Pratica di Shadowing: Cambridge 19 listening test 2 section 3 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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Hi, Don.
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Did you get the copy of the article on recycling footwear that I emailed you?
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Yeah, it's here.
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I've had a look at it.
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So do you think it's a good topic for our presentation?
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Well, before I started reading it, I thought recycling footwear...
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well, although it's quite interesting, Perhaps there isn't enough to say about it.
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Cos we put shoes in recycling bins.
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They go to charity shops and that's about it.
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But there's much more to it than that.
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I realise that now.
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And I'm keen to research the topic more.
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That's great!
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One of the things I didn't realise until I read the article was just how many pairs of trainers get recycled.
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Well, a lot of young people wear them all the time now, They've become more popular than ordinary shoes.
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I know.
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I guess they are very hard -wearing.
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But don't they look a bit casual for school uniform?
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I don't think they're right for that.
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Actually, I think some of them look quite smart on pupils.
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Better than a scruffy old pair of shoes. So...
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Do you keep shoes a long time?
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Yes.
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Though I do tend to wear my old pairs for doing dirty jobs, like cleaning my bike.
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I must admit, I've recycled some perfectly good shoes that haven't gone out of fashion and still fit,
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just because they don't look great on me anymore.
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That's awful, isn't it?
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I think it's common because there's so much choice.
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The article did say that recent sales of footwear have increased enormously.
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That didn't surprise me.
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No. But then it said that the amount of recycled footwear has fallen, It's 6 % now, compared to a previous level of 11%.
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That doesn't seem to make sense.
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That's because not everything goes through the recycling process.
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Some footwear just isn't good enough to resell for one reason or another and gets rejected.
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So, let's find some examples in the article of footwear that was rejected for recycling.
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Okay.
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I think there are some in the interview with the recycling manager.
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Um...
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Yeah, here it is.
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Hmm...
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Let's start with the ladies high -heeled shoes.
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What did he say about those?
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He said they were probably expensive.
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The material was suede and they were beige in colour.
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It looked like someone had only worn them once.
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but in a very wet field, so the heels were too stained with mud and grass to resell them.
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Okay.
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And the leather ankle boots.
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What was wrong with them?
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Apparently the heels were worn, but that wasn't the problem.
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One of the shoes was a much lighter shade than the other one, It had obviously been left in the sun.
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I suppose even second -hand shoes should look the same.
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Sure.
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Then there were the red baby shoes.
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Oh yes.
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We're told to tie shoes together when we put them in a recycling bin.
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But people often don't bother.
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You'd think it would have been easy to find the other, but it wasn't.
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That was a shame because they were obviously new.
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Hmm.
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The trainers were interesting.
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He said they looked like they'd been worn by a marathon runner.
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Yeah, weren't they split?
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Not exactly.
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One of the soles was so worn under the foot that you could put your finger through it.
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Well, we could certainly use some of those examples in our presentation to explain why 90 % of shoes
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that people take to recycling centres or bins get thrown into landfill.
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Hmm.
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What did you think about the project his team set up
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to avoid this by making new shoes out of the good parts of old shoes?
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It sounded like a good idea.
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They get so many shoes.
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They should be able to match parts.
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I wasn't surprised that it failed, though.
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I mean, who wants to buy second -hand shoes, really?
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Think of all the germs you could catch.
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Well, people didn't refuse them for that reason, did they?
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It was because the pairs of shoes weren't identical.
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They still managed to ship them overseas, though.
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That's another area we need to discuss.
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You know, I used to consider this topic just from my own perspective.
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by thinking about my own recycling behaviour without looking at the bigger picture, So much happens once shoes leave the recycling area.
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It's not as simple as you first think.
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And we can show that by taking a very different approach to it.
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Absolutely.
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So let's discuss how we're going to split up the presence...

Contesto & Sfondo

Nel video "Cambridge 19 listening test 2 section 3", due amici, Don e un interlocutore, discutono di un articolo riguardante il riciclaggio delle calzature. La conversazione si concentra su varie questioni legate a questo tema, come la crescente popolarità delle scarpe da ginnastica tra i giovani e l'impatto del riciclaggio sulle vendite di calzature. Attraverso il dialogo, emerge l'importanza di approfondire l'argomento e comprendere meglio le dinamiche del mercato delle calzature riciclate.

Top 5 Frasi per la Comunicazione Quotidiana

  • Hai ricevuto la copia dell'articolo sul riciclaggio delle calzature che ti ho inviato?
  • Pensi che sia un buon argomento per la nostra presentazione?
  • Non tutto passa attraverso il processo di riciclaggio.
  • Alcuni modelli di calzature non sono abbastanza buoni per essere rivenduti.
  • È comune riciclare scarpe perfettamente buone solo perché non ci stanno più bene.

Guida allo Shadowing Passo dopo Passo

Per migliorare la tua pratica di conversazione in inglese e affinare la pronuncia inglese, il metodo dello shadowing può rivelarsi molto efficace. Ecco come affrontare questo specifico video:

  1. Ascolta attentamente: Prima di tutto, ascolta l'intera conversazione senza sforzarti di ripetere. Concentrati sul contesto e sulle idee principali espresse.
  2. Riascolta segmenti brevi: Riproduci il video a intervalli più lenti. Focalizzati su frasi particolari come quelle elencate nella sezione precedente.
  3. Ripeti ad alta voce: Dopo aver ascoltato una frase, prova a ripeterla immediatamente, cercando di imitare il ritmo e l'intonazione degli speaker. Questo è il tuo momento per praticare lo shadowing in inglese.
  4. Annota le difficoltà: Se ti imbatti in parole o frasi particolarmente difficili, prendine nota e cerca il loro significato. Comprendere il vocabolario è fondamentale per perfezionare la tua pronuncia inglese.
  5. Pratica regolarmente: Integra la pratica dello shadow speech con altre attività di ascolto e conversazione. Maggiore sarà la tua esposizione alla lingua, migliore sarà il tuo apprendimento.

Con il tempo e la dedizione, potrai sviluppare una competenza linguistica significativa, rendendo la tua pratica di conversazione in inglese molto più fluida e sicura.

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessoThey've become · I've recycled · have increased
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fawas rejected · were worn · been left

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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