Pratica di Shadowing: Adjust Your Ears to Fast English - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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In this short session, I'm going to help you train your ears to understand real, fast American English speech.
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We're going to go over some reductions, some connected speech, we're going to go over some slang words,
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some idioms, everything that will help you understand native speakers like myself when we're speaking quickly and casually in conversation.
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If you want more lessons like this one, make sure to visit EnglishWithKayla.com.
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Now, let's get started with the lesson.
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Let's start out with some repeating and we're going to listen once.
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Try to think of what I'm saying before you see the text on screen.
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I'll say the phrase a second time with the text on screen
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and then I want you to imitate my tone and my connected speech.
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Let's get started.
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I was going to text you back.
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I was going to text you back.
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Nice job.
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Make sure you're repeating out loud, you're practicing this video in a space where you can do that.
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The phrase is, I was going to text you back.
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Now we tend to have connected speech here when we say text you, text you, text you, text you.
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I was going to text you back.
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So here you is sounding more like chew, text you back.
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Go ahead and practice that one more time.
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I was going to text you back.
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What have you been up to?
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What have you been up to?
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Here, we're saying, what have you been up to?
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Here, we're using the reduction, or when we write it, we're using the contraction to say, what have, what have, instead of, what have you been up to?
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What have you been up to?
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And sometimes when I say this quickly, you don't even hear the, what have, you hear just what you've been up to what have you been up to
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so let's try it one more time go ahead and repeat what have you been up to
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nice job that's a really common way to greet someone
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and ask how they've been i don't know if it's worth it i don't know if it's worth it Here,
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I don't know if it's worth it.
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What could you be talking about here?
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Maybe you're talking about you don't know
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if something's worth the amount of money it is or the amount of effort it takes.
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Whatever it might be, here we're changing I don't know to I don't know.
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I don't know.
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I don't know if it's worth it.
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Let's try it one more time.
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Go ahead and repeat.
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I don't know if it's worth it.
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Nice.
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You gotta be kidding me.
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You gotta be kidding me.
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So this phrase, it's used when you're kind of frustrated or annoyed with a situation.
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I actually say this all the time to my friends or to my husband.
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Again, it's really kind of a negative phrase and it's used in a more casual, informal environment.
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But here you say, you gotta, you gotta, instead of you have got to be kidding me.
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I can't even say the whole phrase.
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You have got to be kidding me.
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I say, you gotta be kidding me.
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You gotta.
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So here again, more connected speech.
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Go ahead and repeat.
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You gotta be kidding me.
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Nice.
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If you repeated that out loud, you're definitely sounding more American in your English.
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Let's move on to the next phrase.
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I'm just trying to figure it out.
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I'm just trying to figure it out.
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Here, the main reduction that we hear is I'm just trying to, tryna, tryna.
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Again, a lot of times in English, I'm sure you're very familiar with it, English speakers will say ta instead of to, and here it all comes into one word.
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I'm just tryna, tryna, tryna.
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So go ahead and practice that once more repeating.
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I'm just trying to figure it out.
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nice job let's move on to the next portion of this lesson let's go over a few natural English expressions
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that I think are a little tricky for English learners
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but they also just help you sound more natural
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and speed up your English a bit the first one
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that threw me off that threw me off we use this phrase just to say
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that something was unexpected or super confusing to you it just you off.
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The next phrase, running a little behind.
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I'm running a little behind.
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This means you're running a little late or behind the schedule that you had planned.
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If you're at a restaurant and they say, sorry, your reservation is going to take a little bit longer.
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We're running a little behind means behind schedule.
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I'll keep you posted.
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I'll keep you posted.
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This phrase, it's super useful to say that you're going to keep someone updated on a situation or a project.
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So you can use this in your personal life like I'll keep you posted on how this date goes
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or at work I'll keep you posted on the project that's
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not really my thing that's not really my thing this phrase
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it means you're not really interested in something sports that's not really my thing
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or you could say oh Chinese food that's not really my
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thing meaning you're just not interested in it you don't typically like it
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or enjoy it or you could say oh that's totally my thing this means
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that this is something that really interests you and that you usually like or partake in.
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I'm still getting the hang of it.
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I'm still getting the hang of it.
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If you say that you are getting the hang of something, it means you're getting used to it or you're getting good at it.
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We use this phrase when we're talking about learning a new skill
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or practicing something new at work or any sort of process that we're getting used to.
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We're getting the hang of it.
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Now, get your ears ready maybe get a pencil or get ready to type.
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I'm going to say a phrase or a sentence in English, something that I would actually say in my everyday life.
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And I want you to try to copy it down and figure out the words that I'm saying.
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I'm going to say it three times and I'm going to make sure
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that every time I say it maybe a little bit differently, maybe slightly.
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It might sound similar, but I'll try to change it up
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and then we'll put the text on screen and I'll say it slowly and explain anything that needs to be explained.
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Are you ready?
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Let's go.
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She ended up backing out.
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She ended up backing out.
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She ended up backing out. Are you ready?
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She ended up backing out.
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If someone backs out, it means they canceled plans or they changed their mind on something last minute.
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She ended up backing out.
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I'm wiped out after today.
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I'm wiped out after today.
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I'm wiped out after today.
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Pause if you need to.
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Think about what I just said.
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The phrase is wiped out.
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I'm wiped out after today.
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If you are wiped out, it's just an expression that means you are exhausted or very tired.
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He totally brushed it off.
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He totally brushed it off.
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he totally brushed it off are you ready he totally brushed it off
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if you brush something off it means you kind of just ignore it
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or forget about it very casually so if someone says something rude to you
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and you just say well I don't care you kind of
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brush off their rude comment we're just hanging out tonight we're just hanging out tonight we're just hanging out tonight
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the phrase the sentence here is we're just hanging out tonight
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and it comes together really quickly we're just hanging out hang
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in hanging out we're just hanging out tonight this just means you're just relaxing
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or just you know having a casual time getting together as
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friends nothing formal at all here are some shortened words
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or some slang that i think you should know that will really help your ears listen to fast English.
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The first one is app or apps.
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You might already know this means an application on your phone or on your computer.
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Sometimes we can say, do you want to get apps?
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Meaning do you want to get appetizers at a restaurant for dinner?
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So these would be the small plates that you kind of share together before the main dish of a meal.
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Do you want to get apps or what app is that?
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Meaning what application on your phone is it?
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Sometimes in English we say pics instead of pictures you want
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to go take some pics with your friends this just means take pictures usually on your phone
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or on a camera have you ever heard someone say that's
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legit do you think that's legit this is short for legitimate
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so we use this as a way to say legitimate like
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in a more formal sense like is this paper legit is
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that document legit meaning is it real or
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if you want to just kind of compliment someone sometimes it's slang to say oh that was
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so legit like it was really good it was really well
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done sometimes formally people will shorten conversation as convo like we
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had a convo earlier about this it's just it can be used formally
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or informally convo for conversation i see it a lot in
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writing as well fam can be shortened for family you might
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say to someone oh how's your fam doing my fam's doing
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good it's used not in a really cool slang way
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but just a shortened way to say family
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so people my age especially men will say oh they're my bro that's my bro over there
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that means their friend they could literally mean their brother
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but i noticed that younger kids girls
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and boys as a slang phrase is just kind of a goofy way of greeting each other
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or you know saying like what are you doing they go bruh bruh
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so bruh or bro can mean a lot of of different things here
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but usually it just means friend or fa or like your family
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or it can mean like what are you talking about bruh
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in the uk they will say holiday for a vacation here in the united states we don't often use holiday
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but we do say vacay instead of vacation
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and finally one of my last shortened words on here is
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comfy instead of comfortable are you comfy i'm comfy this is just a shortened way to say comfortable
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and i think a lot of native english speakers don't even
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realize this is the shortened version we just use this word
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so often like that was
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so comfy good job taking your english to the next level by training your ears with this lesson
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if you want to learn more with me kayla make sure
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to visit englishwithkayla.com you could subscribe to my monthly membership where
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i'll teach you every week a new lesson you'll get the guides on a pdf
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and a quiz and access to my community to ask me more questions about these words
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and phrases thank you so much for watching and
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if you're in the mood make sure to watch another video that's on screen
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so i can teach you more english i'll see you guys in the next lesson goodbye
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Adjust Your Ears to Fast English”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: phrase, text, english. Questo video contiene 173 frasi e 1922 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 11:13. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 171 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 86% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| phrase sostantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | espressione, polirematica |
| shorten verbo | /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/ | accorciarescorciare |
| wipe verbo | /waɪp/ | asciugare, pulire |
| brush sostantivo | /bɹʌʃ/ | spazzola, pennello |
| sling sostantivo | /ˈslɪŋ/ | frombola, fionda |
| comfy aggettivo | /ˈkʌm.fi/ | comodo |
| greet verbo | /ɡɹiːt/ | accogliere |
| formally avverbio | /ˈfɔː.mə.li/ | formalmente |
| casual aggettivo | /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/ | occasionale |
| rude aggettivo | /ɹuːd/ | rude, maleducato |
| appetizer sostantivo | /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə/ | aperitivo, stuzzichino |
| contraction sostantivo | /kənˈtɹækʃ(ə)n/ | contrazione |
| imitate verbo | /ˈɪmɪteɪt/ | imitare |
| informally avverbio | informalmente | |
| partake verbo | /pɑɹˈteɪk/ | partecipare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| back out verbo | fare retromarcia, fare marcia indietro | |
| wipe out verbo | obliterare, spazzare via | |
| end up verbo | andare a finire, finire | |
| go ahead verbo | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | procedere, andare avanti |
| figure out verbo | scoprire, rendersi conto | |
| speed up verbo | /spiːdˈʌp/ | stringere i tempi |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- What have you been up to?
- Here, we're saying, what have you been up to?
- I don't know if it's worth it.
- What could you be talking about here?
- Meaning what application on your phone is it?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was unexpected · be explained · is wiped |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | you've been · they've been |
| Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certo | might be · might sound · might already know |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | we're speaking · I'm saying · you're repeating |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 89 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, we're, you're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shorten /ˈʃɔɹtn̩/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, casually /ˈkæʒuəli/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, contraction /kənˈtɹækʃ(ə)n/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: legitimate /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/, appetizer /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, unexpected /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/, differently /ˈdɪf.ə.ɹənt.li/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, wipe /waɪp/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, legit /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt/, greet /ɡɹiːt/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: casually /ˈkæʒuəli/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, appetizer /ˈæpɪˌtaɪzə/, contraction /kənˈtɹækʃ(ə)n/, cancel /ˈkæn.sl̩/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come phrase, shorten, wipe.
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.