Pratica di Shadowing: Easy English 8 - What are you doing today? - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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What are you doing today?
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I'm a fan So let's find out what the people of York are up to.
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So the question is, what are you doing today?
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I'm working at the National Memory Museum.
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We've been to a hotel for the night.
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As a birthday present from our youngest son.
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Oh, happy birthday.
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So we're just returning from the hotel, stopping off in York, and then going home.
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I'm handing out leaflets.
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Alright, what for?
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Go on, sell it to me to me.
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This is good advertising.
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I'm a new hairdresser, I'm just trying to build up my clientele.
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Okay, so what are you doing today?
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I'm delivering parcels by a bicycle, or a bicycle, strictly speaking.
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Really, so how many parcels have you got in there?
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That's more than one question.
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May I ask the second one?
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You may, you may.
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Okay, how many parcels have you got in there?
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About a dozen, I think, about 150 kilos.
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Do you know what's in them?
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No, that's like asking the postman what's in the post.
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Do you never kind of feel them to try and guess what's in?
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Not really, no. Occasionally, maybe.
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That's what I do at Christmas, with presents.
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I'm going to the university to study.
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What do you study?
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Physiotherapy.
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And you're from Norway, you said?
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I'm from Norway.
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I've been on placement for 10 weeks on your hospital.
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I'm going to have a cup of tea.
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A cup of tea?
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Okay.
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Why did you put your hand up like that?
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What have you got there?
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I've just been to the post office, I went to the depot to pick up things my mum hadn't put sufficient postage on.
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Ah, okay, so then you had to pick it up.
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Yeah.
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That's annoying of your mum, isn't it?
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Yeah, doesn't understand stamps.
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Yeah.
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What do you have to do?
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I have to serve coffee, clean tables and serve customers.
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Or so I'm just delivering posters and stuff everywhere at the moment, but then going back to the office and doing some more work.
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We might go shopping.
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What is the special or favourite shop?
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I'm not sure, I haven't lived here that long.
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Why should I choose to have my hair cut at your place and nowhere else?
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Go on, sell it to me.
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Because it's £20 and you got 20% student discount off and I was trained really well, So it's a high standard.
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It's Sally's birthday, so we've come to York, to have a walk around, and then probably go to the seaside, to Whitby.
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Oh, well.
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I tried on wedding dresses because I'm getting married.
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Oh.
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Yeah, that's what we did.
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I went with her and said things, commented upon them.
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And what are you doing tonight to relax?
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Erm, packing for my holiday.
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Erm, I'm on my way to uni to go to some classes.
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What am I doing today?
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Getting wet shopping.
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And what is your favorite shop?
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I have no idea.
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I should think the one down there that sells toffee.
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We're going to a restaurant tonight.
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Yeah, we're going to a Porsche Indian restaurant.
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Porsche Indian restaurant?
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Yes, apparently.
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Okay.
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Tonight I'm eating dinner with my host family.
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Ah, okay.
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Last dinner with them.
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The last supper?
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Yeah.
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Oh, really?
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Yeah.
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And what are you doing this evening?
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I'm going to a friend's birthday party.
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Cool, how old is she?
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21. Okay, and what's her name?
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It's two people together, so it's Chantal and Jemima.
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Okay, would you like to say happy birthday to Chantal and Jemima?
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Happy birthday, Chantal and Jemima.
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Thank you very much.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A2 si basa sul video “Easy English 8 - What are you doing today?”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: birthday, Chantal, Jemima, parcels, restaurant. Questo video contiene 86 frasi e 602 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:21. Chi parla va veloce, circa 180 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. Il 83% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 28 delle sue 86 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| parcel sostantivo | /ˈpɑɹsəl/ | pacchetto, plico |
| bicycle sostantivo | /ˈbaɪsɪk(ə)l/ | bicicletta, bici |
| nowhere avverbio | /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ | da nessuna parte, in nessun posto |
| discount sostantivo | /ˈdɪskaʊnt/ | sconto |
| poster sostantivo | /ˈpoʊstɚ/ | immagine di muro, poster |
| strictly avverbio | /ˈstɹɪktli/ | strettamente, severamente |
| stamp sostantivo | /stæmp/ | conio |
| placement sostantivo | /ˈpleɪ̯smənt/ | piazzamento, collocazione |
| depot sostantivo | /ˈdiːpoʊ/ | deposito, magazzino |
| supper sostantivo | /ˈsʌpɚ/ | cena, desinare |
| annoy verbo | /əˈnoɪ̯/ | irritare, seccare |
| clientele sostantivo | /kliː.ɒnˈtɛl/ | clientela |
| hairdresser sostantivo | parrucchiere, parrucchiera | |
| leaflet sostantivo | /ˈliːflɪt/ | fogliolina |
| physiotherapy sostantivo | /ˌfɪziəʊˈθerəpi/ | fisioterapia |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| build up verbo | accumulare |
| find out verbo | scoprire |
| hand out verbo | distribuire |
| pick up verbo | tirare su, sollevare |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- What are you doing today?
- May I ask the second one?
- Do you know what's in them?
- Why did you put your hand up like that?
- That's annoying of your mum, isn't it?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | We've been · I've been · I've just been |
| Consigli con “should” should + verbo — dire che cosa è meglio fare | should I choose · should think |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | I'm working · we're just returning · I'm handing |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un piano o qualcosa che si vede arrivare | I'm going to the · I'm going to have · We're going to a |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 27 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, we're, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: discount /ˈdɪskaʊnt/, sufficient /səˈfɪʃənt/, relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, stamp /stæmp/, youngest /ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, stamp /stæmp/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come parcel, bicycle, nowhere.
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.