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Hello!
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Welcome to English for Everyone.
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Today we're looking at special words that are spelled with O -V -E.
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You can have three pronunciations with O -V -E.
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Let's look at our first word.
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Our first word is stove, making the long O sound.
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O, stove.
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Stove.
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I have an old stove.
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Do you have a new stove or an old stove?
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And we see the long O sound with the word over.
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O, over.
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The game is finished.
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Or, the game is over.
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Let's practice.
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Is the game over?
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Very good.
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Example, grove.
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A grove is a farm for trees.
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If you grow oranges, you have a lot of orange trees.
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That is a grove.
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An orange grove.
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I have never been to an orange grove.
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Have you ever been to an orange grove?
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Very good.
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Another example is cove.
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Cove.
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A small beach is a cove.
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Making the long O sound.
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O. Cove.
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They're swimming in the cove.
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Are they swimming in the cove?
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Very good.
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Another example, clove.
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Clove.
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I don't like the flavor of cloves.
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I don't like cooking with cloves.
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Do you like the flavor of cloves?
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very good
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and we have some verbs in the past making the o
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sound weave in the present weave she's weaving a rug in the past she wove she wove a rug
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and the participle is woven
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She has woven many rugs.
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So the past is wove.
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She wove a rug.
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Did she weave a rug?
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Very good.
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The verb dive.
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In the present dive, in the past dove.
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He dove in the water.
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Let's practice.
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Did he dive in the water?
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Very good.
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And the verb drive.
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In the past, drove.
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She drove to the store.
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Let's practice.
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Did she drive to the store?
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Very good.
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Now we see the word dove in the past.
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Remember, in the present dive, in the past dove.
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Well, we see the same letters spelling dove.
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That's right.
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D -O -V -E spells dove.
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The white pigeon.
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The white bird.
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Dove.
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So when you see D -O -V -E, it can be dove, the passive dive,
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and it can be dove, the white bird.
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It depends on the usage.
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So remember the white bird is a dove making the short
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sound uh uh uh relax uh uh the sound is down here uh duh dove dove.
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So the white bird is a dove.
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The dove is a symbol of peace.
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Another example of the sound uh oven.
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Relax sound.
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Oven.
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Oven.
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I'm making bread in the oven.
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Or I can say I'm baking.
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I'm baking bread in the oven.
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Another example.
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Cover.
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Cover.
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Cover.
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I always cover my mouth when I sneeze.
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Do you cover your mouth when you sneeze?
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Very good.
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And we hear the short sound uh with the word love.
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Uh, love, love.
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They love each other very much.
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Let's practice.
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Do they love each other?
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That's right.
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They love each other.
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And with the word glove.
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One glove, two gloves.
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The sound uh, glove, gloves.
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I wear gloves in the winter when it's cold.
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Do you wear gloves in the winter when it's cold?
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Very good.
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Another example, above, below.
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Above, making this short sound above.
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Above.
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Example.
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There are many pictures above the couch.
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Let's practice.
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Are there many pictures above the couch?
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That's right.
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There are many pictures above the couch.
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And we see the action shove.
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Shove is a verb.
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It means to push hard.
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Push hard is shove.
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Don't shove me.
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The boy is shoving the girl.
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Or in the past, he shoved.
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He shoved her.
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He shoved the girl.
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Shove.
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Short sound.
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Uh, uh, shove, shove.
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Did he shove the girl?
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That's right.
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He shoved the girl.
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Not nice.
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And our last example is shovel, making the short uh sound.
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Shuh, shovel.
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He has a shovel.
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He's digging a hole with the shovel.
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Let's practice.
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Does he have a shovel?
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Very good.
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Is he digging a hole with the shovel?
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Very good.
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And our last sound for O -V -E is OO.
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Example, move.
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Making the long OO sound.
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Move.
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Move.
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I am buying a new house, so I am going to move.
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I'm moving to a new house.
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I don't like to move.
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Do you like to move?
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Very good.
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Another example, prove.
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Making the long ooh sound.
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Prove.
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Prove is the verb.
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Proof is the noun.
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I show you the proof.
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Verb, I prove it.
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I can prove it because I have the proof.
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Prove.
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I can prove it.
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I have the evidence.
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I have the proof.
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I can prove it.
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Let's practice.
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Can you prove it?
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Very good.
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Similar word, improve, making the long oo sound.
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Improve, to get better and better and better.
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Improve is the verb.
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Example, do you want to improve your English?
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That's right.
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I want to improve my English.
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Good example.
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Similar sound.
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Approve.
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Approve.
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I say yes.
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I approve of.
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Remember connector of.
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I approve of that.
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Or I approve of this.
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Remember, of, approve of.
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I don't approve of his behavior.
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He's being bad.
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Do you approve of his behavior?
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Very good.
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Thanks for watching.
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And if you want to improve your English,
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click the link below and check out the book that we use with our students and you can practice your listening, reading, and pronunciation.
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Thanks for watching.
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See you next time.

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Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED WORDS”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: sound, dove, example, prove, shove. Questo video contiene 186 frasi e 902 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 9:51. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 92 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Solo il 75% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
dove sostantivo/doʊv/colomba, piccione
weave verbo/wiːv/tessere, intrecciare
approve verbo/əˈpɹuːv/approvare
shave verbo/ˈʃeɪ̯v/radere, rasare
glove sostantivo/ɡlʌv/guanto
verb sostantivo/vɝb/verbo
grove sostantivo/ɡɹoʊv/boschetto, piantagione
stove sostantivo/stoʊv/stufa
cove sostantivo/koʊv/calanca, insenatura
dive verbo/daɪv/immergersi
oven sostantivo/ˈʌ.vn̩/forno
shove verbo/ʃʌv/spintonare
couch sostantivo/ˈkaʊ̯t͡ʃ/canapè, divano
spell sostantivo/spɛl/incantesimo, formula magica
dig verbo/dɪɡ/scavare

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Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • Have you ever been to an orange grove?
  • Do you like the flavor of cloves?
  • Do you cover your mouth when you sneeze?
  • Do you wear gloves in the winter when it's cold?
  • Do you like to move?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohave never been · Have you ever been
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodowe're looking · They're swimming · Are they swimming

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 11 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I'm, they're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, shove /ʃʌv/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, participle /ˈpɑɹtɪˌsɪpəl/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: dove /doʊv/, weave /wiːv/, approve /əˈpɹuːv/, shave /ˈʃeɪ̯v/, glove /ɡlʌv/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, passive /ˈpæs.ɪv/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come dove, weave, approve.

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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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