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We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union,
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establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense,
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promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity,
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do ordain and establish this constitution for the United States of America.
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In 1776, the United States declared its independence
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Then it won the Revolutionary War King George couldn't tell him what to do anymore
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So who would tell Americans what to do And lead the new country?
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Someone had to After all, this is how most countries work Where a king, or a queen, or an emperor
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Is the big boss calling all the shots They had more wealth
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and power than the people by a lot But America's founding fathers didn't roll like that All that power led to tyranny,
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I don't think you're hearing me See for a king it was too easy for them to mistreat people
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and act sleazy That's not leadership,
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that is hypocrisy So Americans wanted to try democracy They thought people should govern themselves Would it work?
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Could it work?
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Well, the founding fathers weren't sure But they thought they'd have a chance
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if they went to work to work with a well thought out set of rules for government
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that everyone thought was cool so they came up with a solution and made the United States Constitution We the people,
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run our own government Here there's no kings
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or queens running it We're following the law of the land Laid out in the constitution so understand We the people, run our own government
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If there's no kings or queens running it We're following the law of the land Laid out in the constitution,
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that's the plan One of the constitution's fundamental functions Is to
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spread power evenly to prevent corruption See the founding fathers took no chances
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So they split the government up into three branches The legislative branch, that includes congress They make the laws,
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yep, that's what their job is The executive branch, the president and their staff They carry out the laws on the people's behalf And the judicial branch,
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which includes the Supreme Court They interpret the laws to make sure they're in accordance with the Constitution
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Which includes checks and balances Rules that prevent a branch from gaining too much power In addition to that,
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the Constitution guarantees The rights that we have like freedom of speech The freedom of assembly and the right to vote
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There's a whole lot more
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if you'd like to know Not to mention there are rules for how it can be amended
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or changed Over the years there's been lots of things Like enslavement,
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which used to be legal But that was changed by the will of the people With the 13th Amendment in 1865
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Without change the Constitution couldn't survive And it needs citizens to be the guide The document of democracy,
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America's pride We the people, run our own government
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Here there's no kings or queens running it We're following the law of the land Laid out in the constitution, so understand We the people,
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run our own government Here there's no kings
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or queens running it We're following the law of the land Laid out in the constitution, that's the plan

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “What is the Constitution”. Las palabras que más se repiten: constitution, king, queen, Laid, branch. Este vídeo tiene 36 frases y 552 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:31. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 157 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 89 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es fácil de seguir.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
enslavement sustantivoesclavización
mistreat verbo/mɪsˈtɹiːt/maltratar, lagarear
ordain verbo/ɔɹˈdeɪn/ordenar, ordinar
posterity sustantivo/pɒˈstɛɹɪti/posteridad
sleazy adjetivo/ˈsliː.zi/cutre, gacho
tyranny sustantivo/ˈtɪəɹəni/tiranía
amend verbo/əˈmɛnd/remendar, enmendar
hypocrisy sustantivo/hɪˈpɑkɹəsi/hipocresía
evenly adverbio/ˈiːvənli/uniformemente
govern verbo/ˈɡʌv.ən/gobernar
interpret verbo/ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/explicar, exponer
declare verbo/dɪˈklɛɚ/explicar, aclarar
blessing sustantivo/ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/bendición
accordance sustantivo/əˈkɔː.dəns/acordanza
judicial adjetivo/d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/judicial

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
carry out verbo/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/llevar a cabo, llevar al cabo
come up with verboingeniar, ingeniarse

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 13 contracciones y formas reducidas, como we're, couldn't, didn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: posterity /pɒˈstɛɹɪti/, tranquility /træŋˈkwɪlɪti/, hypocrisy /hɪˈpɑkɹəsi/, legislative /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: evenly /ˈiːvənli/, govern /ˈɡʌv.ən/, legislative /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/
  • /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: judicial /d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/, legislative /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ɪ.slə.tɪv/

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 enslavement, mistreat, ordain.

¿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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