Pratica di Shadowing: Epictetus - LIFE CHANGING Quotes - STOICISM - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you,
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but answer, he was ignorant to my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.
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Only the educated are free.
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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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We have two ears and one mouth, so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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Truth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.
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Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
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First say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
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There is only one way to happiness and
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that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Man is not worried by real problems so much as by his imagined anxieties about real problems.
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There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.
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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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He who laughs at himself never runs out of things to laugh at.
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Other people's views and troubles can be contagious.
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Don't sabotage yourself by unwittingly adopting negative, unproductive attitudes through your associations with others.
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Freedom is the only worthy goal in life.
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It is won by disregarding things that lie beyond our control.
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Circumstances don't make the man, they only reveal him to himself.
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It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
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People are not disturbed by things, but by the views they take of them.
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To accuse others for one's own misfortune is a sign of want of education.
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To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun.
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To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete.
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You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.
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I laugh at those who think they can damage me.
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They do not know who I am.
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They do not know what I think.
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They cannot even touch the things which are really mine and with which I live.
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First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
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Attach yourself to what is spiritually superior, regardless of what other people think or do.
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Hold to your true aspirations, no matter what is going on around you.
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The greater the difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it.
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Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Seek not the good in external things, seek it in yourselves.
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Do not try to seem wise to others.
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Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.
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A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.
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Know first who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.
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If you would be a reader, read.
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If a writer, write.
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Events do not just happen, but arrive by appointment.
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Just who is the rich man?
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Epictetus replied, he who is content.
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Either God wants to abolish evil and cannot, or he can but does not want to.
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We are not disturbed by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens to us.
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Know you not that a good man does nothing for appearance sake, but for the sake of having done right?
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It is better to die of hunger having lived without grief and fear, and to live with a troubled spirit amid abundance.
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Small-minded people blame others.
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Average people blame themselves.
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The wise see all blame as foolishness.
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Give me by all means the shorter and nobler life Instead of one that is longer but of less count
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No great thing is created suddenly Men are not afraid of things but of how they view them
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If someone speaks badly of you, do not defend yourself against the accusations, but reply, you obviously don't know about my other vices,
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otherwise you would have mentioned these as well.
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On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use.
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You may fetter my leg, but Zeus himself cannot get the better of my free will.
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Difficulty shows what men are.
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No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig.
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If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer that there must be time.
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Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
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Keep the prospect of death, exile, and all such apparent tragedies before you every day,
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especially death, and you will never have an abject thought or desire anything to excess.
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A pictotus being asked how a man should give pain to his enemy
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answered by preparing himself to live the best life that he can.
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What concerns me is not the way things are, but the way people think things are.
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Don't live by your own rules, but in harmony with nature.
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live
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that his happiness shall depend as as little as possible on external things.
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Imagine for yourself a character, a model personality whose example you determine to follow in private as well as in public.
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Whoever is going to listen to the philosophers needs a considerable practice in listening.
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If you would cure anger, do not feed it.
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Say to yourself, I used to be angry every day, then every other day, now only every third or fourth day.
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When you reach 30 days, offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things.
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Don't wish to be thought to know anything, and even if you appear to be somebody important to others, distrust yourself.
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For it is difficult to both keep your faculty of choice in a state comfortable to nature, and at the same time acquire external things.
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But while you are careful about one, you must of necessity neglect the other.
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Any person capable of angering you becomes your master.
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He can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.
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If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you,
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but answer, he was ignorant to my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone.
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Only the educated are free.
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It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
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We have two ears and one mouth, so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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Love consists not in having great possessions, but in having few ones.
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Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
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First, say to yourself what you would be, and then do what you have to do.
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There is only one way to happiness, and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
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If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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No man is free who is not master of himself.
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He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questo video contiene 98 frasi e 1347 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 14:10. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 95 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 87% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole meno comuni del video, con pronuncia e significato:
- disturb /dɪˈstɜːb/ (verbo) — disturbare. to confuse a quiet, constant state or a calm, continuous flow, in particular: thoughts, actions or liquids.
- happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/ (sostantivo) — felicità, gioia. The emotion of being happy; joy; elation.
- anger /ˈæŋɡə/ (sostantivo) — ira, rabbia. A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm…
- react /ɹiːˈækt/ (verbo) — reagire. To act in response.
- cease /sis/ (verbo) — cessare, arrestare. To stop.
- foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/ (aggettivo) — babbeo, sciocco. Lacking good sense or judgement as a general trait; unwise; stupid.
- accuse /əˈkjuz/ (verbo) — accusare. To find fault with, blame, censure.
- ear /ˈɪə̯/ (sostantivo) — orecchio, orecchia. The organ of hearing, consisting of the pinna or auricle, auditory canal, eardrum, malleus, incus, stapes and cochlea.
- sake /ˈseɪ̯k/ (sostantivo) — causa. Cause, interest or account.
- possession /pəˈzɛʃn̩/ (sostantivo) — possesso. A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
- difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/ (sostantivo) — difficoltà. The state of being difficult, or hard to do.
- ignorant /ˈɪɡ.nə.ɹənt/ (aggettivo) — ignorante. Unknowledgeable or uneducated; characterized by ignorance.
- consist /kənˈsɪst/ (sostantivo) — composizione, configurazione. A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that form a unit.
- educate /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/ (verbo) — istruire, educare. To instruct or train.
- regardless /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/ (avverbio) — comunque, in ogni caso. Without attention to warnings or indications of bad consequences.
I phrasal verb che sentirai
- go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verbo) — continuare. To continue in extent.
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 6 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: worthy /ˈwɝ.ði/, thanksgiving /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/, possession /pəˈzɛʃn̩/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, sabotage /ˈsæb.əˌtɑʒ/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: difficulty /ˈdɪfɪkəlti/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, superior /sʊˈpɪɹ.i.ɚ/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, considerable /kənˈsɪdəɹəbl̩/
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 disturb, happiness, anger.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is said · are disturbed · be thought |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | things which are · man who does · people who uplift |
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.