Pratica di Shadowing: Advanced SHADOWING English Speaking Practice & Vocabulary Repeat-After-Me - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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How you doing?
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Are you ready for some shadowing practice?
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We're going to do a little bit of vocabulary training, speaking practice, a little bit of everything.
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Work on your fluency.
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Step 3711, place to retreat is the topic.
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Let's jump into the practice.
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Imagine having a cozy private spot just for yourself,
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tucked behind the shop, a peaceful retreat where the outside world can't reach you.
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All right, so there's a bunch of little vocabulary in there.
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For example, cozy.
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Cozy is warm, comfortable, and pleasant.
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A private spot, a place just for one person, away from others, away from other people.
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It's your private spot, tucked behind.
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Tucked behind is hidden or placed at the back of something, away from others.
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A peaceful retreat, a calm place where you can relax and get away from stress.
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A peaceful retreat.
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The outside world can't reach you.
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No one can bother or disturb you there.
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The outside world means that no one, other people cannot bother you.
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They cannot disturb you when you're at your peaceful retreat, your private spot, tucked behind.
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It's a cozy place.
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All right, so those are the vocabulary words.
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Let's take a look at the text one more time and practice speaking it.
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Imagine having a cozy private spot just for yourself,
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tucked behind the shop, a peaceful retreat where the outside world can't reach you.
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Again, imagine having a cozy private spot just for yourself,
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tucked behind the shop, a peaceful retreat where the outside world can't reach you.
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Think of a local shopkeeper.
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All day long, they stand at the front counter,
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handling demanding customers, managing inventory, and stressing over finances.
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All right, let's look at the vocabulary words in there.
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The front counter, that's the main desk in a shop where customers are helped.
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Demanding customers.
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Demanding customers are customers who need a lot of attention or they're difficult to deal with.
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Customers that are difficult to deal with are demanding customers.
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Managing inventory.
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Keeping track of all the products you have, the supplies.
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You're managing your inventory.
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And stressing over, worrying a lot about something.
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It may be stressing over finances, stressing over money, thinking about it, worrying about it.
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Okay, those are the vocabulary words.
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Let's go back to the text and practice speaking it.
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Think of a local shopkeeper.
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All day long, they stand at the front counter,
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handling demanding customers, managing inventory, and stressing over finances again.
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Think of a local shopkeeper.
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All day long, they stand at the front counter,
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handling demanding customers, managing inventory, and stressing over finances.
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Over time, they might feel like the shop itself is their entire world,
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forgetting who they were before opening the doors.
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All right, their entire world.
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That's the only thing they focus on.
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The only thing they care about is their entire world.
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Over time, they might feel like the shop itself, the store itself, is their entire world.
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Forgetting who they were before opening the doors.
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All right, say it with me.
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Over time, they might feel like the shop itself is their entire world, forgetting who they were before opening the doors.
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To stay grounded, everyone needs a little secret space in the back.
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All right, so to stay grounded, that means to stay calm, realistic, and connected to yourself.
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If you stay connected to yourself, you stay realistic, you stay calm, you stay grounded.
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Secret space, a hidden or personal place for yourself.
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A place that's just for you, it's hidden away, it's your personal place just for yourself.
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It's your secret space.
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All right, let's say that now.
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To stay grounded, everyone needs a little secret space in the back.
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To stay grounded, everyone needs a little secret space in the back.
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These days, our shops rarely close,
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and we often tie our worth to how much we produce or how much we help others.
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All right.
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If you haven't noticed, this is talking about our life, right?
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So these days, our shops, our shops is referring to our life.
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Our life rarely closes, right?
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So we tie our worth to, that means we believe our value depends on something.
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If you tie your worth to something, you believe that the value depends on that thing.
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produce, that's production, you create or do work.
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In this context, how much work we get done, how much work we get done, how much we produce.
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Help others, you know that, support or assist other people.
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All right, let's look at it again and shadow me.
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These days, our shops rarely close, and we often tie our worth to how much we produce or how much we help others.
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Again, these days our shops rarely close
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and we often tie our worth to how much we produce or how much we help others.
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We check our phones before even getting out of bed, living most of our day at the front counter,
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giving away our energy to everyone else.
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all right what vocabulary do we have get out of bed
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you know get out of bed get out of bed is to wake up
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and leave the bed in the morning
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and then this one's a good one give away our energy we give away our energy
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that means we spend all our attention time
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and effort on other people we give away our energy when we give other people all of our time and effort
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All right, let's shadow that again.
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We check our phones before even getting out of bed, living most of our day at the front counter,
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giving away our energy to everyone else.
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Again, we check our phones before even getting out of bed, living most of our day at the front counter,
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giving away our energy to everyone else.
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We seldom have a safe place to retreat because we've never created one.
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All right, we seldom, it's not very often that we have a safe place to retreat.
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A retreat is a place or time to step away and rest.
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Because we've never created one of these places.
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We've never created a place to retreat a place to
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or a time to step away and rest
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so we seldom have a safe place to retreat
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because we've never created one again we seldom have a safe place to retreat
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because we've never created one we've never created a safe place to retreat.
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That's why it's so important to carve out a special space just for you.
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All right, carve out.
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Carving out is like you cut it out, you cut something out, but in this case,
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it just means deliberately make time or create space for something.
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You need to deliberately make it, you carve out time.
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You carve out space.
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You deliberately make time or create space for it.
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That's why.
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It's so important to carve out a special space just for you.
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Again, that's why it's so important to carve out a special space just for you.
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Whether it's enjoying a hobby without a goal of making money, without the goal of making money, that's kind of important, I think.
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Without the goal of making money means doing something for enjoyment.
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Not for profit, for enjoyment.
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So maybe it's good to have a hobby.
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And that hobby has nothing to do with making money.
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Whether it's enjoying a hobby without the goal of making money.
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Whether it's enjoying a hobby without the goal of making money.
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Sitting quietly with a notebook before screen time.
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All right, so sitting quietly, resting without taking or making noise.
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Screen time, time spent looking at a phone, computer, or TV.
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So sitting quietly with a notebook before screen time.
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That's a good thing to do, huh?
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Sit quietly with your notebook, write down your thoughts before you look at your phone, before you look at your computer,
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before screen time or TV.
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Taking a walk without headphones.
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Taking a walk without headphones.
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I can't be alone with my thoughts.
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That would drive me crazy.
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I need headphones.
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All right.
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Or simply finding a moment to drop the roles of employee,
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manager, parent, or partner. So drop the role.
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If you drop the role, you stop thinking about your social duties or identities.
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You stop thinking about being an employee.
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Stop thinking about being a manager.
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Drop the role of being a parent drop the role of being a partner just be yourself
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or simply finding a moment to drop the roles of employee manager parent
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or partner it's a small precious time
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when you can step away close the door
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and reconnect with who you truly are away from everyone's demands
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all right was there any vocabulary in here how about reconnect with who you truly are
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that just means remember your real self reconnect with who you
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truly are remember your real self away from everyone's demands free from other people's requests or pressure.
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You are away from everyone's demands.
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All right, let's look at it again.
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It's a small, precious time, important, valuable time, when you step away,
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close the door, and reconnect with who you truly are, away from everyone's demands.
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Let's say it together.
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Here we go.
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It's a small, precious time when you step away,
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close the door, and reconnect with who you truly are away from everyone's demands.
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All right, that's the end of the text,
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and the main message is that people need a personal space or time where they are not working,
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helping, or performing for others.
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It's a time to relax, think, and remember themselves.
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That's the main message.
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All right.
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Are you ready to do this again?
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I'm going to do it again nonstop this time so it'll go a lot faster.
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We'll say it nonstop and you can go ahead and just work on listening carefully if you're a beginner or intermediate.
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If you are advanced, try to say it with me.
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Shadow me.
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All right, here we go.
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Imagine having a cozy private spot just for yourself,
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tucked behind the shop, a peaceful retreat where the outside world can't reach you.
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Think of a local shopkeeper.
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All day long, they stand at the front counter,
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handling demanding customers, managing inventory, and stressing over finances.
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Over time, they might feel like the shop itself is their entire world,
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forgetting who they were before opening the doors.
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To stay grounded, everyone needs a little secret space in the back.
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Everyone needs a little secret space in the back to stay grounded.
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These days, our shops rarely close, and we often tie our worth to how much we produce or how much we help others.
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We check our phones before even getting out of bed, living most of our day at the front counter,
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giving away our energy to everyone else.
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We seldom have a safe place to retreat because we've never created one.
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That's why it's so important to carve out a special space just for you.
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Whether it's enjoying a hobby without the goal of making money,
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sitting quietly with a notebook before screen time, taking a walk without headphones,
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or simply finding a moment to drop the roles of employee, manager, parent, or partner.
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It's a small, precious time when you step away, close the door, and reconnect with who you truly are,
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away from everyone's demands.
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The main message is that people need a personal space or time where they are not working,
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helping, or performing for others.
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It's a time to relax, think, and remember themselves.
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Boom.
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Good workout.
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I know that was hard.
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That was not an easy text to work with.
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If you did it, you are advanced.
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Keep it up.
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Keep moving forward one step at a time.
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And I'll see you in the next practice session.
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We'll make it a little bit easier in the next one, okay?
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See you there.
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Contesto e sfondo
Il video propone un esercizio di shadowing in inglese focalizzato sulla pratica della lingua e sullo sviluppo del vocabolario, partendo da un tema universale: la necessità di un luogo di ritiro personale. Attraverso dialoghi realistici, si esplorano situazioni quotidiane, come la vita di un commerciante o le pressioni della modernità, offrendo spunti per capire come integrare il shadow speak nella routine di apprendimento.
5 frasi chiave per la comunicazione giornaliera
- "To stay grounded" (Rimanere con i piedi per terra): Per descrivere la capacità di rimanere calmi e connessi a se stessi.
- "Tie our worth to" (Legare il nostro valore a): Utile per esprimere come spesso legheremo il nostro valore a risultati o azioni.
- "Carve out a space" (Creare uno spazio): Per parlare di dedicare tempo o spazio a qualcosa di importante per noi.
- "Drop the roles" (Lasciar cadere i ruoli): Per indicare il momento di smettere di pensare alle nostre responsabilità sociali.
- "Secret space" (Spazio segreto): Per definire un luogo personale e nascosto dove ci si può rilassare.
Guida passo passo per lo shadowing
Per sfruttare al meglio il video e migliorare la pronuncia e la fluidità, segui questi passaggi: 1. Ascolta attentamente una frase alla volta, notando l'intonazione e il ritmo. 2. Ripeti immediatamente dopo, cercando di imitare il tono e la velocità. 3. Analizza il vocabolario nuovo (es. cozy, demanding customers) e assicurati di capirne il contesto. 4. Ripeti l'esercizio più volte finché la frase non suona naturale. 5. Combina le frasi in un brano completo per esercitare la continuità.
Imparare l'inglese con i video è un modo efficace per mettere in pratica quello che si apprende, e lo shadowing speech aiuta a rafforzare l'orecchio e la pronuncia. Nonostante la difficoltà iniziale, con la pratica, diventerà più semplice. Ricorda: il goal è non solo ripetere, ma capire il senso e integrare le frasi nella tua comunicazione quotidiana. Un shadowing site può essere un ottimo complemento, ma anche un video come questo, con contesto reale, è sufficiente per iniziare.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | haven't noticed · we've never created |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is hidden · are helped · are advanced |
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.