Pratica di Shadowing: english file elementary 7.1 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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This painting is a self -portrait by the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh.
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Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands on the 30th of March 1853.
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His parents weren't poor.
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His father was a church minister, and his mother was an artist.
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Van Gogh's first job was in his uncle's company selling paintings.
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But later, he was a teacher in England, and finally a painter.
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We only really know what he looked like because of his many self -portraits.
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Only three photographs of him exist, and they are all from when he was young.
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This portrait is from his time in Arles, in the south of France, in 1888, when he was 35.
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He was very poor, but he was happy because of the beautiful light and colours there.
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This portrait was a present for his friend, the painter Paul Gauguin.
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Gauguin and Van Gogh were together in Arles for a month.
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Van Gogh was not strong mentally, and the relationship between them was difficult.
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After a big fight, Van Gogh cut off his ear and was in a mental hospital for some time.
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He died on the 29th of July 1890.
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He was only 37 years old.
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His paintings weren't popular during his lifetime, and he was never rich or famous.
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But today, people think that Vincent van Gogh is one of the greatest painters in the world,
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and his paintings, like Sunflowers and The Starry Night, sell for millions of pounds.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questo video contiene 19 frasi e 238 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 1:55. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 124 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

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

  • portrait /ˈpɔɹtɹət/ (sostantivo) — ritratto. A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.
  • painter /ˈpeɪntɚ/ (sostantivo) — pittore, pittrice. An artist who paints pictures.
  • lifetime /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ (sostantivo) — durata, vita utile. The duration of the life of someone or something.
  • photograph /ˈfoʊ.təˌɡɹæf/ (sostantivo) — fotografia, foto. A picture created by projecting an image onto a photosensitive surface such as a chemically treated plate or film, CCD receptor, etc.
  • mentally /ˈmɛntəli/ (avverbio) — mentalmente. In a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally.
  • paint /peɪnt/ (verbo) — verniciare, dipingere. To apply paint to.
  • sell /sɛl/ (verbo) — vendere. To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.
  • rich /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ (aggettivo) — ricco. Wealthy: having a lot of money and possessions.
  • teacher /ˈti.t͡ʃɚ/ (sostantivo) — insegnante, docente. A person who teaches, especially one employed in a school; preceptor.
  • famous /ˈfeɪ.məs/ (aggettivo) — famoso. Well known.
  • artist /ˈɑɹ.tɪst/ (sostantivo) — artista. A person who creates art.
  • exist /ɪɡˈzɪst/ (verbo) — esistere. to be; have existence; have being or reality

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 portrait, painter, lifetime.

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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