Pratica di Shadowing: English Connected Reading | 美音连读 | 雅思口语Part2: Describe a family member you spend a lot of time with - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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Today, we're going to look at a sample IELTS answer to the question, Describe a family member you spend a lot of time with.
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Let's take a look.
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Well, when I was young, of course, I spent a lot of time with my parents.
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Well, when I was young.
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Well, when I was young.
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That le in well kind of disappears.
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It goes really to the back of the throat.
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Well, when I was young, well, when I was young, I spent a lot of time with my parents.
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Spent a lot of time.
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The t's in these words kind of become much weaker.
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Spent becomes spend, spend a lot of time, and a lot of, when I speak it very quickly and in a relaxed way,
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it becomes LADA.
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Spent a lot of time.
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When I was about four or five, though, I met my cousin Ben for the first time. About four or five.
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Here, the T in ABOUT becomes a glottal stop.
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About four or five.
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And the word OR shortens and it's just a ER.
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Four or five.
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I met my cousin ben for the first time at a
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family reunion met my met my again the t becomes a
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glottal stop met my cousin ben for the first time now first time first ends with a t
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and time begins with the t
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so the t is longer first time first time at a
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family reunion here at a the t flaps at a at a at a family reunion at a
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and we became best friends really quickly and we
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and we i just go from the nut to the what there's no duh here
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and we and we became best friends really quickly
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best friends that t in best disappears and the d in friends is always never pronounced
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friends best friends
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and we became best friends really quickly a lot of people have trouble with the word really
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when we say quickly it becomes really it really we can sometimes say it with a longer vowel.
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Really.
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But I normally don't do that, especially not in fast speech.
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Later on, he moved closer to me.
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Moved closer.
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The D kind of disappears here.
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Later on, he moved closer to me.
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And we started hanging out a lot more.
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We went to the same high school.
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Went to.
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Here, the T in went and the T in to connect it's a longer to.
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Went to the same, went to the same.
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And that phrase went to the, it's spoken very quickly.
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Went to the, went to the.
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We went to the same, we went to the same.
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Went to the, went to the same high school.
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And I used to bike to school early in the morning.
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Used to bike to school.
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Here we have to here twice, both becoming a very short sound.
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Used to bike to, used to bike to, used to bike to, used to bike to school, used to bike to school.
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Early in the morning, here in the connects together, early in the morning, in the morning, in the morning.
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To meet him before class, meet him.
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It's not meet him, meet him, meet him before class.
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Meet him.
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It's not meet him.
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Meet him.
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Meet him before class.
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Early in the morning to meet him before class.
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These days we both have jobs in town, but we still keep in touch.
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But we, but we, that T becomes a glottal stop.
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But we still keep in touch.
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But we still keep in touch and hang out with each other when we're free.
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Hang out with.
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Again, before a wuh, that T becomes a glottal stop.
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Hang out with.
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Hang out with each other. With each other.
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With each other.
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Here, the word each kind of splits in half.
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It becomes with each other.
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Hang out with each other.
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Hang out with each other. When we're free.
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Well, when I was young, of course, I spent a lot of time with my parents.
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When I was about four or five, though, I met my cousin Ben for the first time at a family reunion and we became best friends really quickly.
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Later on, he moved closer to me and we started hanging out a lot more.
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We went to the same high school
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and I used to bike to school early in the morning to meet him before class.
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These days we both have jobs in town, but we still keep in touch and hang out with each other when we're free.

Contesto e Sfondo

Nel video di oggi, Alex ci guida attraverso un esempio di risposta per il test IELTS, specificamente alla domanda di descrivere un familiare con cui si trascorre molto tempo. Il suo racconto ci mostra non solo l'importanza dei legami familiari, ma anche come utilizzare l'inglese in contesti quotidiani. Rivedendo il suo modo di esprimersi, gli studenti possono imparare l'inglese con youtube, prestando attenzione alle connettività e alle sfumature della pronuncia.

Le 5 Frasi Chiave per la Comunicazione Quotidiana

  • Well, when I was young - Questa frase mostra come iniziare a parlare di esperienze passate.
  • Spent a lot of time - Un'espressione utile per descrivere quanto tempo si trascorre con qualcuno.
  • First time - Indica l'importanza di esperienze iniziali significative.
  • Moved closer - Perfetta per descrivere cambiamenti nelle relazioni.
  • Hanging out a lot more - Frase colloquiale per parlare di amicizie e tempo trascorso insieme.

Guida Passo-passo per il Shadowing

Per affrontare la difficoltà di questo video e migliorare la tua pronuncia in inglese, segui questa guida. Il shadow speak è una tecnica efficace che ti permette di imitare l'intonazione e il ritmo degli oratori nativi.

  1. Ascolta attentamente: Guarda il video una volta senza tentare di parlare. Concentrati sulle intonazioni e le connessioni tra le parole.
  2. Pratica il shadowing: Riproduci il video e inizia a ripetere immediatamente dopo Alex. Non preoccuparti della perfezione; l'obiettivo è seguire il flusso.
  3. Focalizzati su frasi chiave: Scegli una delle frasi chiave, come "spent a lot of time", e praticala isolatamente per migliorare la tua pratica di conversazione in inglese.
  4. Rivedi le difficoltà: Trova le parti in cui hai faticato e dedicati a quelle. Prendi nota di come la pronuncia cambia in rapida conversazione.
  5. Ripeti con varianti: Cambia il contesto delle frasi chiave e prova a usarle in nuove frasi per espandere il tuo vocabolario e la tua flessibilità linguistica.

Seguendo questi passaggi, potrai migliorare la pronuncia inglese e aumentare la tua confidenza nel parlare. Non dimenticare di goderti il processo di apprendimento! Ricorda che utilizzare risorse come il video di Alex è un ottimo modo per imparare l'inglese con youtube.

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.