Pratica di Shadowing: Jackie Brown - end scene - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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Keep driving over the night where all them car dealerships is.
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We're gonna leave this heap in the parking lot to pick up a car to cop something on the mountain.
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Where's Melanie?
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Well, that's what I want to tell you.
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You see, she was bugging me the whole time.
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She got pissy with me because I wouldn't let her carry the bag.
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And then she started running her fucking mouth about, you know, like...
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Because I couldn't remember where the car was parked right away when we came out.
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So then she got on me about that.
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Is it this I.A.
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Lewis?
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Is it that I.A.
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Lewis?
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It's totally fucking with my nerves, man.
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So what, you left her there?
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I shot her.
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You shot Melanie?
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Twice.
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In the parking lot.
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You couldn't talk to her?
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How can you talk to her?
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You couldn't just hit her?
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Maybe, but at that moment, I don't know.
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You shot her?
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Twice? Is she dead?
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I...
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I...
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I.. pretty much.
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What do you mean, pretty much, Lewis?
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That ain't no fucking answer.
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Yes or no?
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Is she dead?
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I think so.
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You think so?
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Tell me, Lewis.
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She's dead.
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She's dead.
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But where'd she shoot her?
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In the chest and the stomach.
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If you had to do it, then you had to do it.
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What we don't want is that bit surviving on us.
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Anybody but that woman.
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Lewis.
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What?
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Where's the rest of it?
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How much is that?
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I don't know.
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Maybe 40, maybe less.
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You said 550.
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Yeah, so you lied, ain't you?
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You lied about half million ten.
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Look, man, that's the bag she came out with.
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She never put a hand in her, neither did I.
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She came out of where?
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Out of the bidding room.
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It went down exactly the way it was supposed to.
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How long was she in there?
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A minute.
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Not even a minute.
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She came right out.
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Oh, she's telling me the truth.
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Listen, I swear to fucking God, man, I swear on my life, she came out with that fucking bag and I took it from her.
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And then what?
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And that was it.
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We went to the parking lot.
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Well, you shot her.
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That's right.
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Louis, you should've known me in the room somewhere to half a million dollars.
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I worked my ass off to get in waiting for you.
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Oh, fuck you for asking me that.
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Hey, another bitch tried to set me up.
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How could you all?
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Fuck you, man.
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Fuck you, brother.
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How could you fucking ask me that?
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She didn't ask you?
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Shit.
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Pull the car with me.
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Why'd you ask me that?
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All right, so where's the gun you shot away?
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It's in there.
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What the fuck's that gonna tell you?
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I could've taken two out already.
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Thank you.
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It's Jackie Brown.
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Well, you know, if she got it, why didn't she take it all?
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I'd be sure and ask that before I blow her brains out.
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Well, maybe your feds got it.
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See, if there was nothing in that bag but them towels, then maybe she didn't get a chance to take the money out of her suitcase and the ATF got it.
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But she put them books in there to trick her ass.
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Well, that's why I didn't check it, because the bag felt right.
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That's right.
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And then she puts 40 grand or so in there to rub that shit in my face.
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You know what I'm saying?
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She wants me to know she ripped me off.
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I don't know.
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I don't know.
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Unless, you know, either she's got it or the feds got it.
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Or, or, now check this out.
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What if she gave the money to somebody else first, before Melanie even went into dressing room?
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Uh-huh.
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Oh, man, you know what?
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What?
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You know...
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You know who I saw in the dress department?
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No, tell me.
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And I didn't think anything of it.
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No, no, I did wonder what he was doing there.
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I wondered what he was doing there, but I thought it had nothing to do with us.
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Like, maybe he's with his wife or his girlfriend.
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It's a big place.
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Lewis, Lewis, Lewis!
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You gonna tell me who you saw?
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Yeah, Max Cherry.
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Max Cherry.
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Max...
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You see Max Cherry in the dress department where we...
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Man, look at me when I'm talking to you.
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You see that motherfucker in the dress department
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when we about to get a half million dollars and you don't think nothing about him being there?
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No, why?
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Do they know each other?
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Hell yeah, they know each other.
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He bonded ass out of county.
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Well, how am I supposed to know that?
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You know he a bail bondsman, don't you?
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You know all them motherfuckers is crooked as a barrel of snakes, don't you?
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Why should I think something's weird if I don't know nothing about them?
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I don't want to hear no fucking excuses, Moose.
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I ain't giving you fucking excuses, man.
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I'm telling you, I don't fucking...
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I'm giving you fucking reasons.
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, you gonna tell me the reason you lost every goddamn cent I got in the world?
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Hey, hey, man.
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You gonna tell me reasons?
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You better...
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Let me tell you the reason, motherfucker.
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The reason is, your ass ain't worth the shit no more.
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Well, you better fucking back off, man.
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What the fuck happened to you, man?
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Oh, my ass used to be beautiful.
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Thank you.

Lo scenario: una conversazione tesa tra due personaggi

Il video mostra una scena finale con un dialogo intenso tra due individui, dove si discute di azioni drammatiche e di un piano che va storto. Questi contesti reali, con emozioni e tensioni, sono ottimi per imparare l'inglese con i video, perché riflettono come la lingua viene usata nella vita quotidiana (o in situazioni estreme!). Le frasi non sono "perfette" come in un manuale, ma sono colloquiali, con slang e ripetizioni, proprio come si parla nella vita reale. Osservare come i personaggi esprimono rabbia, dubbio o ansia attraverso il linguaggio può aiutarti a capire non solo le parole, ma anche il contesto.

Frasi utili e collocazioni da memorizzare

  • "Keep driving over the night": Una frase pratica per indicare di continuare a guidare durante la notte, con l'uso informale di "over" invece di "through".
  • "running her fucking mouth": Espressione colloquiale per dire che qualcuno parla troppo o in modo fastidioso (attenzione al termine "fucking", usato per enfatizzare la rabbia).
  • "fucking with my nerves": Significa "disturbare la mia pace mentale" o "mettermi nervoso", una collocazione comune per esprimere disagio.
  • "Is she dead?" / "She's dead": Domande e risposte dirette, con una pronuncia che si appesantisce per enfatizzare la gravità. Nota come la ripetizione ("You shot her? Twice?") aumenta la tensione.
Questi "chunk" sono utili perché ti insegnano a parlare in modo naturale, non solo a tradurre parola per parola.

La tua sfida di shadowing: imita e migliora

Se vuoi migliorare la pronuncia inglese e esercitarti con il shadowing in inglese, prova questo esercizio: riproduci il video e ascolta attentamente la conversazione per 30 secondi. Poi, metti in pausa e ripeti immediatamente le frasi, cercando di imitare l'intonazione, il ritmo e la forza delle parole. Concentrati su frasi come "What we don't want is that bit surviving on us" – nota come "don't want" è pronunciato velocemente, quasi "don't wan't". Questo è il shadow speak: imitare non solo le parole, ma anche il modo di parlare. Ripeti il processo per 5 minuti, e noterai come la tua pronuncia diventa più fluida. I video sono un ottimo strumento per questo tipo di pratica, perché ti permettono di ascoltare la lingua nella sua forma vera. Prova subito: shadowspeaks non è solo un esercizio, è un modo per "entrare" nella conversazione e sentirti parte di essa!

Con questo approccio, imparare l'inglese con i video diventa divertente e efficace. Ricorda: il shadowing è una tecnica che richiede pratica, ma i risultati arrivano velocemente se la usi regolarmente. Continua a esercitarti, e soon noterai il cambiamento!

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 adessoshould've known · could've taken
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fawas parked · is crooked

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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