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I wish people had told me what to expect when I was growing up because I'm still growing up.
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I grew up in Vancouver.
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I was born in Ottawa.
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I was raised in Toronto but I grew up when I got to Vancouver.
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We came here when I was 15 and a half and boy did I grow up.
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I got away from the family and the influences of stuffy Toronto, the stuffy Toronto that we lived in.
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I always depended on education.
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I valued it.
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It was valued in my family.
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To me it was success.
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It was visible success.
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I was living in the British properties, four little children born in five years.
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Built the house around us including me building a lot of it and digging and doing gardening with a
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shovel and pick seriously it was just ridiculous when you look back
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but I've always been a doer and I will not quit
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so I just did everything that had to be done and
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that I went back got my last child into school and went back to university to do a second degree.
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And what happened recently is that the shoulder is slipping, the actual shoulder joint.
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It's as though the glue had dried up in a carpentry sense.
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The glue's dried up and crumbled and my shoulder slips and
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when it slips it bites tissue and grabs the nerve and then it bleeds internally.
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So that's what I have and I have a limited shoulder.
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Part of the injury, I think, was the years of writing on the blackboard because I've university teaching for years as well as every level literally.
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And you'll notice that I can want to get my right arm up this high.
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Right up until this, I would be swimming three times a week.
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I live right down here, right downtown, so I walk everywhere.
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I walk to the opera, the symphony, I do all my shopping, I walk for fun.
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I really miss swimming because I can't, they won't let me right now.
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I miss tennis terribly.
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I miss skiing.
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These sports that were joy to me.
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I'm in my 84th year and this is something I want to share with people.
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This is a process of aging.
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It is nothing other than ordinary, I mean okay a bit extraordinary work with that shoulder
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but not much more than many other people but this is going to happen.
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I had a little wish about a week ago thinking I wish people had told me what to expect
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when I was growing up and I'm really mean growing up
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because I'm still growing up and if I had known
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that joints were going to go okay corners go knees hips I never knew my shoulder would.
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so this is this is a condition that I will live with
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and I couldn't be happier because if that's the worst I have to handle amazed
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because I can still use my hand if if I am very careful of my arm because I'm responsible for hurting myself.
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If I move that arm wrong I create the pain.
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It's nothing the medical profession can stop for me.
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I have to stop it.
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I'm the watchdog.
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I went down and I said to them, the physiotherapy, I want a supportive
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structure made out of elastic or leather or whatever like a football pad that holds my shoulder together so it doesn't slip.
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And the difference when it was on, oh, it's amazing.
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You can just feel the support.
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I think the thing that makes me happiest every day is the more I can interact with people, whether they be the kind neighbor that lives in my building
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or being able to come down here and find the walking group
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that we went out with on Tuesdays and laugh and sit with them here even for a half an hour.
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This is my neighborhood and it's part of my joy to be in a neighborhood
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and this is what keeps me bright, alert.
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and bothering because otherwise what is my purpose here?

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Per chi è questo video?

Questo video è perfetto per gli studenti di inglese a livello intermedio o avanzato che vogliono migliorare la comprensione orale e la pronuncia, oltre che approfondire temi reali come l'invecchiamento. Ideale per chi pratica lo shadowing in inglese, poiché la voce del narratore è chiara, con un tono calmo e una velocità accessibile. Se vuoi imparare l'inglese con i video in modo pratico e con contenuti concreti, questo è un ottimo punto di partenza: racconta una storia vera, con emozioni e dettagli che rendono il dialogo vivo e facilmente imitabile.

Parole e modi di dire da "rubare"

Ecco alcuni espressioni standout dal video, utili per arricchire il tuo vocabolario:

  • "Stuffy": Significa "stretto", "pigliato" (es. "stuffy Toronto" = "Toronto pigliato"). Utile per descrivere ambienti o persone rigide.
  • "Doer": "Chi fa", "persona attiva". Una parola semplice ma efficace per definire chi non si limita a parlare, ma agisce.
  • "The glue had dried up": Metafora per "la connessione è stata persa" (nella storia, si riferisce alla spalla). Ottima per esprimere problemi fisici o relazionali in modo immaginativo.
  • "Watchdog": "Cane da guardia", ma in questo contesto, "persona vigilante". Si usa per dire che sei responsabile di controllare qualcosa.

Come migliorare la pronuncia: focus sulla voce del narratore

Per imitare correttamente la pronuncia del video, fai attenzione a due aspetti chiave: la intonazione e la connessione tra le parole. Il narratore usa una intonazione calma, con piccoli accenti sulle parole chiave (es. "success", "joy", "purpose"), che danno enfasi alle emozioni. Prova a fare shadow speech: ripeti le frasi subito dopo di lui, cercando di seguire il ritmo e l'intonazione. Nota come parole come "growing up" o "walking group" sono connesse (la "g" di "growing" si fonde con la "u" di "up"). Anche la "r" soft (tipica del inglese nord americano) è presente: ascolta come si dice "shoulder" o "arm" e imita il suono morbido. Con la pratica, migliorerai la pronuncia inglese e la fluidità del tuo parlato. Ricorda: lo shadowing è un metodo efficace per internalizzare il linguaggio reale, quindi ripeti spesso e divertiti!

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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