Pratica di Shadowing: Ian Somerhalder Talks Vampires, Bourbon, And Saving the World on Thirst Trap | ELLE - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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- There are some particulate matter floating in this one.
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I'm not sure what it is.
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(upbeat music) I'm Ian Somerhalder and I am here to pour it up on ELLE Thirst Trap.
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(upbeat music) I've got 10 questions and 10 shots.
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The crazier the question the crazier the drink.
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I can answer each question honestly or throw one back.
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But before we toast be sure to check out my new show, streaming right now on Netflix, called "V Wars".
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Hmm, elephant urine.
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Great, I love that one.
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(suspenseful music) You have to go back in time and say no to one of these shows, "Lost" or "Vampire Diaries", which would it be and why?
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Well that's crazy.
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Why would you ever say no to "Lost" or "Vampire diaries"?
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I would choose "Vampire Diaries" over "Lost" because the "Vampire Diaries", well I was number three on the call sheet and then Nina left and I technically became two and on "Lost" I think I was 10 and they killed me in season one, so I'm gonna go with "Vampire Diaries".
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I got to bite people for eight years.
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On "Lost", well I just got killed.
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(suspenseful music) Now we're breaking the rules of your own game.
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Battery acid.
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(suspenseful music) Phew, I didn't need to take that shot.
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I was just taking it on the off chance that there was vodka in it.
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(suspenseful music) Would you do full frontal if it meant you could eradicate the environmental issue of your choice?
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I would do an entire eight years of a series completely naked in like, the Arctic, which is a little scary for a guy, if we could eradicate ocean plastic.
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Nude, me, forever.
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No plastic.
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(sighing) that was a stressful one I think I'm just gonna taste this.
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Woo! Wait, why am I drinking still?
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(suspenseful music) No booze in that one either.
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(crowd booing) It's, it's very plummy.
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It could have been medicine.
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I'm not sure.
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Let's try this again.
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At some point I'm gonna get one of these wrong and I'm gonna to get a shot.
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(suspenseful music) What is the biggest argument you've had with Nikki in the past three months?
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Never buy an appliance without asking your wife first.
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And I bought a second dishwasher to put in the kitchen, but I didn't ask my wife about it.
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(crowd booing) And you just can't do that guys.
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That was an argument and she won 'cause it was smarter.
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That's pure alcohol.
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Wohoho! (suspenseful music) Peppermint schnapps.
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When the lights go back down, I'm gonna have to revisit that friend.
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I normally don't drink schnapps.
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Typically I'm more of a brown liquor guy, which is why Paul Wesley and I are launching our own bourbon brand, which I'm hoping you ladies are gonna like because it is very yummy.
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Not just for the ladies but also for these guys.
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Check it out.
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(suspenseful music) Would you have turned down "Vampire Diaries" for a role in "Twilight"?
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Oh, "Twilight" is what sort of paved the way for the success of "Vampire Diaries"?
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I would have met my wife a lot earlier, but you know, I think I'm going to stick with Damon.
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Damon was just bad ass.
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But I would do it naked if there was no ocean plastic.
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Just because I'm curious 'cause I love brown liquor or drinks, I'm gonna see what this was.
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(suspenseful music) Wow.
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That is like an electrolyte tar.
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(suspenseful music) If you are in a desert and you're dying for lack of electrolytes and you come across this in a puddle, you would drink it.
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(suspenseful music) Which of these actors played the worst vampire?
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Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Robert Pattinson, Wesley Snipes?
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I'm just gonna drink 'cause these guys are all really bad ass.
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I'm not even gonna smell it first.
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I'm just gonna do it.
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It looks like my bourbon.
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Did you guys steal a bottle of my stuff?
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Hmm. (suspenseful music) Hot damn!
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That is bourbon at 10 am.
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(suspenseful music) Does it make you uncomfortable to watch Nikki's film, "Thirteen" considering the content and her age at the time of filming?
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That is a whole can of worms that I just, you'd have to open with a jackhammer.
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Okay, here it goes.
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There are some particulate matter floating in this one.
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I'm not sure what it is.
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(suspenseful music) It was pickle juice.
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(coughing) (suspenseful music) If you could rewrite Vampire Diaries without one of its characters excluding yours, who would nix?
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Elena, Steph and Jeremy, Jenna, Bonnie, Caroline, Matt, Vicki, Tyler, Alaric, Klaus or Enzo?
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Well, I am not drinking that (beep).
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So we could exclude Jeremy and only because Elena wouldn't have been so angry with Damon because he killed her brother, not once, twice, and the audience still loved Damon.
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Now imagine you're a lady.
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You have a boyfriend or you have a guy you like and he kills your brother, are you still gonna go out with him?
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That's what happened in "Vampire Diaries".
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(suspenseful music) If you were to take an egg and crack it open and then leave it in like some liquid for a week, in the subway.
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That's what that one is.
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(suspenseful music) One, two, three of these left and a Chia Pet.
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Here we go.
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Name your least favorite Nikki film.
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I'm just gonna drink.
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This looks green.
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Oh man, it looks like split pea soup.
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Hmm. That's good, that's like kale and a good green stuff.
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(suspenseful music) It might be a little old, but I think you guys, I think you hooked me up if it's old it might have some probiotics in it.
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(suspenseful music) Who was your worst onscreen kiss?
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When we were shooting a spoof reel for a Comic Con panel, me and Chris Wood had to kiss in this rain because we were mimicking the Damon-Elena kiss.
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And we had (laughing) we had the scene where you see Damon and Elena and they're looking like longingly into each other's eyes.
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And then they go in and they start to kiss and then we cut and we pulled back out, and it's Chris Wood and Damon, which is Kai and Damon.
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I think kissing Kai is probably the worst part of my career.
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How do you prepare for our kissing scene?
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You wanna wait to have that steamed broccoli and salmon later.
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You know, we had to do these scenes where we were so close, you know.
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"Damon, you have to stop killing people".
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"I don't want to stop killing people".
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"I love you".
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"I hate you".
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And we were literally like this.
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When you're next to someone like this for hours at a day and they're eating salmon and broccoli and onions, garlic mixed with coffee and protein powder, it becomes pretty gnarly.
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What wouldn't this have been?
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Oh, hold on.
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That's Jagermeister y'all.
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(suspenseful music) When we cut, I think I'm gonna finish that one.
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(suspenseful music) Thirst Trap.
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Last question.
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What's the one thing about Nikki that annoys you the most.
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Said every husband ever, she's always right.
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Something tells me that's what a lot of husbands say.
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Let me see what this thing is that had I, Ooh, I'm so happy that I just decided to answer this.
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That is liquid Tabasco.
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(suspenseful music) That's the last one, I answered it truthfully.
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My soul feels clean.
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Now I'm gonna have a shot of Jagermeister.
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Thank you for watching me on ELLE and be sure to check out my new show, "V Wars", streaming only on Netflix.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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(suspenseful music)

Informazioni su questa lezione

In questa lezione, imparerai a migliorare la tua pronuncia inglese attraverso un'analisi del linguaggio e delle espressioni usate da Ian Somerhalder nel video. Attraverso la tecnica del shadowspeak, potrai ascoltare e ripetere le sue frasi, migliorando così fluenza e intonazione. Questa è un’ottima opportunità per apprendere non solo le parole, ma anche il modo in cui vengono pronunciate in un contesto reale.

Vocabolario e frasi chiave

  • Thirst Trap: Un modo per attirare l'attenzione di qualcuno, di solito con immagini o situazioni suggestive.
  • Eradicate: Eliminare o sradicare completamente qualcosa.
  • Appliance: Un dispositivo elettrico usato in casa, come un forno o una lavastoviglie.
  • Bourbon: Un tipo di whisky americano che Ian ha menzionato nel video.
  • Ocean plastic: Rifiuti di plastica che inquinano gli oceani.
  • Nude: Essere senza vestiti, menzionato in riferimento a una situazione ipotetica nel video.
  • Call sheet: Un documento che elenca i membri del cast e il programma di riprese per una produzione.

Consigli per la pratica

Per utilizzare al meglio la tecnica del shadow speech, segui questi passaggi:

  1. Ascolta attentamente: Prima di tutto, guarda il video senza cercare di ripetere. Concentrati sui suoni, sull’intonazione e sul ritmo.
  2. Ripeti ad alta voce: Dopo aver ascoltato, prova a ripetere le frasi esattamente come le hai sentite. Adatta la tua voce per imitare il tono e la cadenza di Ian, il che è fondamentale per migliorare la pronuncia inglese.
  3. Fai attenzione alla velocità: Ian parla a una velocità moderata, quindi prova a mantenere il tuo ritmo simile. Non affrettarti; soltanto così potrai padroneggiare la pronuncia corretta.
  4. Utilizza pause e ripetizioni: Fermati dopo ogni frase per riflettere su come l’hai pronunciata, e ripetila fino a sentirti a tuo agio. L’obiettivo è rendere il tuo shadowspeak naturale.
  5. Pratica regolarmente: La costanza è fondamentale. Dedica pochi minuti ogni giorno alla pratica del shadowspeaks. Questo ti aiuterà ad acquisire maggiore confidenza.

Con pazienza e dedizione, il shadow speech ti porterà a un notevole miglioramento nella tua capacità di parlare inglese con fluidità e sicurezza!

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.