Pratica di Shadowing: B1 English Listening Practice - Phones - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Hey everybody!
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Welcome to this B1 English listening practice video.
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You can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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Before we start, remember to sign up for our $1 listening practice seminars at polyglossa .com,
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and download the free Listening Time podcast so you can practice your listening skills.
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So today, I'm going to talk about phones.
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I was talking about this topic the other day
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and I got to thinking about how important phones are in our everyday lives.
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So let's talk a little bit about this.
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Let's go briefly through the history of phones.
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Even though some basic versions of the telephone had been invented earlier, Alexander Graham Bell is usually credited with the invention since he won the first US patent for it.
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A patent is a government license given to someone who comes up with an idea for an invention.
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It excludes other people from making or selling this invention for a certain number of years.
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So, Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone in 1876.
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Prior to that, people couldn't talk over long distances.
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They could only send messages through telegraph or some other means.
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You can imagine how revolutionary this invention was, when suddenly people could talk and have their voice heard in a different location.
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It must have seemed like really advanced technology at the time.
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But obviously telephones didn't just become common household items overnight.
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It would be decades before this device became commonplace, and at the turn of the century, there were still fewer than a million phones in use.
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One big milestone in the development of phones was the first transcontinental phone call, which was made from New York to San Francisco in 1915.
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Nowadays, this might not seem like a huge feat, but this type of long distance communication was completely unheard of at that time.
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The telephone was changing the way people thought about communication.
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Over the next few decades, many more millions of households installed landlines, and the telephone became the king of communication.
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Then, fast forward to 1973, and the world saw the introduction of the first cell phone made by Motorola.
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But if you're thinking that this cell phone bore any resemblance to today's phones, think again.
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The first mobile phone was a monster.
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It definitely couldn't fit in anyone's pocket.
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Later on in 1989, the first flip phone appeared on the market.
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A flip phone is a phone that you open like this, the type of phone that I had growing up.
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In 1992, the first text message was sent between phones.
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Obviously today, text messages are an essential function of all cell phones
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and people communicate more through messages than they do through calls.
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Come to think of it, it seems like people try to avoid calling and instead send text messages whenever possible.
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Another cell phone feature that we take for granted nowadays is the camera.
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The first camera phone came out in Japan in 1999 and then later on in the rest of the world.
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And then finally, in 2007, the first iPhone came out, stunning the world with its revolutionary design and touchscreen display.
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Even though there were already smartphones in existence at that time, the iPhone really brought smartphones onto the scene.
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After that, other companies followed suit and started releasing smartphone after smartphone.
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Nowadays, it seems like practically everyone who can afford it has a smartphone.
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This device has become a necessity in many people's lives and most people spend many hours every week using it.
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Actually, a lot of people don't even use their computer that much anymore because they can do everything from their phone.
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If you had told people just a few decades ago about the cell phones of today, they probably wouldn't have believed you.
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Who knows what type of innovation we might see with phones in the future?
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I guess we'll have to wait and see.
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Okay, now I'm going to ask you three questions about today's video.
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Write your answers and a comment down below.
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Number one: In what year was the first transcontinental phone call made?
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Number two: Which company made the world's first cell phone?
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And number three, what important cell phone feature was first added in 1992?
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Alright, before we go, remember to sign up for our $1 listening practice seminars
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and download the free Listening Time podcast so you can practice your listening skills.
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And of course, subscribe to the channel, click on the bell, and follow us on Instagram.
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I'll see you next time.
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Perché praticare il parlato con questo video?
Praticare l'ascolto e il parlato con questo video rappresenta un'ottima opportunità per migliorare le tue competenze in inglese. L'argomento di oggi, i telefoni, è rilevante e familiare a molti di noi, rendendo l'apprendimento più coinvolgente. Durante la visione, avrai modo di ascoltare un parlato naturale e colloquiale. Questa è una caratteristica fondamentale della pratica di conversazione in inglese perché ti permette di afferrare l'intonazione, il ritmo e le espressioni utilizzate nella lingua quotidiana. Utilizzando tecniche come lo shadow speech, puoi imitare i suoni e le frasi, migliorando così la tua pronuncia inglese e la tua fluenza.
Grammatica ed Espressioni nel Contesto
Durante il video, il relatore utilizza diverse strutture grammaticali che possono essere utili da analizzare. Ecco alcune delle chiavi di lettura:
- Il passato semplice: Viene utilizzato per narrare eventi storici, come "Alexander Graham Bell received a patent..." Questo è utile per raccontare esperienze passate.
- Frasi condizionali: Usate per discutere scenari ipotetici, come "If you had told people..." ti aiutano a esprimere pensieri e possibilità.
- Terminologia specifica: Parole come "patent", "cell phone", "smartphone" sono essenziali per il vocabolario tecnologico e arricchiscono il tuo lessico.
Trappole Comuni nella Pronuncia
Alcuni termini e frasi presentano delle difficoltà di pronuncia. Ecco le parole chiave da praticare:
- Transcontinental: Attenzione alla pronuncia su quattro sillabe; è facile scivolare o enfatizzare male.
- Revolutionary: Può sembrare complicato, ma pratica l'intonazione metterà in risalto la parola correttamente.
- Smartphone: Spesso pronunciato troppo rapidamente. Includere il suono ar in modo chiaro può migliorare la tua migliorare la pronuncia inglese.
Utilizzando la tecnica di shadowspeak, ascolta e ripeti con attenzione, per evitare fraintendimenti comuni e affinare le tue abilità comunicative.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
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| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | had been invented · was made · was sent |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | someone who comes · call, which was · everyone who can |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passato | was talking · was changing |
| Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certo | might not seem · might see |
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.