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Travel patterns used to be very predictable.
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In the summer, airlines knew that a lot of customers would want to be flying over to Europe.
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That is still the case.
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But it is also very hot and it is very crowded.
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And especially since COVID, travel patterns have been changing dramatically and customers are starting to go to Europe all year round.
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You're seeing a lot more demand in what's called the shoulder seasons, like the spring, even early spring when it's a lot cooler and then going into the fall.
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So especially since COVID, these changes in travel patterns have become more pronounced.
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There's remote work, there's digital nomads, and people that are prioritizing travel.
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There are also things that are driving travelers away from maybe the peak summer months, not just the prices of hotels and flights,
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but the crowds and the incredible heat at a lot of major tourist attractions.
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For a lot of people, going to Rome in the summer is very stressful.
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It is very hot.
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There are crushing crowds that go during the summer, especially to some of these Mediterranean summer,
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the more that pushes people to fly more in an off peak time because it'll be a better experience for them.
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For the airlines, they're trying to make as much money as possible.
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Costs have gone up.
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Of course, fuel prices have gone up this year.
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But margins in this business are razor thin.
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And for airlines, they need to put those aircraft on the most lucrative routes that they can
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And what we've heard from CEOs from major airlines is international is where it's at.
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So what airlines are doing is that they're starting their seasonal flights to Europe earlier.
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In many cases, American is a good example of that.
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We recently debuted some service to Scotland and they're starting that earlier in the spring.
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There are also year round flights to major cities and major hubs that travelers can bounce off of to Rome, Barcelona and those places.
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And those are becoming more year round destinations.
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When airlines are looking to purchase aircraft, they have to think about how are we going to use this airplane year -round because it's an expensive piece of machinery.
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They know in the summer they won't have a problem sending these wide bodies to Europe.
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That's not going to be an issue for them.
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Now they can stretch that further into the shoulder season.
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A lot of those planes are larger.
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They have more premium seats that can cost thousands of dollars more than seats in coach.
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And you can get thousands of dollars more than running them on a domestic route.
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And they're putting those to work on international routes to cater to that demand.
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And it's not just to Europe.
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We're seeing it also with Japan flights and new destinations throughout Asia as well.
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It doesn't mean that domestic travel is dead.
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That's very popular.
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even at these fairs that we've seen this year with fuel prices going up.
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And it doesn't mean that traditional vacation destinations throughout the Caribbean and Mexico are dead either.
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There's strong demand there as well.
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But airlines are looking to grow and they're looking to grow their profits and they're looking to cover their costs, which have been going up and up and up over the years.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Why Off-Season Travel Is Disappearing”. Las palabras que más se repiten: airlines, summer, travel, Europe, flights. Este vídeo tiene 41 frases y 560 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 2:45. El hablante habla rápido, unas 204 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 87 % 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:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| airline sustantivo | /ˈɛɹˌlaɪn/ | aerolínea, compañía aérea |
| prioritize verbo | /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/ | priorizar |
| cater verbo | /ˈkeɪɾɚ/ | proveer comida para, hacer el catering |
| lucrative adjetivo | /ˈluː.kɹə.tɪv/ | lucrativo, lucroso |
| razor sustantivo | /ˈɹeɪzɚ/ | navaja, yen |
| predictable adjetivo | /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/ | predecible, predictible |
| stressful adjetivo | /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ | estresoso, estresante |
| airplane sustantivo | /ˈɛɹˌpleɪ̯n/ | avión, aeroplano |
| dramatically adverbio | dramáticamente | |
| seasonal adjetivo | /ˈsiːzənəl/ | estacional, temporalero |
| machinery sustantivo | /məˈʃiːnəɹi/ | máquinas, maquinaria |
| bounce verbo | /baʊns/ | rebotar, repercutir |
| hub sustantivo | /hʌb/ | buje, maza |
| attraction sustantivo | /əˈtɹækʃn̩/ | atracción |
| crush verbo | /kɹʌʃ/ | aplastar, destripar |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| go up verbo | subir |
Gramática en este vídeo
Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:
| Estructura | En el vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — una acción que empezó antes y continúa | have been changing · have been going |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | have become · have gone · we've heard |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 14 contracciones y formas reducidas, como they're, doesn't, we've. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: machinery /məˈʃiːnəɹi/, attraction /əˈtɹækʃn̩/, crush /kɹʌʃ/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, predictable /pɹəˈdɪktəbləl/, machinery /məˈʃiːnəɹi/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: prioritize /pɹaɪˈɒɹ.ə.taɪz/, razor /ˈɹeɪzɚ/, seasonal /ˈsiːzənəl/
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 airline, prioritize, cater.
¿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.