Pratica di Shadowing: Finding Things at the Supermarket - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Excuse me, could you help me?
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Of course. What are you looking for?
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I can't find the eggs.
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They're in aisle four, next to the milk.
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Thanks. And where's the bread?
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Sorry, we sold out this morning.
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We'll get more tomorrow.
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Oh, never mind. I'll come back.
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Do you need a bag?
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Yes, please. A big one.
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That's fifteen pounds fifty, please.
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Here you are. Thanks a lot!

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 12 sentences and 68 words to shadow. The speech runs for 0:29.

Key vocabulary in this video

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

WordPronunciationMeaning
egg noun/ɛɡ/An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
pound noun/ˈpaʊ̯nd/A unit of weight in various measurement systems.
fifty noun/ˈfɪfti/A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50.
fifteen noun/ˈfɪf.tiːn/An Irish traybake made with crushed digestive biscuits, marshmallows and glacé cherries combined with condensed milk and desiccated coconut.
aisle noun/aɪ̯l/A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
milk verb/mɪlk/To express milk from (a mammal, especially a cow).
excuse verb/ɪksˈkjuz/To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
bread noun/brɛd/A foodstuff made by baking dough made from cereals.
sell verb/sɛl/To transfer goods or provide services in exchange for money.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
come back verbTo return to a place.
sold out adjectiveCompletely sold; of which no more is in stock.

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsioneWe'll get · I'll come

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 4 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, I'll, they're. 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 egg, pound, fifty.

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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