Pratica di Shadowing: IELTS Listening Section-1(Cookery Classes) - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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Section 1.
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You will hear a telephone conversation between a woman who wants to attend a cookery class
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and an official at a tourist information centre.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 1 to 6.
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You will see that there is an example that has been done for you.
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On this occasion only, the conversation relating to this will be played first.
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Hello, Tourist Information Centre.
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Mike speaking.
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How can I help you?
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Oh, hi.
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I wanted to find out about cookery classes.
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I believe there are some one-day classes for tourists?
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Well, they're open to everyone, but tourists are always welcome.
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OK, let me give you some details of what's available.
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There are several classes.
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One very popular one is at the food studio.
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The first cooking class is at the food studio, so studio has been written in the space.
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Now we shall begin.
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You should answer the questions as you listen because you will not hear the recording a second time.
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Listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 6.
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Hello, Tourist Information Centre.
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Mike speaking.
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How can I help you?
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Oh, hi.
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I wanted to find out about cookery classes.
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I believe there are some one-day classes for tourists?
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Well, they're open to everyone, but tourists are always welcome.
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Okay, let me give you some details of what's available.
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There are several classes.
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One very popular one is at the food studio.
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Okay.
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They focus on seasonal products, and as well as teaching you how to cook them, they also show you how to choose them.
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Right, that sounds good.
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How big are the classes?
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I'm not sure exactly, but they'll be quite small.
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And could I get a private lesson there?
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I think so.
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Let me check.
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Yes, they do offer those.
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Though in fact most of the people who attend the classes find it's a nice way of getting to know one another.
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I suppose it must be, yes.
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And this company has a special deal for clients where they offer a discount of 20%
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if you return for a further class.
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OK, but you said there were several classes.
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That's right.
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Another one you might be interested in is Bonds Cookery School.
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They're quite new.
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They just opened six months ago, but I've heard good things about them.
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They concentrate on teaching you to prepare healthy food, and they have quite a lot of specialist staff.
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So is that food for people on a diet and things like that?
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I don't know if I'd be interested in that.
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Well, I don't think they particularly focus on low-calorie diets or weight loss.
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It's more to do with recipes that look at specific needs, like including ingredients that will help build up your bones and make them stronger, that sort of thing.
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I see.
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Well, I might be interested.
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I'm not sure.
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Do they have a website I could check?
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Yes, just key in the name of the school, it'll come up.
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And if you want to know more about them, every Thursday evening they have a lecture at the school.
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It's free and you don't need to book or anything, just turn up at 7.30.
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And that might give you an idea of whether you want to go to an actual class.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 7 to 10.
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Now listen and answer questions 7 to 10.
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Okay, there's one more place you might be interested in.
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That's got a rather strange name.
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it's called the Arezza Centre.
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That's spelled A-R-R-E-T-S-A.
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OK.
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They've got a very good reputation.
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They do a bit of meat and fish cookery, but they mostly specialise in vegetarian dishes.
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Right.
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That's certainly an area I'd like to learn more about.
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I've got lots of friends who don't eat meat.
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In fact, I think I might have seen that school today.
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Is it just by the market?
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That's right.
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So they don't have any problem getting their ingredients.
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They're right next door.
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And they also offer a special two-hour course in how to use a knife.
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They cover all the different skills, buying them, sharpening, chopping techniques.
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It gets booked up quickly though so you'd need to check it was available.
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Right, well thank you very much.
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I'll go and check that out.
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That is the end of section one.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers.
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Now turn to section 2.
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Thank you.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “IELTS Listening Section-1”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: classes, tourist, cookery, questions, studio. Questo video contiene 87 frasi e 749 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 6:26. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 117 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 88% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 13 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
microgram sostantivo/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌɡɹæm/microgrammo
ingredient sostantivo/ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/ingrediente
sharpen verbo/ˈʃɑɹpən/arrotare, affilare
specialize verbo/ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/specializzare
calorie sostantivo/ˈkæləɹi/caloria
chop verbo/t͡ʃɑp/tagliare
vegetarian sostantivo/vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/vegetariano
seasonal aggettivo/ˈsiːzənəl/stagionale
concentrate verbo/ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/concentrare
lecture sostantivo/ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/conferenza, lezione
dish sostantivo/dɪʃ/piatto, scodella
relate verbo/ɹɪˈleɪt/riferire
specialist sostantivo/ˈspɛʃəlɪst/specialista

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
build up verboaccumulare
come up verbovenire fuori, emergere

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • How can I help you?
  • I believe there are some one-day classes for tourists?
  • I'm not sure exactly, but they'll be quite small.
  • I don't know if I'd be interested in that.
  • Do they have a website I could check?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohas been done · has been written · I've heard
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fahas been done · will be played · has been written
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosawoman who wants · people who attend · friends who don
Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certomight be · might give · might have

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 20 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, they're, I'd. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: sharpen /ˈʃɑɹpən/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/, dish /dɪʃ/, specialist /ˈspɛʃəlɪst/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, vegetarian /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/, specialize /ˈspɛʃəˌlaɪz/, chop /t͡ʃɑp/, concentrate /ˈkɑn.sən.tɹeɪt/, dish /dɪʃ/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: microgram /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌɡɹæm/, calorie /ˈkæləɹi/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come microgram, ingredient, sharpen.

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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