Pratica di Shadowing: Cambridge IELTS 18 Test 3 Section 1 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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Test 3.
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This is the IELTS Listening Test.
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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 parts.
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At the end of the test you You will be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet.
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Now turn to part 1.
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Part 1 You will hear a man talking to the coordinator of a photography club.
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First you have some time to look at questions 1 to 4.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 4.
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Hello, Wayside Camera Club.
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Breeder speaking.
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Oh, hello.
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My name's Dan and I'd like to join your club.
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That's great, Dan.
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We have an application form.
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Would you like to complete it over the phone?
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Then you can ask any questions you might have.
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Oh, yes, thanks.
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OK.
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So, what's your family name?
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It's Green.
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Dan Green.
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So, can I take your email address?
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Yes, it's dan1068 at market.com.
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Thanks.
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And what about your home address?
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Well, I'm about ten miles away from your club, in Peacetown.
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I live in a house there.
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OK.
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So what's the house number and street?
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It's 52 Marrowfield Street.
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Is that M-A-R-R-O-W-F-I-E-L-D?
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That's right.
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And that's Peacetown, you said?
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Uh-huh.
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So, how did you hear about our club?
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Did you look on the internet?
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I usually do that, but this time...
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Well, I was talking to a relative the other day and he suggested it.
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Oh, is he a member too?
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He belongs to another club, but he'd heard good things about yours.
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OK.
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So, what do you hope to get from joining?
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Well, one thing that really interests me is the competitions that you have.
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I enjoy entering those.
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Right.
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Anything else?
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Well, I also like to socialise with other photographers.
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That's great.
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So, what type of membership would you like?
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What are the options?
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It's £30 a year for full membership, or £20 a year if you're an associate.
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I think I'll go for the full membership then.
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That's a good idea, because you can't vote in meetings with an associate membership.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions five to ten.
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Now listen!
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Now listen and answer questions 5 to 10.
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If I could just find out a bit more about you.
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OK.
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So, you said you wanted to compete.
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Have you ever won any photography competitions?
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Not yet, but I have entered three in the past.
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Oh, that's interesting.
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So why don't you tell me something about those?
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Let's start with the first one.
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Well, the theme was entitled Domestic Life.
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I see.
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So it had to be something related to the home?
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Yeah, I chose to take a photo of a family sitting round the dinner table having a meal.
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And, um, I didn't win, but I did get some feedback.
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Oh, what did the judges say?
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That it was too busy as a picture.
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Aha, so it was the composition of the picture that they criticised?
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That's right, and once they'd told me that, I could see my mistake.
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So what was the theme of the second competition?
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Well, my university was on the coast, and that area gets a lot of beautiful sunsets.
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So that was the theme.
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Oh, sunsets.
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That's a great theme.
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Yes, the instructions were to capture the clouds as well.
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It couldn't just be blue sky and a setting sun.
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Sure, because they give you all those amazing pinks and purples.
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Yeah, and I thought I'd done that well, but the feedback was that I should have waited a bit longer to get the shot.
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I see.
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So the timing wasn't right.
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Yes, I took it too soon, basically.
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And then the third competition I entered was called Animal Magic.
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Well, that's a difficult subject.
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I know.
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I had to take hundreds of shots.
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I'm sure, because animals move all the time.
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That's what we had to show.
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There had to be some movement in the scene.
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I got a great shot of a fox in the end, but I took it at night and, well, I suspected that it was a bit dark,
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which is what I was told.
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Well, Dan, you seem to be really keen, and we'd be delighted to have you in our club.
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I'm sure we can help with all those areas that you've outlined.
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Thanks, that's great.
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That is the end of part one.
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You now have one minute to check your answers to part one.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Per chi è questo video?

Questo video è perfetto per gli studenti che si preparano all'IELTS e vogliono migliorare la comprensione auditiva e la pronuncia inglese. Ideale per livelli intermedi e avanzati, aiuta a familiarizzare con il tono e il flusso delle conversazioni reali, fondamentali per superare la sezione Listening del test. Inoltre, è utile per chi pratica la conversazione in inglese e vuole esercitarsi con scenari quotidiani come l'iscrizione a un club.

Parole e espressioni da rubare

  • Coordinator: Responsabile, organizzatore. Nel dialogo, si riferisce alla persona che gestisce il club di fotografia.
  • Application form: Modulo di iscrizione. Un termine essenziale per situazioni amministrative in inglese.
  • Socialise: Interagire socialmente, fare amicizie. Usato qui per esprimere il desiderio di connettersi con altri fotografi.
  • Ten miles away: A dieci miglia di distanza. Un modo semplice per indicare la distanza in contesti pratici.

Come correggere la pronuncia

Per migliorare la pronuncia inglese, focalizzati sul shadowing (o "shadowspeak"): ascolta il dialogo e ripeti immediatamente le frasi, imitando il tono e l'intonazione del speaker. Nota come "Dan Green" e "Marrowfield Street" sono pronunciati con una enfasi sul primo nome e sul cognome, e come la parola "Peacetown" ha una pronuncia dolce, senza accentuare la "t". Inoltre, osserva il flusso delle frasi: le congiunzioni come "and" o "but" sono spesso ridotte a "n" o "b" in contesto, creando un discorso più fluido. Esercita a ripetere frasi come "I was talking to a relative" con la giusta velocità e la corretta enfasi sulle sillabe chiave per rendere la tua pronuncia più naturale.

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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