Pratica di Shadowing: Chapter 4 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Chapter 4 Merrick's First Home We gave Merrick two rooms at the back of the hospital.
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One room was a bathroom, so he could have a bath every day.
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Soon his skin was much better, and there was no horrible smell.
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The second room had a bed, table and chairs.
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I visited him every day and talked to him.
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He loved reading and talking about books.
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At first, he did not know many books.
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The Bible and one or two newspapers, that's all.
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But I gave him some books of love stories.
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and he liked them very much.
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He read them again and again, and talked about them often.
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For him, the men and women in these books were alive, like you and me.
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He was very happy.
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But sometimes it was difficult for him.
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At first, one or two people in the hospital laughed at Merrick because he was ugly.
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Sometimes they brought their friends to look at him.
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One day, a new nurse came to the hospital, and nobody told her about Merrick.
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She took his food to his room and opened the door.
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Then she saw him.
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She screamed, dropped the food on the floor, and ran out of the room.
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I was very angry with the nurse, and went to see Merrick.
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He was not happy about it, but he was not very angry.
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I think he felt sorry for the girl.
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"'People don't like looking at me.
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I know that, Dr. Treves,' he said.
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"'They usually laugh or scream.' "'Well,
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I don't want nurses to laugh at you, Joseph,' I said angrily.
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"'I want them to help you.' Thank you,
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Doctor, he said, in his strange, slow voice. But it's not important.
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Everyone laughs at me.
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I understand that.
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I looked at him sadly.
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In his one good hand, his left hand, he had the little picture of his mother.
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He looked at the picture for a minute, and then put it by a flower on the table.
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A tear ran out of his eye and down the skin of his enormous, ugly face.
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"'Dr. Treves,' he said slowly, "'you and the nurses are very kind,
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and I'm very happy here.
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Thank you very much.
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But I know I can't stay here long,
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and I would like to live in a lighthouse after the hospital, please.
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A lighthouse, or a home for blind people.
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I think those are the best places for me.
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What do you mean?
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I asked.
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Why?
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He did not look at me.
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He put the flower on the picture and looked at it carefully.
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Lighthouses have sea all round them, don't they? he said.
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Nobody could look at me in a lighthouse, so I would be happy there.
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And blind people can see nothing,
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so they couldn't see me, could they?
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But Joseph, I said, this is your home.
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You live here now.
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You aren't going to leave the hospital.
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"'Not today, perhaps,' he said.
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"'But soon.' "'You are a kind man, Dr. Treves.
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"'But I can't stay here very long.
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I have no money." I smiled.
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Joseph, I said, this is your home now.
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Don't you understand?
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You can stay here all your life.
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Very carefully, I told him about the letter to the Times and the money.
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I don't think he understood at first, so I told him again.
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He was very quiet for a minute.
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Then he stood up and walked up and down the room very quickly.
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A strange sound came from him, like laughing.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Le parole che ritornano più spesso: hospital, Merrick, lighthouse, nurse, books. Questo video contiene 68 frasi e 591 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:00. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 84 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 87% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 12 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| nurse sostantivo | /nɝs/ | infermiera, infermiere |
| lighthouse sostantivo | /ˈlaɪthaʊs/ | faro |
| carefully avverbio | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | minuziosamente, accuratamente |
| flower sostantivo | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | fiore |
| ugly aggettivo | /ˈʌɡli/ | brutto, laido |
| scream verbo | /skɹiːm/ | gridare, sbraitare |
| bath sostantivo | /bɑːθ/ | bagno, vasca da bagno |
| horrible aggettivo | /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ | orribile, terribile |
| tear verbo | /tɛɹ/ | strappare, dilaniare |
| enormous aggettivo | /ɪˈnɔː.məs/ | enorme, grandissimo |
| litter sostantivo | /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ | lettiera |
| angrily avverbio | /ˈæŋ.ɡɹə.li/ | irosamente, rabbiosamente |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| stand up verbo | alzarsi in piedi |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- What do you mean?
- Lighthouses have sea all round them, don't they?
- You aren't going to leave the hospital.
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 10 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, can't, aren't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: lighthouse /ˈlaɪthaʊs/, horrible /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: nurse /nɝs/, lighthouse /ˈlaɪthaʊs/, bath /bɑːθ/, enormous /ɪˈnɔː.məs/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: sadly /ˈsædli/, angrily /ˈæŋ.ɡɹə.li/
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 nurse, lighthouse, carefully.
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.