Pratica di Shadowing: English Vocabulary to Describe Everyday Objects! - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Hi guys!
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In this video we're going to look at words to describe everyday objects.
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Some of these words are nouns and some are adjectives.
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And because my viewers have different levels,
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some of them are rather simple and some are quite advanced.
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As usual, if you would like to subscribe to my free advanced English email lessons, you'll find the link in the description.
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In the description you'll also find the link to my course on common mistakes.
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First we have a couple of cushions.
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Remember that there's a difference between pillow and cushion.
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This is a pillow.
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It's something that you sleep on.
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A cushion is normally something that's decorative.
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They come in all different shapes and sizes.
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They can be much smaller than this or much bigger than this.
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And they're not necessarily square.
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This is square-shaped.
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This material here looks like suede.
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Suede is leather that's not smooth and shiny.
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If something is shiny, it means it reflects the light.
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So this isn't real suede.
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This is what we call faux suede.
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Yes, that word is pronounced faux.
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It comes from French.
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In English, faux means not real or fake.
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It's something that's made to look real.
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So this is made to look like suede, but it isn't.
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It's faux suede.
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The surface is soft, but you can also say that this is soft because it changes shape easily.
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Yes, soft has a few meanings.
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Here we have another cushion.
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This is also nice and soft.
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And you could say that this material is fluffy.
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This is fluffy material.
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Frank is also fluffy, but I wouldn't call Frank an object.
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Frank is Frank.
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And here we have a remote control.
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This is the remote control for my reverse cycle air conditioner.
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A reverse cycle air conditioner is one that can cool a room and also heat a room,
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so you can use it in summer and winter.
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Anyway, this remote control has various buttons.
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These are buttons.
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And a little screen.
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It's plastic and it's smooth.
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We would say that this is rectangular.
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It's not technically a rectangular prism because this part here is curved.
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A rectangular prism, strictly speaking, is a three-dimensional object with six faces that are rectangles.
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This tissue box is closer to a rectangular prism.
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Now this is made of cardboard.
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Cardboard is similar to paper, it's just thicker.
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You could also say that this is smooth and that it's colourful.
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Colourful means with lots of colours.
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Now we have a pen.
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This is just a regular ballpoint pen.
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It's called a ballpoint pen because there's a very small ball in the tip.
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The tip is the very end of it.
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This here is the lid.
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Some people would call this a cap, but I call this a lid.
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You could say either.
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Um, now this is hard.
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I mean, it's not soft.
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If you bend it, it will break.
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There's an example of the conditional.
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If you bend it, it will break.
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What else?
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Oh yes, this dark bit here, That's the ink.
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Ink.
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So the ink is the colour that comes out.
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Now this is quite thin.
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This marker, on the other hand, is rather thick.
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So thin and thick.
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Here we have a battery.
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Battery.
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Yes, in the UK and Australia we often don't pronounce the E.
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We say battery.
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But you can say battery or battery if you want.
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Now this is a cylinder.
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That's the shape of it.
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A cylinder is a shape that has a circle on the bottom and a circle on the top,
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which are the same size.
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The adjective of cylinder is cylindrical.
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I mean, okay, technically there's this little thing on the top, but, you know, Basically.
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It's a cylinder and you can say that it's cylindrical.
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Cylindrical.
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Uh, what else?
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Uh, yeah.
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I don't actually know what batteries are made of, but the outside, at least, is some type of metal,
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so you could say that it's metallic.
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Metallic is the adjective of metal.
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This here is a diary.
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Yes, I still use a paper diary to write down things like appointments.
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You could say that this is rectangular, it's smooth...
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It's quite smooth.
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It's shiny and it has a little ribbon.
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This thing here is a ribbon.
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You can use the ribbon as a bookmark in the diary.
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This bowl is made of chocolate.
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Here we have a bowl.
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A bowl.
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This bowl is made of china.
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China is the material that it's made of.
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This bowl is very smooth and shiny.
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It's round because it has a.. well, because the top is a circle.
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And it's also hollow.
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That means that you can put things in it.
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There's lots of space inside.
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I'd also say that this is fragile or a bit fragile.
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If I dropped it on tiles, for example, it would probably break.
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That's an example of the second conditional.
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If I dropped it on tiles, it would probably break.
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And now we've come to the most exciting part of the video.
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This is a champagne glass.
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And now that I hold it up to these lights, I realise that it's not totally clean.
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But anyway, this is a champagne glass.
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These tall ones, which are the most common champagne glasses nowadays, are called flutes.
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This is a champagne flute.
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Um...
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This is made of glass.
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It's hollow.
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And because it's made of glass, it's also quite fragile.
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If I dropped it on tiles, it would probably break.
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And now some parts of the glass.
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These words also apply to regular wine glasses.
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This is the base.
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This long, tall part here is called the stem.
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This part is the bowl.
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And the very top part is called the rim.
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Rim.
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We use the word rim for top parts of all glasses and bowls and things like that.
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Next we have lip balm.
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Lip balm.
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Now the container is a cylinder.
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Or you could say that it's cylindrical.
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Cylindrical.
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The outside is plastic.
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Well, I think the whole thing is plastic and it's hard.
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You can call this a stick of lip balm,
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but technically stick refers to what's inside.
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The.. the substance inside is a stick of lip balm.
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Um, you can call substances a stick if they're shaped a bit like this and if they're quite firm.
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So if they're not liquidy...
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Now the container is called a tube.
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Lots of medicinal and cosmetic products often come in containers that are called tubes.
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This one has a twist base.
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So if I twist it, the lip balm comes out.
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Um, if that looks a little bit dirty, it's just because I sometimes put it on when I have lipstick on.
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Now we have some lip gloss.
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Lip gloss.
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This lip gloss is also in a tube, but this is a soft tube.
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The lip balm was in a hard tube or a rigid tube.
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Um...
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If it's a soft tube, we actually call it a squeeze tube or a squeezable tube,
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because if you take the lid off and you squeeze it, if you press on it, the product comes out.
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Ooh, like that.
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Now we have some mascara.
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mascara.
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This is a tube of mascara.
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But in reality, lots of people would call this a little bottle.
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So you could say that this is a long, thin bottle of mascara.
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If you you.. take the lid off, you can see the wand.
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This part here is called the wand, just like a magic wand.
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And speaking of bottles, here we have a little spray bottle.
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This is Lens Cleaner.
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You can use this to clean the lenses on your glasses.
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The lenses are these parts here.
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One lens, two lenses.
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The other parts of the glasses, or the other parts altogether, are called the frame.
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Frame.
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Now this is called a spray bottle because if you take the lid off and press on it,
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you spray the liquid.
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And finally we have my laptop case.
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As you can see, this is quite old, but it's still fine, so I'm not going to replace it yet.
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As I said, this is a case, but The word case is quite general.
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It's a container or a cover that protects something.
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This type of laptop case can also be called a sleeve.
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It's quite thin and it's not a bag, So you can call it a sleeve.
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This laptop case has a zip.
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This thing here is a zip.
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You can also call it a zipper.
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Zipper.
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That's it for today, guys.
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I hope you found this educational.
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If you would like to practice using some of these words, or if you'd just like to practice your writing,
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go down to the the comments section and describe an object that you use on a regular basis.
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Thanks very much for watching, guys.
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I'll see you next time.
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We often don't pronounce the E.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “English Vocabulary to Describe Everyday Objects!”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: tube, lip, bowl, soft, word. Questo video contiene 187 frasi e 1511 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 15:49. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 96 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Solo il 78% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| suede sostantivo | /sweɪd/ | camoscio, pelle scamosciata |
| cylindrical aggettivo | /sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/ | cilindrico |
| rectangular aggettivo | /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/ | rettangolare |
| cylinder sostantivo | /ˈsɪləndɚ/ | cilindro |
| lens sostantivo | /lɛnz/ | lentille, lente |
| mascara sostantivo | /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/ | mascara, rimmel |
| cushion sostantivo | /ˈkʊʃən/ | cuscino |
| champagne sostantivo | /ʃæmˈpeɪn/ | champagne, sciampagna |
| container sostantivo | /kənˈteɪ.nəɹ/ | contenitore, recipiente |
| adjective sostantivo | /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/ | aggettivo |
| gloss sostantivo | /ɡlɔs/ | glossa, chiosa |
| prism sostantivo | /ˈpɹɪzəm/ | prisma |
| wand sostantivo | /wɑnd/ | bacchetta |
| pronounce verbo | /pɹəˈnaʊns/ | dichiarare |
| tile sostantivo | /ˈtaɪ.əl/ | piastrella, mattonella |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| write down verbo | sottoscrivere, annotare |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- It's something that you sleep on.
- I mean, it's not soft.
- You could say that this is rectangular, it's smooth...
- I'll see you next time.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Frasi condizionali if + frase, will/would + verbo — una condizione e il suo risultato | If you bend it, it will break |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is pronounced · is made · is curved |
| Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppo | the most exciting · the most common |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsione | you'll find · you'll also find · will break |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 18 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come they're, don't, isn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: cushion /ˈkʊʃən/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/, conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/, dimensional /daɪˈmɛn.ʃə.nəl/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: cylindrical /sɪˈlɪndɹɪkəl/, rectangular /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/, technically /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkəl.i/, conditioner /kənˈdɪʃənə/, conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: suede /sweɪd/, lens /lɛnz/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, gloss /ɡlɔs/, wand /wɑnd/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: rectangular /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/, mascara /ˌmæsˈkæɹə/, champagne /ʃæmˈpeɪn/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, fragile /ˈfɹæd͡ʒəl/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come suede, cylindrical, rectangular.
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.