Pratica di Shadowing: Learn ENGLISH with ICE AGE - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Oh And

that pink thing is mine.

I know actually that pink thing belongs to us

oh yeah today we'll embark on a journey with one of

the most heartwarming animated films ever made ice age this classic

movie tells the story of three completely different characters many a

grumpy mammoth who just wants to be left alone seed a talkative sloth who's looking for friends

and diego a saber -toothed tiger with a secret plan

so what starts as a simple mission to return a lost human baby soon becomes an epic journey

that transforms these unlikely companions into a real family

and in this lesson we'll join them on their adventure by learning english with three key scenes

we'll go through a ton of advanced expressions

so i highly recommend you watch this lesson on our app to make sure you learn all the words

and never forget them.

I'll tell you more about it in a little bit.

For now, let's get started with the first scene.

I was returning him to his herd.

Oh yeah, nice try, Bucktooth.

You calling me a liar?

I didn't say that.

You were thinking it.

I don't like this cat.

He reads mine.

Name's Diego, friend.

Manfred, and I'm not your friend.

In our first scene, Manny and Cid have just discovered a human baby, whose mother tragically sacrificed herself, trying to protect him.

While Manny wants nothing to do with humans, and just wants to keep moving, Sid feels sorry for the baby and decides they should return him to his family.

So here we see Sid trying to climb up a steep wall to reach the human's campsite above.

That is, until Diego shows up.

An odd couple refers to two people who are very different from each other

but somehow end up together it could be referred to a romantic couple

or just friends think of classic old couples like shrek

and donkey or batman and robin who are totally opposite

but make a great team there is no us i see can't have one of your own

so you want to adopt of your own means something that belongs to you that it's yours for example You could say,

instead of borrowing my computer all the time, why don't you get one of your own?

Diego sees that Manny and Sid make an odd couple, so he's wondering, since they can't have a baby together of their own,

I mean, they're both males and from different species, they must want to adopt this human baby instead.

To adopt is to take someone else's child

and raise them as your own family member of course that's

not what's happening look i'm sorry to interrupt the snack

but we gotta go the baby please i was returning him to his herd when diego says the baby please

he means come on

or seriously it's like he's saying you really think i would

hurt a baby come on he's acting offended by the suggestion check out this other example of this expression being used.

A herd refers to a group of animals that live and travel together,

especially large animals like elephants and cattle.

It's funny that Diego refers to the group of humans as a herd.

Now, pay attention to the verb return here.

You probably know it already, but how often do you use it?

Many learners would just say give back, but.. it'd be important to use this expression for example

if you are returning a shirt to a store

because it didn't fit or returning a borrowed book to the library all right

so we already covered some great expressions today

but you know i have to be honest with you

if you don't review this vocabulary you might forget it pretty

quickly now is your goal here to be able to use

these words in your own conversations in english you know to go beyond just understanding what you hear

and finally working on your ability to speak if

so then in order for you to level up simply knowing

the words won't be enough you need to practice them

and we can help you with that we've created a set of flashcards for you

that is available for free in our app if you've never used them

and this is the best way to internalize forever all the key vocabulary from this lesson

so the magic is in the science and the technology behind it

because the app knows the exact words you've learned and just

when you're about to forget them it brings them back to you for review

and practice that easy

and you can use it for 10 15 minutes a day wherever you are

and you'll see how it'll help you start speaking english naturally

having all these words at the tip of your tongue

so click the link in the description below using your phone

to get the real life app right now i'm sure you'll love it

and we'll be waiting for you over there please i was

returning him to his herd oh yeah nice try bucktooth you calling me a liar bucktooth refers to fronties

that stick out It's not a very nice thing to call someone the way Sid did it.

But he meant to be funny, since Diego has large, prominent saber teeth.

Here, cat is slang for guy or person.

It's an old -fashioned, cool way to refer to someone, especially when you don't trust them.

See this other example.

Sammy Davis Jr.? What are you doing up here?

You're a cool cat, Donnie.

Okay.

But there's also a funny double meaning here.

Diego literally is a big cat, a saber -toothed tiger.

So when Diego turns to Manny and says, name's Diego, friend, obviously he was introducing himself.

But I'd say this is more of a casual, tough guy way to do it.

Sounds more direct and confident name is diego friend manford

and i'm not your friend fine manfred

if you're looking for the humans you're wasting your time they left this morning thanks for the advice now beat it

beat it

when said as a command means go away leave now it's

a direct somewhat rude way to tell someone to leave you

alone all right i'll help you bring it to its herd

but promise me that you'll leave me alone after

that okay okay deal hey what's your problem you are my problem

when someone says deal like this they're agreeing to the terms that were just discussed

i will help you but just to get rid of you deal

deal in this case cd agrees to leave many alone after they return the baby

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so moving with the story

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when they reach the humans campsite they discover it's empty the tribe has already moved on

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and with no other choice they accept diego's offer to guide

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them to the passage where the humans are heading now as

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their journey begins the three unlikely companions start to bond in

105

unexpected ways seed always the optimist is especially excited about their adventure

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so excited in fact that he can't help

107

but brag about his heroic baby rescue to some female sloths he encounters at a hot spring.

108

This is our next scene.

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Let's check it out.

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cute kid huh so so as i was saying ladies uh oh hey hi manny what's the matter with you

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excuse me ladies you just keep marinating and i'll be right back

112

where'd you find it ah the poor kid all alone in the wild

113

when you say poor you or poor kid you're showing

114

that you feel sorry for this person because something bad happened to them.

115

Now, the collocation in the wild means in nature, away from civilization and safety, like wild animals live in the wild.

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So Sid is making the story a bit more dramatic here.

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Let's see how he describes the situation when he found the baby.

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Snatch means to grab something quickly.

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It's often used in the context of saving or stealing an object like

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if you snatch your phone before it falls into the pool

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oh hey hi manny what's the matter with you this is a common expression natives say

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when feeling deeply bothered by someone

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because of something they're doing it's like saying why are you acting this way what's the matter with you

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excuse me ladies you just keep marinating

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and i'll be right back marinating usually means soaking food in sauce to add flavor before cooking

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but here sid is using it playfully to mean keep soaking in the mud hot spring he's trying to flirt

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and be funny with the female sloths now as their journey continues many seed

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and diego face many adventures together during one dangerous moment manny actually saves diego's life

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and this act of friendship changes everything for him meanwhile diego feels torn between his loyalty to his pack

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and his growing friendship with manny

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and sid he knows he's leading his new friends into a trap

132

when they finally reach the location where diego's pack is waiting

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to ambush them diego faces the ultimate choice in a dramatic

134

turn of events he turns against his own pack to protect many a fierce battle follows

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and diego fights bravely

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but his heroic act comes at a terrible cost he's left bravely wounded this is the third

137

and final clip let's watch it we were some team huh

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were come on we're still a team i'm uh sorry I

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set you up ah you know me I'm too lazy to

140

hold a grudge hey knock it off squirt you got to be strong you have to take care of Manfred

141

and Sid especially Sid come on you can lick this come

142

on we're still a team I'm sorry I set you up in this context

143

if someone sets you up that means they are tricking you

144

or putting you in a dangerous situation on purpose like in

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this case diego was the one who initially planned this whole operation he lied to many

146

and seed to create the situation he set them up to be attacked by the tigers

147

but as we can hear he's actually apologizing for doing this

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ah you know me i'm too lazy to hold grudge a grudge is a feeling of anger

149

or resentment that you keep for a long time against someone who hurt you sid is saying

150

that it's okay

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that he's not going to be angry even though diego had

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originally set them up to express this he uses this common collocation hold a grudge saying

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that he's too lazy to hold a grudge

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and that's a joke by the way you see sid is a sloth

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and sloths are famously lazy

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so he's saying he's too lazy to even put in the effort to stay mad at diego

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hey knock it off squirt you gotta be strong squirt is

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an affectionate nickname for someone small especially a little kid it's like calling someone little guy

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so when diego says knock it off squirt he's asking the baby to stop crying.

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To knock it off means simply that, stop it.

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But the way Diego is saying it is rather cute here.

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You should know that in other situations, this can be said in a more serious tone, even though it's informal language.

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See this example.

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Another way to say this would be cut it out.

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this is getting creepy i've come for your soul cut it

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out wait now did you notice the way diego actually pronounced

167

the phrase knock it off hey knock it off squirt this is how most natives

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and fluent speakers say it including me it's really natural for us to use connected speech

169

when pronouncing phrasal verbs like this you just need to link the three words together and here

170

because of the american accent the t from it also changes to a d sound knock it off

171

and yeah the same thing happens in the phrase cut it

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out not cut it out cut it out now i want

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to hear you try to repeat after diego hey knock it off squirt knock it off squirt

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you have to take care of Manfred

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and Sid especially Sid come on you can lick this here

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Sid is making a playful joke about Diego being a cat cats lick themselves to heal their wounds

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and stay clean

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so he's basically saying you're a cat you can lick yourself better it's Sid's silly way of encouraging Diego

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so even though Diego is badly wounded he knows they can't wait

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they have to catch the humans before they go through the pass

181

or they will never be able to return the baby

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so diego tells them to leave him behind and go listen you have to leave me here

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in a heartbreaking but beautiful scene manny

184

and sid successfully reunite the baby with his father just in time

185

but the story has one more surprise in store just

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when they think they've lost their friend forever diego appears having survived his injuries come on let's head south

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that look in many's eyes i don't know about you guys

188

but i always end up crying

189

when i watch this scene i just can't hold back my tears

190

but the lesson isn't over yet now we'll actually do the most important step, the test.

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We'll check your listening comprehension by watching the three clips again, this time without subtitles, and I'll also ask you some quiz questions.

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Are you ready?

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Let's go!

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Um, that pink thing is mine.

195

Uh, no, actually that pink thing belongs to us.

196

Us?

197

You two are a bit of an odd couple.

198

What does odd couple mean?

199

A romantic couple?

200

Two very different people who end up together?

201

Or a couple having problems?

202

to you calling me a liar i didn't say

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that you were thinking it i don't like this cat she reads my name is diego friend manfred

204

and i'm not your friend where'd you find it ah the

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poor kid all alone in the wild neighbors were closing in on him so i just snatched him

206

what a snatch to emphasize in sid's story he carefully rescued

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the baby he quickly grabbed the baby he found the baby alone

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so free yeah well he needed me and i only wish i had one of my own

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cute kid huh so so as i was saying ladies uh oh hey hi manny what's the matter with you

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excuse me ladies you just keep marinating and i'll be right back

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we were some team huh were come on we're still a team i'm uh sorry i set you up

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ah you know me i'm too lazy to hold a grudge

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if you hold a grudge you forget what happened help someone in need

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or you stay angry at someone for a long time

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thank you so much for learning with us and

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if you enjoyed today's lesson please give it a like

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and subscribe to the channel if you haven't yet done so

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and if you need my recommendation why don't you watch this utopia lesson next

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and that'll be fine because i was a horrible friend

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and i hurt you and you and you can walk away knowing

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that you were right all along i really am I am just a dumb bunny.

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I really am just a dumb bunny.

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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “Learn ENGLISH with ICE AGE”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: diego, baby, sid, manny. Questo video contiene 222 frasi e 2596 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 20:14. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 128 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

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

Parola	Pronuncia	Significato
manny sostantivo	/ˈmæni/	tato
grudge sostantivo	/ɡɹʌd͡ʒ/	rancore, risentimento
sloth sostantivo	/slɔθ/	pigrizia, accidia
marinate verbo	/ˈmæɹɪneɪt/	marinare
snatch verbo	/snæt͡ʃ/	agguantare
lick verbo	/lɪk/	leccare
sabre sostantivo	/ˈseɪ.bə/	sciabola
liar sostantivo	/ˈlaɪ.ɚ/	bugiardo, bugiarda
adopt verbo	/əˈdɑpt/	adottare
collocation sostantivo	/ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/	collocazione
soak verbo	/soʊk/	inzupparsi, imbeversi
pronounce verbo	/pɹəˈnaʊns/	dichiarare
verb sostantivo	/vɝb/	verbo
vocabulary sostantivo	/vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/	vocabolario
heroic aggettivo	/hɪˈɹoʊ.ɪk/	eroico

I phrasal verb che sentirai

Parola	Significato
end up verbo	andare a finire, finire
go through verbo	attraversare
check out verbo	investigare
give back verbo	rendere
go away verbo	partire, andarsene
hold back verbo	fare complimenti
stick out verbo	sporgere

Frasi da ripetere

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

For now, let's get started with the first scene.
You calling me a liar?
I don't like this cat.
Manfred, and I'm not your friend.
What are you doing up here?

La grammatica di questo video

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

Struttura	Nel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso	have just discovered · we've created · you've learned
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa	be left · could be referred · were just discussed
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa	people who are · one who initially · someone who hurt

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 69 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, I'll. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni “th”: sloth /slɔθ/, tooth /tuθ/, mammoth /ˈmæməθ/
I suoni “sh” e “zh”: collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, affectionate /əˈfɛkʃənət/, flashcard /ˈflæʃˌkɑɹd/, ambush /ˈæm.bʊʃ/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/
Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, affectionate /əˈfɛkʃənət/, internalize /ɪnˈtɝnəlaɪz/, utopia /juˈtoʊ.pi.ə/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

/h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: heroic /hɪˈɹoʊ.ɪk/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, heal /ˈhiːl/
Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: grudge /ɡɹʌd͡ʒ/, squirt /skwɝt/, sloth /slɔθ/, marinate /ˈmæɹɪneɪt/, snatch /snæt͡ʃ/
/æ/ — più aperta della “e”: manny /ˈmæni/, marinate /ˈmæɹɪneɪt/, snatch /snæt͡ʃ/, campsite /ˈkæmpˌsaɪt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/

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 manny, grudge, sloth.

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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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

I phrasal verb che sentirai

Frasi da ripetere

La grammatica di questo video

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Come esercitarsi con questo video

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?