Pratica di Shadowing: Cambridge IELTS 6-Test 4 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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Section 1.
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You will hear a telephone conversation between a woman and the reservations clerk at a conference centre.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5.
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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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Conference Centre reservations.
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Good morning.
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Hi, I'm interested in the Computing Conference next month.
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Future Directions in Computing?
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Yes, that's right.
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The title of the course is Future Directions in Computing.
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So, Future Directions 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 1 to 5.
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Conference Centre reservations.
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Good morning.
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Hi.
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I'm interested in the Computing Conference next month.
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Future directions in computing?
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yes that's right could I ask you a few questions about
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it of course okay I know the conference is for three days
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but actually I want to attend on the Friday
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and Saturday only will
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that work out to be any cheaper let me have a
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look well you can register for the two days separately but
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that wouldn't actually save you very much as it still costs 35 pounds for each day in fact
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if you could register for the three days you also get
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an invitation to a free dinner on the Saturday night
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so that's probably the better option right I'll do
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that how much will the fees be in
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that case it's 75 pounds all right I'd like to register for the full three days now can I pay
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that by credit card I'm afraid not you'll have to send a check to us.
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Or you can pay at the conference office.
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Fine.
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So it's probably easiest
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if I pay by check now then what else do I
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need to arrange right how about accommodation I guess that's not included in the price no I'm sorry it's not
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but we didn't have a few rooms available for delegates at the conference center
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if you'd like those are very cheap but
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if you're interested you'll need to book soon because there's always a heavy demand for them.
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They are only 15 pounds per night, but they are very basic, and you'd have to get your own breakfast, because they don't provide you with that.
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But it's very convenient, because it's in the same building as the conference rooms.
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Uh-huh.
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Or there's a very reasonable guest house, which is 25 pounds per night, and I think that includes your breakfast.
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Is it close to the conference centre?
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It would be about a 10 minute walk away from here.
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I see.
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That sounds quite reasonable.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 6 to 10.
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Now listen and answer questions 6 to 10.
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The details are all in our conference pack, which I'll send you.
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Great, thanks.
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That'll be very useful.
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Oh, and can you also send me an application form? Of course.
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I'll get that in the post you straight away.
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Is there anything else?
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Yes, actually.
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Can you tell me where exactly the Conference Centre is?
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Well, it's on South Park Road and it's right at the end of the road next to the library.
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It's a ten-minute taxi ride from the station and will cost you five pounds.
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Otherwise, you can take the bus, which runs every half an hour from the station.
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That's the 21A, and it brings you straight to the Conference Centre.
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Right.
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Got that.
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That is the end of section 1.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Thank you.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Cambridge IELTS 6-Test 4”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: conference, centre, questions, computing, pounds. Questo video contiene 68 frasi e 614 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:30. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 112 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 90% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 10 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
compute verbo/kəmˈpjuːt/computare, elaborare
delegate sostantivo/ˈdɛlɪɡət/delegato, delegata
clerk sostantivo/klɝk/impiegato, impiegata
arrange verbo/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/disporre, ordinare
accommodation sostantivo/əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/alloggio
separately avverbio/ˈsɛp.ɹət.li/distintamente, separatemente
invitation sostantivo/ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/invito
convenient aggettivo/kənˈviː.niənt/conveniente, comodo
taxi sostantivo/ˈtæksi/taxi, tassì
relate verbo/ɹɪˈleɪt/riferire

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fahas been done · will be played · has been written
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohas been done · has been written
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsionewill hear · will see · will be
Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessariohave to send · need to arrange · need to book

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 17 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, I'll, you'd. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, accommodation /əˌkɒm.əˈdeɪ.ʃən/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: compute /kəmˈpjuːt/, pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/, delegate /ˈdɛlɪɡət/, clerk /klɝk/, arrange /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come compute, delegate, clerk.

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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