Pratica di Shadowing: 4000 Essential English Words 1 Unit 4 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Unit 4.
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Word List Appropriate.
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When a thing is appropriate, it is right or normal.
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It's appropriate to wear a suit when you go to the office.
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Avoid.
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To avoid something is to stay away from it.
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Avoid the broken bottle on the floor.
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Behave To behave is to act in a particular way, especially to be good.
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She always behaves well when her father is around.
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Calm When someone is calm, they do not get excited or upset.
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A nice warm bath makes me feel so calm.
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Concern Concern is a feeling of worry.
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I was filled with concern after reading the newspaper.
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Content To be content is to be happy and not want more.
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The baby looked very content sitting on the floor.
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Expect If you expect something to happen, you believe it will happen.
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I expect the bus to be here very soon.
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Frequently When something happens frequently, it happens often.
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We meet frequently, either at the beginning or end of the week.
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Habit A habit is a thing that you do often.
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Smoking is a bad habit that can kill you.
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Instruct To instruct is to teach.
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My teacher instructs us in several subjects.
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Issue An issue is an important topic.
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The man spoke about issues that were important to the people.
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None None means not any of something.
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He spent all his money.
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There is none left.
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Patient If people are patient, they don't become angry or upset easily.
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I had to be patient and wait until 5 o 'clock to leave.
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Positive If something is positive, it is good.
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She has a positive future ahead of her after finishing college.
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Punish To punish means to make someone suffer for breaking the rules or laws.
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To punish me, my teacher had me stand in the corner.
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Represent To represent is to speak or act for a person or group.
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My lawyer will represent me in court.
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Shake To shake is to move back and forth or up and down quickly.
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When people shake hands, it usually means they agree.
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Spread To spread is to move out to cover a larger area.
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I like to spread butter on my toast.
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Stroll.
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To stroll means to walk slowly and calmly.
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My dog and I strolled through the park today.
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Village.
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A village is a very small town.
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There are only a few houses in my village.
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The Dog's Bell John's dog was a bad dog.
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He bit people frequently.
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John was concerned about this.
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It was not an appropriate way for a dog to behave.
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His friends in the village always expected the dog to bite them.
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The news about John's dog spread through the village.
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None of the people wanted to go to John's house.
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John tried to instruct the dog to behave, but it never worked.
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He tried to be patient and teach the dog to be calm.
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That also didn't work.
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John didn't want to punish the dog.
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How will I stop my dog's bad habit?
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John asked himself.
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John's friend came to talk to him about the issue.
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During their important meeting, his friend said, the people in the village asked me to represent them.
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We want your dog to stop this habit.
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Why don't you put a bell around the dog's neck?
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This way, we would hear your dog coming down the street.
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John thought this was a great idea.
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Now people could stay away from the dog.
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It would not be able to bite anyone anymore.
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The dog liked the bell, too.
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People looked at him when they heard his bell.
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This made the dog very content.
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He liked the sound the bell made when he walked.
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One day, John's dog strolled through the village and met some other dogs.
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He expected them to want a bell like his, but they laughed at his bell.
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They said the bell made people avoid him.
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John's dog shook his head.
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No, they look at me because they like the bell.
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The other dog said, You have the wrong idea about what makes you popular.
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Of course they like your bell.
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It tells them where you are so they can avoid you.
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You aren't able to bite them anymore.
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You see, being popular isn't something positive when it's for the wrong reason.

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Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “4000 Essential English Words 1 Unit 4”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: dog, bell, village, behave, habit. Questo video contiene 81 frasi e 716 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 6:31. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 110 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 90% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

13 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
habit sostantivo/ˈhæb.ɪt/abitudine, consuetudine
behave verbo/bɪˈheɪv/comportarsi, agire
shake verbo/ˈʃeɪk/scuotere, agitare
punish verbo/ˈpʌnɪʃ/punire, castigare
stroll verbo/stɹoʊl/passeggiare, andare a spasso
bite verbo/baɪt/mordere
topic sostantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, categoria
suffer verbo/ˈsʌfɚ/soffrire, penare
bath sostantivo/bɑːθ/bagno, vasca da bagno
clock sostantivo/klɑk/contachilometri, tachimetro
butter sostantivo/ˈbʌtɚ/burro, butirro
toast sostantivo/toʊst/pane tostato, toast
instruct verbo/ɪnˈstɹʌkt/istruire, insegnare

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • How will I stop my dog's bad habit?
  • Why don't you put a bell around the dog's neck?
  • You aren't able to bite them anymore.

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 6 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come didn't, don't, aren't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/, bite /baɪt/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come habit, behave, shake.

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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