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Most screen addiction content is going to focus on discipline.
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So I want to focus on something a little bit different, like a different angle of this.
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Looking at the phone as a parallel or substitute world.
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And I want to talk on the trappings and the allure of
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that parallel world that offers so very much to us while demanding virtually nothing from our physical bodies.
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A lot of the time when we pick up the phone and we doom scroll, we get simulation without effort, connection without vulnerability, information without transformation.
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And of course, there are anecdotes and examples and exceptions and times where that is not the case,
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where we can get more out of our online experience.
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Yes, obviously, that's not what I'm talking about in this video.
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I'm talking about the time wasters that we're all guilty of, myself included.
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and it's where the addiction isn't even
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so much with the phone itself right that's what I'm getting at it's this addiction to the frictionless existence
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that it offers take away the phone entirely throw it out
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this is an age -old problem
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this is a tale as old as time Plato was writing about it in the Republic with the cave
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you know a metaphor for ignorance and a metaphor for the comfortable illusion.
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The phone is just the most effective, most powerful, most efficient cave that we've ever seen in human existence.
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Stick with me, man.
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Where is the draw to step out of the cave?
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Why would I put the phone down?
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This is where we get into the bigger issue, I think.
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This is why I think willpower fails us, and it's not discipline is the answer, because
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we're exhausting ourself kind of attacking a symptom rather than acknowledging the
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kind of sad truth that many people don't like themselves
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or this world enough they don't have enough faith
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or belief in this world enough to even want to get off their phone you know what i mean
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and i hold no judgment to
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that i used to hate me i used to hate this world
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if i saw a video like this back in my undergraduate uh freshman year of undergraduate i would have said
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that i'm either an idiot or a liar and that i don't know what i'm talking about and this world
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sucks and has nothing to offer and there's no point in getting off the phone
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because i can still remember being in my freshman year you know i would sleep in my dorm room
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and i'd wake up in the morning
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I'd see the sunlight beaming on the the wall I could see it there
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and that kind of signifier of the new day would exhaust me immediately right I had just woken up
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but I was
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my soul and spirit were just crushed they were so feeble
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and I I would get sick to my stomach
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you know how am I going to make it through another day
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I cannot do this I do not want to do this
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and all I could think to do or want to do or drag myself to do is pass the time.
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Of course, right?
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I'm going to grab my phone.
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I'm going to pass the time because what is the point otherwise?
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What am I entering into out there?
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Why is it worth it, right?
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So for me, the question and focus on this lately has been, how can I make my real world more compelling or more worth it?
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It's a world that I'm more invested in than my phone.
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That's the focus.
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That's the aim.
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And that's obviously easier said than done.
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And please tell me your thoughts on how to do that.
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I came up with three kind of themes that took me from that guy freshman year who hated myself, hated the world, was a nihilist,
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and didn't want to do anything, you know, to where I am now where I feel hopeful even though I like you might know
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I have this heart condition that's not going away heart failure is happening actively
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I know I know my end
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I know how it's going to happen unless I mean of course I can always get hit by a car
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or something but like death is right there the absurdity and
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futility of this world is not lost upon me
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but I feel hopeful and happy and excited to to go out and live my life anyway.
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What brought me to that were purpose, creation, and adventure, largely, right?
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I think these three pillars, purpose, creation, and adventure, did so much for me.
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And this is where the part of the video I'm going to shift
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because we could get into an idiosyncratic conversation that's not
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so helpful to you if I don't know your specific case and and stuff like that.
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I want to shift this more now to the day -to -day.
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How do I actually get off my phone?
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Uh, and how I, me right now in today's day and age can get off my phone.
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Cause man, I'm with you in this fight.
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I am also addicted to my phone and on this thing way too much.
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Uh, and what I'm.
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what I'm trying to do is put myself in environments that demand my presence.
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I think that's a huge factor that can help us, right?
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When I'm hiking, rock climbing, rappelling, boxing, when I'm doing these physical things, I can't be on my phone and I won't be on my phone.
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And that's one of the categories, that's physical struggle.
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But there's also creative work.
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Like when I write my novels, I'm super focused.
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I'm in it.
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I'm deeply away from my phone and into something else.
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Real conversations.
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This one's massive, man.
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I'm so lucky and so blessed to have such good friends in my life.
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And when we put the phones down and just talk eye to eye,
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I can only undersell how valuable that is and how much it helps me.
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And of course, how much it keeps me off my phone.
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So real conversations is another one.
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Tangible goals is another massive one telling yourself who you want to be and then doing what you must, right?
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Giving yourself a purpose, a reason to wake up in the morning, a focus on what the day is going to be.
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You know, what is the aim of the day?
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All of these things matter
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and help you get more invested in your day -to -day life
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and get you off that phone and off the cycle of just trying to kill time.
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To me, it's all about getting a life with stakes and a life that I am invested in.
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but again there's that sad truth that many don't have
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that belief they don't have that investment in themselves
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and i get it
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and i don't know what is in my ring right
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now that's gross i think it's my hair product um many people don't have the belief
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or investment in themselves and that might be you but
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if you're here on this video that tells me there's enough of a inkling of something
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that is saying i don't like where i'm at i want things to change
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i want things to be better keep pulling that thread keep pulling
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that thread and keep investing in yourself betting on yourself
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and putting yourself into the real world do things
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that demand your focus demand your attention put yourself in front of people
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and give them your attention i think that's all i've got guys i appreciate you
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so much like i really do i appreciate you all
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so much i talked for six years on this channel back
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when it was called save for more you can see it there but uh back when it was called
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say for more six years ago I was just doing these videos over and over again to nobody and to have
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really thoughtful uh individuals here with me in the conversation joining in I'm seriously grateful for
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that I'm so thankful to each and every one of you who gave this video your time
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thank you and I will see you guys in the next one
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Why Your Phone Feels Better Than Real Life”. Este vídeo tiene 113 frases y 1390 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 7:42. El hablante habla rápido, unas 180 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. 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
15 palabras del vídeo que vale la pena aprender, con su pronunciación y significado:
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| invest verbo | /ɪnˈvɛst/ | invertir, insumir |
| belief sustantivo | /bɪˈliːf/ | creencia |
| cave sustantivo | /keɪv/ | cueva, gruta |
| addiction sustantivo | /əˈdɪkˌʃən/ | adicción, vicio |
| freshman sustantivo | /ˈfɹɛʃ.mən/ | novato, mechón |
| adventure sustantivo | /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ | aventura |
| thread sustantivo | /ˈθɹɛd/ | hilo, bouclé (buclé) |
| parallel adjetivo | /ˈpæ.ɹəˌlɛl/ | paralelo |
| discipline sustantivo | /ˈdɪsəplɪn/ | disciplina |
| undergraduate sustantivo | estudiante universitario no licenciado | |
| exhaust verbo | /ɪɡˈzɔst/ | agotar |
| hopeful adjetivo | /ˈhoʊpfl̩/ | esperanzado |
| metaphor sustantivo | /ˈmɛt.ə.fɚ/ | metáfora |
| deeply adverbio | /ˈdi(ː)pli/ | a fondo |
| helpful adjetivo | /ˈhɛlp.fl̩/ | servicial, adyuvante |
Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar
| Palabra | Pronunciación | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| get off verbo | bajarse | |
| come up with verbo | ingeniar, ingeniarse | |
| go away verbo | irse, marcharse | |
| go out verbo | salir | |
| pick up verbo | coger, asir | |
| take away verbo | /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ | quitar |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | despertarse, recordar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- Why would I put the phone down?
- I'm going to pass the time because what is the point otherwise?
- What am I entering into out there?
- How do I actually get off my phone?
- You know, what is the aim of the day?
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 just crushed · is not lost · is put |
| Present perfect have/has + participio pasado — una acción pasada que sigue importando ahora | we've ever seen · has been |
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 41 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, I'd. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “th”: thread /ˈθɹɛd/, thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/, thoughtful /ˈθɔːtfəl/
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: addiction /əˈdɪkˌʃən/, freshman /ˈfɹɛʃ.mən/, efficient /ɪˈfɪʃənt/, exception /əkˈsɛpʃən/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: virtually /ˈvɚ.t͡ʃə.wə.li/, transformation /ˌtɹæns.fɔɹˈmeɪ.ʃən/, vulnerability /ˌvʌln(ə)ɹəˈbɪlɪti/, absurdity /æbˈsɝd.ɪ.ti/, dormitory /ˈdɔɹ.mɪˌtɔɹ.i/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stomach /ˈstʌmək/, stake /steɪk/, scroll /skɹoʊl/
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: invest /ɪnˈvɛst/, cave /keɪv/, adventure /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/, virtually /ˈvɚ.t͡ʃə.wə.li/, actively /ˈæktɪvli/
- /dʒ/ — no es la “y” ni la “ch”: judgment /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒ.mənt/, acknowledge /əkˈnɑ.lɪd͡ʒ/, tangible /ˈtæn.d͡ʒə.bəl/
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 invest, belief, cave.
¿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.