Pratica di Shadowing: Cambridge IELTS 14 listening section 1 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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IELTS 14 Tests 1 to 4 Published by Cambridge University Press and Uccles 2019
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This recording is copyright.
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Test 1 You will hear a number of different recordings and you will have to answer questions on what you hear.
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There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions, and you will have a chance to check your work.
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All the recordings will be played once only.
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The test is in four sections.
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At the end of the test, you will be given ten minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet.
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Now turn to Section 1.
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Section 1.
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You will hear a woman reporting a theft to an officer in a police station.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 3.
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You will see that there is an example that has been done for you.
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On this occasion only, the conversation relating to this will be played first.
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Good morning.
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What can I do for you?
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I want to report a theft.
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I had some things stolen out of my bag yesterday.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
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Right, so I'll need to take a few details.
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Can I start with your name?
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Louise Taylor.
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The woman's name is Louise Taylor.
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So Taylor has been written in the space.
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Now we shall begin.
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You should answer the questions as you listen because you will not hear the recording a second time.
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Listen carefully and answer questions one to three.
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Good morning.
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What can I do for you?
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I want to report a theft.
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I had some things stolen out of my bag yesterday.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
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Right, so I'll need to take a few details.
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Can I start with your name?
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Louise Taylor.
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Okay, thank you.
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And are you resident in the UK?
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No, I'm actually Canadian, though my mother was British.
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And your date of birth?
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December 14th, 1977.
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So you're just visiting this country?
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That's right.
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I come over most summers on business.
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I'm an interior designer, and I come over to buy old furniture.
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Antiques, you know?
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There are some really lovely things around here, but you need to get out to the small towns.
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I've had a really good trip this year, until this happened.
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Okay.
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So you've been here quite a while?
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Yes.
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I'm here for two months.
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I go back next week.
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So may I ask where you're staying now?
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Well, at present, I've got a place at Park Apartments that's on King Street.
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I was staying at the Riverside Apartments on the same street, but the apartment there was only available for six weeks, so I had to find another one.
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Okay.
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And the apartment number?
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Fifteen.
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Right.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 4 to 10.
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Now listen and answer questions 4 to 10.
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Now, I need to take some details of the theft.
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So, you said you had some things stolen out of your bag?
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That's right.
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And were you actually carrying the bag when the theft took place?
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Yes.
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I really can't understand it.
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I had my backpack on, and I went into a supermarket to buy a few things, and when I opened it up, my wallet wasn't there.
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And what did your wallet have in it?
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Well, fortunately, I don't keep my credit cards in that wallet.
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I keep them with my passport in an inside compartment in my backpack, but there was quite a bit of cash there.
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About 250 pounds sterling, I should think.
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I withdrew 300 pounds from my account yesterday, but I did a bit of shopping, so I must have already spent about 50 pounds of that.
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Okay.
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At first I thought, oh, I must have left the wallet back in the apartment.
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But then I realized my phone had gone as well.
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It was only a week old and that's when I realized I'd been robbed.
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Anyway, at least they didn't take the keys to my rental car.
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Yes.
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So you say the theft occurred yesterday?
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Yes.
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So that was September the 10th?
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And do you have any idea at all of where or when the things might possibly have been stolen?
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Well, at first I couldn't believe it
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because the bag had been on my back ever since I left the apartment after lunch.
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It's just a small backpack, but I generally use it when I'm traveling because it seems safer than a handbag.
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Anyway, I met up with a friend, and we spent a couple of hours in the museum.
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But I do remember that as we were leaving there, at about four o'clock, a group of young boys ran up to us,
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and they were really crowding round us, and they were asking us what time it was.
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Then all of a sudden, they ran off.
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Can you remember anything about them?
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The one who did most of the talking was wearing a t-shirt with a picture of something.
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Ah, let's see.
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A tiger.
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Right.
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Any idea of how old he might have been?
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Around 12 years old.
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And can you remember anything else about his appearance?
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Not much.
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He was quite thin.
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Color of hair?
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I do remember that.
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He was blonde.
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All the others were dark-haired.
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And any details of the others?
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Not really.
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They came and went so quickly.
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Right.
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So what I'm going to do now is give you a crime reference number so you can contact your insurance company.
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So this is ten digits.
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8795482361. Thank you. So should I contact...
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That is the end of section one.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Now turn to section 2.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Cambridge IELTS 14 listening section 1”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: questions, answer, hear, theft, apartment. Questo video contiene 113 frasi e 940 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 8:38. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 109 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 84% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 22 delle sue 113 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
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| theft sostantivo | /θɛft/ | furto |
| wallet sostantivo | /ˈwɑl.ət/ | portafoglio, borsellino |
| backpack sostantivo | /ˈbæk.pæk/ | zaino |
| handbag sostantivo | /ˈhændˌbæɡ/ | borsetta |
| starling sostantivo | /ˈstɑɹlɪŋ/ | storno |
| blond aggettivo | /blɑnd/ | biondo |
| digit sostantivo | /ˈdɪd͡ʒɪt/ | cifra |
| supermarket sostantivo | /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/ | supermercato |
| antique aggettivo | /ˌanˈtiːk/ | antico, obsoleto |
| fortunately avverbio | /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/ | fortunatamente, per fortuna |
| withdraw verbo | /wɪðˈdɹɔ/ | ritirare, tirarsi indietro |
| passport sostantivo | /ˈpæspɔɹt/ | passaporto |
| instruction sostantivo | /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ | istruzione, addestramento |
| relate verbo | /ɹɪˈleɪt/ | riferire |
| copyright sostantivo | /ˈkɑpiˌɹaɪt/ | copyright, diritto d'autore |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
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| go back verbo | tornare |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- What can I do for you?
- I'm sorry to hear that.
- Right, so I'll need to take a few details.
- Can I start with your name?
- Can you remember anything about them?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
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| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | will be played · will be given · has been done |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | has been done · has been written · you've been |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passato | was staying · were leaving · were really crowding |
| Consigli con “should” should + verbo — dire che cosa è meglio fare | should answer · should think · should I contact |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 20 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, I'll, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: theft /θɛft/, withdraw /wɪðˈdɹɔ/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, fortunately /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: theft /θɛft/, wallet /ˈwɑl.ət/, backpack /ˈbæk.pæk/, pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/, handbag /ˈhændˌbæɡ/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: backpack /ˈbæk.pæk/, handbag /ˈhændˌbæɡ/, passport /ˈpæspɔɹt/
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 theft, wallet, backpack.
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.