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Hey everybody!
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Welcome to this A1 English listening practice video.
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You can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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And remember to sign up for our $1 listening practice seminars at polyglossa.com and download our free Listening Time podcast so you can practice your listening skills.
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So today I'm going to talk about chores.
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What are chores?
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These are routine tasks that you have to do.
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And usually when we say chores, we're talking about tasks you have to do at home.
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People need to do many chores at home every week.
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Adults do chores and many kids do chores too.
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This isn't the funnest topic but it's an important one and you'll probably learn some new words in this video.
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So when I was a kid I did a few different chores at home.
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I was lucky because I didn't have to do a lot.
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Some of my friends did many chores.
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I remember that my neighbor did many different tasks for hours every weekend.
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He cleaned many parts of his house, his front yard, and his back yard.
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I didn't do that much.
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But for example, I had to clean my room often.
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This is one chore that most children need to do.
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We're responsible for our bedroom.
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We have to organize things and put things away.
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The phrase put things away means that you put things where they belong, like the closet, dresser, or desk.
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When I was a kid, I liked keeping my room organized.
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I never left my toys or clothes on the floor.
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Another chore that I did was take the trash out.
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When the trash bags were full, I took them to our big trash bins.
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These are the big containers where you put trash.
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In the U.S., the garbage truck comes once a week to collect your trash.
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So I had to take the trash bins to the curb the night before.
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The curb is the edge of the sidewalk next to the street.
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Nowadays, I still take the trash out every week.
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I don't mind this chore.
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It's easy for me.
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But one chore I don't like is cleaning the bathroom.
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This was the worst thing I had to do when I was young.
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I'm not good at things like this and it always took me a long time to finish.
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In particular, I hated cleaning the toilet.
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I always thought this was a little gross or disgusting.
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How about you?
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Do you like cleaning the bathroom?
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The easiest chore that I did as a kid was bringing the newspaper inside.
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Every morning, I went out to get the newspaper, which was always on the ground in front of our house.
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I always brought it inside for my parents.
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But nowadays, fewer people read physical newspapers, so it's not the same.
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I don't see many newspapers in front of people's houses.
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One other chore that I had to do was skim the pool.
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Skim the pool means to clean the surface or top of the water.
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My family had a pool in the backyard and it got pretty dirty.
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There were always leaves, bugs, and other things, so I had to skim the pool.
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Okay, so one other important thing about chores is that children usually earn an allowance when they do them.
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An allowance is money that parents give to their children.
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Usually, if children do all their chores, they get this reward.
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I earned a little allowance when I was a kid.
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I used this money to buy things that I wanted.
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Many parents like giving their children an allowance because it teaches them that hard work pays off.
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This means that if you work hard, you'll get a reward afterwards.
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It also teaches children that everyone has to work if they want to make money.
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You can't earn money if you don't do anything.
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So with chores and allowance, children learn responsibility and they learn how to work hard.
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In the future, I want my kids to do chores so they can learn these lessons too.
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Alright, now I'm going to ask you some questions about the video to see if you understood.
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Write your answers in a comment down below.
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So, number one, what's one chore that I don't like?
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Number two, what does skim the pool mean?
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And number three, what does it mean when we say that hard work pays off?
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Okay, before we go, remember to sign up for our $1 listening practice seminars and download the free Listening Time podcast so you can practice your listening skills.
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And of course, subscribe to the channel, click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram.
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I'll see you next time.
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Informazioni su questa Lezione

In questa lezione, avrai l'opportunità di praticare l'inglese attraverso l'ascolto attento di un video focalizzato sui "chores", ovvero le faccende domestiche. Questo argomento, sebbene possa sembrare noioso, è importante e ti aiuterà a enrichire il tuo vocabolario con termini quotidiani utilizzati in contesti reali. Imparerai frasi utili e come descrivere le attività domestiche. Ascoltando il video, sarai in grado di migliorare non solo la tua comprensione, ma anche la tua pronuncia e l'abilità di comunicazione attraverso tecniche di shadowspeak, shadow speech, un metodo efficace per imparare l'inglese con YouTube.

Vocabolario Chiave & Frasi

  • chores - faccende domestiche
  • take the trash out - portare fuori la spazzatura
  • clean my room - pulire la mia stanza
  • put things away - mettere a posto le cose
  • skim the pool - ripulire la piscina
  • allowance - paghetta
  • curb - bordino del marciapiede

Consigli per la Pratica

Per sfruttare al meglio il tuo tempo di apprendimento, ti consigliamo di seguire alcune tecniche di shadowing. Quando guardi il video, prova a ripetere le frasi subito dopo che le ascolti. Questo ti aiuterà a migliorare la tua pronuncia e il tuo ritmo. Tieni presente che il tono dell'istruttore è chiaro e calmo, il che rende più facile il processo di shadowspeaks. Inizia a una velocità più lenta se necessario, e man mano che ti senti più sicuro, aumenta la tua velocità di imitazione. Annota le frasi che più ti colpiscono e pratica di nuovo, concentrandoti sulle intonazioni e le pause. Non dimenticare di divertirti mentre impari e di rendere questo esercizio parte della tua routine settimanale!

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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