Pratica di Shadowing: Dwight's Health Care Plan - The Office US - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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What did I do?
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I did my job.
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I slashed benefits to the bone.
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I saved this company money.
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Was I too harsh?
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Maybe.
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I don't believe in coddling people. In the wild.
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There is no health care.
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than the wild healthcare is.
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Ow, I hurt my leg.
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I can't run.
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A lion eats me, and I'm dead.
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Wow.
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I'm not dead.
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I'm the lion.
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You're dead.
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Thank you.
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All right, who did this?
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I'm not mad.
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I just want to know who did it so I can punish them.
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What are you talking about?
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Uh, someone forged medical information, and that is a felony.
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Okay, whoa.
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All right, because that's a pretty intense accusation.
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How do you know that they're fake?
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Ah.
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Leprosy?
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flesh -eating bacteria.
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Hot dog fingers.
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Government created killer nanorobot infection.
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You did this, didn't you?
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-Absolutely not.
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-Yes, you did.
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-No, I didn't.
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-I know it was you.
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Okay, fine.
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You know what?
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I'm gonna have to interview each and every one of you.
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until the perpetrator makes him or herself known.
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And until that time, There will be no health care coverage for anyone.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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- - Killer?
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Animal?
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Robot?
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It's an epidemic.
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The problem, Jim, is that people who are really suffering from a medical condition won't receive the care they need.
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because someone in this office is coming up with all this ridiculous stuff.
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Count Choculitis.
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Sounds tough.
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Why did you write that down, Jim?
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Is it because you know I love Count Dracula? Do you?
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I think you need to confess the fact that-- -Yep.
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-What are you doing?
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-What?
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-Those are my keys.
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-Good luck.
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Jim!
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Damn it!
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No!
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Jim, let me out!
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Jim, let-- The light grain for green 90s.
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Thank you.
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Jim Halpert?
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Who is this?
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No, you can't fire me.
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Can you hold on one second?
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I'm getting the beep.
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Jim Halpern.
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Hey, Jim, it's Pam.
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Hey, Pam.
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How are you?
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Jim?
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Good.
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How are you?
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I'm doing okay.
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Getting excited for the weekend now.
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Yeah.
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Yeah?
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What are you up to?
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Um, I'm not bothering you, am I?
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No, not at all.
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You don't have anything you're doing?
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I have nothing to do.
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Oh, great.
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Jim?
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Um, yeah, no, this weekend, nothing.
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I'm not really doing anything.
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Jim!
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Might go to the mall.
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The mall?
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I need new shoes.
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Oh, interesting.
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What kind of shoes?
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Hello?
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Uh, hello.
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Uh, this is Dwight Schrute calling for Jan Levinson -Gould.
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This is Jen.
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Hi.
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Dwight Schrute calling, acting manager, Scranton Branch.
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Listen, I needed your permission to fire Jim Halpert.
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Who is this?
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Dwight Schrute? From sales?
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- Well?
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- Where's Michael Scott?
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Uh, he is not here right now.
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He put me in charge of the office.
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Dwight, listen to me very carefully.
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You are not a manager of anything.
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Understand?
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That's not entirely true.
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Because he put me in charge of picking a health care plan.
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Really?
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- Yeah.
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- Okay.
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When Michael gets back, you tell him to call me immediately.
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Call you immediately.
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Good.
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-Yes.
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Oh, hey, listen.
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Um, since I have you on the phone, Um...
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Can I fire Jim?
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No. Please don't use my cell phone ever again.
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Oh, this is your -- I thought this was your -- Oh.
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- - Oh.
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Thank you.
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- - Thank you.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questo video contiene 127 frasi e 548 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:04. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 135 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 82% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole meno comuni del video, con pronuncia e significato:

  • killer /ˈkɪlɚ/ (sostantivo) — assassino, assassina. One who or that which kills.
  • mall /mɔːl/ (sostantivo) — centro commerciale. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
  • lion /ˈlaɪən/ (sostantivo) — leone. A big cat, Panthera leo, native to Africa, India and formerly much of Europe.
  • shoe /ˈʃu/ (sostantivo) — scarpa, calzatura. A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
  • finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (sostantivo) — dito, dita. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
  • bone /boʊn/ (sostantivo) — osso. A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
  • carefully /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ (avverbio) — minuziosamente, accuratamente. With care; attentively, circumspectly.
  • ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ (aggettivo) — ridicolo. Deserving of ridicule; foolish, absurd.
  • suffer /ˈsʌfɚ/ (verbo) — soffrire, penare. To undergo hardship.
  • bother /ˈbɑðɚ/ (verbo) — disturbare, infastidire. To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
  • intense /ɪnˈtɛns/ (aggettivo) — intenso. Of a characteristic: extreme or very high or strong in degree; severe; also, excessive, towering.
  • infection /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/ (sostantivo) — infezione. The act or process of infecting.
  • robot /ˈɹoʊ.bɑt/ (sostantivo) — robot. An intelligent mechanical being designed to look like a human or other creature, and usually made from metal.
  • flesh /flɛʃ/ (sostantivo) — carne. The soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat.
  • grain /ɡɹeɪn/ (sostantivo) — seme. The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice.

I phrasal verb che sentirai

  • come up with (verbo) — ideare, escogitare. To manage to produce, deliver, or present (something) by inventing, creating, thinking of, or obtaining it.
  • hold on (verbo) — tenersi, aggrapparsi. To grasp or grip firmly.

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 21 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, can't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shoe /ˈʃu/, infection /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/, flesh /flɛʃ/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, epidemic /ˌɛpɪˈdɛmɪk/, accusation /ˌæk.jʊˈzeɪ.ʃ(ə)n/, perpetrator /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pɪˌtɹeɪt.ə(ɹ)/

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 killer, mall, lion.

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodoare you talking · are really suffering · is coming
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsionewill be · won't receive
Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessariohave to interview · need to confess

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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