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Everyone has different degrees of facial control.
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So I have a pretty high degree of facial control just simply because I've activated those muscles for a long time.
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I learned microexpressions, I believe, in 2010.
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And so I've been practicing activating my facial muscles.
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So the first thing to do is sit in front of the mirror, and this is a good exercise for everyone,
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and look at your face at rest.
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What is your face doing?
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Do your corners of your mouth point downwards?
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That means you're probably at rest going to look sad, right?
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because we have
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that upside down you are they neutral great neutral are you
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lucky enough to have your corners of your lips angled up people probably think
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that you're always positive or peppy
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so that's the first thing to look at second do you have any vertical lines between your eyebrows
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that means that people probably will see you as angry even
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if you're not so those are the two really big ones
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that you want to see at rest
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when you're at rest look at the other micro expressions are you using any other facial activation
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so for example i have a friend who always defaults to the disgust micro expression.
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I've talked about him before.
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He tends to think like this.
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So he always looks disgusted even if he's not.
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That's just his default expression.
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So look at your face at rest.
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That's the very first thing to do.
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Then see if you can activate your muscles to counter it.
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Some people can, some people can't.
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So if you can make your mouth more upturned and that feels natural to you, great.
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You might want to do that only when you're in public settings where you want people to socialize with you.
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It would be exhausting to do that all the time.
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But if you're networking or you're, you know, in the break room and you want people to approach you, then you might want to activate that.
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Like, so for example, I think I shared this a couple of years ago, I was on a podcast and they were like,
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Oh, can we turn on the video?
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That was an audio only podcast, but I was like, Oh sure.
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You know, he's like, I love to see you while we talk, even though it's only the audio.
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I was like, no problem.
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I turned on the video and it was, I regret it so much because I was so focused on the audio.
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I was letting my face be neutral.
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Well, my face neutral looks sad.
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And so after, you know, during the interview, he was like, you know, I know people can't see you right now, but you look really bored.
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And I was like, I am not bored, sir.
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I am just listening very intently to you
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and not thinking about my face because I was putting all of my energy into the verbal answers.
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And it was that moment that I was like, wow, when the stakes matter in an interview,
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socializing, it is worth it if you can to put energy into shaping your face into neutral or positive.
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So can you slightly upturn your mouth?
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Can you relax your eyebrows?
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I need to open my eyes a little bit wider.
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I have very large lids.
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I've been told this by makeup artists.
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And so when I'm at rest, I look a little more hooded.
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That's why he thought I looked bored is I was, that's just how I rest.
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So see if you can activate those, see if it's comfortable for you.
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And then it's a muscle.
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So literally work on those one at of time.
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See if you can just build those muscles up so that when you're in a public setting or a situation with stakes,
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you're able to turn those on.
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It is a muscle thing.
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So it's just like biceps or triceps.
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You sometimes work it out a little bit before it works.
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Vocabulario y notas de pronunciación para esta lección
Esta lección de conversación se basa en el vídeo “Your Face Is Talking Even When You’re Silent”. Las palabras que más se repiten: rest, muscle, neutral, facial, activate. Este vídeo tiene 60 frases y 671 palabras para practicar shadowing. La parte hablada dura 3:05. El hablante habla rápido, unas 217 palabras por minuto, así que espera sonidos enlazados y reducidos. El 83 % 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 |
|---|---|---|
| muscle sustantivo | /ˈmʌs.əl/ | músculo |
| neutral adjetivo | /ˈnuː.tɹəl/ | neutral |
| activate verbo | /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/ | activar |
| facial adjetivo | /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/ | facial, fisonómico |
| audio adjetivo | /ˈɔ.di.oʊ/ | de sonido, de audio |
| bore verbo | /boɹ/ | aburrir |
| default sustantivo | /dɪˈfɔlt/ | mora, default |
| podcast sustantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, pódcast |
| stake sustantivo | /steɪk/ | estaca |
| microwave sustantivo | /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/ | microonda |
| disgust sustantivo | /dɪsˈɡʌst/ | asco, repugnancia |
| mirror sustantivo | /ˈmiɹɚ/ | espejo |
| angle sustantivo | /ˈæŋ.ɡəl/ | ángulo |
| regret verbo | /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/ | lamentar, arrepentirse [de] |
| relax verbo | /ɹɪˈlæks/ | relajar, aflojar |
Frases que vale la pena repetir
Frases cortas y completas del vídeo que puedes reutilizar en la conversación diaria:
- What is your face doing?
- Do your corners of your mouth point downwards?
- I've talked about him before.
- Can you relax your eyebrows?
- I've been told this by makeup artists.
Pronunciación a tener en cuenta
El hablante usa 16 contracciones y formas reducidas, como you're, I've, can't. Dilas en su forma corta, tal como las oyes.
- Los sonidos de “sh” y “zh”: facial /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/, activation /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/, socialize /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/, microexpression /ˌmaɪkɹəʊ.ɪkˈspɹɛʃən/
- Palabras largas — cuida el acento: activation /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/, microexpression /ˌmaɪkɹəʊ.ɪkˈspɹɛʃən/
Sonidos difíciles para hispanohablantes:
- /v/ — no es /b/: los dientes tocan el labio inferior: activate /ˈæktɪˌveɪt/, microwave /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌweɪv/, vertical /ˈvɝ.tɪ.kəl/, verbal /ˈvɜː.bəl/, activation /ˌæktəˈveɪʃən/
- /z/ — sonora, no /s/: exhaust /ɪɡˈzɔst/, socialize /ˈsoʊʃəlaɪz/, downwards /ˈdaʊnwɚdz/
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 muscle, neutral, activate.
¿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.