Pratica di Shadowing: B1 T3 DE 4 PART 1 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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Complete the notes below.
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Use no more than three words for each answer.
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Good afternoon.
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I'm glad you all found your way here.
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Now I'd like Dr. Wallace to introduce us to the Arboretum.
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Good afternoon.
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Although at first glance the arboretum may look like a park,
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It is a research and teaching facility that also provides a place for people to develop a positive relationship with nature.
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Thank you.
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when then University of Wisconsin -Madison purchased the land, mostly during the 1930s.
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Much of it bore little resemblance to its pre -settlement state.
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Instead, it had been turned into cultivated fields and pastures that had fallen into disuse.
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The university's Arboretum Committee decided
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early on to try to bring back the plants and animals that had lived on the land before its development.
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Though they may not have anticipated it at the time,
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The committee's foresight resulted in the Arboretum's ongoing status as a pioneer in the restoration and management of ecological communities.
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In focusing on the re -establishment of historic landscape, particularly those that predated large -scale human settlement,
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they introduced a whole new concept in ecology.
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Ecological Restoration the process of returning an ecosystem or piece of landscape to a previous,
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usually more natural, condition.
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Madison was a fast -growing city in the 1920s.
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Fortunately, some leading citizens recognised the need to preserve open space for Madison's residents.
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Most of the Arboretum's current holdings came from purchases these civic leaders made during the Great Depression.
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In addition to inexpensive land, the Depression brought a ready supply of hands to work it.
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Between 1935 and 1941, Crews from the Civilian Conservation Corps were stationed at the Arboretum
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and provided most of the labour needed to begin establishing ecological communities within the Arboretum.
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Efforts to restore or create historic ecological communities have continued over the years,
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with the result that the Arboretum's collection of restored ecosystems is not only the oldest, but also the most extensive such collection.
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In addition to these native plant and animal communities, the Arboretum, like most arboreta,
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has traditional collections of labelled plants arranged in garden -like displays.
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These horticultural collections, featuring trees and shrubs of the world, are the state's largest woody plant collections.
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Now listen to the first part of the test again.
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Good afternoon.
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I'm glad you all found your way here.
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Now I'd like Dr. Wallace to introduce us to the Arboretum.
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Good afternoon.
37
Although at first glance the arboretum may look like a park,
38
It is a research and teaching facility that also provides a place for people to develop a positive relationship with nature.
39
when then University of Wisconsin -Madison purchased the land, mostly during the 1930s.
40
Much of it bore little resemblance to its pre -settlement state.
41
Instead, it had been turned into cultivated fields and pastures that had fallen into disuse.
42
The university's Arboretum Committee decided
43
early on to try to bring back the plants and animals that had lived on the land before its development.
44
Though they may not have anticipated it at the time,
45
The committee's foresight resulted in the Arboretum's ongoing status as a pioneer in the restoration and management of ecological communities.
46
In focusing on the re -establishment of historic landscape, particularly those that predated large -scale human settlement,
47
they introduced a whole new concept in ecology.
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Ecological Restoration the process of returning an ecosystem or piece of landscape to a previous,
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usually more natural, condition.
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Madison was a fast -growing city in the 1920s.
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Fortunately, some leading citizens recognised the need to preserve open space for Madison's residents.
52
Most of the Arboretum's current holdings came from purchases these civic leaders made during the Great Depression.
53
In addition to inexpensive land, the Depression brought a ready supply of hands to work it.
54
Between 1935 and 1941, Crews from the Civilian Conservation Corps were stationed at the Arboretum
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and provided most of the labour needed to begin establishing ecological communities within the Arboretum.
56
Efforts to restore or create historic ecological communities have continued over the years,
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with the result that the Arboretum's collection of restored ecosystems is not only the oldest, but also the most extensive such collection.
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In addition to these native plant and animal communities, the Arboretum, like most arboreta,
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has traditional collections of labelled plants arranged in garden -like displays.
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These horticultural collections, featuring trees and shrubs of the world, are the state's largest woody plant collections.
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Now listen to the second part of the test.
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There will now be a 30 -second pause to allow you to read the questions.
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"'I see they're building another gated community near the town centre.' Oh, I really hate those places.
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They're not that bad, surely.
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That's what you think.
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For a start, I can't stand the people who live in them.
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"Rich young idiots showing off how much money they've got !" "Come on,
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be fair !" Not everyone in a gated community is young or an idiot. And anyway...
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It's their business how they spend their money, isn't it?
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No, because those places are bad for society.
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Really?
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Yes, really.
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Those gates say 'rich people only'.
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Peasants keep out.
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It's insulting!
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And it makes ordinary people hate the rich.
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Hang on!
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Are you sure that all this hatred isn't just jealousy?
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Wouldn't you live there if you could afford it?
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Me?
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Do me a favour.
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Now listen to the second part of the test again.
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"'I see they're building another gated community near the town centre.' Oh, I really hate those places.
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They're not that bad, surely.
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That's what you think.
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For a start, I can't stand the people who live in them.
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"Rich young idiots showing off how much money they've got !" "Come on,
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be fair !" Not everyone in a gated community is young or an idiot. And anyway...
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It's their business how they spend their money, isn't it?
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No, because those places are bad for society.
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Really?
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Yes, really.
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Those gates say 'rich people only'.
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Peasants keep out.
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Oh.
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It's insulting.
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And it makes ordinary people hate the rich.
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Hang on.
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Are you sure that all this hatred isn't just jealousy?
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Wouldn't you live there if you could afford it?
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Me?
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Do me a favour.
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Now listen to the third part of the test.
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There will now be a 30 -second pause to allow you to read the questions.
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Ten years ago, Jack Johnson was virtually unknown outside the surfing fraternity.
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Now, with five best -selling albums under his belt and worldwide sell -out tours, those days of anonymity seem a world away.
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He's also the number one selling artist in iTunes history, and we welcome him today.
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So Jack, which came first for you, surf or song?
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Or definitely surf.
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That goes way back to when I was around five.
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My dad was a surfer and all my friends were surfers, without exception.
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So when and how did the music come in to challenge surfing as number one priority?
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Well, that's quite a long story.
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It was the Pipeline Surfing Championship in Maui in 1992.
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I was the youngest competitor to make it to the finals, so I created a bit of a stir among the other surfers who looked on me as an outsider.
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I saw the competitiveness and the egos and the anger that is involved in competition.
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I caught two waves and, in fact, had the best tube in the heat, but the reaction of the others was to force me out of getting a third.
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I can still see my friends on the shore cheering me on and screaming, You're a winner!
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And I can remember that passion for victory burning in me.
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Anyway, I was eventually disqualified for failing to catch three waves in thirty minutes.
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I'd expected more camaraderie from the fraternity, and it felt like I'd been cheated.
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It was the first thing that turned me off surfing.
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professionally.
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I can see why.
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Then a week later I was riding a wave after school one day and I fell.
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I was driven into a coral reef.
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I was out of the water for a few months
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because I had a lot of stitches and I lost my front teeth.
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That was when I started playing guitar a little more than just as a kind of a hobby.
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I I'd played for years, so it wasn't a new thing for me, but I had never given it too much time.
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After the accident, I played to fill in the hours that I used to surf every day.
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I was just good enough to put together chords and make melodies, but after those two months were up, I was back on the water just as much as I had been before.
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I do admit it had a psychological impact.
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It humbled me, and it slowed me down.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “B1 T3 DE 4 PART 1”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: arboretum, collection, ecological, communities, plant. Questo video contiene 135 frasi e 1535 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 10:40. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 144 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 76% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
arboretum sostantivo/ɑː(ɹ)bəˈɹiːtəm/arboreto
ecological aggettivo/ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/ecologico
surf verbo/sɝf/surfare, fare surf
ecosystem sostantivo/ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/ecosistema
restoration sostantivo/ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/restauro, restaurazione
restore verbo/ɹɪˈstoɹ/ristabilire, restaurare
surfer sostantivo/ˈsɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)/surfer, surfista
cultivate verbo/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/coltivare
disuse sostantivo/dɪsˈjuːs/disuso
foresight sostantivo/ˈfɔɹsaɪt/lungimiranza, preveggenza
horticultural aggettivoorticolo
pasture sostantivo/ˈpæst͡ʃəɹ/pastura, pascolo
shrub sostantivo/ˈʃɹʌb/arbusto
fraternity sostantivo/fɹəˈtɜɹnəti/fratellanza
inexpensive aggettivo/ˌɪnɪkˈspɛnsɪv/economico

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
show off verbovantare, vantarsi
put together verboassemblare, montare

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • I'm glad you all found your way here.
  • Are you sure that all this hatred isn't just jealousy?
  • Wouldn't you live there if you could afford it?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fahad been turned · were stationed · is involved
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohave continued
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosapeople who live
Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certomay look · may not have

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 23 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'd, isn't, they're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: collections /kəˈlɛkʃənz/, restoration /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/, shrub /ˈʃɹʌb/, shore /ʃɔɹ/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: arboretum /ɑː(ɹ)bəˈɹiːtəm/, ecological /ˌiːkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkl̩/, ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/, restoration /ɹɛstəˈɹeɪʃən/, fraternity /fɹəˈtɜɹnəti/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hatred /ˈheɪtɹɪd/, hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, humble /ˈhʌmbəl/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: surf /sɝf/, collections /kəˈlɛkʃənz/, cultivate /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/, disuse /dɪsˈjuːs/, foresight /ˈfɔɹsaɪt/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: pasture /ˈpæst͡ʃəɹ/, anticipate /ænˈtɪs.ɪ.peɪt/, glance /ɡlæns/, anonymity /ænəˈnɪmɪti/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come arboretum, ecological, surf.

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.

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