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Let's play a game of guess the Victorian slang word.
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So I'm going to say different words from Victorian era Britain, and you're going to try and guess what they mean.
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Tickety-boo.
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It just means good.
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Something that is in perfect order or a satisfactory condition.
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Muffin walloper.
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It's a sort of rather stout gentleman who enjoys muffins.
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It's an idle person who sits at home eating cakes and gossiping instead of cooking.
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Muffin walloper.
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So you should be cooking, but instead you're sitting at home eating cakes and gossiping.
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Church bell.
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Would it be an ugly person?
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Like you've been hit by the church bell, like a Quasimodo reference.
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Oh, that's clever, but no. Church bell, I'm thinking a young sort of, to the left of the organ master, there's the man who rings the church bell, a young 14.
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Oh, okay.
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That's actually probably way too clever.
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A woman who talks so much, her voice is reminiscent of the ringing of a church bell.
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Next one.
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Butter upon bacon.
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Is it like a hat on a hat?
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It's too much of a good thing?
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Yes.
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She's doing too much.
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Giggle mug.
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Someone who's always smiling.
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Evening wheezes.
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This should be brought back.
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Evening wheezes should be brought back.
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It's fake news.
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It's evening wheezes.
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And apparently it's champagne weather means it's pouring or raining.
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Coffee sisters mean besties.
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There we go.
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Some Victorian slang for you.
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Well, it is interesting language to talk about this because that's the same language.
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That's the English language that we still use.
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And those words have gone.
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You never notice when something disappears because it disappears.
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It kind of becomes forgotten.
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But the idea that it's the best example of anarchy, the political system of anarchy, is the English language.
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There's no central system for it.
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No one sits down and goes, that's a word, that's not a word we're changing the meaning of that.
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It's just organically emergent from the group.
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It's perfect.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Can You Guess These Victorian Slang Words?”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: bell, church, word, language, muffin. Questo video contiene 44 frasi e 332 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 1:35. Chi parla va veloce, circa 211 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. Solo il 80% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 12 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| wheeze sostantivo | /ʍiːz/ | rantolo, anelito |
| sling sostantivo | /ˈslɪŋ/ | frombola, fionda |
| anarchy sostantivo | /ˈæn.ɚ.ki/ | anarchia |
| gossip sostantivo | /ˈɡɑsɪp/ | pettegolezzo, chiacchiera |
| disappear verbo | /dɪsəˈpɪɹ/ | sparire, scomparire |
| giggle verbo | /ˈɡɪɡl̩/ | ridacchiare |
| idle aggettivo | /ˈaɪd(ə)l/ | ozioso, inattivo |
| champagne sostantivo | /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ | champagne, sciampagna |
| pour verbo | /poɹ/ | versare |
| organ sostantivo | /ˈɔːɡən/ | organo |
| bacon sostantivo | /ˈbeɪ.kən/ | pancetta |
| gentleman sostantivo | /ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/ | gentiluomo, galantuomo |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| sit down verbo | sedersi, accomodarsi |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | you've been hit · should be brought |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | person who sits · man who rings · woman who talks |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | you've been hit · have gone |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 6 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, you're, we're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: organically /ɔːˈɡænɪkli/, satisfactory /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: wheeze /ʍiːz/, gossip /ˈɡɑsɪp/, emergent /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒənt/, reminiscent /ˌɹɛməˈnɪsnt/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: anarchy /ˈæn.ɚ.ki/, organically /ɔːˈɡænɪkli/, satisfactory /sætɪsˈfækt(ə)ɹi/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come wheeze, sling, anarchy.
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.