Pratica di Shadowing: Listening A2, KET 2, Test 1, Part 1 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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You will hear five short conversations.
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You will hear each conversation twice.
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There is one question for each conversation.
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The questions one to five put a tick under the right answer.
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Here is an example.
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How many people were at the meeting?
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Were there many people at the meeting? About 30.
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That's not many.
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No, but more than last time.
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The answer is 30, so there is a tick in box C.
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Now we are ready to start.
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Look at question one.
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One.
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What will they eat for dinner this evening?
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What do you want for dinner this evening, Maria?
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We could have pizza or chicken.
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Hmm, what about fish?
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I had a pizza last night.
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OK, that's easy to cook.
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Good.
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Now listen again.
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What do you want for dinner this evening, Maria?
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We could have pizza or chicken.
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Hmm, what about fish?
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I had a pizza last night.
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OK, that's easy to cook.
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Good.
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Two.
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What time is it?
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Have you got the right time?
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I think my watch is wrong.
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Uh, it's half past two.
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Ah, my watch says twenty past.
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Well, it's ten minutes slow then.
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Now listen again.
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Have you got the right time?
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I think my watch is wrong.
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Uh, it's half past two.
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Ah, my watch says twenty past.
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Well, it's ten minutes slow then.
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Three.
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What's Michelle going to read?
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Can I read your newspaper, Michelle?
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Didn't you bring a book with you?
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Yes, but it's not very interesting.
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Oh, here you are.
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I'll read this letter from John.
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Now listen again.
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Can I read your newspaper, Michelle?
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Didn't you bring a book with you?
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Yes, but it's not very interesting.
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Oh, here you are.
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I'll read this letter from John.
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Four.
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How much did the tickets cost?
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Oh, hi.
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Did you have a good time at the theatre last night?
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Well, the play was excellent, but the tickets cost $90 each.
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That's not too bad if the play was good.
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No, perhaps you're right.
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Now listen again.
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Oh, hi.
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Did you have a good time at the theatre last night?
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Well, the play was excellent, but the tickets cost $90 each.
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That's not too bad if the play was good.
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No, perhaps you're right.
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Five.
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Where is the chemist's?
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Excuse me, can you tell me where the chemist's is, please?
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Hmm, just a moment.
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Oh, yes, it's past the post office, next to a big supermarket.
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Is it far from here?
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No, just two minutes' walk.
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Now listen again.
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Excuse me, can you tell me where the chemist's is, please?
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Hmm, just a moment.
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Oh yes, it's past the post office, next to a big supermarket.
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Is it far from here?
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No, just two minutes' walk.
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This is the end of part one.

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Questo video contiene 80 frasi e 458 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:20. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 86 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 90% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

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

  • pizza /ˈpi.tsə/ (sostantivo) — pizza. A baked Italian dish of a thinly rolled bread crust typically topped before baking with tomato sauce, cheese, and other ingredients such as meat or vegetables.
  • tick /tɪk/ (sostantivo) — zecca. A tiny woodland arachnid of the suborder Ixodida.
  • supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/ (sostantivo) — supermercato. A large self-service store that sells groceries and, usually, medications, household goods, and/or clothing.
  • litter /ˈlɪt.ɚ/ (sostantivo) — lettiera. Straw, grass, and similar loose material used as bedding for people or animals.
  • ticket /ˈtɪk.ɪt/ (sostantivo) — biglietto. A pass entitling the holder to admission to a show, concert, sporting event, etc.
  • cook /kʊk/ (verbo) — cuocere, cucinare. To prepare food for eating, typically by heating it, combining it with other ingredients, seasoning it, preparing it for serving, etc.
  • newspaper /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪpə/ (sostantivo) — giornale, quotidiano. A publication, usually published daily or weekly, containing news and other articles. Traditionally a print publication typically printed on cheap, low-quality…
  • excuse /ɪksˈkjuz/ (verbo) — scusare, perdonare. To forgive; to pardon; to overlook.
  • dinner /ˈdɪnɚ/ (sostantivo) — cena. The main meal of the day, often eaten in the evening.
  • conversation /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/ (sostantivo) — conversazione, dialogo. Expression and exchange of individual ideas through talking with other people; also, a set instance or occasion of such talking.
  • fish /ˈfɪʃ/ (sostantivo) — pesce. A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.
  • excellent /ˈɛk.sə.lənt/ (aggettivo) — eccellente, eccezionale. Having excelled, having surpassed.
  • twice /twaɪs/ (avverbio) — due volte. Two times.

I phrasal verb che sentirai

  • look at (verbo) — guardare. To observe or watch.

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 6 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come didn't, I'll, you're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: conversation /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/, fish /ˈfɪʃ/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, twenty /ˈtwɛnti/ [-ɛɾ̃i], conversation /ˌkɑn.vəɹˈseɪ.ʃən/

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 pizza, tick, supermarket.

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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