Pratica di Shadowing: English for Everyday Activities – Section 1 – Starting the Day - Read along with highlighted text - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Section 1.
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Starting the Day Chapter 1.
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First thing in the morning.
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Dan's alarm clock rings.
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And he wakes up.
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He gets out of bed.
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He goes into the bathroom.
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After using the toilet and flushing it, he washes his hands.
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He brushes his teeth, shaves, and takes a shower.
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He dries himself off with a towel.
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Then he brushes his hair.
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He gets dressed.
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He makes breakfast and eats it.
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Then he leaves the apartment.
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Chapter 2.
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Brushing Your Teeth, Flossing Jenny runs some water over her toothbrush.
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She squeezes toothpaste onto her toothbrush.
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She moves her toothbrush up and down and back and forth.
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To rinse her mouth, she takes some water, swishes it back and forth in her mouth,
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and spits it into the sink.
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She rinses off her toothbrush.
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Then she puts it back in the toothbrush rack.
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She flosses her teeth by pulling out a long piece of floss, slipping it between her teeth,
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and moving it back and forth and up and down.
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Chapter 3 Taking a Shower Dan pulls the shower curtain shut.
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By turning the knob, he turns the water on.
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He washes his hair with shampoo and the rest of his body with soap.
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Then he rinses off with water.
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after turning the water off.
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He steps out of the shower.
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He takes a towel from the towel rack.
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Then he dries himself off.
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He wraps a towel around himself, and he dries his hair.
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He puts some deodorant under his arms.
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Chapter 4 Getting Dressed A Man Tom puts on some underwear.
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a t-shirt, some socks, some pants, and a shirt.
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a, some, a pair of, a t-shirt, a jacket, a shirt,
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some socks, a pair of socks, some underwear, some underpants.
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A pair of underpants.
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Some shoes.
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A pair of shoes.
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Some pajamas.
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A pair of pajamas.
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Some glasses.
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A pair of glasses.
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Some shorts.
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A pair of shorts.
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Some pants.
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A pair of pants.
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Putting on a pair of pants Tom steps into his pants.
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Then he pulls them up.
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He fastens the waistband and zips up the fly.
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He slips a belt through the belt loops and buckles it.
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Putting on a shirt Tom slips an arm into each sleeve.
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He buttons the shirt and the cuffs.
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He straightens his collar.
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He tucks his shirt into his pants.
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Chapter 5 Getting Dressed A Woman Pam puts on Some panties,
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a bra, a dress, or a blouse or a shirt, and a skirt, or some pants,
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and some socks, or some nylons, stockings, or some pantyhose.
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Dressing for hot weather If it's hot, Pam wears light clothes, a short-sleeved cotton shirt,
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and a pair of cotton shorts.
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She goes barefoot indoors and wears sandals outdoors.
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Dressing this way keeps her cool.
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Dressing for Cold Weather If it's cold, Pam wears heavy clothes, a long-sleeved shirt,
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a wool sweater, long pants, and thick wool socks.
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Before going outdoors, she puts on a heavy coat and some gloves or mittens.
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She wraps a scarf around her neck.
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and puts on a hat and some boots.
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Dressing this way keeps her warm.
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Chapter 6 Making a Bed I put a bottom sheet on the mattress.
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If I have a fitted sheet, I slip it over the mattress.
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If I have a flat sheet, I tuck it under the mattress.
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Then I tuck the top sheet under the mattress at the foot of the bed.
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I pull the top sheet tight, spread a blanket over the bed, and smooth it out.
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I spread a bedspread over the bed.
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I fluff up the pillows and lay them at the head of the bed.
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I pull the bedspread over the pillows.
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and smooth it out.
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Chapter 7 Making Breakfast 1 Making Coffee Making Tea Making Coffee with an Electric Coffee Maker
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Pam scoops some ground coffee into the filter.
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Then she pours some water into the coffee maker.
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She turns the coffee maker on by pressing the switch.
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The water heats up and drips through the ground coffee and into the coffee pot.
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Making tea.
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Dan boils water in a tea kettle.
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He pours the hot water into a teapot and adds some tea leaves.
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As the tea leaves soak in the water, the water becomes tea.
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Dan strains the tea.
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Then he adds sugar and milk and stirs his tea.
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Chapter 8 Making Breakfast Too Preparing Cold Cereal Making Toast Preparing Cold Cereal
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Pam pours some cereal from the box into her bowl.
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She pours in some milk and sprinkles some sugar on her cereal.
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Then she peels a banana, slices it, and puts the slices on her cereal.
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Making Toast Dan puts two slices of bread into the toaster.
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By pressing the starter, He lowers the bread into the toaster.
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Hot wires inside the toaster toast the bread.
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The toast pops up when it's done.
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Dan spreads some butter and jam on his toast.
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Chapter 9 Making Breakfast 3 Frying an Egg There are four burners on Dan's stove.
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He turns on the gas and one of the burner's lights.
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He puts a frying pan on the burner and melts some butter in the pan.
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He cracks an egg into the pan and throws the shell into the garbage.
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The egg fries.
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Dan flips it over once with a spatula and then takes it out of the pan.
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He puts the egg on a plate.
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Chapter 10 Eating Breakfast Pam and Dan sit down at the table.
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Pam drinks some coffee from her mug. And eats some cereal.
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Dan drinks some tea.
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And has an egg with bacon and toast.
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Sometimes, he dips his toast into the yolk of his egg.
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As they eat, they read the news and talk a little bit.
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It says here that taxes are going up. As usual.
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After eating, they wipe their lips with their napkins and leave the table.
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Chapter 11 Leaving the House Tom puts on a jacket and zips it up.
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He puts on his shoes and ties them.
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He picks up his key and wallet and puts them in his pockets.
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He picks up his backpack.
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Then, he says goodbye to Jenny.
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See you later, Jen.
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Bye, Tom.
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He opens the door, steps outside, and shuts the door.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A2 si basa sul video “English for Everyday Activities – Section 1 – Starting the Day - Read along with highlighted text”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Chapter, shirt, pair, tea, coffee. Questo video contiene 122 frasi e 1036 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 12:34. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 82 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 69% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
pants sostantivo/pænts/calzoni, pantaloni
toast sostantivo/toʊst/pane tostato, toast
cereal sostantivo/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/cereale
sheet sostantivo/ʃit/foglio
sock sostantivo/sɑk/calza, calzino
slip verbo/ˈslɪp/scivolare, sdrucciolare
pour verbo/poɹ/versare
towel sostantivo/ˈtaʊ̯əl/asciugamano
mattress sostantivo/ˈmætɹɪs/materasso
shoe sostantivo/ˈʃu/scarpa, calzatura
brush sostantivo/bɹʌʃ/spazzola, pennello
maker sostantivo/ˈmeɪk.ɚ/fattore, facitore
leaf sostantivo/lif/foglia
slice sostantivo/slaɪs/fetta, trancio
sleeve sostantivo/sliv/manica

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
pick up verbotirare su, sollevare
go up verbosalire
heat up verboscaldare
pop up verbospuntare, saltare fuori
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/svegliarsi

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

  • I suoni “th”: smooth /smuːð/, cloth /klɒθ/, thick /θɪk/, toothbrush /ˈtuːθ.bɹʌʃ/, toothpaste /ˈtuθpeɪst/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: sheet /ʃit/, shoe /ˈʃu/, brush /bɹʌʃ/, wash /wɑʃ/, shell /ʃɛl/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: pants /pænts/, toast /toʊst/, sheet /ʃit/, sock /sɑk/, slip /ˈslɪp/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: pants /pænts/, mattress /ˈmætɹɪs/, jacket /ˈd͡ʒæk.ɪt/, wrap /ɹæp/, rack /ɹæk/

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 pants, toast, cereal.

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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