, thrive /θɹajv/, civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: doomsday /ˈduːmz.deɪ/, individualism /ˌɪn.dɪˈvɪ.dʒu.əˌlɪ.zəm/, surroundings /səˈɹaʊndɪŋz/, civilization /ˌsɪv.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, preserve /pɹəˈzɝv/
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 rebuild, survivor, scratch.
¿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.