Pratica di Shadowing: Let’s Steal a New Moon - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Questo video contiene 16 frasi e 216 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 1:09. Chi parla va veloce, circa 187 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. Solo il 69% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole meno comuni del video, con pronuncia e significato:

• dense /ˈdɛns/ (aggettivo) — denso. Having relatively high density.
• methane /ˈmiːθeɪn/ (sostantivo) — metano. The simplest aliphatic hydrocarbon, CH₄, being a constituent of natural gas, and one of the most abundant greenhouse gases.
• stable /ˈsteɪ.bəl/ (sostantivo) — stalla, scuderia. A building, wing or dependency set apart and adapted for lodging and feeding (and training) ungulates, especially horses.
• atmosphere /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ (sostantivo) — atmosfera. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
• steal /stiːl/ (verbo) — rubare, derubare. To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
• liquid /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ (sostantivo) — liquido. A substance that is flowing, and keeping no shape, such as water; a substance of which the molecules, while not tending to separate from one another like those…
• explore /ɪkˈsploɹ/ (verbo) — esplorare, investigare. To examine or investigate something systematically.
• goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ — arrivederci, addio. Farewell; a formula used to another person or persons when the speaker, writer, or person addressed is departing.
• interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/ (sostantivo) — interazione. The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
• breathe /bɹiːð/ (verbo) — respirare. To draw air into (inhale), and expel air from (exhale), the lungs in order to extract oxygen and excrete waste gases.
• scientist /ˈsaɪəntəst/ (sostantivo) — scienziato, scienziata. One whose activities make use of the scientific method to answer questions regarding the measurable universe. A scientist may be involved in original research…
• shine /ʃaɪn/ (verbo) — brillare, splendere. To emit or reflect light so as to glow.
• pile /paɪl/ (sostantivo) — mucchio, catasta. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
• orbit /ˈɔɹ.bɪt/ (sostantivo) — orbita. An elliptical movement of an object about a celestial object or Lagrange point, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
• axis /ˈæksɪs/ (sostantivo) — asse. An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

• I suoni “th”: methane /ˈmiːθeɪn/, breathe /bɹiːð/
• I suoni “sh” e “zh”: interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, shine /ʃaɪn/, eruption /ɪˈɹʌpʃən/
• Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: interaction /ˌɪn.təˈɹæk.ʃən/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
2. Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come dense, methane, stable.