Shadowing Practice: Why People Love Virgins - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hi, my name is Aline and I was a virgin until I got married.
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And this is why.
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Ever since I was a little girl, people always said to me, don't have sex.
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I heard people say, here is a piece of gum.
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Then they would chew it and spit it out.
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Do you want this piece of gum now that it's chewed?
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They would compare sex to chewing gum.
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nobody wants you once you're chewed up and used.
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You lose your value.
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It seemed like whether I did this one thing or not would define me completely. But why?
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Why is everybody so obsessed with virginity?
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And why isn't it a big problem for men as well?
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In many societies, the more people you have sex with, the less valued you are.
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That is, if you're a woman.
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But if you're a man and have sex, people say...
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Oh, come on!
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Boys will be boys.
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It's not a big deal.
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In fact, in many cultures around the world, if you're not a virgin, you can't get married.
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And sometimes, your life might even be in danger.
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Here's why.
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A long time ago, there were no condoms, no birth control pills.
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So if you had sex, you were very likely to get pregnant.
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And men wanted to make sure that the baby was really their baby to carry on their bloodline.
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So they would marry a virgin.
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Women were seen as property, like an animal, or like land.
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And that's how virginity became a way of controlling women that is still used to this day.
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In some parts of the world, parents check the bedsheets after the wedding night to make sure there is blood.
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Doctors would do virginity tests before marriage,
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all to make sure that the bride was actually a virgin because otherwise the families would call off the wedding.
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and family members wait whole night out of the room
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and the next day they proudly show the blood to everyone that the bride was virgin.
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So I grew up in a very conservative religion.
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I saved myself for marriage and then guess what?
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When I got married, I had so much shame around sexuality that I couldn't even have sex.
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Because of these thoughts putting so much shame and this pressure around sexuality and being a woman.
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It's getting so crazy that in some cultures, women who have had sex feel forced to get plastic surgery
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on their private parts to make them look as virgin-like as possible.
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And the discrimination doesn't end there.
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For women who are not virgins in Morocco, it can be very hard to get married.
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In the island of Kiribati, you could be disowned.
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And until last year in Indonesia, you could not join the army.
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Over 5,000 women a year are killed in honor killings, for not being a virgin, and for bringing shame to their families.
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When the only people who should be ashamed are the ones killing women.
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But this video is not about virgins.
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It's about double standards and how we are always trying to control women.
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We tell girls to save themselves for marriage, but we encourage guys to do the exact opposite.
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I want to say here and now that a woman's virginity is not important.
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It does not matter and it does not define her.
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Women are so much more than their sexuality.
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They are their talents, their careers, their families, their personalities.
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So I really feel like what we need to do in this world is change how we're talking about sex.
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I totally think it's okay to not have sex if you don't want to, but what I think is not okay is when other people are forcing these decisions on you,
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are forcing the shame on you, when it's happening only to women and not to men.
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That's where the problems really lie.
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But some countries are taking steps in the right direction.
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Like in France, India, or Pakistan, where the governments are taking steps to ban virginity tests
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and are even considering jail time for doctors who do these tests on women.
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It will take a lot more than a few laws to change how society views women.
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But we have to start somewhere.
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My hope is that someday soon a woman is defined not by her virginity, but by who she is.
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And that starts with me, and that starts with you.
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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 People Love Virgins”. Las palabras que más se repiten: virgin, sex, virginity, shame, married. Este vídeo tiene 62 frases y 742 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:57. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 150 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. 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 12 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| virginity sustantivo | /və(ɹ)ˈd͡ʒɪnɪti/ | virginidad, doncellez |
| chew verbo | /tʃuː/ | masticar, mascar |
| bride sustantivo | /bɹaɪd/ | novia |
| bedsheet sustantivo | /ˈbɛdʃiːt/ | sábana |
| bloodline sustantivo | /ˈblʌdˌlaɪn/ | progenie, línea sanguínea / sanguina |
| disown verbo | /dɪsˈoʊn/ | renegar, repudiar |
| obsess verbo | /əbˈsɛs/ | obsesionarse |
| proudly adverbio | /ˈpɹaʊdli/ | fieramente, orgullosamente |
| spit verbo | /spɪt/ | escupir |
| pill sustantivo | /pɪl/ | píldora, pastilla |
| someday adverbio | algún día | |
| ashamed adjetivo | /əˈʃeɪmd/ | avergonzado, abochornado |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Significado |
|---|---|
| call off verbo | cancelar, terminar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Do you want this piece of gum now that it's chewed?
- That is, if you're a woman.
- I saved myself for marriage and then guess what?
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 | were seen · could be disowned · are killed |
| Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosa | women that is · women who have · women who are |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 11 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
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 virginity, chew, bride.
¿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.