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A squash and a squeeze by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
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A little old lady lived all by herself with a table and chairs and a jug on the shelf.
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A wise old man heard her grumble and grouse, There's not enough room in my house Wise old man,
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won't you help me please My house is a squash and a squeeze Take in your hen,
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said the wise old man Take in my hen,
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what a curious plan Well,
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the hen laid an egg on the fireside rug and flapped round the room knocking over the jug
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The little old lady cried, what shall I do?
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It was pokey for one and it's tiny for two My nose has a tickle and there's no room to sneeze
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My house is a squash and a squeeze And she said,
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wise old man, won't you help me please my house is a squash and a squeeze
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take in your goat said the wise old man take in my goat what a curious plan
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well the goat chewed the curtains and trot on the egg then sat down to nibble the table leg
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The little old lady cried, Glory be!
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It was tiny for two and it's titchy for three.
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The hen pecks the goat and the goat's got fleas.
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My house is a squash and a squeeze.
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And she said, Wise old man, won't you help me please?
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My house is a squash and a squeeze.
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Take in your pig, said the wise old man.
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Take in my pig.
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What a curious plan.
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So she took in her pig, who kept chasing the hen, and raided the larder again and again.
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The little old lady cried, Stop, I implore.
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It was ditchy for three and it's tiny for four.
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Even the pig in the larder agrees.
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My house is a squash and a squeeze.
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And she said, wise old man, won't you help me please?
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My house is a squash and a squeeze.
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Take in your cow, said the wise old man.
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Take in my cow, what a curious plan Well,
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the cow took one look and charged straight at the pig Then jumped on the table
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and tapped out a jig The little old lady cried,
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Heaven's alive It was tiny for four and it's weenie for five.
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I'm tearing my hair out.
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I'm down on my knees.
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My house is a squash and a squeeze.
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And she said, wise old man, won't you help me please?
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My house is a squash and a squeeze.
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Take them all out, said the wise old man.
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but then I'll be back where I first began.
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So she opened the window and out flew the hen.
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That's better.
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At last I can sneeze again.
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She shooed out the goat and she shoved out the pig.
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My house is beginning to feel pretty big.
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She huffed and she puffed and she pushed out the cow.
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Just look at my house,
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it's enormous now Thank you old man for the work you have done It was weenie for five,
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it's gigantic for one There's no need to grumble and there's no need to grouse There's plenty of room in my house
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and now she's full of frolics and fiddle diddies it isn't a squash and it isn't a squeeze
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yes she's full of frolics and fiddle diddies it isn't a squash or a squeeze
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A1 si basa sul video “A Squash and a Squeeze By Julia Donaldson & Illustrated by Axel Scheffler”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: squash, squeeze, wise, hen, pig. Questo video contiene 53 frasi e 589 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:43. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 103 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 73% 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
squeeze verbo/skwiːz/spremere, stringere
squash sostantivo/skwɔʃ/zucca
goat sostantivo/ɡoʊt/capra
curious aggettivo/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/curioso, interessato
chase verbo/t͡ʃeɪs/inseguire, cacciare
knock verbo/nɑk/bussare, battere
tear verbo/tɛɹ/strappare, dilaniare
knee sostantivo/ni/ginocchio
enormous aggettivo/ɪˈnɔː.məs/enorme, grandissimo
raid sostantivo/ɹeɪd/incursione, razzia
shelf sostantivo/ʃɛlf/scaffale, mensola
subscribe verbo/səbˈskɹaɪb/abbonarsi
curtain sostantivo/ˈkɜɹt(ə)n/tenda, cortina
illustrate verbo/ˈɪl.əˌstɹeɪt/illustrare, mostrare
chew verbo/tʃuː/masticare

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
knock over verborovesciare, far cadere

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • The little old lady cried, what shall I do?
  • I'm tearing my hair out.
  • I'm down on my knees.

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohave done · you've enjoyed
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsionewon't you help · I'll be
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodoI'm tearing · is beginning

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 12 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come won't, isn't, I'm. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: squash /skwɔʃ/, shelf /ʃɛlf/, shove /ʃʌv/, shoo /ʃuː/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: squeeze /skwiːz/, squash /skwɔʃ/, goat /ɡoʊt/, curious /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/, chase /t͡ʃeɪs/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: gigantic /d͡ʒaɪˈɡæntɪk/, flap /flæp/

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 squeeze, squash, goat.

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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