Pratica di Shadowing: Learn English Through Stories (A2) | Peter Pan - Chapter 1 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Chapter 1.
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The Darling Children There was a family called the Darlings.
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They lived in a nice big house in London.
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Mr Darling worked in an office every day, and Mrs Darling stayed home with the children.
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She loved them very much.
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The children were Wendy, John, and Michael.
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Wendy was twelve years old, clever and kind.
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John was ten.
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Michael was the baby of the family.
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He was only five.
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The children slept in one big room at the top of the house.
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This room was the nursery.
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It had three small beds, a warm fireplace and many toys on the floor.
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On cold nights, the fire in the fireplace made the whole room feel safe.
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The family also had a big dog called Nana.
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She was not an ordinary dog, because she was the children's nurse.
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Every morning she took the children to school, and every evening she sat by their beds.
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She gave them their medicine at the right time.
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A dog can't be a nurse, Mr Darling said sometimes.
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He felt uncomfortable about it.
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Other families don't have dogs as nurses.
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Nana is the best nurse in London, Mrs Darling said.
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The children love her.
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Other families have real nurses, Mr Darling said.
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People, not dogs.
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Our family has Nana, Mrs Darling said with a smile.
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She's perfect.
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Every night before bed, Mrs Darling came to the nursery and told the children stories.
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She sang quiet songs and kissed each child goodnight.
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After they fell asleep, she sat by the fireplace and looked at their sleeping faces.
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She felt very happy in the quiet nursery.
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One night, something very strange happened.
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Mrs Darling was sitting alone by the fire, and the children were sleeping in their beds.
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The house was quiet and peaceful.
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Slowly, her eyes closed.
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When Mrs. Darling opened her eyes again, she saw a boy at the open window.
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He had a big, bright smile, and he was wearing clothes made of green leaves.
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A small, bright light was flying around his head.
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Mrs Darling jumped up.
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Are you a person? she asked with a shaking voice.
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The boy did not answer.
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He turned, flew up into the night sky, and disappeared into the dark.
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Mrs Darling ran to the window and looked out.
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The street below was empty.
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Then she looked down at the floor.
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A strange object lay near the window, long and dark and flat.
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It was a shadow.
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The boy lost his shadow, she said to herself.
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She folded the shadow carefully and put it in a drawer by the window.
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She did not know what to do with it.
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A boy's shadow in her drawer made her feel a little uncomfortable.
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The next morning, Wendy asked about many things at breakfast.
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Mother, did something happen last night?
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I heard a noise at the window.
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Yes, Mrs Darling said slowly.
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A boy came to the nursery window.
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A boy?
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Wendy's eyes grew wide.
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What kind of boy?
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A very strange boy.
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He flew in the air and he had a tiny light with him.
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I know, it's Peter Pan, Wendy said happily.
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He lives in Neverland.
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All children know about Peter Pan, Mother.
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Peter Pan, Mrs Darling said with a worried frown.
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How do you know about him?
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Every child knows Peter Pan, Wendy said.
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He never grows up.
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He lives on a beautiful island with fairies and mermaids and pirates.
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John looked up from his breakfast.
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Pirates?
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Real pirates?
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Oh yes, Wendy said, and wild animals and secret places and wonderful things.
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I want to go there, Michael said.
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Don't be silly, Michael, John said.
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You can't fly.
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Maybe Peter Pan can teach us, Michael said.
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Nobody is going anywhere, Mrs. Darling said firmly.
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Eat your breakfast, all of you. But Mother, Wendy began.
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No more talk about Peter Pan, Mrs. Darling said.
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Please.
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The children said nothing more about it in the day.
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At night, Wendy whispered to John.
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He'll come back.
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I'm sure of it." How do you know?
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John whispered back.
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He left his shadow here, Wendy said.
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He needs it back.
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A week later, Mr. and Mrs. Darling prepared to go out for dinner.
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Mrs. Darling put on her beautiful white dress.
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Mr. Darling put on his best black suit.
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He stood in front of the mirror and tried to tie his tie.
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The tie did not obey him.
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I can't tie this tie properly, he said with a frown.
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Let me help you, Mrs. Darling said, and she tied it neatly.
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They went up to the nursery to say goodnight.
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The children were in their beds, and Nana sat by the fireplace and watched them.
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Be good children tonight, Mrs. Darling said, and she kissed each one.
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Good night, Mother, the children said.
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Mr Darling looked at Nana with a small frown.
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He still felt uncomfortable about a dog nurse.
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The dog stays outside tonight, he said firmly.
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Then he tied Nana to a rope in the garden.
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Please don't do it, Mrs Darling said.
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I feel better when Nana is with the children.
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She's a dog, not a person, Mr Darling said.
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The children must learn to sleep alone.
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They left the house and walked to the dinner party.
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At the corner of the street, Mrs Darling looked back at the nursery window one last time.
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The house looked quiet and peaceful.
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In the nursery, the children lay in their beds, wide awake.
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They talked in whispers.
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Moonlight was shining through the window, and everything looked silver and strange.
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Do you really think Peter Pan will come back?
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Michael asked in a small, nervous voice.
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I know he does, said Wendy.
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She sat up in bed and looked out the window.
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He lost something very important, and he must come back to find it.
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Tonight?
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John asked.
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Will he really come tonight?
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Maybe tonight, said Wendy.
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She felt sure and brave.
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Then we'll go to Neverland with him.
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We'll see fairies and mermaids and pirates, and we'll have the most wonderful adventure of our lives.
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Michael felt scared, but also excited.
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Will he hurt us? he asked.
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No, said Wendy.
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Peter Pan is good and kind.
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He helps people.
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He fights evil pirates, and he protects the lost boys.
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Outside in the garden, Nana pulled at her rope and barked softly.
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She felt worried about the children.
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She wanted to sit by the warm fireplace in the nursery, not outside in the cool night air.
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The night grew darker and the stars came out.
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The moon was shining, bright and full, above the empty street.
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Nothing moved.
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The children stayed awake.
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They watched the window and waited for something wonderful to happen.
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And something did happen.
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Peter Pan came back for his shadow, and after this night, life in the Darling House was never the same again.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A2 si basa sul video “Learn English Through Stories”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Darling, Wendy, window, Pan, Peter. Questo video contiene 141 frasi e 1144 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 9:01. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 127 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 83% 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
nursery sostantivo/ˈnɝsəɹi/sala dei bambini
shadow sostantivo/ˈʃædəʊ̯/ombra
nurse sostantivo/nɝs/infermiera, infermiere
pirate sostantivo/ˈpaɪɹət/pirata, corsaro
fireplace sostantivo/ˈfaɪɹpleɪs/camino, caminetto
uncomfortable aggettivo/ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/scomodo
shine verbo/ʃaɪn/brillare, splendere
awake verbo/əˈweɪk/svegliarsi
rope sostantivo/ɹoʊp/corda, cavo
firmly avverbio/ˈfɝmli/fermamente, decisamente
drawer sostantivo/dɹɔɹ/cassetto
mirror sostantivo/ˈmiɹɚ/specchio
adventure sostantivo/ədˈvɛn.t͡ʃə/avventura
carefully avverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/minuziosamente, accuratamente
ordinary aggettivo/ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/ordinario, ordinaria

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
come back verbotornare
look out verbofare attenzione, stare attento
grow up verbocrescere

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • Are you a person?
  • How do you know about him?
  • Will he hurt us?

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passatowas sitting · was wearing · was flying
Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppothe best · the most wonderful
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsioneHe'll come · will come · Will he
Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessariomust learn · must come

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 11 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come can't, don't, we'll. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, shine /ʃaɪn/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, ordinary /ˈɔɹdɪnɛɹi/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: whisper /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/, happily /ˈhæp.ə.li/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: nurse /nɝs/, pirate /ˈpaɪɹət/, fireplace /ˈfaɪɹpleɪs/, awake /əˈweɪk/, rope /ɹoʊp/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, happily /ˈhæp.ə.li/

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 nursery, shadow, nurse.

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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