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Part 4.
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You will hear an interview with a man called Guy Reardon who works as a stuntman performing dangerous scenes in movies.
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When you see a fight or a car chase in a movie,
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it's often a stuntman or woman taking the risks, not a real actor.
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Guy Reardon's a top stuntman.
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Guy, do you usually work individually or in a team?
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It depends.
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In my first job I was part of a team of other stuntmen.
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Several of us had to jump off a fourth floor rooftop together and get caught by the group on the ground.
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That involved relying on everyone else to do things properly,
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which wasn't something I enjoyed.
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Despite that uncertainty, I hoped my strength and sense of timing would get me through.
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Audiences rarely appreciate the lengths we go to to provide their entertainment.
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Obviously it's dangerous, but what's the most challenging thing for you about the work?
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It's a wonderful job, but like any career,
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you have to have tools.
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For a stuntman it's his or her body,
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and if a stunt goes wrong you can end up badly hurt.
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If I thought about that though,
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I'd never do the job.
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But it's the never-ending process to up your game,
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to expand and extend what you're good at, that's the toughest bit.
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Of course there's a lot of competition in the stunt world,
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that makes it exciting.
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What was it like working on the movie Raw Stuff?
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It's based on a true story about soldiers in action,
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so it was extremely important that the stunts didn't look like standard movie action sequences.
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The mountains we were filming in were stunning,
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which made up for having to hike up with 25 kilos of equipment on our backs.
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You just didn't notice the weight.
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The view from the top was sensational.
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The tricky part was tumbling onto rocky mountain ledges so
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that the camera could be as close as possible and the audiences would see and feel what those soldiers went through.
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You've often acted as a stunt double for the actor Marty Walker.
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Yeah, Marty and I get on.
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He varies his size drastically from one movie to the next.
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He can go from athletic action hero to skinny professor in some major body transformations.
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His dedication to doing that's amazing.
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It affects me as well.
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I had to put on weight for his last movie.
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Marty wanted to do the motorbike stunts himself,
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but we persuaded him not to.
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It involved jumping off at high speed.
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Pretty silly for an untrained person to try and do,
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or even a stuntman.
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Which movie do you remember filming most?
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Light at Dawn.
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They wanted me to say some lines, real acting.
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After a few attempts, I gave up and asked for someone else to do it.
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The director, Peter Levine, was very ambitious.
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Some things he asked for hadn't been tried before.
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It was truly a pleasure when we got things right.
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We filmed all over the world.
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Everyone on what was a huge film crew was completely exhausted flying from one place to the next.
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How long have you been in the movie industry?
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Twenty years.
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I've seen some changes.
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There's more technology these days,
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but there's just as great a need for stunt actors.
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Some things can only be performed by a real human.
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I've worked with some great people in some great locations and had a lot of laughs,
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something that's increasingly missing these days because there's so much at stake.
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But that does mean the financial rewards for those who get into the big movies are generally worth it.
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I can't say I've been unlucky in that respect.
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What would you advise someone wanting to do your job?
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Stunt work's become highly specialised over the years.
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There's high falls, fight scenes,
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horse stunts, car chases, the list goes on.
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There's no easy answer to the question of whether it's better to become skilled at one thing or be diverse.
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I don't try and discourage people from getting into stunts,
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but I do try to convince them to have another source of income to fall back on.
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Most stuntmen I know also do things like construction,
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security, web design, and though everyone has an agent to find them work,
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it's so often about your own contact rather than anything else.

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Perché esercitarsi a parlare con questo video?

Questo video offre un'intervista con Guy Reardon, un esperto stuntman, che condivide la sua esperienza lavorativa, le sfide quotidiane e le tecniche utilizzate nel suo campo. Ascoltando e praticando il parlato in inglese tramite il shadow speak, gli studenti possono abituarsi a diverse inflessioni e stili di comunicazione. La conversazione tratta di temi affascinanti, come il rischio e la dedizione necessaria in un lavoro così pericoloso. Questo contesto non solo rende l'apprendimento più coinvolgente, ma offre anche l'opportunità di apprendere nuovi vocaboli e frasi idiomatiche attraverso le esperienze vissute di Guy.

Grammatica ed espressioni nel contesto

  • Using expressions of uncertainty: Guy dice: "Despite that uncertainty, I hoped..." Queste frasi aiutano a esprimere sentimenti ambivalenti e sono utili per migliorare la pronuncia inglese.
  • Describing physical actions: Quando parla di "jump off a fourth floor rooftop", utilizza il gerundio per descrivere azioni continue. Questi verbi aiuteranno gli studenti a descrivere azioni in corso.
  • Frasi comparative: L'espressione "He can go from athletic action hero to skinny professor" mostra come usare le comparazioni per descrivere cambiamenti di stato o di aspetto, un'importante struttura grammaticale.

Trappole comuni nella pronuncia

Durante l'intervista, ci sono alcune parole e suoni che possono risultare complicati per chi studia l'inglese. Frasi come "a team of other stuntmen" possono portare a confusione nel ritmo e nella fluidità. Inoltre, l'uso del termine "sensational" presenta una 'sh' che potrebbe essere difficile da pronunciare per alcuni. Infine, l’accento di Guy potrebbe includere caratteristiche regionali che rendono l’ascolto più complesso. Utilizzando tecniche di shadowspeaks, gli studenti possono praticare queste parole e migliorare la loro capacità di pronunciare correttamente i termini inglesi.

Incorporare questi aspetti nel proprio studio quotidiano è fondamentale per migliorare la pronuncia inglese e avanzare nel processo di apprendimento. Con la pratica costante e l'utilizzo di tecniche come il shadowspeak, gli studenti possono aumentare la loro sicurezza e competenza nella lingua.

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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