Pratica di Shadowing: IELTS SPEAKING TOPIC FOOD & DRINK - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Topic.
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Food and drink.
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Questions.
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Part 1.
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What do you prefer, tea or coffee?
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To be honest, I don't like the bitter taste of coffee, so tea is my better choice.
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It helps me stay awake all the day.
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What's more, it is good for my health.
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When was the last time you drank coffee or tea?
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If the memory serves me right, it was one week ago.
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I went out with my friends to our favorite coffee shop.
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We had a great time together and sipped our brews.
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What do you usually prepare for your guests, tea or coffee?
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Frankly speaking, it depends on the guest.
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I often brew a fresh pot of coffee for them, but if they prefer tea, I will bring them a cup of tea.
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I want my guests enjoy their favorite beverage.
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Do you usually buy your coffee in a coffee shop?
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I'm not really into coffee but I sometimes buy it in a cafe.
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The cozy ambiance and the smell of freshly brewed coffee make me feel so comfortable.
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It's a perfect spot to meet and gossip with friends.
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What is your favorite food?
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I would say that I have a sweet tooth so desserts are my cup of tea.
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It's a good way for me to lift my mood up after hard working hours.
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But if I have to choose, it would be macarons.
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On special occasions, I often buy macarons to serve my family after dinner.
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What are some traditional foods in your country?
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Let me see.
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Well, Vietnam has a cultural diversity, so there are various types of traditional food like chung cake, boon cha, pho, just to name a few.
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Local specialities differ from region to region, but most of them are well-seasoned and suitable to be enjoyed at any time.
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Do you like tasting new food?
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Trying new dishes is a hobby for foodaholic like me.
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It also helps me explore cuisine everywhere and find suitable dishes, as well as understand the underlying meaning behind such dishes.
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Cue card, part 2 Describe a meal you have had.
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You should say, where you would like to have it, who you would like to have it with, what you would like to eat, and explain how do you feel about the meal.
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Note, in high school yard, with classmates after the last exams in high school, European Asian fusion dishes, the last meal when we were high school student.
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Sample answer.
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Today I want to tell you about a special meal which left the deepest impression on me.
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It was a dinner that I had with my classmates.
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Sample Answer
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schoolyard with all the 12th grade students.
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Where we met for the first time and experienced precious memories together.
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That day, we wore our best outfits, enjoyed European-Asian fusion dishes and special performance.
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And the reason why it left impression on me, it's quite easy to explain.
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After we had to burn the midnight oil for a long time, we joined the party without any stress and had fun together.
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It had a profound meaning to me.
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Deepest impression.
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If the memory serves me right.
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Unforgettable.
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Fusion dishes.
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Burn the midnight oil.
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Profound meaning.
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Questions Part 3.
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Describe what you think is a healthy diet.
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To be honest, it is much easier than most people think, although it's quite difficult to follow day in and day out.
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A healthy diet is about eating a balance of basic food groups.
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After that, your body will receive all the nutrients and vitamins.
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Why do you think some people choose to be vegetarian?
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Frankly speaking, although I'm not a vegetarian, I think there are several reasons like religious, health problems, just to name a couple.
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Moreover, some people choose to become a vegetarian because they want to have a pure soul and not consume food from livestock.
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Is the food that people eat today different to the food that people used to eat in the past?
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If yes, in what ways has it changed?
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In the past, there were few choices of foods but people could make sure that most of foods were fresh.
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Therefore, the longevity of our ancestors longer than us.
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Nowadays, we have chance to enjoy various foods from different cultures.
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However, some people only focus on economic benefits and use poor quality products, which leads to more health problems.
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How do you think the way we eat will change in the future?
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I'm not sure about that.
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Maybe more people will still choose economic benefits and ignore consumers' health.
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But I believe that there will be more extensive alterations
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that people will change their diets to become simpler and healthier to survive.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questo video contiene 70 frasi e 782 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:36. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 139 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. 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 del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
dish sostantivo/dɪʃ/piatto, scodella
meal sostantivo/ˈmiːl/pasto
impression sostantivo/ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/depressione, impronta
fusion sostantivo/ˈfjuː.ʒən/fusione
vegetarian sostantivo/vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/vegetariano
brew verbo/bɹuː/preparare
suitable aggettivo[ˈsjuː.tə.bɫ̩]adatto, idoneo
midnight sostantivo/ˈmɪd(ˌ)naɪt/mezzanotte
frankly avverbio/fɹæŋkli/francamente
profound aggettivo/pɹəˈfaʊnd/profondo
topic sostantivo/ˈtɑpɪk/tema, categoria
ignore verbo/ɪɡˈnɔː/ignorare
mood sostantivo/muːd/umore, cattivo umore
occasion sostantivo/əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/occasione
diversity sostantivo/daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/diversità

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 4 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: dish /dɪʃ/, impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/, fusion /ˈfjuː.ʒən/, occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, freshly /ˈfɹɛʃli/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: vegetarian /vɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛ.ɹi.ən/, diversity /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪti/, longevity /lɒnˈd͡ʒɛv.ɪ.ti/, alteration /ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/, unforgettable /ˌʌnfə(ɹ)ˈɡɛtəbəl/

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 dish, meal, impression.

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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