Pratica di Shadowing: 2025 Was A Weird Year - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Good morning, good morning.

It is currently the 30th of December, 2025. And...

I woke up with this thought that I think I don't know, I think a lot of people can agree with me on this.

which is that 2025 was a really weird year.

I don't think I've ever been a part of a year where there were so many twists and turns, plot twists left and right.

I mean we all go through different lives but I feel the main theme of this year has been kind of completion, I guess, for a lot of people.

It reflects with numerology, it reflects with the zodiacs and all of those other things, but that aside, when I talk to people throughout this year,

it feels like we're all kind of going through the same recurring themes.

At least for me this year, I have learned how to I don't know if I can say let go yet, but ease off of the control.

of my own life because listen, I don't think I can plan anything anymore.

I'm just going to take it as it comes, but still keep my direction, you know what I mean?

I had been in situations this year where I had been

planning next steps with a person and immediately that person is taken out of my life.

Poof.

Gone.

All this being said, I actually had a really good year

I guess because I went with the punches or however else you say it,

I ended up finding myself in a lot of unexpected situations as well that were so worth it. So...

You know.

balance.

And for me this year, I got lucky.

my balance scale definitely tips into the lucky side.

I think it's so important to practice discernment in your life.

And when I say discernment, I don't mean in a way of trying to block everybody off.

You know what I mean?

When I say discernment, Discernment only happens after you yourself know what you want and nobody can actually tell you what you want.

Because here's the thing about humans, we're actually kind of a mess.

And so even when someone tells us to do something, even if we do it, there's this gnawing feeling that sits inside of us.

that kind of knows it's not aligned.

And I know that over years and years and years of not listening to that little voice, it gets quieter, I guess but it doesn't really go away.

So I've kind of been approaching life more of identifying what that little voice even means, and then going off of that

more so than outside noise events can happen events can shift

and honestly depending on context depending on person like everything is

its own singular situation there's no overarching rules to anything but that little voice that's a subconscious version of you

that learn through all the things that you've been through, all the things that you've thought, and somehow turns it into a little gut feeling, you know?

I just think people need to trust themselves more.

And This year?

This year I feel like the universe forced it on all of us.

Everybody had to trust themselves more, okay?

It was the wild west out here.

So a couple years ago, back in 2024, I started having a motto for myself for each year.

And at the beginning of 2024, it was, "Tahong Kyeol."

Okay, now that's Vietnamese but the loose translation or at least my translation of it is I'll fucking play.

But, Guess what happened?

I got played all year.

No, seriously, people were trying me left and right.

It was ridiculous.

And so for 2025, last year, my motto was Fuck it, we ball.

And we kind of did, honestly.

yeah yeah yeah it wasn't a bad year at all.

And so for 2026 I've already decided my motto My motto for 2026 will be "Send it to space." Now,

I don't really exactly know what that means.

And I think that that's kind of the fun in it this year.

I don't know, something about...

Speaking it into existence.

Space might be a little weird, you know, but we'll see how it plays out this year.

I am grateful for this year, I am thankful for this year, while also happy that it is over.

which is what I think a lot of us feel about the year 2025.

The year of the brain were online for real.

Anyway, if you're still here, sitting and listening to me yap.

I hope you have a good day and I hope you have a

good 2026 and that you're ringing in the new year with your loved ones and yeah Bye!

I'll see you next time.

Thank you.

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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “2025 Was A Weird Year”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: discernment, motto, guess, voice, situation. Questo video contiene 64 frasi e 793 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:51. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 164 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 85% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 12 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

Parola	Pronuncia	Significato
discernment sostantivo		distinzione, oculatezza
motto sostantivo	/ˈmɑ.toʊ/	motto
depend verbo	/dɪˈpɛnd/	dipendere
twist verbo	/twɪst/	torcere, attorcigliare
numerology sostantivo	/ˌn(j)u.məˈrɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/	numerologia
overarching aggettivo	/ˌoʊvəɹˈɑɹt͡ʃɪŋ/	omnicomprensivo
zodiac sostantivo	/ˈzoʊ.diˌæk/	zodiaco
align verbo	/əˈlaɪn/	allineare
thankful aggettivo	/ˈθæŋkfəl/	riconoscente, grato
completion sostantivo	/kəmˈpliː.ʃən/	completamento
unexpected aggettivo	/ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/	inaspettato, insperato
punch sostantivo	/pʌnt͡ʃ/	pugno

I phrasal verb che sentirai

Parola	Significato
go through verbo	attraversare
end up verbo	andare a finire, finire
go away verbo	partire, andarsene
play out verbo	svolgere

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

You know what I mean?
I don't really exactly know what that means.
I don't know, something about...
I'll see you next time.

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

Struttura	Nel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso	I've ever been · has been · have learned
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa	is taken · being said
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsione	will be · we'll see · I'll see
Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessario	need to trust · had to trust

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 22 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I've, I'll. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni “sh” e “zh”: subconscious /sʌbˈkɑn.ʃəs/, completion /kəmˈpliː.ʃən/
Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: numerology /ˌn(j)u.məˈrɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, overarching /ˌoʊvəɹˈɑɹt͡ʃɪŋ/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, twist /twɪst/, subconscious /sʌbˈkɑn.ʃəs/, zodiac /ˈzoʊ.diˌæk/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/
/æ/ — più aperta della “e”: zodiac /ˈzoʊ.diˌæk/, thankful /ˈθæŋkfəl/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

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Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come discernment, motto, depend.

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?

Shadowing è una tecnica di apprendimento delle lingue supportata da studi scientifici, originariamente sviluppata per la formazione dei traduttori professionisti e resa popolare dal poliglotta Dr. Alexander Arguelles. Il metodo è semplice ma potente: ascolti un audio in inglese di madrelingua e lo ripeti immediatamente ad alta voce — come un'ombra che segue il parlante con un ritardo di solo 1–2 secondi. A differenza dell'ascolto passivo o degli esercizi di grammatica, lo shadowing costringe il tuo cervello e i muscoli della bocca a elaborare e riprodurre simultaneamente i modelli di discorso reale. La ricerca dimostra che migliora significativamente la precisione della pronuncia, l'intonazione, il ritmo, il discorso connesso, la comprensione dell'ascolto e la fluidità del parlato — rendendolo uno dei metodi più efficaci per la preparazione alla prova di speaking dell'IELTS e per la comunicazione reale in inglese.

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