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Hey Terrence, so how'd you spend your Labor Day weekend?
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I spent my Labor Day weekend not doing anything except wishing I was at Burning Man.
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I had plans to go, but they fell through.
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Oh man, that sucks because I know that you've really enjoyed it in the past.
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Yeah, as you know, I've gone quite a few years in a row, but this year I couldn't make it.
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You know, but I guess the saving grace about it is
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that I'm not in the heat and I really can't stand the dust.
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Oh, yeah, I know.
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I hear that the heat and the dust can be overwhelming.
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I've had some friends who have gone in past years
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and they didn't prepare enough and they said they were in over their heads.
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Oh yeah, it's definitely the kind of thing that
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It helps to know what you're getting into With the conditions and just what to expect
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Because no amount of description can really
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Help with what you're going to experience I was talking with a friend of mine who lives in Canada And I mentioned
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Burning Man, he'd never heard it
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And he was like, what's it about?
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And wanted me to describe it
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And I realized that I'm not really able to describe it to him
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Because I've never been Yeah, it's one of those things it's kind of hard to describe.
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I mean, the first time you go, you really can't, you really can't believe your eyes, what you see.
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I mean, just all of the people and all the effort they put into it, all the creativity, it's really something to behold.
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So, um, how would you describe it though?
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Like I would describe it just as a, just really large festival where basically anything goes,
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anything you want to do is accepted.
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Um, any way you want to express yourself, it's okay.
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Whether it's how you dress, what you say, the kind of music you want to play, anything.
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Yeah, I've heard there's some pretty wild outfits.
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People just dress up as crazy as they possibly can.
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Yeah, you never know what people are going to do.
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I never cease to be amazed with what I'm going to see there.
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Nice, that's great.
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How long is it?
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Oh, I'm sorry, go ahead.
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But like I said, I've gone five years, and the process of going does get a little old.
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The first time I went, I definitely had that first -time blown -away feeling.
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But then after a while, subsequent years, it's not quite as exciting and fresh.
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So you start to maybe focus a little more on some of the discomforts.
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You have no creature comforts when you're there.
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Yeah, and the traffic's out of hand, too.
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I hear you end up sitting in traffic jams for hours.
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You can.
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You can, especially towards the end of the week when everybody's in a rush to get there.
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It absolutely can be that way.
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When do people start getting there?
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Some people go as early as the week before.
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They really want to get there and maximize their time.
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You can be up there basically for nine days.
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Was that people who want to build structures and stuff?
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Yeah, definitely.
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There's some people that can actually go even before it starts and they can, you know, if you're building a special art project,
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you could get there as early as a month beforehand.
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But the people that are there setting up big camps, they tend to get there probably like nine days beforehand.
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It sounds like it's just like a really artistic event, like where everyone's just trying to express themselves and their artistic sides
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and showing off their art and stuff and just acting a little crazy.
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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It's definitely an environment where it's in the fact that it's in the desert.
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It just adds to the just surreal atmosphere of it.
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I mean, you're there
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and you might as well be on the moon with the with the costumes and people just totally trick out their cars.
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Yeah.
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And then what do they do at the end?
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Like, I know they burn something, but I'm not even sure what it is, because, like I said, I've never been there.
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Yeah, it's kind of this it's kind of the culmination of the event.
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It's why it's called Burning Man.
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There's this giant man that's basically burned.
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I mean, it's kind of this tribal festival that reaches a fever pitch, lots of fire dancers, people just basically going crazy.
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What's the man made out of?
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Made of wood.
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Oh, okay.
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Made of wood.
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And then there's definitely some neon light on him
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because the event is kind of surrounding a middle area and the man is in the middle.
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and that Saturday night, which is on Labor Day weekend, pretty much the entire place kind of just surrounds it
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and that's when it all starts and then it finishes with him getting burned down
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and the place just reaches a fever pitch at that point.
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Yeah, I hear that it becomes, with the number of people there, it becomes one of the largest towns in all of Nevada for that weekend.
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Yeah, I know it's top 10.
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Yeah, definitely.
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It's a real good experience.
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Yeah, you know, I'd really like to go next year, but I'm going to plan for it, but you never know what can come up,
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so I'll just have to see how it goes.
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Maybe I'll see you out there.
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Yeah, well, if I go, you'll definitely be one of the first ones to know.
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Awesome.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Le parole che ritornano più spesso: definitely, describe, weekend. Questo video contiene 86 frasi e 946 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:11. Chi parla va veloce, circa 182 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. Il 88% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| pitch sostantivo | /pɪt͡ʃ/ | tiro, lancio |
| dust sostantivo | /dʌst/ | polvere |
| fever sostantivo | /ˈfivɚ/ | febbre |
| artistic aggettivo | /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/ | artistico |
| surround verbo | /səˈɹaʊnd/ | circondare |
| beforehand avverbio | /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/ | anticipatamente, precedentemente |
| rush verbo | /ɹʌʃ/ | affrettarsi, correre |
| trick sostantivo | /ˈtɹɪk/ | inbroglio |
| atmosphere sostantivo | /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ | atmosfera |
| suck verbo | /sʌk/ | succhiare, suggere |
| comfort sostantivo | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | agio, comodità |
| desert sostantivo | /ˈdɛz.ɚt/ | deserto |
| subsequent aggettivo | /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/ | successivo |
| outfit sostantivo | /ˈaʊtfɪt/ | completo, tenuta |
| costume sostantivo | /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/ | costume |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| blow away verbo | spazzare via | |
| come up verbo | venire fuori, emergere | |
| end up verbo | andare a finire, finire | |
| fall through verbo | andare a monte | |
| go ahead verbo | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | procedere, andare avanti |
| set up verbo | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | preparare, installare |
| show off verbo | vantare, vantarsi |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- You have no creature comforts when you're there.
- What's the man made out of?
- Maybe I'll see you out there.
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 | you've really enjoyed · I've gone · I've had |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | friends who have · people who want · night, which is |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is accepted · be amazed |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 29 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, I've, you're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: rush /ɹʌʃ/, culmination /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, culmination /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: beforehand /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/, behold /bɪˈhəʊld/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: pitch /pɪt͡ʃ/, dust /dʌst/, artistic /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/, surround /səˈɹaʊnd/, beforehand /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: beforehand /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/, atmosphere /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/, jam /ˈd͡ʒæm/, dancer /ˈdænsəɹ/, maximize /ˈmæksəmaɪz/
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 pitch, dust, fever.
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.