Pratica di Shadowing: Effortless English - Greek Family - POV - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Welcome to the Point of View mini-stories for Greek Family.
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Let's get started.
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First, the past tense.
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Five years ago, I was walking down the street when a guy came to me and said, Hi, can I chat with you for a moment?
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He looked clean and very neat.
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I was quite naive, so I thought he was just being friendly.
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I said, Okay.
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The man asked me, How far would you go to save yourself?
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I said, What do you mean?
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He said, I'm talking about the Christian faith.
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I want you to convert to Christianity.
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Actually, I'm a Buddhist, I said.
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What about your relatives?
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Are they Buddhists too, he asked.
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I told him, no, just me.
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He then told me that I would go to hell if I didn't convert.
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He said I was a bad person.
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He told me all Buddhists would go to hell.
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Finally, he said that the Buddha and all Buddhists served the devil.
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That was the last straw.
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It was the straw that broke the camel's back.
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I yelled at him, go away.
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I refuse to listen to you anymore.
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All right, our second version.
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I'm going to change this a little bit so you get a little more practice.
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Just change the order of the story.
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Since I was a child, I have been very naive.
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I have always thought that people are very friendly, even if they're not.
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I have always accepted people and not worried about them or been suspicious, right?
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I've always been quite naive since I was a child.
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Well, one day, I was walking down the street when a guy came up to me and said, Hi, can I chat with you for a moment?
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He looked clean and very neat.
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Since I was quite naive and have always been naive, I thought he was just being friendly, so I said, Okay.
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The man asked me, how far would you go to save yourself?
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I said, What do you mean?
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He said, I'm talking about the Christian faith.
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I want you to convert to Christianity.
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Actually, I'm a Buddhist, I said.
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What about your relatives?
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Are they Buddhists too, he asked.
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I told him, no, just me.
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He then told me that I would go to hell if I didn't convert.
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He said I was a bad person.
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He told me all Buddhists would go to hell.
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Finally, he said that the Buddha and all Buddhists served the devil.
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That was the last straw.
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That was the that broke the camel's back.
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I yelled at him, go away.
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I refuse to listen to you anymore.
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So you can notice I use the present perfect have been for something
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that started long ago when I was a child and continued up to the time this story happened.
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Then I changed to the simple past because we're talking about one specific event and that it's already happened, it's done.
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Okay, now let's go to the future.
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Back to the future.
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Here we go.
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In 10 years, 10 years from now.
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I'm imagining this.
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Maybe I dream this, okay?
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This is a dream.
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I have a dream.
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In 10 years, I will be walking down the street when a guy will come up to me and he'll say, Hi, can I chat with you for a moment?
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He'll look clean and very neat.
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I'll be quite naive, so I'll think he's just being friendly.
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I'll say, okay.
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The man's going to ask me, how far would you go to save yourself?
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And I'll say, what do you mean?
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He'll say, I'm talking about the Christian faith.
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I want you to convert to Christianity.
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Actually, I'm a Buddhist, I'll say.
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What about your relatives?
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Are they Buddhist too, he'll ask?
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I'm going to tell him, no, just me.
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He'll then tell me that I will go to hell if I don't convert.
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He'll say I'm a bad person.
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He'll tell me all Buddhists will go to hell.
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Finally, he'll say that the Buddha and all Buddhists serve the devil.
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That's going to be the straw that breaks the camel's back.
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I'll yell at him, go away.
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I refuse to listen to you anymore.
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All right, go back, listen to each version.
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After each version, pause and try to tell that version yourself out loud so you can hear it.
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So listen to the first version, the past, pause, and tell the whole story again using the past, ten years ago.
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time start the story with you know since I was a child
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and tell the story yourself out loud
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and then again listen to the future version and pause
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and tell the future version yourself if it's difficult
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if you can't do it no problem just relax go back listen very carefully again and again and and again,
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and then try again.
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All right, I'll see you next time.
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Bye-bye.

Informazioni su questa lezione

In questa lezione, praticherai l'uso dei tempi passati e delle espressioni colloquiali attraverso una mini-storia che esplora un incontro inaspettato. Il tuo obiettivo principale sarà migliorare la tua comprensione del passato e il modo di esprimerti in conversazioni quotidiane. Inoltre, apprenderai come il tono e la velocità della conversazione possono influenzare la tua capacità di rispondere in modo adeguato. Utilizzerai anche tecniche di shadowing per migliorare la tua pronuncia inglese.

Vocabolario e frasi chiave

  • Naive - Naïve
  • Chat - Chiacchierare
  • Convert - Convertirsi
  • Relatives - Familiari
  • Hell - Inferno
  • Buddhist - Buddista
  • Bad person - Brutta persona
  • Last straw - Ultima goccia

Consigli per la pratica

Durante l'esercizio di shadow speech, cerca di ripetere le frasi in tempo reale insieme alla narrazione. La velocità del video è moderata, quindi assicurati di seguire ogni espressione con attenzione. Considera di riascoltare parti specifiche che ti sembrano difficili e ripeterle più volte. Imposta la tua attenzione sul tono della voce del narratore, in particolare nei momenti di eccitazione e frustrazione. Questi aspetti possono aiutarti a comprendere meglio come esprimere emozioni in inglese.

Incoraggiamo l'uso di shadow speak per migliorare la pronuncia inglese. Trova un luogo tranquillo dove puoi praticare senza interruzioni. Prova a imitare non solo le parole, ma anche le pause e la intonazione del narratore. Con il tempo, questa tecnica ti permetterà di diventare più fluido e sicuro nel tuo modo di parlare l'inglese.

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.