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A. My favorite thing has to be my new tablet.
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It's really light and quite small, so I take it with me everywhere.
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I'm always writing messages to friends, and it's big enough to do college work on it too.
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It takes really good photos, and I play games and listen to music on it as well, of course.
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I often download films onto it and watch them in bed.
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My mum says I'm addicted, because I'm always on it.
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I even read things on it at breakfast time.
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I'm not allowed to at dinner time, though.
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I have to be polite and talk to people then.
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Welcome back to real life, my mum says.
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B. My favourite thing?
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Does my cat count as a thing?
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She's not really a thing, but anyway, she's a really beautiful little cat.
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I've had her since she was four months old.
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You know how some cats are really independent and hardly talk to you?
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I know cats don't really talk, but you know what I mean.
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Well, she's not like that at all
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She's really affectionate
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And comes up to me as soon as I get home Purring away like mad
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She makes a lot of noise for a tiny thing
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She loves being stroked
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And comes and curls up next to me when I'm on the sofa
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She's great company C My new scooter
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It's quite small, but fun and just what I needed for getting around the city.
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I used to have quite a long walk to the metro, then a longish walk at the other end to get to college,
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but now I can just whiz there on my scooter and there's no problem parking.
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There's always space for it.
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You have to be careful with the cars and lorries.
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They don't always see you.
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When it rains, the surface of the road is terrible.
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It gets really slippery.
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But in general, it's perfect for me and I can fit a friend on the back too.
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I've got an extra helmet for a friend.
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It's great.
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Riding along makes me feel so free.
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D. This may sound a bit old -fashioned but my sewing machine is my favourite thing.
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I'm studying fashion and love making things as well as designing them.
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I also really love clothes myself
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and often buy second -hand clothes everyone loves the vintage look at the moment
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and then I adapt them to my size it's much easier using a machine to do
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that than doing it by hand I do alterations for my mum
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and my sister too
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if I don't make it as a designer I suppose I can always set up my own alterations
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and customising business customising clothes by taking things off and adding things on is actually very creative, so I wouldn't mind that.
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E. My set of Japanese knives.
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That sounds a bit sinister, doesn't it?
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But I'm not a murderer or anything.
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They're chef's knives, and the best ones come from Japan.
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Cooking is my new hobby.
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I got into it when I started watching MasterChef on TV.
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Then I went to an evening class for beginners, and I haven't looked back since.
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I try and have dinner for between four and eight friends every two or three weeks.
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That gives me something to work towards and I always do new dishes
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so they can try them out and give me feedback.
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It's quite an expensive hobby if you use good ingredients but now my friends help towards the cost.
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They still get a good meal for a very low price.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Favourite things - B1 Listening Practice - British Council”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: cat, mum, clothes. Questo video contiene 56 frasi e 602 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:02. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 149 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 82% 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:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| cloth sostantivo | /klɒθ/ | stoffa, tessuto |
| knife sostantivo | /ˈnaɪ̯f/ | coltello |
| hobby sostantivo | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | hobby, passatempo |
| scooter sostantivo | /ˈskuːtə(ɹ)/ | monopattino |
| meal sostantivo | /ˈmiːl/ | pasto |
| designer sostantivo | /dɪˈzaɪnɚ/ | designer, progettista |
| feedback sostantivo | /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ | valutazione, riscontro |
| dish sostantivo | /dɪʃ/ | piatto, scodella |
| vintage sostantivo | /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/ | vendemmia |
| helmet sostantivo | /ˈhɛlmɪt/ | casco, elmetto |
| adapt verbo | /əˈdæpt/ | adattare |
| polite aggettivo | /pəˈlaɪt/ | cortese, educato |
| murderer sostantivo | /ˈmɝdɚɚ/ | assassino, assassina |
| sofa sostantivo | /ˈsoʊ̯fə/ | divano, sofà |
| ingredient sostantivo | /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ | ingrediente |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| set up verbo | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | preparare, installare |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- I'm not allowed to at dinner time, though.
- Does my cat count as a thing?
- I've had her since she was four months old.
- They don't always see you.
- I've got an extra helmet for a friend.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | I've had · haven't looked |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ing | loves being · love making · started watching |
| Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessario | has to be · have to be |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | I'm always writing · I'm studying |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 16 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: dish /dɪʃ/, alteration /ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/, affectionate /əˈfɛkʃənət/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, alteration /ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/, affectionate /əˈfɛkʃənət/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, helmet /ˈhɛlmɪt/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: cloth /klɒθ/, knife /ˈnaɪ̯f/, feedback /ˈfiːdˌbæk/, dish /dɪʃ/, vintage /ˈvɪn.tɪd͡ʒ/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: feedback /ˈfiːdˌbæk/, tablet /ˈtæblət/, adapt /əˈdæpt/, addict /ˈæd.ɪkt/
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 cloth, knife, hobby.
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.