Pratica di Shadowing: Let's Learn English at the Gym! 🏋🏽🏃💪 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Let's learn English at the gym.
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Well, welcome to this English lesson at the gym.
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I want to start this lesson by teaching you two phrases that we use to describe people who regularly go to the gym.
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We would say that they are in shape, or we would say that they are fit.
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If you go to the gym regularly, if you exercise regularly, eventually your body changes.
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And we would then describe you by saying that you are in shape, or saying that you are fit.
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So this is what we would call a gym.
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You would come to a gym if you want to exercise or if you want to work out.
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We can also use the noun form, though, we can say you come to a gym to do a workout.
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Notice it becomes one word then.
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A gym has all of the equipment that you need in order to exercise.
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It has all the equipment you need in order to work out or to do a workout.
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So this is a really nice gym.
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This gym actually doesn't require a membership, though, for me, because it's at my school.
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But most gyms will require that you pay a membership fee, that you get a membership so you can go to that gym.
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So a gym is a place where you can go to exercise or to workout.
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So there are two things that you can do before you workout.
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The first is that you can do a warm up when you do a warm up.
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You lift lighter weights or you walk before you run so that your body is ready for the exercise.
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So the first thing you can do is warm up.
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The second thing you can do is that you can stretch.
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You can do things like this to stretch out the muscles in your body to get ready to do some harder exercise.
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If I'm going to run, I usually walk for about ten or 15 minutes before I run as a warm up.
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And then after I walk, I do some light stretching before I run.
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By the way, I also stretch after I run.
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At my age, stretching is as important as the exercise.
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One type of exercise is called cardio, which is short for cardiovascular training.
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These are exercises you do to improve the fitness of your heart and lungs.
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One of the things you can do is you can use a treadmill.
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A treadmill is an exercise machine that you can use for walking or running.
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You can also just walk or jog outside if you want as well.
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Now, I can't show you other exercise machines for cardio here because we don't have them.
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But you could use an exercise bike.
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You could use an elliptical machine.
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You could use a rowing machine.
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All of those are great for raising your heart rate.
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One of the things that you measure when you do cardio is you measure your heart rate.
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How many beats per minute is your heart beating?
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For me, I know I'm getting a good cardio workout if my heart rate is above 135 beats per minute.
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If it goes above 175 beats per minute, that's a little too high and I will slow down.
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So cardio is one way to improve your cardiovascular fitness.
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It's a way to improve the fitness of your heart and your lungs.
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Another type of exercise involves using weights to make your body stronger.
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And we call this lifting weights or weight lifting or weight training or strength training or resistance training.
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It has a lot of names.
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And it's used to describe anything you do with weights like these free weights, free weights or any weights not attached to a machine.
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This particular type of free weight is called a dumbbell.
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Down here on the floor I have a barbell.
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You can see it's just a little bit longer than a dumbbell.
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And over here, I also have what's called a kettlebell.
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So a kettlebell is kind of a fun little weight that you can do other things with that would be impossible with a dumbbell or a barbell.
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So those are all called free weights or sometimes we just call them weights.
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You might also use what's called a resistance band.
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So this is like a giant rubber band, which when you pull it, has a lot of resistance.
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This is also used for strength training, or you might use a machine.
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So this machine here is used to work out...
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Uh, I was pointing to my legs...
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It's used to work out the chest muscles.
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I only have it set to 20 pounds, but you can see how as I push this, the weights go up and down.
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So strength training, weight training, weight lifting, lifting weights.
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All of those names are used to refer to the type of exercise you do to get stronger.
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We should talk a little bit about reps and sets.
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Reps is just a short way of saying repetitions.
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If I lift this weight ten times, we count that as ten repetitions.
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If I then set the weight down, rest for a bit and do it ten more times for ten repetitions that would be my second set.
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Okay? So let me explain a little more clearly.
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If I lift a weight ten times, I call that ten reps or ten repetitions.
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If I do that three times, so I lift the weight ten times, rest, lift ten more times, rest, lift it ten more times and rest.
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That would mean I did three sets.
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I did three sets of ten reps or repetitions.
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Sometimes you want to work out on the floor and then you might want to use a yoga mat or what we sometimes call an exercise mat.
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This is just a soft mat that makes the floor a little nicer.
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It makes it a little easier to work out on the floor.
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If you were going to do push ups, for instance, you might want to use a yoga mat.
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So I'm sitting on an exercise ball, which is something else you might find at a gym.
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You can use an exercise ball to stretch out and to do other exercises.
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You also might find what's called a weighted ball.
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So this ball actually weighs three kilograms.
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I could use this ball to do different exercises to strengthen my body.
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So you will definitely find balls at a gym.
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Not the kind that you use to kick around or to play sports, but the kind you use for stretching and to do some strength training.
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So because this is just a small gym, there are no employees.
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No one works at this gym.
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So I can't hire a personal trainer to help me work out.
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A personal trainer is someone who designs a workout program for you and then helps you do it.
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Instead, I have my fitness tracker.
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A fitness tracker is a small device that you wear on your wrist that kind of keeps track of the things you're doing when you're working out.
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And because this is a small gym, there are no fitness classes.
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Fitness classes are things you can sign up for where a trainer helps a whole bunch of people do the same exercises.
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But I like this gym for a couple of reasons.
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Number one, there's hardly ever anyone here.
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And number two, it's totally free.
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Well, hey, thank you so much for watching this English lesson.
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I hope you learned some English words and phrases that you can use in your next conversation about working out.
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Thanks for watching. Bye.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Let's Learn English at the Gym! 🏋🏽🏃💪”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: weight, exercise, gym, ten, training. Questo video contiene 99 frasi e 1338 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:33. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 177 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 83% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| workout sostantivo | /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/ | allenamento |
| repetition sostantivo | /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/ | ripetizione |
| trainer sostantivo | /ˈtɹeɪnɚ/ | allenatore |
| barbell sostantivo | /ˈbɑɹˌbɛl/ | bilanciere |
| kettlebell sostantivo | /ˈkɛtəlˌbɛl/ | kettlebell, ghiria |
| treadmill sostantivo | /ˈtɹɛd.mɪl/ | tappeto, tapis roulant |
| cardiovascular aggettivo | /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/ | cardiovascolare |
| lung sostantivo | /ˈlʌŋ/ | polmone |
| yoga sostantivo | /ˈjoʊ.ɡə/ | yoga |
| phrase sostantivo | /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/ | espressione, polirematica |
| elliptical aggettivo | /ɪˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/ | ellittico |
| kilogram sostantivo | /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/ | chilogrammo, chilo |
| worksheet sostantivo | foglio di lavoro | |
| noun sostantivo | /naʊn/ | sostantivo, nome sostantivo |
| attach verbo | /əˈtæt͡ʃ/ | legare, appiccare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| go up verbo | salire |
| slow down verbo | rallentare, decelerare |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- How many beats per minute is your heart beating?
- You might also use what's called a resistance band.
- You also might find what's called a weighted ball.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | people who regularly · cardio, which is · ball, which is |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is called |
| Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certo | might also use · might use · might want |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | I'm getting · I'm sitting · you're doing |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 12 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, I'm, can't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: thumb /ˈθʌm/, strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: repetition /ˌɹɛp.əˈtɪʃ.ən/, cardiovascular /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/, elliptical /ɪˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: workout /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/, bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/, attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/, wrist /ɹɪst/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: tracker /ˈtɹækə(ɹ)/, cardiovascular /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/, kilogram /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/, attach /əˈtæt͡ʃ/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come workout, repetition, trainer.
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.