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Welcome to English in a Minute.
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A grid is a set of lines that cross each other to make squares, like on a map or a piece of paper.
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Off the grid.
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Sometimes I feel like I should leave the city and just live off the grid.
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I know what you mean.
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with no phones, no running water, no electricity, just at peace in nature.
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Wait, no electricity?
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How would I see the next season of Apartment of Cards?
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To be off the grid means to be in a place far away from services most people use every day.
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People who live off the grid do not use devices powered by electricity and often grow their own food.
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And that's English in a Minute.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “English in a Minute: Off the Grid”. This video has 11 sentences and 124 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:56. The speaker talks at a steady 133 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 2 of its 11 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 8 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| grid noun | /ɡɹɪd/ | A rectangular array of squares or rectangles of equal size, such as in a crossword puzzle. |
| electricity noun | /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/ | Originally, a property of amber and certain other nonconducting substances to attract lightweight material when rubbed, or the cause of this property; now… |
| device noun | /dɪˈvaɪs/ | Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one. |
| cross noun | /kɹɑs/ | A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other. |
| welcome | /ˈwɛl.kəm/ | Greeting given upon someone's arrival. |
| nature noun | /ˈneɪ̯.t͡ʃəɹ/ | The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and… |
| grow verb | /ˈɡɹəʊ/ | To become larger, to increase in magnitude. |
| square noun | /skwɛə/ | A polygon with four straight sides of equal length and four right angles; an equilateral rectangle; a regular quadrilateral. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| live off verb | To depend on financially. |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | People who live |
| Consigli con “should” should + verbo — dire che cosa è meglio fare | should leave |
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like grid, electricity, device.
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.