Pratica di Shadowing: English Lesson - At the Bar - Part 1 and 2 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Are you ready?
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Play all.
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Whoo!
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Mmm, this is good.
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Yeah.
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What is it?
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It's a highball.
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Very special drink.
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You know, give me that.
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No, no. Have some more.
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This one is on the house.
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Thanks a lot.
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Does it have whiskey in it?
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Yeah, whiskey and cola and some other stuff too.
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You have a nice job, Kevin.
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Yeah, well, it's not that good.
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I work hard.
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Come on.
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No, seriously.
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I work 10 hours a day, including weekends.
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That's a lot.
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Do you work every day?
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Every day.
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Except Mondays.
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That's my day off.
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But you get up late, I guess.
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Yeah, sort of.
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But then I have to work from 4 p .m until 2 a .m.
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2 a .m.?
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That's late.
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Yeah, and my friends go out in the evening.
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I don't.
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I don't have an evening.
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I don't have a weekend.
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I don't have a life.
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But you have girls.
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I know this.
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All of the girls.
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Oh, whoa, whoa.
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7 p .m.
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Happy hour live music.
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Here, have another one.
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No, no, no, no. No more, please.
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No more.
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Kevin.
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Oh, listen to this guy.
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He's great.
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He is the lucky one.
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He only works two hours a day.
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Does he play here every day?
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No, he's here on Fridays.
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On Saturday he is at the Red Cat and on Sundays Pete's Piano Bar.
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He only works three days a week.
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That's awesome.
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And he wakes up late, I suppose.
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Yes, he does.
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After midday.
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And then he has breakfast in bed.
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Typical musician.
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No, because then he goes jogging in Central Park.
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That's not a typical musician.
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Does he have a girlfriend?
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Come here.
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Yes, but he doesn't just have one.
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He meets a new girl every night.
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Every night?
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Every night, except for Tuesdays.
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That's when he's playing with his bae.
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He really has fun.
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He's my hero.
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Right?
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And he has a life.
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He has time to read.
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He plays tennis twice a week.
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He writes poetry.
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He listens to different kinds of music.
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Well, I work a lot and I don't have time to meet girls.
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And some people work for a living.
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They just play piano.
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And they work for a living.
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I'm just, yeah, I'm just, yeah.
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Listen to me, okay?
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I have a special friend.
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No, I don't.
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Listen, she dances flamenco every Tuesday and she comes here after work.
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She should be here any minute.
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Hey, tell me more about this girl.
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Alright, she's English.
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She studies medicine.
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She looks like one of those James Bond girls.
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You want to meet her?
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Yeah.
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I'm ready for a Bond girl!
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Thank you.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “English Lesson - At the Bar - Part 1 and 2”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: listen, hour, meet. This video has 94 sentences and 441 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:24. The speaker talks at a steady 130 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

13 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
piano noun/piˈænɪː/A percussive keyboard musical instrument, usually ranging over seven octaves, with white and black colored keys, played by pressing these keys, causing hammers…
musician noun/mjuˈzɪʃən/A composer, conductor, or performer of music; specifically, a person who sings and/or plays a musical instrument as a hobby, occupation, or profession.
whoa/woʊ/Stop (especially when commanding a horse or imitative thereof); calm down; slow down.
whiskey noun/ˈwɪski/A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
alright/ɔlˈɹaɪt/Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
poetry noun/ˈpoʊ.ə.tɹi/Literature composed in verse or language exhibiting conscious attention to patterns and rhythm.
tennis noun/ˈtɛnɪs/A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets.
colon noun/ˈkoʊ.lən/The punctuation mark ⟨:⟩.
flamenco noun/fləˈmɛŋkəʊ/A genre of folk music and dance native to Andalusia, in Spain.
highball noun/ˈhaɪˌbɑl/A cocktail made from a spirit plus soda water etc.
jog verb/d͡ʒɑɡ/To push slightly; to move or shake with a push or jerk, as to gain the attention of; to jolt.
midday noun/mɪdˈdeɪ/Noon; twelve o'clock during the day.
whoo/wuː/An expression of joy and excitement.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordPronunciationMeaning
get up verbTo move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
wake up verb/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/To stop sleeping; to awake.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • Do you work every day?
  • I don't have an evening.
  • I don't have a weekend.
  • I don't have a life.
  • You want to meet her?

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 10 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, doesn't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like piano, musician, whoa.

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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