Pratica di Shadowing: D60new. IELTS Listening Cambridge 13 Test 2 Section 3: Planning a presentation on nanotechnology - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Section 3.
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You will hear a student called Russ consulting his tutor about a presentation he is preparing on nanotechnology,
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the study of materials on an extremely small scale.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 21 to 25.
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Thank you.
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21 to 25.
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Come in, Russ.
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Thank you.
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Now, you wanted to consult me about your class presentation on nanotechnology.
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You're due to give it next week, aren't you?
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That's right, and I'm really struggling.
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I chose the topic because I didn't know much about it and wanted to learn more,
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but now I've read so much about it,
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in a way there's too much to say.
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I could talk for much longer than the twenty minutes I've been allocated.
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Should I assume the other students don't know much and give them a kind of general introduction,
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or should I try and make them share my fascination with a particular aspect?
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You could do either, but you'll need to have it clear in your own mind.
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Then I think I'll give an overview.
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Okay.
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Now, one way of approaching this is to work through developments in chronological order.
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On the other hand, you could talk about the numerous ways that nanotechnology is being applied.
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You mean things like thin films on camera displays to make them water repellent
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and additives to make motorcycle helmets stronger and lighter.
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Exactly.
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Or another way would be to focus on its impact in one particular area,
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say medicine or space exploration.
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That would make it easier to focus.
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Perhaps I should do that.
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I think that would be a good idea.
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Right.
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How important is it to include slides in the presentation?
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They aren't essential by any means.
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And there's a danger of tailoring what you say to fit whatever slides you can find.
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While it can be good to include slides,
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you could end up spending too long looking for suitable ones.
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You might find it better to leave them out.
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I see.
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Another thing I was wondering about was how to start.
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I know presentations often begin with,
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first I'm going to talk about this,
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and then I'll talk about that.
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but I thought about asking the audience what they know about nanotechnology.
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That would be fine if you had an hour
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or two for the presentation but you might find
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that you can't do anything with the answers you get and it simply eats into the short time that's available.
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So maybe I should mention a particular way that nanotechnology is used to focus people's attention.
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That sounds sensible.
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What do you think I should do next?
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I really have to plan the presentation today and tomorrow.
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Well, initially I think you should ignore all the notes you've made,
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take a small piece of paper and write a single short sentence that ties together the whole presentation.
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It can be something as simple as,
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nanotechnology is already improving our lives.
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Then start planning the content around that.
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You can always modify that sentence later if you need to.
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OK.
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Before you hear the rest of the discussion,
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you have some time to look at questions 26 to 30.
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Now listen and answer questions 26 to 30.
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OK, now let's think about actually giving the presentation.
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You've only given one before,
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if I remember correctly, about an experiment you'd been involved in.
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That's right.
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It was pretty rubbish.
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Let's say it was better in some respects than in others.
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With regard to the structure,
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I felt that you ended rather abruptly, without rounding it off.
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Be careful not to do that in next week's presentation.
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OK.
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And you made very little eye contact with the audience,
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because you were looking down at your notes most of the time.
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You need to be looking at the audience and only occasionally glancing at your notes.
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Your body language was a little odd every time you showed a slide you turned your back on the audience
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so you could look at it
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you should have been looking at your laptop
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and you kept scratching your head so i found myself wondering
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when you were next going to do
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that instead of listening to what you were saying oh dear what did you think of the language i knew
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that not everyone was familiar with the subject so I tried to make it as simple as I could.
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Yes, that came across.
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You used a few words that are specific to the field,
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but you always explained what they meant,
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so the audience wouldn't have had any difficulty understanding.
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Uh-huh.
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I must say, the handouts you prepared were well thought out.
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They were a good summary of your presentation,
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which people would have been able to refer to later on,
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so well done on that.
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Thank you.
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Well, I hope that helps you with next week's presentation.
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Yes, it will.
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Thanks a lot.
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I'll look forward to seeing a big improvement then.
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That is the end of Section 3.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Now turn to section 4.

Informazioni su questa lezione

In questa lezione, ci concentreremo sulla preparazione di una presentazione in inglese, utilizzando come esempio una discussione tra uno studente e il suo tutor sulla nanotecnologia. Imparerai come strutturare una presentazione, quali aspetti considerare e come coinvolgere il tuo pubblico. Questo esercizio ti aiuterà a migliorare la pronuncia inglese e a rafforzare le tue abilità di pratica di conversazione in inglese, rendendo le tue presentazioni più efficaci e coinvolgenti.

Vocabolario e frasi chiave

  • overview - panoramica
  • fascination - fascino
  • application - applicazione
  • impact - impatto
  • chronological order - ordine cronologico
  • engage the audience - coinvolgere il pubblico
  • slides - diapositive
  • introduction - introduzione

Consigli per la pratica

Per sfruttare al meglio questa lezione, ti consigliamo di utilizzare la tecnica del shadowspeak. Ascolta attentamente la conversazione tra Russ e il suo tutor e prova a ripetere le frasi immediatamente dopo averle udite, mantenendo il ritmo e l'intonazione originali. Questo approccio ti aiuterà a migliorare la tua pronuncia inglese e a rafforzare la tua capacità di esprimerti fluentemente.

Inizialmente, potresti trovare difficile seguire il tono e la velocità del parlato, ma con la pratica costante, la tua capacità di pratica di conversazione in inglese migliorerà notevolmente. Se necessario, rallenta l'audio e prova a passare a frasi più semplici prima di affrontare l'intera discussione. Ricorda di prestare attenzione alla pronuncia della terminologia tecnica come "nanotechnology" e "application" per rendere la tua presentazione più credibile.

Infine, riflettendo sull'argomento trattato, considera suggerimenti su come creare un' overview chiara e come mantenere l'attenzione del pubblico. Utilizzando questi consigli, sarai in grado di affrontare le tue presentazioni con maggiore sicurezza e chiarezza. Buona pratica!

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.