Pratica di Shadowing: Christmas in Prague Chapter 2 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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England, 1995 Hey!
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Jan!
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Look at this!
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Carol said.
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She had a letter in her hand and took it across to her husband at the breakfast table.
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It's from the Oxford Orchestra, she said.
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They're giving concerts in the Czech Republic this Christmas.
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They're doing three concerts in Prague and they're asking me to go because they need a harpist.
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Shall we go to Prague for Christmas?
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I can play with the orchestra and you can come with us.' When are the concerts? asked Jan.
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I always have a lot of work in the weeks before Christmas.
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I must finish writing my new book then.
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Jan taught Czech at Oxford University and wrote books about languages.
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He was born in Czechoslovakia, but came to England with his father when he was very young.
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He met Carol when she was one of his students at university.
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''The first concert is on December 20th,'' Carol answered.
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''Are you free then?'' No, I'm sorry, Carol, Jan said,
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but I can't come before December the 24th.
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Well, it doesn't matter.
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You can come for the second concert.
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It's on December the 25th.
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But what about my father? said Jan.
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We can't go away and leave him at Christmas time.
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He loves a family Christmas with us.
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You know that.
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Josef Vlach was sixty-eight years old, and his eyes were bad.
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He couldn't see very well.
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So he lived with Carol and Jan.
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Yosef can come with us, Carol said.
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He often talks about Prague at Christmas.
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He says it's the most beautiful time of the year there, because of all the snow on the old buildings.
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I know, said Jan, but he only talks about Prague.
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He never wants to go there.
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Every time we ask him to come with us, he says no. I don't know why,
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but I think it's because of my mother.
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When he thinks about Prague, he remembers her.
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You know, sometimes he cries when he looks at his photo of her, after all these years.
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Just then, the door opened and Jan's father came slowly into the room.
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Good morning, he said, and sat down at the table. Is there any coffee?
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It's cold now, said Carol.
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Shall I make you some more?
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Thank you, my dear, he answered.
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You're very good to me.
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Carol went out for some coffee.
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Jan looked at his father carefully.
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I must ask him now, he thought, while Carol is out of the room.
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You're very quiet, Jan, said the old man. Is something wrong?
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No, no, said Jan quickly.
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Nothing's wrong.
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It's just...
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I want to ask you a question, but...
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It's difficult.
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Jan stopped.
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His father smiled.
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Difficult?
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Why is it difficult?
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Are you afraid of an old man?
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Of course not, said Jan.
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But I am afraid of your answer.
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You see, Carol wants to go very much.
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She loves playing her harp, but it's Christmas time and- Stop, said Josef.
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What are you talking about?
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Where does Carol want to go at Christmas?" "'To Prague,' said Jan.
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And I would like to go with her.
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We want you to come too.' "'Ah,' said the old man, "'to Prague.
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I understand now.' The room was suddenly very quiet.
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Jan drank his cold coffee and waited.
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The old man took something out of his pocket.
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It was a photograph of his dead wife, Jan's mother.
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He spoke very quietly, not to Jan, but to the photograph in his hand.
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Perhaps now, before I die, just once I can go back again.
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Carol came back with some hot coffee.
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She looked at Josef, then at Jan.
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Shh!
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He's thinking about Prague, Jan said quietly.
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Carol put the coffee on the table and sat down.
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The hands on the clock slowly moved through two long minutes.
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Then the old man put the photograph back in his pocket.
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All right, he said.
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Let's all go to Prague for Christmas.
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It's beautiful there when it snows.
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I remember it so well, so very well.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Per chi è questo video?

Questo video è perfetto per gli studenti di inglese a livello intermedio che vogliono migliorare la comprensione del discorso colloquiale e la pronuncia, soprattutto nella pratica del shadowing in inglese. Ideale per chi cerca di apprendere l'inglese con YouTube in modo divertente, combinando la narrazione di una storia con esercizi pratici. Le scene domestiche e le conversazioni naturali aiutano a familiarizzare con il tono e le espressioni quotidiane, perfette per chi vuole lavorare sulla fluidità e sulla capacità di imitare il linguaggio parlato.

Parole e modi di dire da rubare

Ecco alcuni esempi di vocabolo e frasi utili dal video, perfetti per ampliare il tuo repertorio:

  • Shall we go...: "Andiamo..." – Una forma gentile e colloquiale per proporre un piano, molto usata in contesti informali.
  • He talks about...: "Parla di..." – Un modo semplice ma efficace per descrivere i discorsi ricorrenti di qualcuno.
  • After all these years: "Dopo tutti questi anni" – Espressione che evoca la persistenza di un sentimento nel tempo, utile in conversazioni personali.

Queste frasi sono perfette per il shadowspeak, perché si prestano bene all'imitazione del tono e della velocità del discorso.

Come rendere l'accento più naturale

Per migliorare la pronuncia, concentra la tua attenzione su due aspetti chiave del dialogo: l'intonazione nelle domande e la connessione tra le parole. Ad esempio, quando Carol dice "Shall we go to Prague for Christmas?", l'intonazione sale alla fine, tipica delle domande propositive. Per esercitarti, usa la tecnica del shadow speech: ascolta una frase, pausa e ripetila immediatamente, cercando di imitare non solo le parole ma anche il ritmo e l'energia. Nota anche come "I can't come before December the 24th" si dice velocemente, con "can't" e "come" che si connettono quasi in una sola parola. Con la pratica regolare, noterai che la tua pronuncia diventa più fluida e naturale. Ricorda: il shadowing in inglese è un metodo efficace per internalizzare il suono della lingua, quindi non temere di ripetere le frasi più volte!

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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