Pratica di Shadowing: How Do Our Bodies Move? - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Hey there!
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I'm sure you know, like Squeaks here does, that exercise is a really important part of keeping your body healthy and strong.
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And whether you're running a race, playing football, or just doing a whole bunch of jumping jacks, exercise means moving.
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And one SciShow Kids viewer named Autumn wants to know, how does my body move?
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Really awesome question, Autumn!
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Your body is made up of lots of different parts that all have very special jobs.
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To help keep things organized, scientists sometimes group the parts of our bodies into what we call body systems.
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And all of the parts in a certain body system work together to accomplish a goal.
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When it comes to making you move, it takes three body systems working together to get the job done.
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They're called the muscular system, the skeletal system, and the nervous system.
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Ready to check them out?
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Let's start with the muscular system.
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Your muscular system is made of, well, muscles.
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Muscle is the stuff — what scientists call tissue — that allows you to move around.
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Muscles don't just help you to swing a bat or jump to catch a ball.
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Some muscles help you chew, wiggle your nose, stick out your tongue, or even blink.
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And some muscles, like the ones in your back and legs, just help to hold your body upright So you can walk, run, or simply sit.
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Muscle tissue is pretty flexible, kind of like thick rubber or elastic.
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And also like rubber, it can stretch and change shape.
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Let's see how.
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When you bend your arm at the elbow, a muscle called your bicep contracts or squeezes together.
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When it contracts, its shape gets shorter and thicker.
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When you straighten your arm, your bicep relaxes.
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When a muscle relaxes, its shape gets longer and thinner.
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But muscles contracting and relaxing aren't enough to make us move.
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They need to be attached to another part of our body to get the job done.
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And that's where the next system, the skeletal system, comes in.
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The main part of your skeletal system, the skeleton, is made of all your hard, sturdy bones.
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Although we sometimes think of skeletons as dead things, especially around Halloween, that's actually not true.
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Your bones are very much alive, and they have many jobs.
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One of the most important jobs is to support or hold up the rest of your body, and this includes your muscles.
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Strong cords, called tendons, attach your muscles to your bones.
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When a muscle contracts or relaxes, it pulls the bone into a different position, which makes it move.
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But how do your muscles know they're supposed to move at all?
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Well, they know because they're under control of your nervous system.
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The most important part of your nervous system is your brain.
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Your brain is kind of like your body's command center.
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When you decide to move, your brain sends signals to your muscles, giving them specific instructions on what to do.
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Say you're trying to pick up a snack.
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Your brain sends signals to the muscles in your hand and wrist, telling some of them to contract.
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As the muscles contract, they pull the bones in your fingers, so that you can grab the apple.
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Then your brain sends more signals to your arm muscles, telling them to move the bones in your arm, so that you can bring the apple right to your mouth.
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Snack accomplished!
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So it takes the actions of three body systems to help us move — the muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems.
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Autumn, thanks for watching SciShow Kids and asking such a great question!
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And if anyone else has a question for any of us here at the fort, let us know by leaving a comment or emailing us at kids at thescishow .com.
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Thanks guys, see ya later!
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questo video contiene 47 frasi e 641 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:11. Chi parla va veloce, circa 202 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. 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 meno comuni del video, con pronuncia e significato:
- muscle /ˈmʌs.əl/ (sostantivo) — muscolo. A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
- bone /boʊn/ (sostantivo) — osso. A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
- muscular /ˈmʌs.kjʊl.ə/ (aggettivo) — muscoloso. Of, relating to, or connected with muscles.
- thick /θɪk/ (aggettivo) — spesso. Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
- tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/ (sostantivo) — tessuto. Thin, woven, gauzelike fabric.
- rubber /ˈɹʌbɚ/ (sostantivo) — gomma. Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon biopolymer of isoprene.
- scientist /ˈsaɪəntəst/ (sostantivo) — scienziato, scienziata. One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research…
- accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/ (verbo) — compiere, realizzare. To finish successfully.
- snack /snæk/ (sostantivo) — spuntino. A light meal.
- skeleton /ˈskɛlətən/ (sostantivo) — scheletro. The system that provides support to an organism, where in vertebrates it is internal and consists of bones and cartilage, and external in some other animals.
- attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ (verbo) — legare, appiccare. To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively).
- finger /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ (sostantivo) — dito, dita. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other…
- thin /ˈθɪn/ (aggettivo) — sottile, fine. Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.
- fort /fɔɹt/ (sostantivo) — forte, fortezza. A fortified defensive structure stationed with troops.
- stretch /stɹɛt͡ʃ/ (verbo) — tendere. To lengthen by pulling.
I phrasal verb che sentirai
- hold up (verbo) — ritardare, rallentare. To wait or delay.
- pick up (verbo) — tirare su, sollevare. To lift; to grasp and raise.
- stick out (verbo) — sporgere. To protrude.
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 8 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come they're, you're, aren't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: thick /θɪk/, thin /ˈθɪn/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/, accomplish /əˈkɑm.plɪʃ/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come muscle, bone, muscular.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
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| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is made · be attached |
| Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppo | the most important |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | you're running · you're trying |
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.