Pratica di Shadowing: Central Cee answers fan questions on Love, Social Media & Being a Gemini | Dazed Autumn 24 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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I hate this stuff, you know.
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How are you feeling right now?
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Mmm...
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Mmm...
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I'm feeling alright.
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One of your fans, Alice Wood, asks, What is your family like?
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I'm grateful for my family.
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Just like every other family, there's drama and whatnot, but I can imagine family members, like...
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fooling out a lot more over, like...
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superficial stuff, like, when it comes to...
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somebody in the family getting rich and famous, and it, but.. they've never really.. they don't ask me for nothing.
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What does your family think of your career?
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Everyone's like, known that I've tried to do this and like, flop, like for many years.
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So like, now when the tables turn, everyone's got an extra bit of pride.
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Do they get worried about your level of fame?
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At first, my nama was like, make sure you're good and that, you know, make sure you're good.
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She knows now, like, I don't know.
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I don't think music would ever be my mental downfall.
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What would be your mental downfall?
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What would it be?
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Maybe, yeah.
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I can't, I don't know.
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No, God forbid anything then.
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No, I can't have a mental downfall, but it wouldn't be music though.
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What's your favourite childhood memory?
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I don't know what you think about my childhood.
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That's, that's, sorry, that question kind of free off course.
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I never, I don't ever think of my childhood like that.
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I was just chilling, isn't it?
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I think growing up, like, when I was younger, I used to be mad.
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I used to be careless to the point where it probably didn't help.
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I didn't even think about the fact that I might have not been accepted.
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It's only until I got a bit older, I said, hold on, I was moving a bit mad.
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Salma Dumaio asks, what inspired you to make music?
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Not having much, like, I just, I remember how, like, it's like, I come from deprivation.
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My music is like, I know there's times, and I don't know, some people might overlook me and think that I don't make music too tough.
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That's like really sentimental or have much substance, but there is though and
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when i when i first ever tried to rap i was
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so young but obviously i never knew anything about business
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or how to like record a song or anything it was just straight for like
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venting and feeling sorry for myself what do you enjoy doing outside of music Anyone that meets me,
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it's a popular-ass question.
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I never know what to say, because I don't play games.
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I don't watch TV.
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I don't drink.
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I don't smoke.
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I don't go out.
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I don't actually know what I do.
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I'm just on my phone.
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My screen time is too high.
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I'm just scrolling, scrolling, scrolling.
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That's it.
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It's six hours 50 on Instagram, six hours 46 on WhatsApp.
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But if I'm on WhatsApp, I'm definitely not on there chatting shit.
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And then five hours on TikTok.
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Izaya Owens asks, what do you think the effect of social media has been on your growth as a rapper?
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Everything.
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For me, everything.
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I've exploited social media to the most heights that anyone could do, I believe, innit?
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Yeah, just using all of these platforms in the right way, in different ways.
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Like, my character on TikTok is a little bit different to the character I may show on Instagram, and it's different to what I show on Spotify.
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The social media, like, the whole internet, to me, is a bit of a jolting.
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It's not...
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It's not serious to me, so...
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I just, I think it's funny, innit?
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They can take social media away.
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Tomorrow, God forbid, I find a way again.
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I find a way.
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How do you cope with difficult emotions?
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I just block out.
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I don't know.
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I'm a bit emotionless.
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Maybe this bit might have to...
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I'm just going to say it and then after you can cut it out if you have to.
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In my role, for example, if I didn't want to do this
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and I thought I was going to come and make a bad impression and be rude and deal with some difficult emotions, I just wouldn't come.
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I like to think I'm kind of a disciplined person.
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I'll go six months.
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I don't even think about music.
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I just listen to, like, my own pop music in my headphones or whatever I'm listening to, no rap music.
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I don't know, I see a lot of people that go studio every day, trying to do things, and me, I can go months without going studio.
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I don't want to go studio.
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I just need to be outside, try to live a life.
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Touch cross, innit?
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Russia asks, if you could choose a favourite book that really inspires you, what would it be?
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I don't know, I only really ever read, like, I never read Diary of the Wimpy Kid.
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I never read no intellectual books like that.
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I think I listen a lot, innit?
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Even if I just have a small conversation with somebody, I can take a word away subconsciously.
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Because I speak to quite a lot of people and that.
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I'm just learning things from them all the time.
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Just my vocabulary just broadens.
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I analysed your astrological chart.
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You have a lot of Gemini placements.
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They're in your sun, Mercury, Mars and Midheaven.
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You believe this though?
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I don't have personal beliefs.
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But do you believe in it?
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The attributes to Gemini does actually relate to me,
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but I just feel like maybe they're smart and the way they write it just makes it relate to anyone but.
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Sina Khan asks, do you believe in manifestations?
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I've manifested some serious women.
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I don't know, no, like, on a professional level, I don't like,
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I don't like the word or like the idea that people have when they think of like manifesting, they don't really back up with anything else.
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Like you have to hard, you have to put in hard work.
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Who supports you outside of your family?
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My dog as well maybe a little bit.
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No, because you know my dog, it's a cane cursor, isn't it?
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So, like, if they can feel if you're sad or if you're happy, whatever.
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I love misunderstood animals, you know, like rats.
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I kind of hate rats.
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I'm shook of them, but I do feel sorry for them, though. And pigeons.
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What are you looking for in a partner?
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It's like someone that's real.
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It's just the same what I need, like, from anyone, isn't it?
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Which is just honesty.
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It's very simple, really.
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Sometimes I think I need just certain, like, real-life energy.
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Then sometimes I think I just need someone to actually just pack my bag and cook breakfast.
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And what are your love languages?
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Nah, I never had any, you know.
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Up until now, I was starting to learn it a bit.
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Am I even learning?
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I was just buying shit.
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But that's just being lazy, isn't it?
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How about words of affirmation?
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Do you give any compliments?
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Physical touch?
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Yeah, well, I don't mind a bit of physical touch.
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What does the word love mean to you?
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I have been in love, I guess, innit?
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I don't know what the word means, innit?
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I've told people I love them, and I do love them, and even I told them and them I love them, I love them.
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I've got love, bare love, but I don't know what the concept of love that you're referring to, like romantic love.
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Figure it out one day, innit?
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To be continued, it's TBC.
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Byron Albudjar asks, What's the biggest misconception about you?
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Right now, they probably think that, like, that I'm a cheating guy.
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Like a bad.. like a womaniser guy.
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It's not really the case.
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You've mentioned women a few times today. In a loving way.
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Yeah, more like a lover boy than, like, than what they see in me as right now.
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Where do you see yourself in ten years?
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I should have some kids by then.
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Just looking after my youths, like, growing my food, eating the food.
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Just living life like, I just want, like, one compound and just not really have to go nowhere too tough.
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Living a simple life somewhere.
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Kiara Fisher asks, what's the purpose of life?
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It's got to be reproducing, innit?
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It's got to be, though, innit?
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What else is there to do?
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No, I think to have kids, have a good family and that, I think the purpose of life is.
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It's a simple question. Are you happy?
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I'm happy.
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Yeah, could be worse than it.

Perché praticare il parlato con questo video?

Praticare il parlato con questo video offre un'opportunità unica di immergersi in un dialogo genuino e spontaneità. La conversazione di Central Cee fornisce un contesto reale in cui è possibile ascoltare come un madrelingua esprime emozioni, esperienze personali e riflessioni. Questo tipo di pratica di conversazione in inglese consente di affinare la propria capacità di comunicare e di acquisire fiducia quando si parla. Inoltre, osservare e imitare i modelli di linguaggio può rivelarsi estremamente utile per migliorare la pronuncia inglese e la fluency, rendendo l'apprendimento più efficace e coinvolgente.

Grammatica ed Espressioni nel Contesto

  • Phrasal verbs: Central Cee usa espressioni come "fooling out", che è un modo colloquiale per descrivere conflitti familiari. Questo tipo di linguaggio è comune nella conversazione quotidiana e aiuta gli studenti a comprendere come le espressioni si inseriscano in frasi più complesse.
  • Domande retoriche: L’uso di domande retoriche, come "What would be your mental downfall?", aggiunge profondità al discorso e invita l’ascoltatore a riflettere. Questo è un ottimo modo per imparare a formulare domande interessanti e stimolanti durante una conversazione.
  • Espressioni di sentimento: Ad esempio, "I'm feeling alright" è una semplice ma efficace espressione di stato d’animo. Gli studenti possono imparare come esprimere le proprie emozioni in modo diretto e sincero.

Trappole Comuni di Pronuncia

Quando si pratica il shadowing in inglese, è fondamentale prestare attenzione a determinate parole e accenti che potrebbero risultare difficili. Parole come "music" pronunciate in modo colloquiale e rapide rendono importante concentrarsi sulla chiarezza e sull’intonazione. Allo stesso modo, espressioni come "make sure you're good" possono sembrare semplici, ma comprendere il ritmo e la cadenza corrette è cruciale per una corretta shadow speech. Rivedere ripetutamente queste frasi aiuta a superare le difficoltà di pronuncia e a migliorare la resa generale nel parlato.

Incorporare queste tecniche di apprendimento nel tuo percorso di studi renderà la tua esperienza di apprendimento più fruttuosa e stimolante. Non trascurare l’importanza della pratica di conversazione in inglese – essa è essenziale per sviluppare le tue competenze linguistiche.

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.