Pratica di Shadowing: ENGLISH FILE pre-intermediate - 7A. First day nerves. p. 54, ex.7.1 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

7.1 Simon When I was about 30,

I got a job as an editor in a publishing company.

It was my first office job, and I didn't really know what to wear.

But for the interview, I wore a suit.

In fact, I bought the suit specially for the interview.

I got the job, so I thought that must be okay.

So, on the first day, I went to work wearing a suit and tie.

I got to work early.

I wanted to make a good impression, and I was the first person in the office.

So I went in, I found my desk with my name on it, and I sat down.

And there were a few papers and documents for me to read, so I started reading those.

I turned on my computer and after about 10, 15 minutes, the other people in the office started to arrive.

And I noticed that nobody else was wearing a suit.

And I thought, okay, it's not a big problem.

So I introduced myself to the other people.

I said, hello, how are you?

Hello, pleased to meet you

and the next thing someone said to me was my computer's

really slow do you think you know what the problem is

and I said no no not really

so then I introduced myself to somebody else

and said hello nice to meet you

and she replied hello nice to meet you

and then she said do you know how I can connect my computer to the printer.

And I said, no, I have no idea how to do that.

Anyway, I went back to work and about half an hour later I had a meeting with my boss.

And she said, how's it going?

And I said, yeah, it's all good.

Well, everybody seems really nice.

Um, just one thing.

Why does everybody think I can fix their computer?

And she looked at me and what I was wearing, and she said, it's your suit.

Nobody in this office ever wears a suit.

So they think you're from the IT department and you've come to help with a computer problem.

They're the only ones who wear suits.

So, I never wore it again, to this day.

It was my first day at work as a teacher at a language school.

And they asked me to come the first week of term to observe some teachers, to watch their lessons.

and then I was going to start teaching the following week.

But when I arrived there, they told me that one of the teachers was ill

and they asked me to take the class and it was three-year-old kids.

So I was in a class with about ten three-year-olds who were running around.

My boss gave me a storybook to read to them but the kids couldn't speak any English.

I'd never taught, or never been trained to teach children that small.

I tried to read the book to two of them

but the others were running around shouting and hitting each other

and at the worst possible moment just

when all of them were being really noisy

and not doing anything I was telling them to my boss the director of the school opened the door

and just looked at me I felt terrible

but then she said these children are too young for you aren't they and I said yes I was nearly crying

luckily after that she never gave me any classes with really young children

but it was the most stressful class I've ever tried to teach

📺 Stesso Canale

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Per chi è questo video?

Questo video è perfetto per chi è a livello pre-intermedio e vuole migliorare la comprensione orale e la capacità di raccontare storie personali in inglese. Ideale per chi ha paura delle prime giornate di lavoro o di situazioni imbarazzanti e vuole imparare a esprimere emozioni come nervosismo o sorpresa in modo naturale. È anche ottimo per esercitarsi con il shadowing, una tecnica che aiuta a sincronizzare pronuncia e intonazione con un madrelingua.

Parole e modi di dire da rubare

Nel video trovi espressioni utili per le situazioni reali: "make a good impression" (fare una buona impressione), "fix their computer" (riparare il computer), "take the class" (tenere la lezione). Inoltre, "first day nerves" (i nervi del primo giorno) è un modo colloquiale per descrivere l'ansia iniziale. Queste frasi sono facili da usare e rendono il tuo inglese più fluido!

Come migliorare la pronuncia inglese: focus sulla pronuncia

Il parlante ha un accento chiaro, ma pay attention a due cose: la intonazione nelle domande (es. "do you think you know what the problem is?") e la connessione tra le parole (es. "I got to work early" diventa "I gotta work early" in modo colloquiale). Per esercitarti, usa la tecnica del shadowing in inglese: ascolta una frase, pausa e ripetila immediatamente, cercando di imitare il tono e la velocità. Un shadowing site può aiutarti a sincronizzare i tuoi tempi. Prova anche lo shadowspeak: parla insieme al video, senza pausare, per rafforzare la memoria muscolare delle parole. Questi metodi ti aiuteranno a sembrare più naturale in poche settimane!

Non sottovalutare i piccoli passi: esercitarti 10 minuti al giorno con il shadow speak e noterai che la tua pronuncia e la tua confidenza cresceranno. Ricorda: il primo giorno di lavoro o di lezione può essere imbarazzante, ma anche un'occasione per imparare molto – come nel video! Continua a praticare e non temere di sbagliare: è così che si impara l'inglese veramente.

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	you've come · I've ever tried
Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passato	was wearing · were running · were being
Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppo	the worst · the most stressful
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ing	started reading · start teaching

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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