Pratica di Shadowing: Five Short Plays Chapter 1 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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The Robbery, Scene 1, The Plan Harry comes into the room.
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His friends look up at him.
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Hello, everyone.
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What are you doing?
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Nothing, Harry, nothing.
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What can we do?
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We haven't got any money.
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I know, I know.
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But it's OK.
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I have some work for us.
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We can make a lot of money.
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Work?
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But you don't like work, Harry.
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Ah, but this work is different.
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How, Harry?
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What are we going to do?
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We're going to rob a bank.
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Rob a bank?
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But how can we?
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I have a plan, a very good plan.
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Which bank are we going to rob?
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The capital bank.
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Which one is that?
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The one next to the library in the high street.
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That's a very big bank.
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Be quiet and listen.
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Now, I want Wilf to drive the car and Gladys to stand outside the bank and watch the street.
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OK, Harry.
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Sid.
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Yes, Harry.
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What do you want me to do?
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You must go into the bank and speak to everyone there.
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Say to them, stay there.
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Don't move.
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I've got a gun in my pocket.
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But, Harry, we haven't got a gun.
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I know that.
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You just put your hand in your pocket like this.
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Move your hand up and down in your pocket and say, this is a gun.
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I understand.
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Good.
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Now, Ron, I want you to go with Sid.
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Yes, Harry.
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And then what?
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Go to one of the bank workers and say, My friend has a gun.
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Give me the money.
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What are you going to do, Harry?
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I'm going to wait in the car with Wilf.
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Do you have any questions?
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No. OK, so let's look at the plan again.
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Scene 2.
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The robbery.
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Sid and Ron run into the library.
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The people there look up from their books.
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Listen to me, all of you.
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This is a robbery.
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Don't move!
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I've got a gun in my pocket!
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Oh, don't shoot!
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Please don't shoot!
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We don't want to die!
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Nobody's going to die, but you must do what I say!
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Go on, Ron!
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What are you waiting for?
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Get the money, quick!
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Listen, my friend over there has got a gun.
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Give me the money.
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Give it to me now!
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What money?
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What do you mean, what money?
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The money in this bank, of course.
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I'm sorry, this is not a bank.
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This is a library.
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What did you say?
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A library?
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That's right.
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People come here to borrow books.
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We don't have any money here.
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Er, you don't have any money.
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Oh dear.
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Sid?
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Sid?
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What?
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Have you got the money?
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There isn't any money.
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It's not a bank, Sid.
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We're not in a bank.
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This is a library.
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A library?
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That's right.
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They've only got books.
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Lots and lots of books.
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Books?
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Well, get some of those then.
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We must take something or Harry's going to be angry.
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Give me lots of books.
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Have you got a library card?
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A card?
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No, I haven't.
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I'm sorry.
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You can't borrow books without a library card.
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Look, you don't understand.
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We're not borrowing books.
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We're stealing them.
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I'm sorry, but you can't do that.
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Sid, we can't steal books, she says.
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I've got a gun.
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Tell her that.
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My friend's got a gun and he knows how to shoot.
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Look, it's not a problem.
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I can give you and your friend a library card.
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Then you can borrow the books and not steal them.
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What are your names?
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Oh, all right.
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I'm Ronald Savage and he's Sidney Dupree.
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Ronald Savage, Sidney Dupree. And what's your address?
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27 Dunfor Road, Hamley.
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27 Dunfor Road, Hamley.
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Good.
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Here you are.
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Now you can borrow some books.
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But I don't know anything about reading.
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You must help me.
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Which books are best?
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Quick, Ron.
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I can't stand here much longer.
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Here are some good books for you.
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The Great Train Robbery, The Return of Sherlock Holmes and The Adventures of Robin Hood.
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They're all very famous books.
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Oh, that's nice.
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They look interesting.
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Thanks.
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Ron, come on, quick!
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It's OK, Sid.
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I've got the books.
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All right.
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We're going now, but don't move.
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Don't move or talk for five minutes.
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Can we read?
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Erm, all right, but you must read quietly, OK?
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Come on, Sid.
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Let's go.
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Harry and the others are waiting.
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Goodbye and happy reading.
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Oh, yes, thank you.
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All right, Sid, I'm coming.
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Oh dear, I was so afraid Oh, they weren't so bad The one called Sid, he didn't really have a gun,
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you know Perhaps, but they were robbers They wanted to rob the bank Yes,
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but they came into the wrong building Why do you look so pleased?
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Well, it's important for everybody to read books Not just you and me, but everybody, even bank robbers.
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But you aren't going to get those books back, are you?
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Oh, yes, I am.
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Remember, I've got their names and their address.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questo video contiene 155 frasi e 828 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 8:12. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 101 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 85% 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:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
pocket sostantivo/ˈpɑ.kɪt/tasca
borrow verbo/ˈbɑɹ.oʊ/prendere in prestito
robbery sostantivo/ˈɹɑbəɹi/furto, ruberia
steal verbo/stiːl/rubare, derubare
worker sostantivo/ˈwɝ.kɚ/lavoratore, operaio
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/arrivederci, addio
robber sostantivo/ˈɹɑ.bɚ/rapinatore, ladro
angry aggettivo/ˈæŋ.ɡɹi/arrabbiato
quiet aggettivo/ˈkwaɪ̯.ət/quieto, silenzioso
library sostantivo/ˈlaɪˌbɹɛɹ.i/biblioteca
quick aggettivo/kwɪk/rapido, svelto
shoot verbo/ʃut/sparare
address sostantivo/əˈdɹɛs/maniera
everybody/ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/tutti, ciascuno
dear aggettivo/dɪɹ/caro

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 41 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I'm, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come pocket, borrow, robbery.

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodoWe're not borrowing · We're stealing · We're going
Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessariomust go · must do · must take
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un piano o qualcosa che si vede arrivareWe're going to rob · I'm going to wait · Nobody's going to die

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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