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The SAG -AFTRA Foundation Welcome to Storyline Online.
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Brought to you by the SAG -AFTRA Foundation.
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I'm Jonathan Price.
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And today I'm going to read Calvin Can't Fly.
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Written by Jennifer Byrne and illustrated by Keith Bendis.
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Calvin is a Starling.
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He was born under the eaves of an old barn,
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with his three brothers, four sisters, and 67 ,432 cousins.
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Starlings have big families.
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Right from the beginning, Calvin was different.
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Right from the day all the little starlings tumbled out of their nests to discover the world, Charlie discovered worms.
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Adeline discovered grass.
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Clement discovered dirt.
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Aubrey discovered water.
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And Calvin… Well, Calvin discovered a book.
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While all of Calvin's cousins chased beetles,
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bugs and ants, Calvin was learning to read letters, words and sentences.
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At night, his cousins dreamed of insect -eating and garbage -picking.
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Calvin dreamed of adventure stories, legends, and poetry.
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He even dreamed that someday he'd become a great writer himself.
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On June 1st, when all the little starlings lined up for flying lessons with their teacher, Mr. Wingstead, Calvin was nowhere to be seen.
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Where is that bird?
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Actually, Calvin was in the library.
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As the other little starlings were learning to swoop and hover and fly figure eights,
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Calvin buried his beak in books.
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And there his mind soared.
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Calvin read about pirates and cavemen,
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volcanoes and rainbows, whales and dinosaurs.
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Calvin especially loved dinosaurs.
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He learned how the planets circle the sun, what makes the wind blow, and amazing facts like how caterpillars grow up to become butterflies.
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His books took him to places wings never could, and his heart fluttered with excitement.
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Calvin's cousins called him Nerdy Birdie, Geeky Beeky, and Bookworm.
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And when you're a bird, being called a worm is a very bad thing.
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Calvin ruffled his feathers and mumbled, Oh, how the wounding words of scorn do sting.
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Then he sadly waddled back to the library, the only place where he was happy.
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And so he spent all summer reading, learning, and absorbing everything his little starling mind could,
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until the first leaf turned orange and fell to the ground.
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The fall winds sent a chill through the old barn.
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Summer's nests blew to the floorboards.
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It was time to head south.
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His cousins warned, Calvin, you better learn to fly.
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In a couple of days, we gotta be out of here.
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Calvin said, ah, yes, migration.
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I've read about that.
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His sister asked, Calvin, can you fly?
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Calvin had to admit he couldn't.
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All the other starlings took off in a giant formation, but Calvin could only stand and watch.
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A big, lonely tear rolled down his cheek.
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Calvin turned and trudged back toward the old barn.
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He was so upset, he didn't even notice his brothers and sisters and cousins coming back to get him.
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All of a sudden, they were tying up Calvin's middle with string and scraps of cloth they'd found in the garbage.
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They grasped the other ends with their beaks, and off they flew, with Calvin, somewhat embarrassed, safely in tow.
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For days and days they flew.
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Calvin recognized the rivers, mountains, and towns he'd read about all summer.
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Excitedly, he pointed them out to his brothers sisters and cousins
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but the other little starlings just flapped their wings and headed south
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soon there came a day when the winds blew especially hard.
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Trees bent sideways, leaves scattered wildly, flying became harder and harder.
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The air had an odd smell to it.
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The smell of danger.
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Calvin, remembering back to his favorite weather book, warned the rest of his family.
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A hurricane!
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A hurricane is coming!
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All his brothers and sisters and cousins asked, What's a hurricane?
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Calvin explained as quickly as his little beak could.
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We need to get out of the path of a violent tropical weather system,
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which is storming up the coast at a tremendous speed and will not diminish until it encounters large stretches of land mass.
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Everybody, make haste into that cave!
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They'd no idea what Calvin was saying, but they had to admit it did sound real.
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So the flock made a loop -de -loop left, a dipsy -doodle right, and dove into the cave.
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They did everything Calvin told them to.
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To their amazement, a great storm did blow across the land.
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It thundered over the mountains.
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It roared through the villages.
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It smashed and crashed, rumbled and raged.
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Just as Calvin had predicted the whole big Starling family gathered together, watching in fear and awe.
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The storm finally ended.
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The sun came out in the sky, and the Starlings came out of their cave.
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They were safe and sound, all because of Calvin.
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They celebrated with a great Starling party in honor of Calvin.
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They ate big, juicy worms and yummy, crunchy beetles.
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They danced and sang songs about how Calvin had saved their lives.
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They toasted Calvin with acorn caps filled with fresh, clear mountain water.
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Calvin was so happy and felt so good deep down inside that he jumped and hopped and danced and flapped his wings.
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And flapped his wings. and flapped his wings.
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All the other starlings looked at him in amazement.
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Calvin, you can fly!
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They exclaimed, and Calvin, the happiest starling in the whole wide world, chirped.
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Why, yes, I do believe I can.
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And they all flew south, with big, wide smiles on their little starling faces.
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especially Calvin.
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I suppose the main story to come out of Calvin Can't Fly is that it's okay to be different.
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It's okay to be the kid who reads books and doesn't play football and doesn't play basketball.
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But by reading, you gain knowledge, you learn about other people, and you learn how to behave in society,
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how to be a good member of society.
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And I think that's what happens to Calvin.
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He's accepted because he knows things, and he can warn people about things and lead them out of danger.
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And that's why it's a good thing to read, gain knowledge.
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Thank you for watching Storyline Online.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “'Calvin Can't Fly' read by Jonathan Pryce”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Calvin, starling, cousins, fly, wings. Questo video contiene 97 frasi e 1034 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 8:52. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 117 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 72% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| cousin sostantivo | /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ | cugino, cugina |
| discover verbo | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | scoprire, trovare |
| cave sostantivo | /keɪv/ | caverna, grotta |
| hurricane sostantivo | /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/ | uragano |
| warn verbo | /woɹn/ | avvertire, avvisare |
| barn sostantivo | [ˈbɑɹn] | granaio, fienile |
| worm sostantivo | /wɝm/ | verme |
| loop sostantivo | /luːp/ | cappio |
| leaf sostantivo | /lif/ | foglia |
| garbage sostantivo | /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ | immondizia, spazzatura |
| nest sostantivo | /nɛst/ | nido |
| dinosaur sostantivo | /ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/ | dinosauro |
| beetle sostantivo | /ˈbiːtəl/ | coleottero, scarabeo |
| lesson sostantivo | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | lezione |
| adventure sostantivo | /ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/ | avventura |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| check out verbo | investigare |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was born · be seen · being called |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passato | was learning · were learning · were tying |
| Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessario | had to admit · need to get |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | is coming · is storming |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 12 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come can't, doesn't, I'm. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: thirty /ˈθɝti/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/, cloth /klɒθ/, feather /ˈfɛðə/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: migration /maɪˈɡɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, smash /smæʃ/, diminish /dɪˈmɪnɪʃ/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hurricane /ˈhʌɹɪkeɪn/, hop /hɒp/, nowhere /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, haste /heɪst/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: cave /keɪv/, loop /luːp/, leaf /lif/, garbage /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/, nest /nɛst/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, sadly /ˈsædli/, smash /smæʃ/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, grasp /ɡɹæsp/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come cousin, discover, cave.
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.