Pratica di Shadowing: Justin Timberlake - Mirrors (Official Video) - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

I Aren't

you something to admire Cause you're shining something like a mirror

And I can't help but notice you reflect in this heart of mine

If you ever feel alone and you're glad makes me hard to find Just know

that I'm always parallel on the other side Cause with your hand in my hand,

in a pocket full of soul I can't tell you there's no place I couldn't go Just by drawing on the past, I'll be trying to pull you through You just gotta be strong

I don't wanna lose you now I'm looking right at the

other half of me The biggest thing that's set in my heart Is the place to know your home

Show me how to fight for now And I'll tell you baby,

it was easy Coming back into you once I'm figuring it out You were right here all alone

It's like you're my mirror, my mirror staring back at me If I couldn't get any vinegar,

with anyone else beside me And I was hearing this promise, that we're making two reflections,

and two months Cause it's like you're my mirror, my mirror staring back at me,

staring back at me I'll see something and original,

cause it doesn't seem really as simple And I can't help and stare cause I see true summer in your eyes Ooh,

I can't ever change without you, you reflect on me, I love that about you And if I could,

I would look at us all the time

Cause with your hand in my hand and a bucket full of soap If I can tell you there's no place, think of the goal Just put your head on the glass Are we trying to pull you through?

You just gotta be strong

I don't wanna lose you now I'm looking right at the other half of me

If they can see the side of my heart There's a space and now you're home

Show me how to fight for now And I tell you baby, it was easy Coming back into you, what's I thinking now?

You were right here all alone It's like you're my mirror Mommy,

now staring back at me I couldn't get any bigger With anyone else beside me

And now it's clear as a promise That we're making two reflections Into one Cause it's like you're my mirror Mommy,

now staring back at me Staring back at me Yesterday's history,

oh Tomorrow's a mystery, oh I can see you looking back at me Keep your eyes on me

Baby, keep your eyes on me I don't wanna lose you

now I'm looking right at the other half of me The vacancy that's dead in my heart Is the space

and now you're home You show me how to fight for now I tell you baby,

and it was easy Coming back into you once I figured it out You were right here all along

It's like you're my mirror

My mirror staring back at me I couldn't get any bigger

With anyone else beside of me And now it's clear as this promise That we're making two reflections Into one,

cause it's like you're my mirror My mirror's staring back at me Staring back at me Oh,

oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

oh Oh, oh, oh, oh

You are the love of my life

Now you're the inspiration for this precious song And I just wanna see your face light up since you put me on

So now I say goodbye to the old me, it's already gone And I can't wait,

wait, wait, wait, wait to get you home Just to let you know you are Girl,

you're my reflection All I see is you,

my reflection, in everything I do You're my reflection,

and all I see is you, my reflection, in everything I do

Out of the love of my life

I'm gonna ride

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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Justin Timberlake - Mirrors”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: mirror, staring, reflection, baby, beside. Questo video contiene 46 frasi e 660 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:55. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 83 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 85% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

Parola	Pronuncia	Significato
mirror sostantivo	/ˈmiɹɚ/	specchio
stare verbo	/stɛɚ/	fissare
reflection sostantivo	/ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/	riflessione
reflect verbo	/ɹɪˈflɛkt/	riflettere
pocket sostantivo	/ˈpɑ.kɪt/	tasca
mystery sostantivo	/ˈmɪs.t(ə.)ɹi/	mistero, arcano
inspiration sostantivo	/ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/	inspirazione, inalazione
goodbye	/ɡʊdˈbaɪ/	arrivederci, addio
parallel aggettivo	/ˈpæ.ɹəˌlɛl/	parallelo
soap sostantivo	/soʊp/	sapone
shine verbo	/ʃaɪn/	brillare, splendere
bucket sostantivo	/ˈbʌkɪt/	secchio
admire verbo	/ədˈmaɪɹ/	ammirare
vacancy sostantivo	/ˈveɪkənsi/	posto vacante, posizione vacante
vinegar sostantivo	/ˈvɪnəɡɚ/	aceto

La grammatica di questo video

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

Struttura	Nel video
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo	you're shining · I'm looking · I'm figuring
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsione	I'll be · I'll tell · I'll see

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 46 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, I'm, can't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni “sh” e “zh”: reflection /ɹɪˈflɛkʃən/, inspiration /ˌɪn.spɪˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, shine /ʃaɪn/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: beside /bɪˈsaɪd/, reflect /ɹɪˈflɛkt/, pocket /ˈpɑ.kɪt/, soap /soʊp/, bucket /ˈbʌkɪt/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

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

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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