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Hello and welcome to another episode of Elephant English Podcast.
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Today we're going to be talking about eating and drinking.
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I'm going to be asking myself some questions
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and then I'm going to be answering these questions like you would in a speaking exam.
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So, the first question is which type of food from your country is most popular abroad?
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I would say that fish Fish and chips and English breakfasts are the most popular type of food abroad.
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But, in reality, English people don't really have English breakfast every day.
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It's more like something that you would have at the weekend
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if you wake up a bit later and you would have it about 11 o'clock.
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You wouldn't have it before going to work at 7 o'clock in the morning every day.
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It is true that people do have fish and chips in England when they go to the seaside.
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It isn't really something that they would have every day when they come back from work.
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It's quite similar to the English breakfast.
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It's not something that you would have every day, but on a special occasion you might do.
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Question number two is, do you prefer your own country's food or other kind of food?
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I think that I prefer other kinds of food because it's true that gastronomy isn't England's strongest point.
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I think that there are some nice foods in England like pies.
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But if we compare it to some pasta dishes or like pizzas or some types of Asian food,
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then I would say that I prefer other types of food.
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I think the best food that there is in England, if we compare it to other countries, are maybe the cakes and biscuits.
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I think they're quite special.
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And when I'm away, I always fancy a biscuit or a cake that you can find in England.
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But I never really fancy British food when I'm abroad.
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question number three is
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if you could open your own foreign restaurant in your city what would it be like i would say
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that i would make a nice italian restaurant because i love pizza
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and pasta dishes and all types of italian food really
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and i was thinking the other day that
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if you wanted to go somewhere nice
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or take someone out to dinner then there aren't really a of fine dining restaurants
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or you know restaurants that are just a bit nice.
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I think in my city there's quite a lot of takeaway restaurants because that's what people normally do.
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They don't really go out to eat only
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if it's for I don't know maybe a wedding but they wouldn't really go out to eat every Friday, for example, like they do in other countries.
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So I think it would be nice to make a restaurant
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that has nice food and that is just nice to be in because I think a lot of the restaurants around here,
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the decoration and just everything is a bit basic. So, question number 4.
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When you've lived abroad, what is the food that you miss the most from home?
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Like I said before, I think that the foods that I miss the most are cakes.
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So, in England there's a lot of different types of cakes and biscuits that you can't really find in other countries.
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So, when I'm abroad I always fancy something sweet sweet.
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I don't really miss fish and chips or English breakfast because it's not really something that is special.
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So I would say that I miss biscuits like custard creams
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or bourbon creams which are just normal biscuits that you can't buy anywhere else.
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Question number 5.
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What special foods do you eat on holidays?
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So at Christmas, on New Year's Day etc. I would say
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that the most typical food that I eat on holidays are roast dinners.
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Roast dinners are the main type of dinners
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that you would eat in England and
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if you went out on a Sunday for example you would go
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and have a carvery
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which is basically like a type of roast dinner roast dinner is normally like some sausages some meat
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and then you would have vegetables like broccoli peas carrots
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and the main part of it is normally potatoes so boiled potatoes
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or roast potatoes and then you add a special sauce on the top which is called gravy.
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Question number six.
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Are there any foods that you wouldn't eat as a child that you eat now?
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There are quite a lot of foods that I wouldn't eat as a child but I do eat now, especially vegetables.
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I think it's because when people cooked vegetables, the vegetables didn't have any special sauce or anything like that
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but now that I'm older I like to make vegetable dishes
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and I follow recipes and I think you add a lot more spices a lot more sauces
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and it's a lot nicer at the moment I would eat any vegetable question number seven do you cook
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if so what food do you cook the most often Yes, I love cooking and I cook every day.
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So the food that I cook the most is probably rice or pasta dishes with vegetables.
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That's the typical food that I prepare every day to have when I come back from work.
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At the weekends I sometimes make a curry dish, a
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or something a bit more special but
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because I don't have a lot of time during the week I normally make something that is quite quick.
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Question number 8.
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Which do you think is the best way to learn how to cook?
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To be honest I have learnt how to cook through YouTube videos and I think it's quite a good way.
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Especially if you haven't got a lot of motivation at the start.
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I think it's harder nowadays for some people to take a recipe book and know what they're doing.
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In YouTube videos you can see what the other people are doing.
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You can see how small they cut the vegetables for example.
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And I think it's a lot easier.
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So I would say the best way to learn how to cook is watching videos
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and then when you know how to cook you can follow recipe books.
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Question number nine.
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Do you ever skip breakfast?
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If so how often and why?
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Well I do even though it isn't very good I do skip breakfast sometimes
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if I'm not feeling too good in the morning or
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if I'm just late for work
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but I always do take something to have later on in the day
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so maybe at 10 o'clock or 9 o'clock when I have a break I will have a bit of a snack.
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How often?
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I would say that it is maybe once a week
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and I don't think that I should do it
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because they do say that breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
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Question number 10.
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How often should a healthy person eat eat fast food?
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Well, I'm not an expert but I would say
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that it is alright to have fast food maybe once or twice a month,
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so maybe every two weeks or every month.
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I don't really have a lot of fast food
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when I'm at home but if I'm on holiday for example
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and I'm very hungry and I have to go and get something
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and the McDonald's is the closest restaurant then I would go and get that.
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Question number 11.
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What foods do you like eating least and why?
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I would say that the food that I like eating the least is fish
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because I have never liked it and I think it's just the look of it and also the smell of it.
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I have never liked it and I think I never will.
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Question number 12.
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Are there any foods that you try to avoid eating because they are unhealthy?
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So I would say that I avoid eating a lot of sugary foods like sweets or fizzy drinks because
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I think that it isn't good to have them every day.
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Obviously if you go out with friends and you order a drink, it's okay to order a coke or a fanta
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but i wouldn't have it at home every day
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so i think i do try to avoid eating
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and drinking these types of food but
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if it's like fast food you can have it once in a
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while question number 13 do you prefer cooking at home or eating out?
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Well, obviously I prefer eating out but if I eat out every day then it would be very very very expensive.
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So realistically I prefer cooking at home but if it were free I would eat out every single day.
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I normally cook at home and I would say that I eat out maybe twice a month or on special occasions.
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Question number 14.
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Do you consider yourself a fussy or a picky eater?
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Yes, I consider myself a fussy or picky eater and I realise
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that when I go to somebody else's house or go out to a restaurant when I don't like a lot of food,
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but at home I know what I like
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so I'm used to cooking the same type of foods and
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if I don't like that food I just avoid it
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but it is true that some people say that I am a picky eater.
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Question number 15.
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Do you enjoy trying unusual food or do you always eat the same food?
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I do like trying unusual food as long as it is something that I like.
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So for example, if I don't like fish, then I wouldn't try some unusual food that is fish.
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But if it's like a new sauce or a new type of dip, then I would try it.
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Question number 16.
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Would you have liked to become a chef?
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No, I wouldn't like to have become a chef
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because I have family members who are chefs and I think
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that the kitchens are very hot and it's very stressful
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when you have a lot of customers and you need to prepare like 40 meals in 30 minutes.
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I just think that it's a very stressful kind of job even though people might say well, being a high school teacher is a stressful job,
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but I think that some people prefer some things and others prefer others.
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So, today we have talked about eating and drinking at a B2 or C1 level.
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I have made some activities for you to practice the words
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that we have used in this video and you can find that along with the transcripts in the description box below.
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Thank you very much for listening and I'll see you in the next video.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Le parole che ritornano più spesso: eat, type, cook, restaurant, eating. Questo video contiene 145 frasi e 1828 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 12:40. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 144 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 81% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| vegetable sostantivo | /ˈvɛd͡ʒ.tə.bəl/ | verdura |
| biscuit sostantivo | /ˈbɪs.kɪt/ | biscotto, biscottino |
| roast verbo | /ɹoʊst/ | arrostire |
| eater sostantivo | /ˈiː.tɚ/ | mangiatore |
| stressful aggettivo | /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ | stressante, logorante |
| pasta sostantivo | /ˈpɑ.stə/ | pasta, impasto |
| fussy aggettivo | /ˈfʌ.si/ | esigente, puntiglioso |
| custard sostantivo | /ˈkʌs.təd/ | crema pasticcera |
| gastronomy sostantivo | /ɡæˈstɹɒnəmi/ | gastronomia |
| realistically avverbio | realisticamente | |
| takeaway sostantivo | /ˈteɪkəweɪ/ | da asporto, da portare via |
| broccoli sostantivo | /ˈbɹɑ.kə.li/ | broccoli, broccolo |
| pea sostantivo | /piː/ | pisello |
| carrot sostantivo | /ˈkæɹət/ | carota |
| transcript sostantivo | /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/ | testo |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | svegliarsi |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- I think they're quite special.
- What special foods do you eat on holidays?
- Do you ever skip breakfast?
- What foods do you like eating least and why?
- Would you have liked to become a chef?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Frasi condizionali if + frase, will/would + verbo — una condizione e il suo risultato | if it were free I would eat |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | you've lived · have learnt · have never liked |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | creams which are · top which is |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 45 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, wouldn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: unhealthy /ʌnˈhɛl.θi/, thumb /ˈθʌm/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: gastronomy /ɡæˈstɹɒnəmi/, decoration /ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: biscuit /ˈbɪs.kɪt/, roast /ɹoʊst/, custard /ˈkʌs.təd/, seaside /ˌsiːˈsaɪd/, carrot /ˈkæɹət/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: gastronomy /ɡæˈstɹɒnəmi/, carrot /ˈkæɹət/, transcript /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/, snack /snæk/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come vegetable, biscuit, roast.
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.