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(upbeat electronic music) (sniffles) (sobbing) - Rekha.
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Is everything okay?
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- Um, I'm fine.
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I'm totally fine.
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- Oh my God.
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What's goin' on?
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- I had the worst week.
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I mean, my dad's been really, really sick, and, um, I just found out that my dog is dying, too.
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- I'm so sorry.
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I had no idea.
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- I'm gonna be okay, but it just sucks 'cause I know my dad's going to heaven, but Rex is going to dog heaven, and they're just never gonna see each other, and that's what's, like, really sad.
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- Uh, yeah.
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I can see how the thought of that happening would make one sad.
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- And sure, on Halloween, all our souls will reconvene here on earth, and we'll see each other again, but I don't know, that's only once a year, you know?
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It's not enough.
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(curious music) Oh, God, I'm upsetting you will all this emotion.
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- No, not at all.
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Uh, some of your beliefs are unfamiliar to me. (sobs) But I can also see that you're extremely sad right now so I won't do what I would normally do if someone said something like that.
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- (sighs) It's just I wish I could use my God wish to turn Rex into a human and send him to human heaven but I can't!
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- I'm sorry, your God wish?
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- Yeah, the wish God grants you when you go to heaven.
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- What religion does that-- - It just sucks, you know, that you only get one God wish, and I have to use mine on something else.
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- I think if God can grant wishes, probably God could grant more than one.
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- Don't be insane, Brennan!
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There are infinite people in the world!
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God can't grant more than one infinity of wishes.
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- First of all, none of that's obvious, second of all, there aren't infinite people, third of all, you're making metaphysical claims that you don't have any way to back up, and fourth, why wouldn't you use your one God wish to save your dog?
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- Last week, my brother was killed in a hit and run.
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(sobs) (somber piano music) - Oh my God.
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I am so sorry.
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(stammers) I am so, so sorry.
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- Everyone knows when you die on the road, you go to car heaven.
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Car heaven.
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So I have to give him my God wish.
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- Of course you do.
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That is a perfectly noble thing to use your God wish for. - Thanks.
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- Only a pedantic, uncaring nerd would choose this moment to interrogate the fascinating knot of tangled dream logic surrounding your (deep breath) deeply held convictions.
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- I was talking to my psychic, my medium, my astrologer, and my auger-- - Auger?
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- Someone who divines the future from the flight patterns of birds.
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- Naturally, continue.
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- They all tell me that I can use crystal magic to cure my dad's cancer.
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And I'm like, "That's insane." - Yeah, yeah!
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- That's inane! - Yeah!
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- Right! - That's crazy!
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- Hello! Cancer is a living organism.
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You can't use crystal magic to destroy life.
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- Swing and a miss!
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- I just wish I could do something, you know?
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But if I use anymore of my The Secret powers, I have to give my first born to Ahura Mazda, god of light, and I just don't think I'm ready to start a family right now, you know?
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- I do know.
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(sighs) - Man, I mean, thankfully, the ghost in my house died, so I can at least get some sleep.
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I just feel hopeless.
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I don't know, do you have anything you believe that helps you get through times when you don't think you can carry on.
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- Sure, yeah.
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I don't know that I believe in anything supernatural, but I believe that, you know, every day you wake up, and you have a chance to be kind.
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In a way, the actions we take in life live on long after us, and I guess I get strength from thinking that the things I do maybe leave the world a brighter, kinder place than it was when I found it.
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(uplifting piano music) - Wow.
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Thanks, Brennan, I needed that.
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- Anytime. (whistles) - Crazy.
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- Hey, guys, it's Brennan from CollegeHumor!
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Click here to subscribe, click here for more fun stuff, and please keep keep watching, because if you stop watching, I start to vanish.
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You get it?
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I'm not really real, I'm just a thing on your screen.
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(yelps) Don't forget me!

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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección

Esta lección de conversación de nivel B2 se basa en el vídeo “You're Too Sad to Argue With”. Las palabras que más se repiten: wish, heaven, grant, Brennan, sad. Este vídeo tiene 64 frases y 728 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 4:26. El hablante habla a un ritmo natural de unas 164 palabras por minuto, cercano a una conversación cotidiana. Solo el 80 % de las palabras está entre las 3.000 más comunes del inglés, por lo que el vocabulario es exigente.

Vocabulario clave de este vídeo

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

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
sob verbo/sɑb/sollozar, llantear
auger sustantivo/ˈɔ.ɡɚ/barrena, barreno
sigh verbo/saɪ/suspirar
infinite adjetivo/ˈɪnfɪnɪt/infinito
astrologer sustantivo/əˈstɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/astrólogo, astróloga
fascinate verbo/ˈfæsɪneɪt/fascinar
interrogate verbo/ɪnˈtɛɹəɡeɪt/interrogar
metaphysical adjetivo/ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/metafísico
pedantic adjetivo/pəˈdæn.tɪk/pedante, pretencioso
sniffle verbo/ˈsnɪf.əl/sorberse los mocos, moquear
sombre adjetivo/ˈsɑmbɚ/sombrío
stammer verbo/ˈstæmɚ/balbucear, balbucir
tangle verbo/ˈtæŋ.ɡəl/enmarañar
uplifting adjetivoinspirador, animante
vanish verbo/ˈvænɪʃ/desvanecerse, esfumarse

Phrasal verbs que vas a escuchar

PalabraPronunciaciónSignificado
back up verboretroceder, ciar
find out verboaveriguar, anoticiarse
get through verbo/ɡɛt ˈθɹu/aguantar, salir adelante
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/despertarse, recordar

Pronunciación a tener en cuenta

El hablante usa 30 contracciones y formas reducidas, como I'm, don't, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.

  • Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/, conviction /kənˈvɪkʃən/, emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/
  • Palabras largas — cuida el acento: astrologer /əˈstɹɒl.ə.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/, interrogate /ɪnˈtɛɹəɡeɪt/, metaphysical /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/, organism /ˈɔɹ.ɡəˌnɪz.əm/, unfamiliar /ˌʌnfəˈmɪli.ə(ɹ)/

Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:

  • s + consonante al inicio — sin añadir una “e” delante: sniffle /ˈsnɪf.əl/, stammer /ˈstæmɚ/
  • /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: reconvene /ɹiː.kənˈviːn/, vanish /ˈvænɪʃ/, conviction /kənˈvɪkʃən/
  • /z/ — sonora, no /s/: metaphysical /ˌmɛtəˈfɪzɪkəl/, organism /ˈɔɹ.ɡəˌnɪz.əm/

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 sob, auger, sigh.

¿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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