Pratica di Shadowing: 🟡 Learn English in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA! (English Comprehensible Input) - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Hi everyone, I'm Courtney and welcome to another video to help you improve your English.
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Today I'm going to go for a walk around Cincinnati.
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Well, it's not really Cincinnati.
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It's next to Cincinnati.
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It's a town across the river called Newport.
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So, there's Cincinnati, Ohio, then there's a river, then there's Newport, Kentucky.
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I'm going to show you a little bit of Newport, Kentucky today. But first, I'm thirsty.
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I need to fill up my water bottle.
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now i have my water bottle filled up
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and it's time to go downstairs this is a view outside my hotel you can see
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that there are many different things
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so let's go look at it a little bit closer first we have these flower pots
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The flowerpods are green and they have bright pink flowers.
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That is so pretty.
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Wow, that's so pretty.
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Next, you have these bushes.
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There's bushes that surround this entire little area.
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And there's a little waterfall.
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there's a little waterfall on top of the waterfall there's a fountain the landscaping is really nice this is called landscaping
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okay this is the parking lot where we all parked our cars you park your car in a parking lot
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and this is the view of the city.
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The building on the left looks cool.
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I can't read very well what the building is.
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It says Great American Something.
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And then there's the bridge on the right.
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My co-worker lives here.
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My co-worker told me that the bridge was built by the same person that built the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
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They were both built by the same person.
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Here are some tables and chairs.
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If it's nice outside like today, you can sit in these chairs and maybe eat some food on this table.
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Okay, I am walking up the stairs and here is a gate.
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So I'm going to open the gate.
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I'm opening the gate and now I closed the gate.
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I closed the gate.
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I think I'll need my room key to get back in.
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So this is my hotel.
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I'm staying at a Hampton Inn and Suites.
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And now I can walk along the sidewalk.
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The sidewalk goes across the bridge.
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The weather today is incredible.
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It's really, really good weather today.
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It's not too hot and it's not too cold.
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It's perfect.
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The cars drive across the bridge.
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It's 730 right now
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so a lot of people are going to work a lot
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of people are on their way to work okay now i can keep going straight i can go straight
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Or I can turn left.
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Hmm.
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Let's turn left.
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Oh, look.
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My shadow.
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This is the river.
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And this is Cincinnati, Ohio.
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And this is the baseball stadium.
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The baseball team here is called the Reds, the Cincinnati Reds.
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So their entire stadium is red.
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The stadium is located next to a bank.
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This is Heritage Bank.
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and now I can read the words on top of this building.
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It says Great American Insurance Group.
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This is an insurance company.
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This sign shows old photos of Newport.
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Old photos of Newport, Kentucky.
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Newport, Kentucky looked a lot different than it does today.
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Look at this photo.
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Now look at Newport, Kentucky.
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It's a lot different.
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This building has riverboats.
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You can go on a riverboat along the river.
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Here, let me show you the boat.
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This is the riverboat.
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I think we might go on this riverboat.
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Maybe I'll make a video.
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Isn't it cool?
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I think it looks pretty cool.
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This bridge is the bridge designed by the guy that made the Brooklyn Bridge.
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You can tell they look similar.
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It looks similar to the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City.
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This path I'm walking on has little symbols.
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It has symbols to show that you're on the river walk path.
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So these are different symbols to show that you're on the path. Who founded Newport, Kentucky?
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Well, it was a man named James Taylor.
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James Taylor was a awarded 2,500 acres of land for his service in the war
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and he used that land to create Newport, Kentucky.
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Newport, Kentucky quickly became a thriving town with over 6,000 residents.
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Okay, I'm going to turn around.
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I'm going to turn around and go back the other way because it's just the river walk here.
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It's really pretty, but I want to show you guys the city.
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I want to show you more of the city.
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I've never been to Cincinnati before.
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I've driven through it, but I've never actually hung out in Cincinnati before.
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It's crazy because it's very similar to Pittsburgh.
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You have a river, you have some big bridges.
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The buildings even look similar to Pittsburgh.
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I was very surprised when I was driving here.
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And when I got here, when I arrived, I was confused.
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How did I drive from Pittsburgh and now I'm back in Pittsburgh?
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It felt like I hadn't left Pittsburgh but they're just similar.
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Cincinnati and Pittsburgh look very similar.
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The bridge I'm walking across now is called the Central Bridge and it was completed in 1995.
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I know exactly how old that is.
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My birthday is in 1996 and I'm 30 years old.
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So this bridge is 31 years old.
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It's interesting.
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I've passed three people walking.
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I've smiled at three different people and no one has looked at me.
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It's interesting.
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In Pittsburgh, one thing I love is that people smile at you when you walk by them
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or they'll even say hi or warning.
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It's interesting.
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It's part of the culture, but here it doesn't seem like that's part of the culture.
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Here it seems like people just walk by you, which is okay, but I prefer when people talk to you.
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I'm going through a tunnel.
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I'm going through a tunnel made of fencing.
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This is called fencing.
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It's a fence.
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And this whole tunnel is made of fencing.
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Down below me is the sheriff.
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A sheriff is a type of police officer or a cop.
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The cop car has its lights on.
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I wonder what happened.
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I just saw something interesting.
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There was a sign.
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The sign talked about a curfew.
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A curfew is a law or a rule that prohibits people from staying out past a certain time.
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So, For example, this curfew was 10 p.m.
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If you are a minor, if you're under the age of 16,
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they don't want you to be out in the streets past 10 p.m.
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I'm not sure if other cities have curfews, if other cities have rules like this about minors,
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but I haven't seen a sign in any other city that talks about a curfew or people under the age of 18.
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It's interesting.
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Cincinnati.
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It says riverfront keep left and over here it says downtown keep right so the cars can know which way to go.
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The speed limit is 55.
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You shouldn't go faster than 55 miles per hour.
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Sometimes people drive faster than the speed limit.
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It depends.
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A good idea is to drive about as fast as the rest of the cars,
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but this isn't legal advice.
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If you get in trouble, it's not my fault.
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Usually people drive a little bit faster than the speed limit, maybe like 60.
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when the speed limit is 55, or if the speed limit is 70 maybe they'll drive 80.
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It depends on the person.
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Some people drive way too fast.
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Here is a tavern.
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A tavern is a type of bar.
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You can drink alcohol like beer and other drinks here and you can see one popular brand of beer is McMitchellab Ultra.
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They're advertising behind the tavern.
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And here is the bus.
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The Cincinnati bus.
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Sometimes buses are also called the metro.
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So this is the Cincinnati metro.
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This is an Italian restaurant called Trescento.
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Oh look at this colorful trolley.
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that's cool this building is a Cincinnati Gas and Electric Company I
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love how old this building looks and it's pretty tall this is Walgreens
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Walgreens is a popular pharmacy in the US if you need medication or if you need
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just different things related to your health you can go to Walgreens this guy's riding a motorcycle
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and across the street is a church this is a church here is a restaurant called wild eggs
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it's a good spot to get breakfast.
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There's a big clock.
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You can see that it's 8 30.
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It's about 8 30 according to the clock.
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This is a statue.
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I think this is a statue of Abraham Lincoln.
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I'm not sure.
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Let's see if we can find a sign.
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Look at these flowers.
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They're so pretty.
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I love flowers.
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Well, I couldn't find the sign about if that statue was Abraham Lincoln or not,
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but I did find this fountain.
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Look.
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Look at this fountain.
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I really like it.
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It's really pretty.
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I'm walking on this path and this path is made of mulch.
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This is mulch and it's really bouncy.
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It's really, really bouncy.
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It's fun to walk on.
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This is a Marine Corps memorial.
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the marine corps is a type of military in the u.s my dad was in the marine corps
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and this is a playground look they have rock climbing walls
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and they have some other types of playground equipment let's see if i can do a pull-up
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I used to be able to do five pull-ups.
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Now I can only do one.
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I need to work on that.
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Well, thanks so much for listening to this video to improve your English today.
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And if you haven't already heard, I have some exciting news.
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I'm going to put out a video with the news on July 8th.
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So make sure you watch my video on July 8th to hear my exciting announcement.
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See you later!
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “🟡 Learn English in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA!”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Cincinnati, bridge, Newport, Kentucky, Pittsburgh. Questo video contiene 193 frasi e 1629 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 16:16. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 100 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 82% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| curfew sostantivo | /ˈkɝ.fju/ | coprifuoco |
| fence sostantivo | /fɛns/ | recinto, steccato |
| waterfall sostantivo | /ˈwɔːtəfɔːl/ | cascata, rapida |
| tavern sostantivo | /ˈtævəɹn/ | taverna, osteria |
| fountain sostantivo | /ˈfaʊn.tɪn/ | fontana |
| statue sostantivo | /ˈstæt͡ʃu/ | statua |
| tunnel sostantivo | /ˈtʌn(ə)l/ | tunnel, galleria |
| symbol sostantivo | /ˈsɪmbəl/ | simbolo |
| excite verbo | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | stimolare, eccitare |
| mulch sostantivo | /mʌlt͡ʃ/ | pacciame |
| sidewalk sostantivo | /ˈsaɪdwɔk/ | marciapiede |
| playground sostantivo | /ˈpleɪɡɹaʊnd/ | parco giochi, parco gioco |
| sheriff sostantivo | /ˈʃɛɹɪf/ | sceriffo |
| depend verbo | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | dipendere |
| prohibit verbo | /pɹəˈhɪbɪt/ | proibire, impedire |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| fill up verbo | riempire |
| go through verbo | attraversare |
| turn around verbo | girare, girarsi |
| go back verbo | tornare |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- I can't read very well what the building is.
- Maybe I'll make a video.
- This path I'm walking on has little symbols.
- I've passed three people walking.
- I'm going through a tunnel.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is called · was built · is located |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | I've never been · I've driven · I've passed |
| Comparativi -er than / more … than — confrontare due cose | faster than |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | am walking · I'm opening · I'm staying |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 44 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, I've, they're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: thrive /θɹajv/, thirsty /ˈθɝs.ti/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: sheriff /ˈʃɛɹɪf/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: motorcycle /ˈmoʊtɚˌsaɪkəl/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: riverboat /ˈɹɪvɚˌboʊt/, fence /fɛns/, excite /ɪkˈsaɪt/, mulch /mʌlt͡ʃ/, sidewalk /ˈsaɪdwɔk/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: tavern /ˈtævəɹn/, statue /ˈstæt͡ʃu/
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 curfew, fence, waterfall.
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.