Pratica di Shadowing: Freckle-faced killer Eric Smith freed after 28 years behind bars | 48 Hours - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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What do you think is going to happen?
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So you find a defendant guilty of murder in a second degree?
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Yes.
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Is that unanimous?
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Yes.
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Eric Smith was only 14 years old when he was given a sentence of nine years to life in prison.
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Smith had been convicted of murdering four-year-old Derek Robey.
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But before his arrest, many residents in Savona,
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New York, thought it might have been the work of an evil adult.
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Late in the afternoon, the body of Derrick Robey was found.
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It was just a brutal, brutal killing.
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When police found Derrick, they discovered that he had been lured into a wooded area not far from his home,
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strangled and beaten with rocks.
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When this terrible thing was done,
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I think everybody, including myself,
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thought I was an adult.
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How could anybody do such a terrible,
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terrible thing?" But Smith had walked into the police command center four days after the murder,
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offering to help police solve the crime.
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Smith said that he had seen Derek that day with a white t-shirt on holding a lunch bag.
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Investigators felt like Smith knew something but didn't realize the killer was sitting right in front of them.
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Then two days after Derek Roby's funeral, Smith confessed.
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Grandpa!
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Grandpa!
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I was there.
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I was there when my grandson confessed.
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It was.. it was terrible.
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Investigators and community members tried to understand why a 13 year old boy would do such a thing.
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They learned that Smith had a history of being picked on as a young child.
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His bright red hair and freckles made him a target for bullies.
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I don't know why he did it.
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I asked him why he did it.
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His words almost verbatim were,
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I don't know, I just saw this kid,
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this blonde kid, and I wanted to hurt him.
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After he was convicted and sentenced,
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Smith was sent to Brookwood Juvenile Detention Center.
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Love you, Eric.
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Love you, honey.
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When Eric Smith was sentenced,
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was there a sense, now we can get on with our lives?
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You hear the nine years to life.
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And I think back then,
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everybody was focusing on the life side of it.
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For Derek Robey's parents, Smith's prison sentence did not give them the closure they had expected.
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They were forced to deal with the harsh reality that their son's killer would be eligible for parole beginning in 2002.
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Decide that, well, now he's done his time and we're gonna let him go.
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That scares the hell out of me.
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In 2002, Smith's parole was denied.
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But every two years, Smith appeared in front of the parole board,
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hoping to prove that he had changed and was no longer a danger to society.
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The frequent hearings took a toll on Derek's parents,
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who were forced to relive the horrors of their son's killing.
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Must have felt like a weight hanging right over your head.
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Yes.
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There's all of these really happy times that are supposed to happen throughout your life,
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but there's always that.
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In 2009, as Smith approached his 30s,
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he said he had changed in an interview with WENY-TV.
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The data one was, I'm not the same person.
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There's not a day that goes by in some way,
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shape, or form that I'm like forced to remember what I did.
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I'm automatically thinking I killed Derek and the pain that I caused Dale in the door when he broke.
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In 2010, the parole board turned him down again,
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but as the years went by,
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clinical forensic psychologist Joni Johnston says he seemed to be changing from him for other people.
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So I'm seeing a little bit of hope from him.
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Years passed, and the parole board didn't budge,
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until October 2021, when his parole was granted.
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But Smith could not be released just yet.
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He still needed to find approved housing.
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Rick Smith, who gained national attention almost three decades ago for killing a four-year-old,
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has been set free.
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On February 1st, 2022, after spending 28 years behind bars,
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Eric Smith walked out of prison.
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Why?
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After so many years, they decided to give him a chance.
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And that's fine, you know,
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for him and his family.
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Smith has moved to Queens,
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New York, and says he has plans for his future.
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I want to get married,
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raise a family, hold down a job, pursue the American dream.
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Smith says he wants to counsel kids who have been bullied,
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just like he was.
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Will Eric Smith be a success story or somebody that we're pointing to and saying,
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the system blew it with that one?
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That's exactly right.
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I keep going back to my hope.
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Time will tell.

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Praticare il parlato con video come quello di Eric Smith è estremamente vantaggioso per chi desidera migliorare le proprie abilità linguistiche. In questo video, si affrontano temi complessi e emotivi, il che offre un'ottima opportunità per esercitare la pratica di conversazione in inglese in contesti reali. Ascoltare la narrazione e le interviste permette di capire non solo le parole, ma anche le emozioni e le intensità della comunicazione. Questo approccio aiuta a sviluppare una comprensione più profonda e una capacità di rispondere in modo naturale durante le conversazioni.

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Il video offre diversi esempi di strutture grammaticali e frasi utili da utilizzare. Ecco alcune chiavi:

  • Past Simple: "Smith was only 14 years old." Questa struttura è fondamentale per raccontare eventi passati. Praticare con frasi simili aiuta a migliorare la fluidità.
  • Modal Verbs: "He could have done something terrible." L'uso dei verbi modali è essenziale per esprimere possibilità e abilità, creando frasi più ricche.
  • Reported Speech: "Smith said that he had seen Derek." Questo strumento consente di riportare le parole di qualcuno, una competenza importante nelle conversazioni.

Trappole di Pronuncia Comuni

Nel video, ci sono alcune parole e accenti che possono risultare difficili da pronunciare. Ecco alcune trappole di pronuncia:

  • Strangled: La pronuncia corretta è /ˈstræŋɡəld/, prestare attenzione alla 'a' aperta.
  • Confessed: Attenzione all'accento sulla seconda sillaba, potrebbe essere confuso per i principianti.
  • Derek: La pronuncia di nomi propri può essere complicata; in questo caso, è importante ripetere per assimilare il suono corretto.

Utilizzando tecniche di shadowing in inglese, come ripetere immediatamente dopo l'oratore, puoi migliorare notevolmente la tua pronuncia. L'uso di video per imparare l'inglese con YouTube diventa così un'opzione eccellente per la pratica quotidiana.

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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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