Pratica di Shadowing: Cambridge 16 Test 1 Section 2 LIstening - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Part 2.
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You will hear the managing director of a company called Stevenson's welcoming a group of work experience students.
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First you have some time to look at questions 11 to 14.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 14.
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Good morning everyone and welcome to Stevenson's, one of the country's major manufacturers of metal goods.
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Thank you for choosing us for your two weeks of work experience.
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My name is Julia Simmons and since the beginning of this year I've been the managing director.
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Stephenson's is quite an old company.
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Like me, the founder, Ronald Stephenson, went into the steel industry when he left school.
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That was in 1923.
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He set up this company when he finished his apprenticeship in 1926.
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although he actually started making plans two years earlier in 1924.
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He was a very determined young man.
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Stevenson's long-term plan was to manufacture components for the machine tools industry,
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although in fact that never came about and for the automotive industry
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that is cars and lorries however there was a delay of five years before that happened
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because shortly before the company went into production Stevenson was given the opportunity to make goods for hospitals
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and other players in the healthcare industry so that's what we did for the first five years.
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Over the years we've expanded the premises considerably.
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We were lucky that the site is big enough, so moving to a new location has never been necessary.
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However, the layout is far from ideal for modern machinery and production methods,
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so we intend to carry out major refurbishment of this site over the next five years.
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I'd better give you some idea of what you'll be doing during your two weeks with us
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so you know what to expect.
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Most mornings you'll have a presentation from one of the managers to learn about their department,
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starting this morning with research and development.
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And you'll all spend some time in each department, observing what's going on and talking to people,
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as long you don't stop them from doing their work altogether.
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In the past, a teacher from your school has come in at the end
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of each week to find out how the group were getting on, but your school isn't able to arrange that this year.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 15 to 20.
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Thank you.
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20. Now listen and answer questions 15 to 20.
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OK, now I'll briefly help you to orientate yourselves around the site.
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As you can see, we're in the reception area, which we try to make attractive and welcoming to visitors.
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There's a corridor running left from here, and if you go along that, the door facing you at the end is the entrance to the coffee room.
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This looks out onto the main road on one side
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and some trees on the other and that'll be where you meet each morning.
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The factory is the very big room on the far side of the site.
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Next to it is the warehouse
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which can be accessed by lorries going up the road to the turning area at the end.
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You can get to the warehouse by crossing to the far side of the courtyard
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and then the door is on your right.
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Somewhere you'll be keen to find is the staff canteen.
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This is right next to reception.
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I can confidently say that the food's very good, but the view isn't.
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The windows on one side look onto a corridor and courtyard, which aren't very attractive at all,
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and on the other onto the access road, which isn't much better.
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You'll be using the meeting room quite often
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and you'll find it by walking along the corridor to the left of the courtyard and continuing along it to the end.
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The meeting room is the last one on the right and I'm afraid there's no natural daylight in the room.
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Then you'll need to know where some of the offices are.
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The Human Resources Department is at the front of this building,
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so you head to the left along the corridor from reception and it's the second room you come to.
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It looks out onto the main road.
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And finally the boardroom, where you'll be meeting sometimes.
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That has quite a pleasant view as it looks out onto the trees.
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Go along the corridor past the courtyard right to the end.
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The boardroom is on the left next to the factory.
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Okay now, are there any questions before we move...
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That is the end of part two.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers to part two.
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Thank you.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “Cambridge 16 Test 1 Section 2 LIstening”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: corridor, onto, questions, courtyard, industry. Questo video contiene 63 frasi e 772 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 6:33. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 118 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 88% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| corridor sostantivo | /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ | corridoio |
| courtyard sostantivo | /ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/ | cortile, corte |
| warehouse sostantivo | /ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/ | magazzino |
| apprenticeship sostantivo | /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/ | tirocinio |
| canteen sostantivo | /kænˈtin/ | borraccia |
| confidently avverbio | /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/ | con sicurezza, con fiducia |
| premise sostantivo | /ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/ | premessa |
| automotive aggettivo | /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/ | automobilistico |
| considerably avverbio | /kənˈsɪdəɹəbli/ | considerevolmente, notevolmente |
| arrange verbo | /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/ | disporre, ordinare |
| visitor sostantivo | /ˈvɪzɪtɚ/ | ospite, visitatore |
| observe verbo | /əbˈzɜːv/ | osservare |
| altogether avverbio | /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/ | del tutto |
| intend verbo | /ɪnˈtɛnd/ | intendere, avere in animo |
| keen aggettivo | /kin/ | propenso, incline |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| carry out verbo | /ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/ | compiere, realizzare |
| find out verbo | scoprire | |
| go up verbo | salire | |
| set up verbo | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | preparare, installare |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | I've been · we've expanded · has never been |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was given · can be accessed |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 20 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you'll, isn't, aren't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: apprenticeship /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/, machinery /məˈʃiːnəɹi/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: apprenticeship /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, orientate /ˈɒɹi.ənteɪt/, automotive /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/, considerably /kənˈsɪdəɹəbli/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: courtyard /ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/, warehouse /ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/, apprenticeship /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/, orientate /ˈɒɹi.ənteɪt/, premise /ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/
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 corridor, courtyard, warehouse.
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.