Pratica di Shadowing: Chapter 5 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Chapter 5 An Important Visitor I did not want Merrick to live by himself,
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like a man in the lighthouse.
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He read his books and talked to me, but I wanted him to talk to more people, and I wanted him to talk to women.
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Merrick read about women in his books, but he did not often talk to women.
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He met the nurses every day, but they did not talk to him very much.
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For them, he was always a creature, not a man.
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One day, one of my friends, a beautiful young woman, came to the hospital.
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I told her about Merrick, and took her to his room.
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She opened the door, and smiled at him.
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"'Good morning, Mr. Merrick,' she said.
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Then she shook his hand.
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Merrick looked at her for a minute, with his mouth open.
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Then he sat down on his bed, with his head in his hand, and cried.
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He cried for nearly five minutes.
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The tears ran down his face, between his fingers, and onto the floor.
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My friend sat on the bed beside him, and put her hand on his arm.
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She said nothing, but she smiled at him, and shook his hand again before she left.
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"'Dr. Treves,' he said to me that night, "'that lady was wonderful.
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My mother smiled at me once,
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many years ago, but no women smile at me now.
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But this lady smiled at me too, and she shook my hand.
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A beautiful lady smiled at me and shook my hand.
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My young lady friend came again the next week, and talked to Merrick for half an hour.
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The week after that, she came again with a friend.
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They gave him some books, and had a cup of tea with him.
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It was wonderful for him.
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For the first time in his life, he had some friends.
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He was a very happy man.
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He sat in his room and read his books and said no more about living on a lighthouse.
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People began to read about Merrick in the newspapers, so he had a lot of visitors.
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Everybody wanted to see him.
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A lot of important ladies and gentlemen visited him.
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They smiled at him, shook his hand, and gave him books.
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Merrick liked talking to these people, and he began to forget about his ugly body.
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His visitors never laughed at him.
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He began to feel like a man, not a creature.
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One wonderful day, a very important lady came to the hospital to visit him.
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I met the lady and took her to his room.
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Then I opened the door and smiled at him.
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Good morning, Joseph, I said.
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There is a new visitor to see you today.
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A very famous lady.
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Merrick stood up beside his table.
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He did not smile, because his face could not smile, but his eyes looked happy.
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That's good, he said.
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Who is it?
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I moved away from the door, and the visitor walked in.
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"'Your Majesty, this is Joseph Merrick,' I said.
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"'Joseph, this is Her Majesty,
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Queen Alexandra, the Queen of England.' Queen Alexandra smiled at him.
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"'How do you do, Mr Merrick?' she said.
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"'I'm very pleased to meet you.' Then she shook his hand.
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Merrick did not move.
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For nearly half a minute he stood and looked at her with his mouth open.
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Then he spoke in his strange, slow voice.
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"'How?
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How do you do, Your Majesty?' he said.
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But I don't think the Queen understood him, because he tried to get down on his knees at the same time.
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It was very difficult for him, because of his enormous legs.
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No, please, Mr. Merrick.
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Do get up," said the Queen.
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I would like to talk to you.
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Can we sit at your table?' "'Yes.
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Yes, of course,' he said.
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They sat at the table.
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She took his left hand, the good hand, in hers.
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She looked at the hand carefully, and then smiled at Merrick again.
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"'I often read about you in the newspapers,' she said.
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"'You are a very interesting man, Mr. Merrick.
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"'You have a very difficult life, but people say you're happy. "'Is it true?
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Are you happy now?' Oh, yes, your majesty.
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Yes, said Merrick.
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I'm a very happy man.
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I have a home here now, and friends, and my books.
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I'm happy every hour of the day.
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What a wonderful story, she said.
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I'm very pleased to hear it.
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Now, tell me about your reading.
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I see you have a lot of books here.
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"'Oh, yes, Your Majesty.
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I love my books,' said Merrick.
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And for nearly half an hour, they sat and talked about books.
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The Queen gave him a little book, and some red flowers, before she left.
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After her visit, Merrick began to sing.
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He could not sing easily, of course, because of his mouth, but all that day there was a strange,
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happy noise in his room.
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He looked at the flowers carefully and put them on his table.
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He had many visits from the Queen, and at Christmas, she sent him a Christmas card.
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Windsor Castle, 20 December, 1888 Dear Joseph,
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here is a small Christmas present for you.
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I think it looks like me, doesn't it?
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I do like visiting you very much, and I am going to come to the hospital again in the new year.
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Happy Christmas, your friend, Alexandra." The present was a picture of Queen Alexandra with her name on it.
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Merrick cried over it and put it carefully by the bed in his room.
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Then he sat down and wrote a letter to the Queen.
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It was the first letter of his life.
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The London Hospital, 23rd December, 1888.
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My dear Queen, thank you very,
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very much for your wonderful card and the beautiful picture.
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It is the best thing in my room, the very best, the most beautiful thing I have.
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"'This is the first Christmas in my life, and my first Christmas present.
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"'Perhaps I had a Christmas with my mother once, but I do not remember it.
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"'I have my mother's picture, too, and she is beautiful, like you.
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But now I know many famous ladies and kind people like Dr. Treves, and I am a very happy man.
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I am happy too, because I am going to see you in the new year.
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Happy Christmas to you, my dear friend.
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With all my love, Joseph Merrick.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Obiettivi di parlato per questo clip

Questo video è perfetto per lavorare sulla fluency e sulla capacità di interpretare l'emozione nel parlato. Attraverso la storia di Merrick e le sue interazioni, gli apprendisti possono esercitarsi a seguire un discorso narrativo con variazioni di tono, fondamentale per la pratica di conversazione in inglese. Inoltre, aiuta a capire come le espressioni non verbali (come gli occhi che "sorridono") influenzano la comunicazione, un aspetto chiave per il shadowing in inglese.

Banca di frasi riutilizzabili

  • "Good morning, Mr. Merrick" – Un saluto formale utile in contesti ufficiali.
  • "She shook his hand" – Espressione per descrivere un gesto di accoglienza, frequente nelle conversazioni.
  • "His eyes looked happy" – Modo per esprimere emozione quando il volto non lo mostra, utile per la descrizione.
  • "A very famous lady" – Frase per presentare qualcuno con status, perfetta per le presentazioni.

Correggi i tuoi punti deboli

Il video aiuta a migliorare la intonazione nelle frasi emotive, come quando Merrick piange o quando la regina entra. La pronuncia di parole come "creature" (con la "t" soft) o "Majesty" (con l'accento sulla seconda sillaba) è fondamentale per essere capiti. Usare il metodo del shadowspeak (ripetere immediatamente dopo il video) aiuta a imitare il ritmo e la melodia del parlato inglese, evitando errori di pronuncia. Inoltre, la narrazione fluida del dottore Treves è un ottimo modello per la pratica di conversazione in inglese, insegnando a connettere le frasi senza pause brusche.

Imparare l'inglese con YouTube non è mai stato così efficace: questo clip, con le sue scene emozionali e i dialoghi realistici, è un'ottima risorsa per il shadowing in inglese. Attraverso l'imitazione del tono e della pronuncia, gli apprendisti possono rafforzare la propria confidenza nel parlare, trasformando le frasi in strumenti di comunicazione naturali.

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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