Pratica di Shadowing: Alien Contact. | 6 Minute English. - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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This is 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com Hello, I'm Rob and this is 6 Minute English.
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I'm joined today by Alice.
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Hello Alice.
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Hi Rob.
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Today we're talking about alien life form and who on planet Earth would aliens speak to if they one day made contact.
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Alien life form.
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This is something that's written about in science fiction books but nobody has actually discovered anything extraterrestrial yet.
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Extraterrestrial.
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That's something that's not from our planet.
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Now, Alice, I've got a question for you.
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OK.
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What was the year that man first walked on the moon?
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Hmm, I'm not sure.
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Can I have a think? Of course.
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You can give me the answer at the end of the programme.
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But back to the subject of contact from aliens.
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If someone from another planet did land on Earth, what do you think they might say?
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Would they say, take me to your leader?
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That's a nice thought.
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But who would our leader be?
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Who would be the first person they should speak with?
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That's difficult.
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Maybe the President of the United States of America?
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The leaders of China or Russia?
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What about me?
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Well, the answer, according to one expert, is a space ambassador.
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A space ambassador.
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What would they do?
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Well, they would be the first point of contact for aliens trying to communicate with us.
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So they would be the first person to talk to, a point of contact.
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And would they meet and greet these aliens when they land in their UFOs, their unidentified flying objects?
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Not exactly.
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A space scientist called Professor John Zanicki, who has suggested the idea of a space ambassador, can explain.
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He thinks it's unlikely to be a face-to-face meeting.
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The likelihood is not that aliens will suddenly appear in Guildford or Manchester or somewhere like that.
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The contact, if it does happen, is most likely to be through radio signals.
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Because, you know, in the last decade we've discovered something like 500 planets orbiting other stars like our sun.
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So it's no longer fanciful to think about the possibility of life on distant planets.
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Ah, so Professor Zanecki doesn't think aliens will land in a town or a city.
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Our contact will be through radio signals.
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Yes, radio signals.
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We will pick up some kind of sound.
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He believes it might really happen one day and the idea is no longer fanciful.
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Fanciful.
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That's something that's unreal or imagined.
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But, he says, this is no longer fanciful.
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Yes, that's because in the last decade, 500 new planets orbiting other stars have been discovered.
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So it's no longer fanciful to think that there may be life on distant planets.
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I see.
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So he wants us to be prepared for a possible contact from aliens.
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Yes.
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And who might this space ambassador be?
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Well, next week a meeting at the Royal Society in London will be discussing the appointment of someone, and a likely candidate is an astrophysicist called Maslan Othman.
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She already heads the Office of Outer Space Affairs for the United Nations.
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So the UN has an Office of Outer Space Affairs.
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It deals with issues that are literally out of this world.
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That's right.
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Professor Zaneki can explain a bit more about the things it looks after.
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There are laws and regulations
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that have been signed up by many countries about what we can and can't do on the moon, you know, who owns the moon,
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and also concerning the non-proliferation of weapons in outer space.
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So the Office of Outer Space Affairs oversees laws and regulations about which activities can take place on the moon,
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who owns it, and also the non-proliferation of weapons in outer space.
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Non-proliferation.
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That's a limit on the use of weapons in space and keeping it a peaceful place.
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Well, having a space ambassador seems like a good idea, but they may have a lot of waiting to do.
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Hmm, possibly.
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Professor Zaneki says alien contact could happen next week, next year, next century or maybe even never.
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But it would be really unfortunate to miss their call.
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Now Alice, what's the first thing you would say if you were contacted by aliens?
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I would ask them if they knew the answer to your question.
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What year did man first walk on the moon?
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And what do you think their answer might be?
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1969?
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Yes, that's correct.
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American Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon in 1969.
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And what do you think he said?
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After such a long journey, I'd like a cup of tea.
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No, not quite.
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His famous words were, that's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
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It really was a big step, but he didn't encounter any aliens.
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OK, Alice, we've taken a small step in learning English today.
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Could you remind us of some of the words that we've learnt, please? Of course.
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Alien life form Science fiction Extraterrestrial Ambassador
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Fanciful Orbiting Appointment Non-proliferation
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Weapons Thank you.
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That's all we've got time for today, so thanks for joining us and see you next time.
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Bye!
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That was 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Alien Contact”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: alien, space, contact, planet, fanciful. Questo video contiene 88 frasi e 861 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 6:06. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 141 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 85% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 17 delle sue 88 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 13 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| proliferation sostantivo | /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ | proliferazione |
| extraterrestrial aggettivo | /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/ | extraterrestre |
| orbit sostantivo | /ˈɔɹ.bɪt/ | orbita |
| oversee verbo | /ˌəʊ.vəˈsiː/ | sondare |
| unreal aggettivo | /ʌnˈɹi.əl/ | irreale |
| greet verbo | /ɡɹiːt/ | accogliere |
| mankind sostantivo | /mænˈkaɪnd/ | umanità, genere umano |
| likelihood sostantivo | /ˈlaɪklihʊd/ | verosimiglianza, verisimiglianza |
| leap verbo | /ˈliːp/ | saltare |
| unfortunate aggettivo | /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/ | sfortunato, iellato |
| communicate verbo | /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ | comunicare, informare |
| scientist sostantivo | /ˈsaɪəntəst/ | scienziato, scienziata |
| unlikely aggettivo | /ʌnˈlaɪkli/ | improbabile |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| pick up verbo | tirare su, sollevare |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- That's something that's not from our planet.
- Can I have a think?
- Would they say, take me to your leader?
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 | has actually discovered · has suggested · we've discovered |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | have been discovered · be prepared · have been signed |
| Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certo | might say · might really happen · may be |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsione | will suddenly · will land · will be |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 13 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come we've, I'm, can't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: proliferation /pɹəˌlɪf.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, extraterrestrial /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/, astrophysicist /ˌæstɹəʊˈfɪzɪsɪst/, unidentified /ˌʌnaɪˈdɛntɪfaɪd/, unfortunate /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: orbit /ˈɔɹ.bɪt/, distant /ˈdɪstənt/, astrophysicist /ˌæstɹəʊˈfɪzɪsɪst/, unidentified /ˌʌnaɪˈdɛntɪfaɪd/, greet /ɡɹiːt/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: fanciful /ˈfænsɪfl̩/, astrophysicist /ˌæstɹəʊˈfɪzɪsɪst/, mankind /mænˈkaɪnd/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come proliferation, extraterrestrial, orbit.
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.