Pratica di Shadowing: Free Time Activities | A1 English Conversation - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Hello, everyone, and welcome back to the Two Voice English podcast.
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Hello, hello, welcome back.
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I am Zara.
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And I am Sam.
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Hello, Zara, how are you?
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I am great, Sam, thank you.
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How are you?
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I am very good.
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Today we have a fun topic.
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Oh, a fun topic.
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What is it?
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Today we talk about free time, things we do for fun.
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Yay!
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I love free time.
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It's my favorite time.
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Me too.
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So, Zara, I have a question for you.
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Okay, what is your question?
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What do you do in your free time?
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Hmm, and my free time.
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I do many things.
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I love reading books.
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You love reading.
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Nice.
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What else do you do?
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I also like listening to music, and I go swimming.
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Wow, swimming.
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When do you go swimming?
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I usually go swimming on the weekend, on Saturday.
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That is great.
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Do you go with friends?
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Sometimes.
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I sometimes go with my friend Sarah.
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Okay, Sam, what about you?
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What do you do in your free time?
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Oops, you ask me now.
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Yes, what do you do?
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Well, I play football.
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I love playing football.
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Football.
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That is cool.
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Who do you play with?
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I always play with my friends.
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We play at the park.
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Fun.
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When do you play?
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We usually play every weekend.
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We love it.
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What else do you like doing?
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I like playing video games.
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Video games.
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Do you play often?
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Yes, I play often.
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I like new games.
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So, Zara, you like swimming.
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What about running?
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Do you like running?
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Running?
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Oh, no, I don't like running.
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I never go running.
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Haha, okay, no running.
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But you like doing yoga, right?
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Yes, I love doing yoga.
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It is very relaxing.
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I do yoga once a week.
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Now, let's talk about other activities.
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Do you play an instrument, like the guitar?
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No, I don't play the guitar.
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Do you play the guitar, Sam?
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No, I don't.
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But I like listening to music.
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Me too.
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I always listen to music.
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What about movies?
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Do you go to the cinema?
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Yes, I do.
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I sometimes go to the cinema.
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I like watching movies.
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What kind of movies do you like?
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I like funny movies.
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They make me happy.
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Me too.
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I love funny movies.
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I don't like sad movies.
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Okay, another question.
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Do you go shopping?
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Go shopping.
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Hmm.
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I sometimes go shopping, not often.
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What about you, Zara?
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Do you like going shopping?
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Yes, I love going shopping with my friends.
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It's fun.
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Okay, I have a different activity.
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Do you play chess?
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Chess?
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No, I don't play chess.
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It's very difficult.
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I agree.
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I don't play chess.
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What about puzzles?
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Do you do puzzles?
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Oh, yes.
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I love doing puzzles.
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It's so relaxing.
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I like puzzles, too.
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I do puzzles on rainy days.
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That's a great idea.
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Okay, let's think.
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We have play, go, do.
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What about karate?
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Do you do karate?
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Karate?
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Wow.
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No, I don't do karate. Do you?
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No, I don't.
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But my friend Tom does karate.
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He loves it.
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Oh, cool.
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What about photography?
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Do you do photography?
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Photography.
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Taking pictures.
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Yes, I like doing photography.
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It's fun to take pictures of trees and flowers.
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I like photography, too.
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I take pictures of my cat.
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A cat.
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That is so cute.
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So Zara, let's review.
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You love playing football.
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Yes, I do.
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You like playing video games.
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Yes, that's right.
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And you don't like playing chess.
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No, I do not.
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Correct.
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And you, Zara, you love reading.
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I do.
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I love reading.
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You like going swimming.
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Yes.
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But you don't like running.
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No, I never go running.
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You are right.
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We have so many different free time activities.
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Yes, it is important to have fun in our free time.
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Yes, it is.
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Free time is for relaxing and doing things you love.
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So to everyone listening, what do you do in your free time?
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Yes, do you play football?
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Do you go swimming?
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Do you do puzzles?
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You can tell us in the comments below.
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This was a lot of fun, Zara.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, Sam.
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I had fun, too.
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Well, that is all our time for today.
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Yes.
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If you like our podcast, please remember to like the video.
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And subscribe to our channel.
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It helps us a lot.
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Thank you for listening, everyone.
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Yes, thank you.
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Goodbye.
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Goodbye, Sam.
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See you next time.
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Bye-bye.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A1 si basa sul video “Free Time Activities”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Zara, running, swimming, puzzles, Sam. Questo video contiene 169 frasi e 742 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:48. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 155 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 83% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 41 delle sue 169 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
swim verbo/swɪm/nuotare, natare
puzzle sostantivo/ˈpʌzəl/mistero, rompicapo
photography sostantivo/fəˈtɑ.ɡɹə.fi/fotografia
chess sostantivo/t͡ʃɛs/scacchi
guitar sostantivo/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/chitarra
yoga sostantivo/ˈjoʊ.ɡə/yoga
topic sostantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, categoria
goodbye/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/arrivederci, addio
cinema sostantivo/ˈsɪn.ə.mə/cinema
podcast sostantivo/ˈpɑdˌkæst/podcast, audioprogramma
flower sostantivo/ˈfloʊɚ/fiore
instrument sostantivo/ˈɪnstɹəmənt/strumento
subscribe verbo/səbˈskɹaɪb/abbonarsi
rainy aggettivo/ˈɹeɪni/piovoso, pluviale
oops/ups/ups, ops

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • What do you do in your free time?
  • What else do you do?
  • When do you go swimming?
  • Do you go with friends?
  • Yes, what do you do?

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 10 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: chess /t͡ʃɛs/, relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, topic /ˈtɑpɪk/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, instrument /ˈɪnstɹəmənt/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come swim, puzzle, photography.

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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