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Fiona.
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This happened a couple of years ago, just before Christmas.
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My boyfriend and I are out doing some last minute shopping and the roads are absolutely packed.
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Cars everywhere, traffic barely moving.
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So, we're in the car when I suddenly remember we've got no milk, no tea, no bread, basically nothing for breakfast tomorrow.
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So I say, we'd better pop into the grocers on the corner.
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I'll just grab a few things.
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And then I tell him, don't even bother trying to park.
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It'll take us all day.
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Just drop me off outside the shop and drive around the block.
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I'll only be a minute.
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So off I go, grab the things we need, and when I come out, I see his car slowly crawling past the shop.
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Oh, and bear in mind, it's freezing and I'm all wrapped up in a hat and scarf.
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You can barely see my face.
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I run over, jump into the back seat while the car's still moving, slap the back of the driver's seat and say, go, go, go.
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And the driver shouts, oh my God, oh my God.
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I realise it's not my boyfriend's voice.
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I pull my scarf down, look up, and there's this poor old man, maybe 70, absolutely terrified.
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Before I can say a word, he panics, slams his foot down on the accelerator, and we go straight into the car in front.
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So, yeah, I just gave a sweet old man the most traumatizing Christmas present ever.
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Amanda.
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So this happened a few years ago at work.
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I was part of this big team, a couple of hundred people, and there was this huge company convention coming up.
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Everyone was absolutely obsessed with getting one of the event shirts.
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So one of the guys on my team, John, couldn't go because he a jury duty, and he says, please, please save me a shirt.
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Get me a medium or a large.
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I don't mind.
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I just really want one for a gift.
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So I go to the convention, grab the shirts, but there are only extra large left, so I can only get one of those for John.
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When I get back, I send this email to the whole team saying something like, hey everyone, great event, hope you all had fun.
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Then I add, John, I left you an extra large shirt on your desk, sorry about the size.
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Then I head home.
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I'm driving and my phone just keeps ringing and ringing.
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I'm thinking, what's going on?
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Is there an emergency?
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So I finally pull over and check and it's John.
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Apparently, I'd missed the letter R.
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So instead of shirt, I'd written, John, I left you an extra large shit on your desk.
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Sorry about the size.
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Connor.
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This happened last summer while I was on holiday in Portugal.
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I'm just wandering around this little town, you know, exploring mind-to-mind business, when suddenly it just starts absolutely pouring down,
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down like proper buckets of rain.
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Within seconds I'm soaked through and then this lovely old lady, absolute angel, opens her door and says, oh you poor thing, come in,
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come in, have some coffee while it passes.
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So I go in, dripping all over her floor and she's so sweet.
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She even offers me a dry pair of trousers.
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Apparently they belong to her late husband.
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So I take them, thank her, and she points me to a little room so I can get changed.
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Now, my jeans are completely stuck to me, right?
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So I'm trying to pull them off, but they're like glued to my legs.
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And as I'm doing that, I sort of lose my balance, knock into a bookcase, and suddenly this urn on the top shelf wobbles
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and falls yeah the urn with her husband's ashes and
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because i'm wet they just stick all over me like honestly
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i'm standing there half naked dripping wet covered in well her husband She runs in,
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gasps, covers her mouth and I just go, I'm so, so sorry.
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And she says, oh, don't worry, dear.
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He always liked meeting new people.
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So, yeah, not exactly the cultural experience I was expecting.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel C1 se basa en el vídeo “When I completely embarrassed myself – C1 English Listening Test”. Las palabras que más se repiten: shirt, absolutely, grab, suddenly, pull. Este vídeo tiene 59 frases y 700 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:29. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 156 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. El 84 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| drip verbo | /ˈdɹɪp/ | gotear, pintear |
| scarf sustantivo | /skɑːf/ | bufanda, chalina |
| accelerator sustantivo | /əkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪ.tɚ/ | acelerador, accelerador |
| bookcase sustantivo | /ˈbʊkˌkeɪs/ | estantería, librero |
| grocer sustantivo | /ˈɡɹoʊ.səɹ/ | abacero, abacera |
| obsess verbo | /əbˈsɛs/ | obsesionarse |
| terrify verbo | /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/ | aterrar |
| traumatize verbo | /ˈtɹɔ.mə.taɪz/ | traumatizar |
| wobble verbo | /ˈwɑbl̩/ | tambalearse, bambolearse |
| soak verbo | /soʊk/ | empaparse |
| wander verbo | /ˈwɑndɚ/ | vagar, divagar |
| litter sustantivo | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | cama, lecho |
| crawl verbo | /kɹɔːl/ | humillarse, arrastrarse |
| glue sustantivo | /ɡlu/ | cola, goma |
| slap sustantivo | /slæp/ | bofetada, cachetada |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| come out verbo | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | revelarse, salir a la luz |
| come up verbo | salir a relucir | |
| get back verbo | regresar | |
| look up verbo | /ˌlʊk ˈʌp/ | mejorar |
| pull over verbo | hacerse a un lado, orillar | |
| run over verbo | atropellar, arrollar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- I'll just grab a few things.
- It'll take us all day.
- I'll only be a minute.
- I realise it's not my boyfriend's voice.
- I'm thinking, what's going on?
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 23 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, I'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: shelf /ʃɛlf/, shout /ʃaʊt/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: scarf /skɑːf/, slap /slæp/, slam /ˈslæm/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: traumatize /ˈtɹɔ.mə.taɪz/, trousers /ˈtɹaʊzɚz/, jeans /d͡ʒiːnz/
Cómo practicar con este vídeo
- Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
- Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
- Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como drip, scarf, accelerator.
¿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.