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Hey everybody, welcome to this B2 English listening practice video.
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You can use this video to train your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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You ready?
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So today I'm going to talk about a few common idioms that we use in English.
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Idiomatic expressions play such an important role in any language, and so it's good to always be learning new ones.
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So without further ado, let's look at our first one.
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Once in a blue moon.
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I'm sure some of you have come across this expression at some point in your life, but But maybe you didn't quite understand it when it was said.
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If we say that something happens once in a blue moon, it means that this thing very rarely happens.
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So, for example, I could say, this type of event only takes place once in a blue moon.
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That just means that this type of event almost never happens.
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Alright, here's another idiom.
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To feel under the weather.
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This is an essential one that you should definitely learn.
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It simply means that you're feeling a little sick.
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You wouldn't use this expression if you were really sick or you had some really serious medical condition or something, but you can use it if you have a cold or something like that.
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So I might say, I'm going to have to skip tonight's party because I'm feeling a little under the weather.
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In fact, I'm actually feeling a little under the weather right now, because I've been having some issues with my throat and sinuses.
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Okay, the third idiom that we're going to look at is this one, stab someone in the back.
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This is another expression that you'll want to get down.
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It's universal, and I'm sure the expression is pretty similar in other languages, but it might be worded a little differently.
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So when you stab someone in the back, you betray them, more often than not in a pretty dramatic or brutal way.
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So for example, let's say I tell a really embarrassing personal secret to my good friend
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and then my good friend goes and tells a bunch of other people my secret.
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This would be considered him stabbing me in the back.
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Pretty straightforward, right?
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Alright, the next idiom is cold turkey.
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This is one of my personal favorites.
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The phrase cold turkey is used to show
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that someone quits a harmful habit immediately without any program or weaning off process to help.
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So if a man's been smoking a pack of cigarettes every day for the last 30 years and then just stops immediately, he quit cold turkey.
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Or if a drug addict suddenly throws away all his drugs and quits completely, he quit cold turkey.
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Don't ask me where this expression came from though.
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Alright, one more idiom.
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Born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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Of course you can substitute his with any other possessive pronoun here.
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This idiom is often used to negatively describe someone who was born into a wealthy family.
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You wouldn't want to say this to somebody's face though.
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People usually say this when they're making disparaging remarks about somebody else.
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So you might hear someone say something like this.
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He doesn't even know what work is.
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He was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.
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So hopefully some of these idioms were new for you, so now you've got a few more native phrases in your arsenal.
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Okay, that's all for today.
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Leave a comment and try to use one of these idioms in your own sentence.
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I'll see you next time.

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Di Questo Lezione

In questa lezione, esplorerai alcuni dei più comuni idiomi in inglese. Attraverso l'ascolto e la pratica, avrai l'opportunità di allenare la tua comprensione uditiva e migliorare il tuo lessico. Gli idiomi sono elementi fondamentali per arricchire il tuo linguaggio e per capire meglio le conversazioni quotidiane in inglese. Preparati a scoprire nuove espressioni e a incorporarle nelle tue pratiche di conversazione in inglese!

Vocabolario e Frasi Chiave

  • Once in a blue moon - Un evento che accade molto raramente.
  • To feel under the weather - Sentirsi un po' malato.
  • Stab someone in the back - Tradire qualcuno in modo drammatico.
  • Cold turkey - Smettere un'abitudine dannosa all'improvviso.
  • Born with a silver spoon in his mouth - Essere nato in una famiglia benestante, spesso usato in senso dispregiativo.

Consigli per la Pratica

Per migliorare la tua comprensione e la tua fluidità, prova a fare shadowspeak ripetendo le frasi dopo averle ascoltate. Quando ascolti il video, presta attenzione alla pronuncia e al ritmo dell'oratore. Il tono della voce e le pause sono elementi cruciali; prova a imitarli il più possibile. Poiché il video è strutturato in modo dinamico, può risultare utile utilizzare shadowing in inglese per esercitare la tua fluidità. Una volta che ti senti a tuo agio, prova a utilizzare gli idiomi nuovi in conversazioni quotidiane. Questo non solo ti aiuterà a memorizzarli, ma migliorerà anche la tua capacità di comunicare in contesti reali. Ricorda di praticare regolarmente per ottenere i migliori risultati nella tua pratica di conversazione in inglese.

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corsoI've been having · man's been smoking
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fawas said · might be worded · would be considered

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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