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Concerns me deeply.
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Really profoundly important.
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Is it the amendment to the administrative order on stock controlling government establishment?
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No. Or the procedure for the renewal of local authority leaseholds in special development areas?
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No, what concerns me is a great issue, really, of life and death.
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Oh.
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Shouldn't that wait till after work?
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It is work.
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Oh, really?
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Well, please go on.
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How do British Armaments manufacturers sell their arms to foreigners?
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Well, I believe you have to get an export license from the Department of Trade.
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So private firms can sell their arms abroad?
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Private companies and government agencies.
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To whom do they sell?
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Well, foreign governments, usually.
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Is that all?
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Well, sometimes you can sell to an arms dealer, a third party.
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Perhaps a little man in Manchester buys on behalf of a party in the Channan Islands who has a contact in Luxembourg.
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So there's no real control over who the arms go to in the end?
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Oh, indeed there is.
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The dealer has to provide an end-user certificate, which is a signature acceptable to Her Majesty's government that the ultimate customer is, in fact, an approved user.
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Is that a real guarantee?
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Would you be surprised, for instance, if a British aircraft carrier turned up in the Central African Republic?
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Well, I for one, Minister, would be very surprised it's a thousand miles inland.
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Yes, you know what I mean.
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What about smaller weapons?
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Well, it's virtually impossible.
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There's stringent security, rigorous inspection procedures, meticulous scrutiny.
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You mean it's all a facade?
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Ah.
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I think perhaps this conversation should end here, don't you, Minister?
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No. It's as I thought.
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Last night, a confidential source disclosed to me that British arms are being sold to Italian red terrorist groups.
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I see.
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May I ask who this confidential source was?
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I'm afraid I said it was confidential.
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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I naturally assumed that meant you were going to tell me.
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You seem to be very worried by this information.
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Well, these things happen all the time.
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It's not our problem.
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So does robbery with violence.
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Doesn't that worry you?
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No, Minister.
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Home Office problem.
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Humphrey, we're letting terrorists get hold of murderous weapons.
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We're not.
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Well, who is? Who knows?
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Department of Trade, Ministry of Defence, Foreign Office.
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We, Humphrey, the British government.
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Innocent lives are being set at risk by British arms in the hands of terrorists.
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Only Italian lives, not British lives.
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British tourists abroad.
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Tourists?
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Foreign office problem.
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Humphrey, we have to do something.
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With respect, Minister, we have to do nothing.
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What do you mean?
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The sale of arms abroad is one of those areas of government that we do not examine too closely.
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Well, I have to, now that I know about.
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You could say you don't know.
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You're suggesting I should lie?
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Oh, not you, Mr. No. Well, who should lie?
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Sleeping dogs, Minister.
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I'm going to raise this up.
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No, Minister, I beg you.
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A basic rule of government is never look into anything you don't have to.
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And never set up an inquiry unless you know in advance what its findings will be.
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I can't believe this.
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We're talking about good and evil.
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Our Church of England problem.
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No, Humphrey.
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Our problem.
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We are discussing right and wrong.
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You may be, Minister, but I'm not.
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It would be a serious misuse of government time.
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Selling arms to terrorists is wrong.
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Can't you see that, Humphrey?
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No, Minister.
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Either you sell arms or you don't.
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If you sell them, they will inevitably end up with people who have the cash to buy them.
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But not terrorists.
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Well, I suppose we could put some sort of government health warning on the rifle, Bux.
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This gun can seriously damage your health.
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It's all very well to take this lightly, Humphrey.
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But we cannot close our eyes to something that is as morally wrong as this.
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Very well, Minister.
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If you insist on making me discuss moral issues, may I point out to you that something is either It's never morally wrong or it isn't.
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It can't be slightly morally wrong.
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Don't quibble, Humphrey.
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Government isn't about morality.
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Really?
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What is it about?
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Stability.
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Keeping things going.
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Preventing anarchy.
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Stopping society.
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Falling to bits.
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Still being here tomorrow.
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What for?
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Pick up, huh?
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What is the ultimate purpose of government, if it isn't for doing good?
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Minister, government isn't about good and evil.
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It's only about order or chaos.
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And it's in order for Italian terrorists to get British bombs.
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And you don't care?
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It's not my job to care.
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That's what politicians are for.
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My job is to carry out government policy.
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Even if you think it's wrong?
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Well, almost all government policy is wrong.
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Frightfully well carried out.

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “Yes Minister - Selling British Arms to Terrorists”. Las palabras que más se repiten: Minister, arms, British, Humphrey, terrorist. Este vídeo tiene 113 frases y 799 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:46. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 168 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. 30 de sus 113 frases son preguntas, así que sirve para practicar la entonación de las preguntas y las respuestas cortas.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

Las 15 palabras más avanzadas del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
morally adverbio/ˈmɔɹəli/moralmente
confidential adjetivo/ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/confidencial
dealer sustantivo/ˈdiːlə(ɹ)/concesionario, díler
facade sustantivo/fəˈsɑ(ː)d/fachada, frontispicio
foreigner sustantivo/ˈfɔɹ.ɪ.nɚ/extranjero, extranjera
meticulous adjetivo/mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs/meticuloso, minucioso
murderous adjetivo/ˈmɝdəɹəs/asesino, homicida
quibble verbo/ˈkwɪbəl/buscar evasivas, sutilizar
profoundly adverbio/pɹəˈfaʊndli/profundamente
anarchy sustantivo/ˈæn.ɚ.ki/anarquía
misuse verbo/mɪsˈjuːz/abusar
rigorous adjetivo/ˈɹɪɡəɹəs/riguroso, rigoroso
scrutiny sustantivo/ˈskɹuː.tɪ.ni/escrutinio, escudriño
renewal sustantivorenovación, reanudación
disclose verbo/dɪsˈkləʊz/descerrar

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
carry out verbo/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/llevar a cabo, llevar al cabo
pick up verbocoger, asir

Frases que vale la pena repetir

Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:

  • You mean it's all a facade?
  • May I ask who this confidential source was?
  • Doesn't that worry you?
  • You're suggesting I should lie?
  • Even if you think it's wrong?

Gramática en este vídeo

Las estructuras que más usa el hablante, con las palabras exactas del vídeo:

EstructuraEn el vídeo
Voz pasiva be + participio pasado — importa lo que ocurre, no quién lo hacebeing sold · being set
Oraciones de relativo who / which + oración — información extra sobre una persona o cosacertificate, which is · people who have

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 23 contracciones y formas reducidas, como don't, I'm, isn't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: confidential /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/, inspection /ɪnˈspɛkʃən/, politician /ˌpɑ.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: confidential /ˌkɔn.fɪˈdɛn.ʃəl/, meticulous /mɪˈtɪkjɪlɪs/, morality /məˈɹælɪti/, inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/, politician /ˌpɑ.ləˈtɪʃ.ən/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: stringent /ˈstɹɪn.d͡ʒənt/, scrutiny /ˈskɹuː.tɪ.ni/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/, approve /əˈpɹuːv/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: misuse /mɪsˈjuːz/, disclose /dɪsˈkləʊz/, examine /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/

Cómo practicar con este vídeo

  1. Escucha el vídeo entero una vez sin hablar y anota las palabras que no conoces.
  2. Empieza a velocidad 0,75×, haz shadowing frase por frase y vuelve a la velocidad normal cuando te resulte fácil.
  3. Grábate y compara con el original, prestando atención a palabras como morally, confidential, dealer.

¿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.

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