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Fabulang!
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Learn English with stories.
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A problem at school.
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A story for learners of English at A1 level.
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It is dark.
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There is no moon in the sky.
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Two people walk quickly towards the school.
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It is an old building made of stone.
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It looks almost like a castle.
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They stop at the main entrance.
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Third door, the man says.
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He is scared.
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He can't speak.
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You're safe here, says the woman.
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The man breathes.
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Go through the main hall.
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Then it's the third door on the left.
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The man offers her a torch.
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Take this.
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She pushes it away.
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But it's dangerous, Miss Steele.
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The previous person who...
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I can't use it.
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In my profession, headmaster, I must work in the dark.
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My tools are in my bag.
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The man's face is white.
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I don't want to know what's in there, he says.
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Please just solve our problem.
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Just send the second payment on time, says Miss Steele.
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Then she steps inside the school.
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The door swams behind her.
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There is no light at all.
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She can't see anything.
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She touches the walls with her hands.
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The stone is cold.
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She walks forwards.
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Her footsteps are loud.
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They are the only sound.
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She holds her bag close to her chest.
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On the other side of the main hall, there is a long, narrow corridor.
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There are many doors on her left and right.
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She counts the doors.
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One, two, three.
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She stops.
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She holds her breath.
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Under the third door she can see some light.
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The light is very dim with a pale purple colour.
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She listens.
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There is a tapping, scraping sound.
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She enters the classroom.
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The door creaks loudly.
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The room is large with many tables and chairs.
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A little boy is sitting in one of the chairs.
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The purple light is coming from him.
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Slowly, Miss Steele walks closer.
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She stands behind the boy.
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He is writing on a slate with a piece of chalk.
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She can see the white writing through the boy's back.
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She needs to be closer.
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Can I sit with you? she asks quietly.
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The boy doesn't respond.
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The chalk taps and scrapes.
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Slowly, Miss Steel sits down.
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The boy is very cold.
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She can feel it.
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Are you another ghost killer?
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says the boy suddenly.
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I can hurt you too.
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I don't want to hurt you, says Miss Steele quickly, too quickly.
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Five hundred and seventeen thousand, two hundred and forty -six, says the boy.
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He is looking at the slate.
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There are numbers all over it.
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Divided by 42 ,812 You're doing maths.
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I'm bad at maths, the boy cries.
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So the professor punished me.
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He gave me this question.
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He said, you can't leave until you solve it.
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517 ,000 And you're still trying?
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How long?
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I don't know.
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The candle is still...
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Oh, where's the candle?
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The boy looks around for the candle.
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He isn't looking at Miss Steel.
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Silently, Miss Steel opens her bag.
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Watching the boy, she searches inside her bag.
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Slowly, she takes out a small black object.
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She puts it on the table.
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What's that? says the boy suddenly.
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It's called a calculator.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “"A Problem at School" – A1 Basic English Listening Practice Story”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: boy, door, Miss, Steele, bag. Questo video contiene 91 frasi e 526 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:55. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 89 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.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

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

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
candle sostantivo/ˈkæn.dəl/candela
solve verbo/sɒlv/risolvere
purple sostantivo/ˈpɝ.pl̩/viola
breathe verbo/bɹiːð/respirare
mathematics sostantivo/mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/matematica
chalk sostantivo/t͡ʃɔk/gesso, creta
killer sostantivo/ˈkɪlɚ/assassino, assassina
castle sostantivo/ˈkɑːsəl/castello
ghost sostantivo/ɡoʊst/fantasma, spettro
entrance sostantivo/ˈɛn.tɹəns/entrata
narrow aggettivo/ˈnæɹəʊ/stretto, angusto
classroom sostantivo/ˈklɑːsɹʊm/classe, aula
divide verbo/dɪˈvaɪd/dividere, dividersi
pale aggettivo/peɪl/pallido, smorto
scare verbo/skɛɚ/spaventare, impaurire

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
go through verboattraversare
sit down verbosedersi, accomodarsi
stand behind verbomettere la faccia
take out verbocavare, cacciare

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • You're safe here, says the woman.
  • Can I sit with you?
  • I'm bad at maths, the boy cries.
  • He said, you can't leave until you solve it.

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodois sitting · is coming · is writing
Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessariomust work · needs to be

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 13 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come can't, don't, you're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: breathe /bɹiːð/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: profession /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, calculator /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: solve /sɒlv/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, chalk /t͡ʃɔk/, ghost /ɡoʊst/, entrance /ˈɛn.tɹəns/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: candle /ˈkæn.dəl/, mathematics /mæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪks/, narrow /ˈnæɹəʊ/, calculator /kæl.kjə.leɪ.tɚ/, headmaster /ˈhɛdˌmæstɚ/

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 candle, solve, purple.

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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