Pratica di Shadowing: A2 English Listening Practice - Sports - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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Hey everybody, welcome to this A2 English Listening Practice video.
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Hey everybody, welcome to this A2 English Listening Practice video.
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You can use this video to train your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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So today, I'm going to talk about sports.
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This is a topic that some of you might really like,
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and some of you might not like it at all.
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I've always been an athletic person, so I like sports.
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When I was young, I played a ton of sports.
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I tried playing almost all of the major sports during my childhood.
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One of the first sports I played was t-ball.
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You might not have heard of this sport before because it's only for small children.
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I played t-ball when I was like four or five years old.
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It's like baseball, but easier and simpler.
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After t-ball, I started playing soccer.
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In the US, many children play soccer,
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but not many adults play soccer.
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Soccer isn't as popular in the US as it is in other countries.
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I also played baseball, tennis,
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and basketball when I was young.
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Out of all these sports,
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my favorite sport was definitely basketball.
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I continued playing basketball until I was 17, and then I stopped.
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I was pretty tall when I was young,
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so I had an advantage when I played basketball.
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The other kids were shorter than me.
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I was the tallest person on my middle school team.
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This means that I could score pretty easily.
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But when I was in high school,
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the other kids grew, and then I wasn't much taller than them.
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So, I couldn't score easily anymore.
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Maybe that's why I quit basketball.
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I played tennis a lot when I was young too.
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My whole family really likes tennis,
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so my parents made me play when I was young.
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I don't think I liked it that much when I started,
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but later I began to like it more.
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I was actually pretty good.
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I took many lessons and played in some different tennis tournaments.
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But I quit tennis because I was more focused on basketball.
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Also, when When I was 16,
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I wanted to play football, American football.
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You might not know much about American football,
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but it's probably the most popular sport for men in the US.
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Well, I also really liked football,
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and I wanted to play on my high school team.
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I trained with them for some months,
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but I wasn't that serious about it.
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The team practiced a lot,
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like every day, and I couldn't do that.
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So in the end, I didn't play.
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After high school, I started playing golf.
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Golf is one of the funnest sports in my opinion.
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It's super hard, maybe the hardest sport of all,
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but that's what makes it so addicting.
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You feel really proud when you hit a good shot because you know how difficult it is to do that.
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It's also really frustrating when you mess up,
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so sometimes golf is not fun.
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But when you have a good day on the course,
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there's nothing like it.
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It's so addicting.
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Nowadays, I don't really play any sports anymore.
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I honestly don't have a lot of time to play sports,
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and I don't have the same motivation that I had when I was young.
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Now I'm more motivated to do other things,
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but I still enjoy playing sports from time to time.
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Now let's talk about watching sports.
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Some people prefer watching sports rather than playing them.
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I used to love watching sports.
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I was probably a little too obsessed.
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My favorite football team when I was younger was the Seattle Seahawks,
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and I watched every one of their games.
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I would get really excited when they made it to the playoffs,
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and I celebrated like crazy when they won the Super Bowl.
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But I think I spent too much time and energy being a football fan.
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Nowadays I don't really watch football anymore.
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I was also a big LA Lakers fan when I was younger.
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I was lucky because I got to see them win the championship five times when I was a kid.
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I used to dream of playing for the Lakers when I got older.
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These days, the only sport I watch is soccer.
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I think I started getting into soccer when I was an adult.
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Like I said before, I played when I was a kid,
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but I always preferred other sports.
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But as an adult, soccer is definitely my favorite sport.
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Besides the normal sports, I've also done some extreme sports like skateboarding and snowboarding.
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I used to skateboard a lot when I was in high school,
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and I also filmed some skate videos with my friends.
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I would say that I was never really good, though.
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I always liked watching other people do tricks that I couldn't do.
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As for snowboarding, I've only gone three times,
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but I found it really fun.
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The first time was not good because I fell down dozens of times,
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but the second and third time were much better.
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Once I started to understand how to move correctly, it became fun.
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I can't wait to go snowboarding again.
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Okay, that's all for today.
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Leave a comment and tell me what your favorite sport is.
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I'll see you next video.
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Thank you.

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Contesto & Sfondo

In questo video di pratica di ascolto in inglese di livello A2, il relatore condivide esperienze personali relative agli sport. Parla della sua passione per l'attività fisica e delle varie discipline sportive che ha praticato nel corso della sua giovinezza. Questa narrazione non solo aiuta a migliorare le competenze di ascolto e comprensione, ma fornisce anche un'importante opportunità per gli studenti di familiarizzare con il lessico sportivo e il contesto culturale degli sport negli Stati Uniti. La discussione ruota attorno a sport come il baseball, il calcio, il basket, il tennis e il golf, offrendo uno spaccato sulle preferenze personali e sull'impatto del tempo e della crescita sulle performance sportive.

Le 5 Frasi Chiave per la Comunicazione Quotidiana

  • "When I was young, I played a ton of sports." – Questa frase esprime la passione e l'impegno del relatore per lo sport durante la sua infanzia.
  • "Soccer isn't as popular in the U.S. as it is in other countries." – Qui si evidenzia una differenza culturale importante riguardo alla popolarità degli sport.
  • "I could score pretty easily." – Riferendosi ai vantaggi fisici del relatore nel basket, questa frase dimostra come la crescita possa influenzare le capacità atletiche.
  • "Golf is one of the funnest sports in my opinion." – Un'affermazione personale che introduce opinioni soggettive sullo sport.
  • "I still enjoy playing sports from time to time." – Un'affermazione che mostra come l'interesse per lo sport possa cambiare nel tempo.

Guida Passo dopo Passo al Shadowing

Per migliorare la pronuncia inglese e praticare l'abilità di shadow speak con questo video, segui questi passaggi:

  1. Ascolta attentamente: Fai partire il video e segui attentamente il discorso del relatore. Concentrati sui toni e sulle intonazioni.
  2. Fermi e ripeti: Metti in pausa il video dopo alcune frasi chiave e prova a ripetere ogni frase ad alta voce, imitando il relatore. Questo aiuta a perfezionare la tua shadow speech.
  3. Pratica la fluidità: Una volta che ti senti sicuro nel ripetere le frasi, prova a parlare insieme al relatore. Inizia lentamente e poi aumenta la velocità.
  4. Registra e ascolta: Registra la tua voce mentre pratichi e poi riascolta. Confronta la tua pronuncia con quella del relatore per identificare aree di miglioramento.
  5. Pensa ai tuoi interessi: Una volta praticato con il video, prova a parlare di sport che ti piacciono. Questo ti aiuterà a rendere la pratica più coinvolgente e personale.

Utilizzare queste tecniche con la pratica di ascolto non solo migliorerà la tua pronuncia inglese, ma renderà anche il processo di apprendimento dell'inglese più divertente e significativo. Rimanere motivati e curiosi è fondamentale!

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.