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Part 2
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You will hear a woman called Alice Riches talking on the radio about a scheme
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which involves closing streets to traffic to allow children to play.
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First, you have some time to look at questions 11 to 16.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 16.
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My guest on the show today is Alice Riches, who started the Street Play Scheme where she lives in Beachwood Road.
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For those of you that don't already know, Street Play involves local residents closing off their street for a few hours
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so that children have a chance to play in the streets safely.
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She started it in her own street, Beachwood Road, and the idea caught on and there are now street play schemes all over the city.
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So when did you actually start the scheme, Alice?
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Well, I first had the idea when my oldest child was still a toddler.
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So that's about six years ago now, but it took at least two years of campaigning before we were actually able to make it happen.
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So the scheme's been up and running for three years now.
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We'd love to be able to close our road for longer, for the whole weekend from Saturday morning until Sunday evening, for example.
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At the moment it's just once a week, but when we started it was only once a month, but we're working on it.
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So what actually happens when Beechwood Road is closed?
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We have volunteer wardens, mostly parents but some elderly residents too, who block off our road at either end.
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The council have provided special signs, but there's always a volunteer there to explain what's happening to any motorists.
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Generally, they're fine about it.
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We've only had to get the police involved once or twice.
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Now, I should explain that the road isn't completely closed to cars, but only residents' cars are allowed.
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If people really need to get in or out of Beechwood Road,
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it's not a problem as long as they drive at under 20 kilometres per hour.
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But most people just decide not to use their cars during this time, or they park in another street.
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The wardens are only there to stop through traffic.
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So can anyone apply to get involved in street play?
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Absolutely.
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We want to include all kids in the city, especially those who live on busy roads.
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It's here that demand is greatest.
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Obviously, there isn't such demand in wealthier areas where the children have access to parks
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or large gardens or in the suburbs where there are usually more places for children to play outside.
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I'd recommend that anyone listening who likes the idea should just give it a go.
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We've been surprised by the positive reaction of residents all over the city and that's not just parents.
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There are always a few who complain but they're a tiny minority.
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On the whole, everyone is very supportive and say they're very happy to see children out on the street, even if it does get quite noisy.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 17 to 20.
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Now listen and answer questions 17 to 20.
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There have been so many benefits of street play for the kids.
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Parents really like the fact that the kids are getting fresh air instead of sitting staring at a computer screen,
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even if they're not doing anything particularly energetic.
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And of course, it's great that kids can play with their friends outside without being supervised by their parents.
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But for me, the biggest advantage is that kids develop confidence in themselves to be outside without their parents.
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The other really fantastic thing is that children get to know the adults in the street.
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It's like having a big extended family.
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It certainly does have a lot of benefits.
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I want to move on now and ask you about a related project in King Street.
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Right.
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Well, this was an experiment I was involved in, where local residents decided to try and reduce the traffic along
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King Street, which is the busiest main road in our area, by persuading people not to use their cars for one day.
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We thought about making people pay more for parking, but we decided that would be really unpopular.
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So instead, we just stopped people from parking on King Street but left the other car parks open.
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It was surprising how much of a difference all this made.
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As we'd predicted, air quality was significantly better, but what I hadn't expected was how much quieter it would be,
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even with the buses still running.
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Of course, everyone said they felt safer, but we were actually amazed that sales in the shops went up considerably that day.
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We thought there'd be fewer people out shopping, not more.
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That's really interesting.
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So the fact that the street was...
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That is the end of part two.
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Thank you.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Listening 3. Part 2: Street Play Scheme”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: road, residents, parents, scheme, questions. Questo video contiene 60 frasi e 814 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:54. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 138 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 90% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| resident sostantivo | /ˈɹɛzɪdənt/ | residente |
| involve verbo | /ɪnˈvɑlv/ | coinvolgere |
| volunteer sostantivo | /ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/ | volontario, volontaria |
| warden sostantivo | /ˈwɔɹdən/ | direttore, direttrice |
| carefully avverbio | /ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/ | minuziosamente, accuratamente |
| minority sostantivo | /maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/ | minoranza |
| experiment sostantivo | /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/ | esperimento |
| fewer | /ˈfjuː.ɚ/ | meno |
| complain verbo | /kəmˈpleɪn/ | lamentarsi, lagnarsi |
| safely avverbio | /ˈseɪfli/ | sicuramente, senza problemi |
| wealthy aggettivo | /ˈwɛl.θi/ | benestante, abbiente |
| elderly aggettivo | /ˈɛldɚli/ | anziano |
| predict verbo | /pɹɪˈdɪkt/ | profetizzare |
| supportive aggettivo | /səˈpɔɹtɪv/ | collaborativo |
| considerably avverbio | /kənˈsɪdəɹəbli/ | considerevolmente, notevolmente |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| go up verbo | salire |
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 | scheme's been · have provided · We've only had |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | is closed · are allowed · being supervised |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | those who live · Street, which is |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 15 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come they're, isn't, we'd. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: minority /maɪˈnɒɹ.ɪ.ti/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, considerably /kənˈsɪdəɹəbli/, energetic /ˌɛn.əɹˈdʒɛt.ɪk/, kilometre /kɪˈlɑmɪtəɹ/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: resident /ˈɹɛzɪdənt/, involve /ɪnˈvɑlv/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, extend /ɛkˈstɛnd/, predict /pɹɪˈdɪkt/
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 resident, involve, volunteer.
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.