Pratica di Shadowing: Are you scared of change? - Motivational video [Feat Peter Dinklage] - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Ever tried, ever failed, no matter, try again, fail again, fail better.
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I had so many dreams of where I wanted to go, who I wanted to be, and what I wanted to do.
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You have your own story to tell.
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Theater companies I wanted to start with, classmates.
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Movies I wanted to be in, directors I wanted to work with, stories I needed to tell.
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I packed the life that I knew with socks
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and a toothbrush into my backpack
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and I slept on couch after couch after couch after couch
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at friends apartments in New York until I wore out their rent paying roommates welcome.
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I didn't want a day job.
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I was an actor.
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I was a writer.
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I had to get a day job.
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I dusted pianos at a piano store on Ludlow Street for five months.
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I worked on the property of a Shakespeare scholar for a year, pulling weeds and removing bees nests.
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I went on unemployment I was a human once, but not for long.
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I couldn't handle the guilt.
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Eventually I was able to pay rent for a spot on the floor of an apartment on the Lower East Side, but my roommate had a breakdown and disappeared.
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I helped hang paintings at galleries, paintings that inspire you to think, I could do that.
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And then, finally, after two years of job and couch surfing,
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I got a job. In application processing.
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As a data enterer at a place called Professional Examination Services.
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And I stayed for six years.
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Six years.
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From the age of 23 to 29.
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Well, they loved me there.
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I was funny.
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I smoked in the loading docks with the guys from the mailroom and we shared how hungover we all were.
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I called in sick almost every Friday because I was out late the night before.
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I hated that job and I clung to that job.
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Because of that job, I could afford my own place.
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My dream of running a theatre company with my friend and fellow Bennington graduate Ian Bell had died.
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I had only the one window.
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I myself could not look out the window.
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It was quite high.
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No acting agent.
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When I was 29, I told myself, the next acting job I get, no matter what it pays, I will, from now on,
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for better or worse, be a working actor. But something good happened.
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I got a low-paying theater job in a play called Imperfect Love, which led to a film called 13 Moons with the same writer,
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which led to other roles, which led to other roles.
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And I've worked as an actor ever since.
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I didn't know that would happen.
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At 29, walking away from data processing, I was terrified.
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10 years in a place without heat, 6 years at a job I felt stuck in.
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Maybe I was afraid of change. Are you?
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But this made me very hungry.
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Literally.
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I couldn't be lazy.
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I couldn't be.
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And so at 29, In a very long last, I was in the company of the actors and writers and directors I'd sought out that first year,
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that first day, after school.
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I was, I am, by their sides.
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Raise the rest of your life to meet you.
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Don't search for defining moments because they will never come.
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The moments that define you have already happened.
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And they will already happen again.
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And it passes so quickly.
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So please bring each other along with you.
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You just get a bit derailed.
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But soon something starts to happen.
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Trust me.
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A rhythm sets in.
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Just try not to wait until,
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like me, like me you're 29 before you find it and
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if you are that's fine too some of us never find it but you will I promise you you are already here
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You'll find your rhythm or continue the one you have already found.
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Don't wait until they tell you you are ready.
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Get in there.
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Sing.
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The world might say you are not allowed to yet.
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I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail.
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Please, don't even bother asking.
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Don't bother telling the world you are ready.
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Show it. Do it.
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What did Beckett say?
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Ever tried, ever failed, no matter,
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try again, fail again, fail better.
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Better.
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We burn very brightly.
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Please don't ever stop.
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The world is yours.
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Treat everyone kindly.
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and light up the night.
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Maybe I was afraid of change. Are you?
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Thank you.

Perché praticare il parlato con questo video?

Questo video motivazionale, incentrato sulla storia di lotte e successi, offre un contesto prezioso per praticare la pratica di conversazione in inglese. Le esperienze condivise dall'oratore non solo ispirano, ma forniscono anche un ottimo materiale per discutere temi di cambiamento, insuccesso e perseveranza. Utilizzando le sue parole, è possibile migliorare la fluency e acquisire sicurezza nel parlare. Praticare l'inglese attraverso la shadowing in inglese permette di assimilare non solo il lessico, ma anche l'emozione e il ritmo della lingua.

Grammatica ed espressioni nel contesto

Nel video, l'oratore utilizza diverse strutture che possono essere analizzate per migliorare la comprensione e l'uso della lingua. Ecco alcune delle più rilevanti:

  • "I didn't want a day job": Questa frase esprime un desiderio chiaro e deciso, una struttura utile per trasmettere preferenze e scelte personali.
  • "Try again, fail again, fail better": È un'espressione imperativa che incoraggia a perseverare. Questa formula è cruciale per motivare se stessi e gli altri.
  • "You have your own story to tell": Un invito all'introspezione, importante per suggerire l'uso del **present simple** per condividere esperienze personali.
  • "I was terrified": Utilizzando il passato, questa frase coglie un'emozione autentica. È utile per esprimere esperienze e sentimenti passati.

Trappole di pronuncia comuni

Durante il video, ci sono alcune parole e frasi che possono risultare difficili da pronunciare per gli apprendisti. Ecco alcuni esempi:

  • "sick": La pronuncia può confondere, specialmente in contesti informali. Assicurati di riconoscere le diverse intonazioni.
  • "hungry": La 'u' può essere difficile; fai attenzione a non confonderla con suoni simili.
  • "theater": Questa parola ha diverse varianti nel pronunciarla a seconda dell'accento; esercitati ad ascoltare e ripetere il suono corretto.

Con la pratica del shadow speech, avrai modo di affinare la tua pronuncia e ottenere una maggiore chiarezza espressiva. Non dimenticare che migliorare la pronuncia inglese richiede tempo e impegno, quindi continua a esercitarti!

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.