Pratica di Shadowing: Day 37 Learning BBC English - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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Hello, this is 6 Minutes English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Nailed and I'm bad.
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Nailed, what is the oldest thing that you have at home?
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Well, I do have some books from when I was a child.
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I have a rocking horse that was my dad's.
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So that is quite old.
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But neither of these are anywhere near as old as the 1800-year-old Roman coin,
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which BBC reporter Ryan Keane recently bought in London.
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But soon afterwards, Ryan discovered there was more to a story,
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as he explains here on BBC World Service Program Business Daily.
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But as I researched into other kinds of Asian artifacts,
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I came across reports of expansive criminal networks related to antiquities.
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Some Asian artifacts being sold online and in stores have been loot and trafficked and traffic.
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Ryan got interested in an artifact,
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but an artifact is any object made by humans,
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usually very old, which is historically interesting,
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for example a coin or statue.
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In the past, many artifacts have been looted or stolen by force.
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Movies like Indiana Jones Tom Rader have made the subject popular.
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But the attempt of an Asian object is serious problems in some parts of the world.
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So what can be done about it?
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That's what we'll be discussing in this episode using some useful new words and phrases.
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And remember you'll you will find all the vocabulary from our website bbclearningenglish.com.
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Now I have a question for you Beth.
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One of the most famous ancient artifacts was discovered by Egyptologist
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Howard Carter in the Valley in the Valley of the King in 1922.
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But what was it?
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Was it A.
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Rosetta Stone, B.
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The Mask of Tutankhamun or C.
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The Ark of the Convenant?
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No, I think it's B.
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The Mask of Tutankhamun.
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Ok, let's find out later in the program.
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Stealing ancient objects is nothing new.
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During colonial During Colleen, it was common for the artifacts to be taken from their original home
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and moved to museums and private collections abroad.
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In the modern era, technology,
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especially social media, has increased the problem.
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Here's Amber Azum, a researcher from Shorny State University in the U.S.,
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explaining more to BBC Business Daily.
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Social media is the game changer here.
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The bottleneck, if you will,
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will help someone who has an item then communicate with someone on the demand side.
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It used to slow the process you had to go through in social media,
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change all that because it just opened it up.
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a game changer, something new that is introduced into a situation and completely changes how it works.
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For example, the Internet has been a game changer in how we communicate.
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The reason is simple.
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For someone with illegally stolen artifacts to sell,
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finding a buyer used to be difficult.
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I know things that now,
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because of social media, this problem or bottleneck is gone.
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A bottleneck is a problem that delays or process
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or stops stop it from progressing
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so what can be done to stop the illegal buying
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or selling of ancient artifacts well as the final destination for
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much looted treasure museums have an important role to play accusation of knowingly
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or unknowingly buying stolen objects have been made against several including the liver in Paris.
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Victoria Reid is a senior curator at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
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In 2024, she helped her museum return an addition necklace which had been taken illegally from Turkey in 1997.
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but the idea of returning artifacts to their country origin is controversial as Victoria told BBC program business daily.
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Outside of museum world, of course there are many opinions
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and I personally try to maintain a relative middle of the road approach.
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I believe in museums, I believe in responsible collecting,
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and I believe in judicious representation.
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There are arguments both full and against repatriate,
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and Victoria takes a middle of the road approach.
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If you describe something as the middle of the road,
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if it's not extreme and is acceptable to most people.
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Whether Asian artifacts find their way back to their original homes or are displaced in museums remain ongoing.
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But either way, it's good to know that objects of culture and beauty are being preserved for future generations.
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Okay, I think it's time to reveal the answer to my question.
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I asked what the Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered in the Valley of the Kings in 1922.
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Was it A the Rosetta Stone, B the Mars of Tutankhamun, or C the Arch of the Convenant?
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And I said the Mars of Tutankhamun.
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And you, Beth, were right?
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Yes.
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Ok, let's recap the vocabulary we've learned starting with Artifact.
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Any object made by humans which is of historical interest.
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If something is looted, it's stolen by force.
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A game changer is a new element which,
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when introduced into a situation, completely changes it.
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A bottleneck is a problem that delays a process or stops it from progressing.
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To repatriate something means to return it to the country it comes.
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And finally, the objective in the middle of the road describes things which are not extreme and are acceptable to most people.
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Once again, our six minutes are up.
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If you enjoyed this program,
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why not check out the accompanying worksheet or quiz.
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They're both available now at bbclearningenglish.com.
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See you there soon and goodbye.

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Nel video "Day 37 Learning BBC English", i relatori discutono di antichità, artefatti e delle problematiche connesse al loro furto e traffico. La conversazione si sviluppa attorno alla scoperta di un'antica moneta romana e ai problemi legati ai furti di artefatti storici. Questo tema è reso ancora più attuale dalla facilità di comunicazione offerta dai social media, che hanno cambiato il modo in cui queste transazioni avvengono. L'importanza di apprendere il lessico specifico in contesti come questi diventa fondamentale per migliorare la propria comprensione e capacità comunicativa in inglese.

Le 5 Frasi Chiave per la Comunicazione Quotidiana

  • "What is the oldest thing that you have at home?" - Un modo comune per avviare una conversazione sull'antichità.
  • "Some Asian artifacts being sold online..." - Utilizzata per discutere dei canali di vendita moderni.
  • "The attempt of an Asian object..." - Parla dell'azione di rubare o trafficare beni culturali.
  • "Social media is the game changer here." - Per evidenziare come i social media influenzino situazioni comuni.
  • "Stealing ancient objects is nothing new." - Un'affermazione che introduce l'argomento del furto di artefatti storici.

Guida Passo Passo per il Shadowing

Il video affronta temi complessi, quindi è fondamentale approcciare il shadowspeak in modo strategico per migliorare la pronuncia inglese. Ecco come fare:

  1. Ascolta attentamente: Guarda il video senza sottotitoli per familiarizzare con il tono e il ritmo dei parlanti.
  2. Fai una pausa: Riascolta frasi chiave e fermati dopo ogni frase per ripeterle ad alta voce. Questo esercizio è particolarmente utile per la pratica di conversazione in inglese.
  3. Imita l’intonazione: Presta attenzione all’intonazione e al modo in cui viene espressa ogni frase. La shadow speech è efficace per interiorizzare il suono naturale dell'inglese.
  4. Registra e riascolta: Registra te stesso mentre parli e confronta la tua pronuncia con quella degli oratori del video.
  5. Dedica tempo ogni giorno: Fai di questo esercizio una pratica quotidiana. Anche pochi minuti al giorno possono portare a notevoli miglioramenti.

Utilizzando queste strategie, potrai migliorare notevolmente la tua pronuncia e acquisire maggiore fluidità nella lingua inglese, rendendo il shadowspeak un elemento chiave del tuo apprendimento.

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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