Pratica di Shadowing: IELTS Listening TESTS: Test 4 - Section 1 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Test 4.
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You will hear a number of different recordings, and you will have to answer questions on what you hear.
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There will be time for you to read the instructions and questions, and you will have a chance to check your work.
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All the recordings will be played once only.
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The test is in four sections.
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At the end of the test, you will be given ten minutes to transfer your answers to an answer sheet.
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Now turn to Section 1
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Section 1
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You will hear a conversation between a staff member from Gaea's Guardians
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and a man who wants to do something to protect the environment
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First you have some time to look at questions 1 to 5
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You will see that there is an example which 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, how may I help you?
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Well, I've been seeing these yellow boxes in front of a lot of houses in my neighbourhood.
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Just wondered what they were for.
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I noticed your phone number on all of them, so I called.
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Could you tell me about your business?
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We do do recycling, but we're not a business.
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Gaia's Guardians is a non -profit group.
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We encourage recycling as a way of protecting the environment.
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The woman says that they encourage recycling as a way of protecting the environment.
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So, recycling 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 5.
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Hello, how may I help you?
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Well, I've been seeing these yellow boxes in front of a lot of houses in my neighbourhood.
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Just wondered what they were for.
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I noticed your phone number on all of them, so I called.
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Could you tell me about your business?
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We do do recycling, but we're not a business.
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Gaia's Guardians is a non -profit group.
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We encourage recycling as a way of protecting the environment.
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I don't know.
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I mean, it is a good idea, but I really don't read the newspaper every day or anything.
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And we don't come collect newspapers every day. In fact, we only do pick -ups every other week oh well
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then maybe i could help i mean in my neighborhood
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there's too much rubbish lying around everywhere i'd like to help out
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i guess that's great sir you're doing the right thing
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okay i need to get your contact information what's your name please peter wisrow peter
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how do you spell your last name w -i -s -r -o -w no actually
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it's w -i -s -r -o -u -g -a
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Oh, I'm sorry.
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I'm a terrible speller.
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You're a good speller.
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It's just that my family are terrible pronouncers.
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You're quite a card, Peter.
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OK, now what's your address?
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Number 168 Bridge Road.
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That's here in London.
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How about if I have any questions?
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I'm sending you a copy of our booklet too.
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The booklet has our phone number and our email address, helpline at blackcat .com.
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That's H -E -L -P -L -I -N -E at B -L -A -C -K -C -A -T dot com.
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But I nearly forgot to ask, what's your postcode?
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B -S -9 -7 -P -U P -S -9 -7 -B -U?
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No, that's B as in boy, S -9 -7 -P as in Peter, U.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 6 to 10.
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Now listen and answer questions 6 to 10.
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So, I'm guessing those yellow boxes I saw are for recycled newspapers.
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Yes, that is correct, and it's free of charge.
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Wow, that's good news.
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Do you recycle anything besides newspaper?
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Oh, yes, we recycle most everything.
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Glass, plastic, paper...
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Oh, so I can put like glass and plastic bottles in the box.
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Sorry again.
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Things like that you have to bring to our collection centre.
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And where is that?
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Our main centre isn't that far from you.
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It's actually right on the east side of Central Park.
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That new blue building?
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That's the one.
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Cool.
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Hey, what's with all those different coloured boxes outside that place?
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Oh, that's for the different materials we recycle.
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The blue is for metal, the green is for glass and plastics, and the yellow, of course, is for paper.
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Hmm.
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OK.
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I'll try and manage to keep all that straight.
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Oh, no need.
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They're each labelled.
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Great.
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So which one would I put magazines in?
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Actually, they don't go in any of the bins.
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Unfortunately, magazines can't be recycled because of the material they're made of.
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It's such a waste.
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So, would you be interested in volunteering?
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Um, I'll think about it.
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Could you send me some more info?
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Absolutely.
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Along with the newspaper box, I'll be sending you our booklet, Savvy.
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That is S -A -V -V -Y.
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It tells you about what you can do to protect the environment in your daily life.
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Plus, it lists things you can do as a volunteer with our group.
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Hey, that's cool.
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Thanks.
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My pleasure.
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Do you have any other questions or concerns?
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Nope, that's it.

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Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “IELTS Listening TESTS: Test 4 - Section 1”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: questions, recycling, answer, newspaper, environment. Questo video contiene 101 frasi e 861 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 6:48. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 127 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. 16 delle sue 101 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
encourage verbo/ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/incoraggiare, raccomandare
booklet sostantivo/ˈbʊk.lət/libretto, libello
volunteer sostantivo/ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/volontario, volontaria
carefully avverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/minuziosamente, accuratamente
label sostantivo/ˈleɪ.bəl/etichetta
sheet sostantivo/ʃit/foglio
occasion sostantivo/əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/occasione
collect verbo/ˈkɑlɪkt/raccogliere, bottinare
spell sostantivo/spɛl/incantesimo, formula magica
nope/noʊp/no
relate verbo/ɹɪˈleɪt/riferire
bin sostantivo/ˈbɪn/bidone
instruction sostantivo/ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/istruzione, addestramento
rubbish sostantivo/ˈɹʌbɪʃ/corbelleria, cretinata
recycle verbo/ɹəˈsaɪkəl/riciclare

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
help out verboessere d'aiuto

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • Could you tell me about your business?
  • How about if I have any questions?
  • Do you recycle anything besides newspaper?
  • Could you send me some more info?
  • Do you have any other questions or concerns?

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corsoI've been seeing
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fawill be played · will be given · has been done
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohas been done · has been written
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosaman who wants · example which has

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 23 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I'm, I'll. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: sheet /ʃit/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, instruction /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/, rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: neighbourhood /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/, helpline /ˈhɛlpˌlaɪn/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: encourage /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/, booklet /ˈbʊk.lət/, neighbourhood /ˈneɪbə.hʊd/, sheet /ʃit/, collect /ˈkɑlɪkt/

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 encourage, booklet, volunteer.

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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