Pratica di Shadowing: American English Connected Reading 美式英语连读（下）｜Describe a Journey（part two) - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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Today we're going to look at the sentence rhythm and intonation in my sample answer for the IELTS question, Describe a Journey You Remember Well.
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Let's take a look.
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When I was 15, when I was 15, 15, I went with my family,
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I went with my family.
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kind of go down on family, but keep went with my at a higher tone.
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I went with my family on a long trip.
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Long trip.
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So we don't go all the way down on trip.
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It's not long trip.
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Long trip.
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Just a little bit down.
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Long trip around a.. long trip around a bunch of national parks in the western United States.
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A bunch of National Parks in the Western United States.
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Western U.
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Western United States.
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We have to go low on U in United so that we can make a rhythm for the sentence.
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Western United States.
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I can't really remember.
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I can't really remember.
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Can't really.
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We keep that at an even tone.
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I can't really remember how much time we spent at each one.
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We spent.. we spent at each one.
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How much time we spent at each one?
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We.
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We goes lower, again to break up the rhythm of the high tone sentence.
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How much time we spent at each one?
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But the whole trip took about three weeks in total.
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But the whole trip took about three weeks in total.
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So three weeks.
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We go down a little bit on three weeks, but we don't go all the way down.
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It's not three weeks in total.
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Three weeks in total.
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Three weeks in total.
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At that time, at that time, at that time, I was just beginning.
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I was.
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So I was goes lower here, even though we rose on time.
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At that time I was just beginning.
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So just is quite high.
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I was just beginning to take pictures as a hobby.
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Take pictures, take pictures as a hobby.
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Take pictures as a hobby.
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So I love seeing all the different landscapes.
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So I, so I goes very low at the beginning of this sentence.
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So I love seeing all the different landscapes.
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Landscapes.
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We go much lower to finish that sentence.
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Landscapes.
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All the different landscapes.
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That was also, that was also when I first got to practice,
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first got to practice, got to, got to practice, got to practice,
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first got to practice driving a car.
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That was also when I first got to practice driving a car.
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My parents let me try driving, My parents let me try driving for a few minutes.
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My parents let me try driving for a few minutes.
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My.
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Let me.
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Furrah.
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All of those are low to break up the rhythm of the sentence.
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My parents let me try driving.
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Driving for a few minutes.
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For a few minutes.
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Out on a really lonely road in a desert.
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Out on a really lonely road in a desert.
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Really lonely road in a desert.
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In a desert.
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So we have three kind of high tones, but we don't go all the way low yet.
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Until in a.
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Really lonely road in a desert.
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Really lonely road in a desert.
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Where it was safe.
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Where it was.
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Now those three words are connected together, and they're spoken in a low tone, where it was safe.
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Where it was safe.
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It's been a long time.
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It's been a long time since I've been to parks like that, and I'd definitely like to see them again.
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It's...
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We start that sentence with a low tone.
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It's been a long time.
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It's been a long time since I've been to parks like that.
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Been to parks.
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T is unstressed, and so it goes with a low tone.
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Since I've been to parks like that, and I'd definitely like to see them again.
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That takes a falling then rising tone.
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Parks like that, that, parks like that, and I definitely like to see them again.
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And I, and it takes a low tone, and I definitely like to see them again.
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So I'm stressing definitely in my answer, definitely like to see them again.
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Like to, like to.
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It's not like to, definitely like to.
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It's not like that, it's definitely like to.
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Definitely like to see them again.
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So we kind of go up and down very quickly in this sentence. When I was 15,
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I went with my family on a long trip around a bunch of national parks in the western United States.
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I can't really remember how much time we spent at each one, but the whole trip took about three weeks in total.
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At that time, I was just beginning to take pictures as a hobby, so I loved seeing all the different landscapes.
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That was also when I first got to practice driving a car.
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My parents let me try driving for a few minutes out
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on a really lonely road in a desert where it was safe.
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It's been a long time since I've been to parks like that, and I'd definitely like to see them again.

Informazioni su questa lezione

In questa lezione, ci concentreremo sulla intonazione e sul ritmo della frase nel contesto della narrazione di un viaggio, come descritto da Alex. Gli studenti apprenderanno a migliorare la pronuncia inglese attraverso la pratica attiva, analizzando attentamente le variazioni di tono e ritmo nell'accento americano. Questa pratica è cruciale per sviluppare una pratica di conversazione in inglese fluida e naturale, essenziale per comprendere e partecipare a conversazioni autentiche.

Vocabolario e frasi chiave

  • Long trip - Viaggio lungo
  • A bunch of - Un sacco di
  • National parks - Parchi nazionali
  • At that time - A quel tempo
  • Take pictures - Scattare foto
  • Landscapes - Paesaggi
  • I can't really remember - Non riesco davvero a ricordare

Consigli per la pratica

Per massimizzare i benefici della shadowing in inglese, segui questi punti chiave durante la visione del video:

  • Ritmo attento: Presta attenzione al ritmo delle frasi di Alex; cerca di imitare il suo modo di modulare la voce, specialmente quando cambia tono. Questo approccio ti aiuterà a migliorare la pronuncia inglese e la fluidità.
  • Ripetizione: Non esitare a riascoltare frasi che ti sembrano difficili. La ripetizione è fondamentale nella pratica di conversazione in inglese.
  • Focalizzati sui dettagli: Concentrati sulle piccole pause che Alex fa tra le frasi; queste pause sono importanti per creare un ritmo naturale quando parli.
  • Variazione di tono: Nota come Alex usa altezze diverse nella voce. Prova a variare il tuo tono mentre parli per rendere il tuo inglese più espressivo, simile a come fa shadowspeaks.
  • Sii paziente: Habituati a questo metodo richiede tempo; sii paziente con te stesso mentre lavori sulla shadow speak e affina la tua pronuncia con il tempo.

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.