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It's coming soon to your city.
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Fire.
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Destruction.
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Chaos. And death.
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You love to see it in the movies.
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But are you prepared to see everything you love turn to ashes?
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Here's how to survive.
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5. Godzilla is a dinosaur -like monster from Japan, where it is known as Gojira.
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That's a word combining gorilla and whale.
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The giant monster is a result of nuclear weapons thrown in the ocean.
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It can grow up to 150 meters tall, and has atomic breath that can melt steel with a powerful beam of blue fire.
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No wonder they call it the king of the monsters.
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By now, you know your chances of surviving alone are pretty slim.
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But if the whole city works together, you might be able to take this monster down.
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If you're in Oklahoma, Mexico City, Prague, or Moscow, don't panic.
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Because inner cities would be harder for Godzilla to reach.
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But if you're at the coast when Godzilla strikes, your chances of being attacked are higher.
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So how could a whole town survive this devastating attack?
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Just before arriving at the coast, this giant beast would cause a tsunami.
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If people don't evacuate fast, the water would likely kill them or at least injure them.
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The protocol from the mass evacuation and natural disasters from the camp coordination
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and camp management in Switzerland dictates that state officials will coordinate the evacuation.
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People who are unable to leave will be taken to a spontaneous sanctuary site.
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That's what they did when Hurricane Katrina hit.
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In the meantime, the government would meet in an underground bunker and agree on its humanitarian response and military tactics.
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The UN would organize emergency relief that includes shelter and food.
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The military would set up a perimeter around the city, prepared with tanks and firepower against a possible attack, giving citizens extra time to escape.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency would suggest shutting down every nuclear power station to lower the risk of a nuclear emergency.
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Atomic energy is what created this monster, so a nuclear bomb would not hurt it, and it could feed Godzilla and make it stronger.
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But humans would be harmed by radiation, and end up with an uninhabitable city.
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Aerial assaults would launch into action first.
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B -52s, F -15s, and F -22s would be flying around Godzilla like mosquitoes
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while trying not to get hit by the monster's killing breath.
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Air Force strike teams carry conventional munitions that probably wouldn't kill the monster.
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But the white phosphorus and unguided rockets could blind its eyes if they are organic.
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Once Godzilla was blind, the military could use B -2 stealth bombers loaded with massive ordnance penetrators.
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These are 13 ,607 kg precision -guided munitions designed to cut through solid rock.
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But if the impact angle is not correct, the bombs could deflect off the monster.
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If the air assaults are ineffective, ground soldiers would be instructed to release heavy fire with missile carrier launchers and surface -to -air missiles.
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At this point, anything could be used in the fight, even technology that's still in development.
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That could include the Dynetics' Lockheed Martin 100 kW high -energy laser medium tactical vehicles fleet.
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Or, as we like to call it, a bunch of trucks with lasers on top of them. In 2019, the companies won a contract to develop and test higher -energy laser weapons
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and it seems the time to test them is right now.
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This powerful beam would kill Godzilla, or at least hurt it so much that it would sink back into the ocean.
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If we didn't kill Godzilla, we'd need to draw up a plan to protect the coasts if Godzilla attacks us again.
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And even if we kill Godzilla, there could be more giant monsters, or kaijus, arriving in the future.
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including the son of Godzilla, or whatever the heck this is.
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And governments would have to keep in mind that Godzilla is the direct consequence of human warfare, and make sure that a new attack against it wouldn't spawn more monsters.
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The good news is that this giant lizard is completely fictional, so you'll never have to worry about it.
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The bad news is that there are very real lizards on the planet who can be just as scary.
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They may not have atomic breath, but they do have shark -like teeth that are full of venom.
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Could you survive a Komodo dragon?
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Find out here, on How to Survive.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “How to Survive a Godzilla Attack”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Godzilla, monster, kill, atomic, survive. Questo video contiene 53 frasi e 738 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:17. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 140 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 80% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| atomic aggettivo | /əˈtɑː.mɪk/ | atomico |
| laser sostantivo | /ˈleɪzɚ/ | laser |
| lizard sostantivo | /ˈlɪzɚd/ | lucertola |
| evacuation sostantivo | /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/ | evacuazione |
| missile sostantivo | /ˈmɪs.aɪl/ | missile |
| beam sostantivo | /ˈbiːm/ | trave, asse |
| devastate verbo | /ˈdɛv.ə.steɪt/ | devastare |
| injure verbo | /ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/ | ferire, danneggiare |
| instruct verbo | /ɪnˈstɹʌkt/ | istruire, insegnare |
| phosphorus sostantivo | /ˈfɑs.fɚ.əs/ | fosforo |
| uninhabitable aggettivo | /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/ | inabitabile |
| tsunami sostantivo | /(t)suːˈnɑːmi/ | tsunami, maremoto |
| evacuate verbo | /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/ | evacuare |
| venom sostantivo | /ˈvɛnəm/ | veleno |
| dictate verbo | /ˈdɪkˌteɪt/ | imporre, comandare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| draw up verbo | stilare, stendere | |
| find out verbo | scoprire | |
| set up verbo | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | preparare, installare |
| shut down verbo | spegnere |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Frasi condizionali if + frase, will/would + verbo — una condizione e il suo risultato | If we didn't kill Godzilla, we'd need |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is known · being attacked · will be taken |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 9 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, wouldn't, you're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: munition /ˌmjuˈnɪʃən/, evacuation /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/, fictional /ˈfɪkʃənəl/, coordination /kəʊˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃən/, precision /pɹɪˈsɪʒ.ən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: evacuation /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/, uninhabitable /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/, evacuate /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/, ineffective /ˌɪn.ɪˈfɛk.tɪv/, perimeter /pɪˈɹɪm.ɪ.tə/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: uninhabitable /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/, humanitarian /hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/, heck /hɛk/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: atomic /əˈtɑː.mɪk/, lizard /ˈlɪzɚd/, deflect /dɪˈflɛkt/, devastate /ˈdɛv.ə.steɪt/, instruct /ɪnˈstɹʌkt/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: evacuation /ɪˌvækjuˈeɪʃən/, uninhabitable /ˌʌnɪnˈhæbɪtəbəl/, evacuate /ɪˈvæk.ju.eɪt/, humanitarian /hjuˌmæ.nəˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/, sanctuary /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come atomic, laser, lizard.
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.