Shadowing Practice: You're Running 6 Businesses and That's Your Problem - Learn English Speaking with Video

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I'm on failing business number six right now.
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They haven't all failed per se, but none have yet to generate cash and running out of runway.
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Do you recommend I get a job or keep pushing harder to get one of these profitable?
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I will be a business owner one day, but the phase I'm in right now sucks.
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I feel like I'm on the verge of something great.
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My bank account says otherwise.
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Well, first off, you are a business owner.
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You're just not a profitable business owner, so don't feel too bad.
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Technically, you're a multiple business owner, which I think might actually be your issue.
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So you said you're on failing business number six right now.
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I have this feeling that you have more than one that's ongoing right now and that your attention is split.
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You have such limited resources that you need to allocate all of them towards one thing because you can do so little.
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Big picture, I am guessing that you are over-complicating the process of getting your business started, which just means
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that you need to get a stranger to give you money in exchange for doing something for them
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that they do not know how to do or want to do or have time to do.
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Right?
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They don't have the time to do it, they don't want to do it, or they don't know how to do it.
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Those are your three buckets.
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You do any of those three things for somebody in exchange for money, and you get them to give it to you as the trade.
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That is the easiest business to start.
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And so if you're struggling there, I'm guessing that you're not doing that, which means it means you're probably not letting people know about your stuff, and you're spending all your time trying to think about your business,
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rather than letting people know about the one you got.

Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Este vídeo tiene 22 frases y 324 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 1:22. El hablante habla rápido, unas 237 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 89 % 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

15 palabras menos comunes del vídeo, con su pronunciación y significado:

  • profitable /ˈpɹɑ.fɪ.tə.bl̩/ (adjetivo) — rentable, provechoso. Producing a profit.
  • suck /sʌk/ (verbo) — chupar, sorber. To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast).
  • resource /ɹɪˈzɔːs/ (sustantivo) — recurso. Something that one uses to achieve an objective, e.g. raw materials or personnel.
  • ongoing /ɒnˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/ (adjetivo) — continuo, continuante. Continuing, permanent, lasting.
  • generate /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ə.ɹeɪt/ (verbo) — generar. To bring into being; give rise to.
  • technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/ (adverbio) — en realidad, de hecho. Based on precise facts, which, however, may be contrary to common belief or casual terminology.
  • bucket /ˈbʌkɪt/ (sustantivo) — balde, cubeta. A container made of rigid material, often with a handle, used to carry liquids or small items.
  • runway /ˈɹʌnweɪ/ (sustantivo) — pasarela. A defined, narrow section of land or an artificial structure used for access.
  • verge /vɜːd͡ʒ/ (sustantivo) — arcén, borde. A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
  • allocate /ˈæl.ə.keɪt/ (verbo) — asignar, adjudicar. To set aside for a purpose.
  • complicate /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/ (verbo) — complicar, complejizar. To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
  • fail /feɪl/ (verbo) — fracasar, zozobrar. To be unsuccessful.
  • split /splɪt/ (verbo) — partir, escindir. To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line.
  • phase /feɪz/ (sustantivo) — fase. A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
  • strange /stɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ (adjetivo) — extraño, raro. Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

  • think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (verbo) — pensar en, ocurrírsele. To ponder.

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 16 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, don't, I'm. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

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 profitable, suck, resource.

¿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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