Shadowing Practice: Why Are There 7 Days In A Week? - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Did you know that there is only one thing every single culture, country and religion in the world agrees on?
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And it's that there is only 7 days in a week.
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Not one more, not one less.
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Christians, Muslims, Jews, Europeans, Arabs, Asians.
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From China to Antarctica, everybody has 7 days a week.
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But why 7?
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What's so special about that number that every single person on the planet agrees to it?
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Let me explain.
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Thousands of years ago, people didn't have iPhones or watches to tell the time.
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So they would look up at the planets and their positions to guess it.
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They saw seven planets, including the sun and the moon, and believed that each had superpowers.
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So they started to worship them.
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One would be the god of justice, the other would be the goddess of love, and just like that, every planet became a god.
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They wanted these gods to watch over them 24 /7.
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So they assigned one God to every hour of the day.
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And eventually, they even gave a whole day to each.
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And that's how we ended up with seven days for seven gods.
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Moon day, Mars day, Mercury day, Jupiter day, Venus day, Saturn day, and of course, Sunday.
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These people were the Babylonians.
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Their weak system got so popular that it spread to Spain, France, India, Malaysia, and even the North Pole.
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That's how Mars day became Tuesday after the Norse god of war, Tu.
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Mercury day was renamed to Wooden's day after the Norse god of Wisdom, Wooden or Odin.
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Jupiter day was called Thor's day, after the Norse god of Thunder.
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And Venus day was renamed after the goddess of love, Frigg or Freya.
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So it was called Freya day.
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Many cultures tried to change the week, like the Egyptians and Romans who had 10 days instead of 7.
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But it never worked out because almost every other country in the world was happy with 7.
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Actually, the world fell in love with 7.
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That number became so popular that we started using it everywhere.
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The seven wonders of the world, the seven colors of the rainbow, the seven deadly sins, the seven continents, the seven seas, the seven chakras,
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the seven white keys of the piano, and even the seven Harry Potter books.
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It became a lucky number.
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So lucky that if you hit it three times in a slot machine, you'll become mega rich.
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It's so popular, even Cristiano Ronaldo picked it up as his jersey number.
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And James Bond uses it as a code name.
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Scientists found out that the reason we love it so much is
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because we can only remember up to seven things at a time in short -term memory.
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Anything more than that and we would need to write it down.
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This is only for the first 1000 of you.
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Or alternatively, you can just join one of our free workshops to try it out.
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Thank you so much and I'll see you in the next video.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B1 se basa en el vídeo “Why Are There 7 Days In A Week?”. Las palabras que más se repiten: seven, planet, became, Norse, popular. Este vídeo tiene 48 frases y 592 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:54. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 152 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.
Vocabulario clave de este vídeo
Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| rename verbo | /ɹiːˈneɪm/ | renombrar |
| goddess sustantivo | /ˈɡɑdəs/ | dea, diosa |
| chakra sustantivo | /ˈt͡ʃɑː.kɹə/ | chakra |
| superpower sustantivo | superpotencia, hiperpotencia | |
| geek sustantivo | /ɡiːk/ | friki, flipado |
| assign verbo | /əˈsaɪn/ | asignar |
| promo sustantivo | /ˈpɹəʊməʊ/ | promo |
| alternatively adverbio | /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv.li/ | si no, en lugar de |
| entrepreneur sustantivo | /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/ | emprendedor, emprendedor comercial |
| continent sustantivo | /ˈkɑntɪnənt/ | continente |
| slot sustantivo | /slɑt/ | ranura, hendidura |
| workshop sustantivo | /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/ | taller |
| deadly adjetivo | /ˈdɛdli/ | exicial |
| scientist sustantivo | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | científico, científica |
| worship sustantivo | /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/ | culto |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| find out verbo | averiguar, anoticiarse |
| get off verbo | bajarse |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hace | was renamed · was called |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — lo más alto o lo más bajo de un grupo | the best · the most successful |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisión, una promesa o una predicción | you'll become · I'll see |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 4 contracciones y formas reducidas, como can't, didn't, I'll. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: workshop /ˈwɝk.ʃɑp/, worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: alternatively /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv.li/, entrepreneur /ˌɑn.tɹə.pɹəˈnɝ/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: alternatively /ɔlˈtɝ.nə.tɪv.li/, invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/
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 rename, goddess, chakra.
¿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.