Pratica di Shadowing: A Dinner With Death | Meet Joe Black - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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Um, excuse me.
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May I say something? Of course.
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It just occurred to me, if I...
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Speak up, please.
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When I introduce you, if I say who you are, I don't think anyone will stay for dinner.
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Then don't.
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Here's another possibility.
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It's a little last minute, but tell me what you think.
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Kaleidoscopes.
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little gold kaleidoscopes some German company went kerplunk and Tiffany's picked all these things up and they're perfect body favors
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okay they're not personalized or anything they're just winter scenes dachshunds,
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snowflakes hi there hello sorry to have
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stepped away for
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so long this is a friend of mine i asked to drop by uh we got to talking
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and stuff and uh he's going to join us for dinner
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great how nice to meet you and wouldn't it be nicer if my father would introduce you
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how nice to meet you
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yeah i'm sorry this is my daughter alison
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and her husband quince drew my number one works with me
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daddy does your friend have a name a name something
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he goes by oh yeah excuse me this is uh
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this is um daddy come on a name bill the suspense is killing me i'm sorry it's uh it's
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It's gone right out of my head.
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I'm sorry, this is Joe.
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Joe?
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Just plain Joe.
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I love that name.
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Me too.
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Hey, buddy.
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Is there any more to it?
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What do you mean?
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Like Smith or Jones or...
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Black.
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at last nice to meet
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you mr black hey hey joe black won 15 lost two for the brooklyn dodgers 1952
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i'm king of my rotisserie league are you yeah he is should we sit down yeah
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I don't know. Have we met?
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He's from out of town.
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How long are you here for, Joe?
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As long as it takes.
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You and Bill, you old friends?
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No. No, thank you.
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i have one thank you i get the feeling you've done some business before i got
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have you done some business before we have an arrangement now
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what side of the industry did you say you were on i didn't say
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joe sounds like a ringer bill i have a feeling
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you guys got the broad strokes already you need any help with the details i'm sorry business at dinner
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forgive me for being
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so rude certainly hi everybody i'm sorry i'm late
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i had to have dinner with my department chief you ate i'm here aren't i i wouldn't miss a loose ends meeting
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What's on the table for discussion, party favors, flowers?
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Hey, Dad.
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Hi.
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Hello.
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Hi, Drew.
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What are you doing here?
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you know each other um we've met um
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this morning the the Corinth coffee shop
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he was he was he was looking for a doctor well I guess he's found one
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Joe you do get around that's your name and isn't it a lovely one so sturdy so straight Stop it.
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Incidentally, Joe, where are you staying?
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Here.
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You're staying here?
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In this house?
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Yes, in this house.
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Great, great, great.
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Will that hold you, Joe?
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Incidentally, Joe, what?
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Black.
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This is fun.
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Yes, yes, Quince, it is.
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So what are you doing here, Joe?
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Cat got your tongue?
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You weren't so silent this morning.
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This morning, yes.
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I wasn't quite myself.
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Well, it's a shame whoever you were couldn't be here tonight.
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Cut it out, Susan.
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We've got to talk.
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Busy day tomorrow?
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Everybody?
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Joe?
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Let's go.
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That stuff between you and Susan threw me.
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Through you. Where?
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Shook me up.
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I mean, how is it that you happened to meet my daughter?
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I didn't meet her.
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The young man I took met her.
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That is, the fellow she encountered in the coffee shop this morning.
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What happened to him?
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I needed a body, Bill. So...
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Come in.
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Bathroom, tub, towel, sauna, chairs, lamps, bed.
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If there is anything else, don't hesitate.
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I won't.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “A Dinner With Death”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: joe, meet, dinner, bill, met. Questo video contiene 96 frasi e 652 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:52. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 83 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 83% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 22 delle sue 96 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

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

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
introduce verbo/ˌɪntɹəˈdus/presentare
daddy sostantivo/ˈdædi/babbo, papà
incidentally avverbio/ˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l̩i/per inciso
occur verbo/əˈkɜː/verificarsi
silent aggettivo/ˈsaɪ̯lənt/silenzioso
plain sostantivo/pleɪn/pianura
flower sostantivo/ˈfloʊɚ/fiore
whoever/huˈɛvɚ/chiunque
buddy/ˈbʌdi/amico, compagno
shake verbo/ˈʃeɪk/scuotere, agitare
arrangement sostantivo/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/arrangiamento, sistemazione
forgive verbo/fɚˈɡɪv/perdonare
rude aggettivo/ɹuːd/rude, maleducato
lamp sostantivo/ˈlæ̝mp/lampada, lampadina
towel sostantivo/ˈtaʊ̯əl/asciugamano

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
sit down verbosedersi, accomodarsi

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • May I say something?
  • It's gone right out of my head.
  • What do you mean?
  • What's on the table for discussion, party favors, flowers?
  • What are you doing here?

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 29 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, they're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: incidentally /ˌɪnsəˈdɛn(t)l̩i/, kaleidoscope /kəˈlaɪ.dəˌskoʊp/, personalize /ˈpɜː.sə.nə.laɪz/, rotisserie /ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: whoever /huˈɛvɚ/, hesitate /ˈhɛz.ə.teɪt/, dachshund /ˈdɑksˌhʊnt/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: introduce /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/, silent /ˈsaɪ̯lənt/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/, arrangement /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/, forgive /fɚˈɡɪv/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: daddy /ˈdædi/, lamp /ˈlæ̝mp/

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 introduce, daddy, incidentally.

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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