Pratica di Shadowing: Lovely British English for Your Daily Life!🌹 Spoken English 🇬🇧 | British Accent (Modern R.P) - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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Hi there everyone!
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Welcome back to English with Catherine.
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Hello if you're new as well, hi.
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This is where you will find videos about daily natural English, the real friendly kind, pronunciation tips of course for a lovely British accent, and quite a lot about British culture and etiquette.
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Disclaimer, I'm very pregnant right now and if I look kind of slow, woozy, and maybe even a little but drunk, obviously I'm not drunk, pregnancy sort of slows you down a bit.
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Today's video everyone is actually about daily natural English.
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English that you can't really learn from a textbook.
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Learning and mastering English is not just about saying very simple things like hello how are you.
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Daily life is full of situations where you need to communicate reactions to things, expressing enthusiasm and encouraging others.
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As usual I need to remind you to watch to the end of the video because this week I have a kind of fun fact about the UK.
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Not so much a fact more just a bit of information.
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I'm sure you're gonna like it.
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This is also my first time filming on my own without Tom's assistance.
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Fingers crossed I finish with a video at the end of this.
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Wish me luck.
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Number one being friendly in daily life.
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If you are a friendly, lovely person, and this comes across very, very well in your native language, you probably want to come across that way when you speak in English as well, right?
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You don't really want a completely separate personality when you speak in English.
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Maybe you do, and that's up to you.
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In order to be described as affable, which means very friendly, you can be encouraging.
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That's so interesting.
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Oh, tell me more.
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This is something to say as a kind of feedback response when they're telling you something.
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Instead of just staying silent, which by the way is something we hate in British culture, you can give positive feedback as they're talking to encourage them to keep going and to continue.
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Oh, please go on.
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Oh, tell me more.
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The more encouragement you show, the better the other person will feel, honestly.
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Do you need a hand?
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Do you need a hand?
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This is a really native, natural way to ask if someone needs help.
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We also use if you ever.
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If you ever need a hand with anything, don't hesitate to ask.
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Maybe you don't need help right now, but in the future, if you ever do, don't be afraid to reach out.
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It's a lovely way to come across as friendly, warm and helpful.
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and affable.
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Number two, expressing joy.
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I love to just remark on my surroundings.
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If you are quite a vocal person when it comes to expressing joy, you're going to want to know how to do that in English.
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Just look at that apple tree.
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Just look at that apple tree.
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Isn't it amazing?
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Here we have just look at something and we have isn't it something.
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This is a way of directing the attention of whoever you're speaking to, to look at whatever you're talking about and to just enjoy the moment at the same time.
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We currently have a beautiful apple tree in the garden that is laden, great word, with apples.
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They're ready to pick actually.
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Any plant that looks quite full of whatever it's growing that's ready to be picked or harvested, we can say it's laden with something.
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This apple tree gives me a lot of joy.
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I can also say I get a lot out of something.
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I get a lot out of looking at that tree with my cup of tea.
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That means I receive a lot of joy from that activity.
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That's a way of expressing joy.
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Number three, wishing someone happy birthday.
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This one's a little bit different, I know, to the other two.
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It's important to know how to do it according to the country that you're in.
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We used to say many happy returns, but that's certainly quite outdated now.
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You won't hear that really used by young people especially.
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What we tend to say is, oh happy birthday!
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Do you have any plans for it?
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We follow up happy birthday with a question.
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It flows into other things.
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Oh happy birthday!
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Anything planned for later on?
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Any exciting plans?
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Doing anything fun?
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It's a way to encourage conversation.
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They're probably quite excited to tell you so they now have an opportunity to do so.
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Not that in British culture we ever really talk about age.
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We should do but we don't.
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If you want to say the age that you are about to be when it's your birthday, we say I'm turning 24 for example.
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Or next week I'm turning 32.
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We use turning to refer to the process of becoming a year older.
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I'm turning a hundred next month and I'm awaiting my letter from the king.
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The last one is about storytelling.
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Sometimes you want to tell a story in conversation.
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This is one of the most advanced level things to be able to do.
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You'll never guess what happened to me the other day.
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If you want to add some time to it, the other day means some time in the past, quite recently.
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This is a way of setting up a story.
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But of course, then the pressure is on for it to be a good, exciting thing that you're going to tell them.
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Not just that you had a very good cup of tea, although that is sometimes worth telling someone about.
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You'll never guess what happened to me the other day.
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I saw a chicken crossing the road.
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I saw a cat get rescued from a tree incredibly heroically by my neighbour.
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If you are the person that is being told the story, you can show enthusiasm and encouragement by saying, What happened next?
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Oh my gosh, you've got me on the edge of my seat.
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You've got me on the edge of my seat.
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That means you're waiting for what happened next.
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You're gripped by their story, even if the story is maybe a bit boring.
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That's just a really nice way to show that you're still listening and you're trying to be interested in it.
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Those are just a few examples.
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There will be plenty more videos like this one in the future.
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Okay everyone, if you're still here, it's the information of the week.
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It's about potatoes!
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Potatoes, everyone.
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Okay, do you have any idea how much of a big deal potatoes are?
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We love them so much.
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I'm surprised there isn't a potato religion, or at least some sort of potato shrine somewhere for us to all go and worship them.
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There should be.
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We eat potatoes throughout the day for each and every meal.
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This is a bit American, but we have hash browns as part of a full English breakfast.
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There is a dish called a jacket potato.
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You get a potato and you fill it with something and that is the meal.
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We're celebrating the potato in a big way there.
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On a Sunday we have a Sunday roast which is your choice of meat, vegetables and roast potatoes and the roast potatoes are kind of as important as the meat.
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Fish and chips is our national dish.
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We serve the chips with salt and vinegar.
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Most British dishes will come with a side of mashed potato.
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Oh and don't forget the nation's favourite snack which is of course the humble packet of crisps.
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We call them crisps in Britain which is one of the hardest words to say even for natives.
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And my last point, we are all kind of aspiring potatoes.
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They're under the ground, they're nice and cozy, they are in the dark.
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English people love autumnal and winter weather really if we're being honest.
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A lot of us would choose the potato as our spirit vegetable because it represents us
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it represents our natural habitat and what we like whereas in hotter countries like Spain and Italy they
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would probably choose the tomato so you know it's a lot deeper than just enjoying a chip there's a whole relationship
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there guys there's a whole ideology behind potatoes and Britain so if you want to feel more British eat more potatoes and start appreciating them like you've never done before.
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Everyone that's the end of the video.
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I hope you have a lovely week.
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I'm thanking you from the bottom of my heart for watching my video especially if you're still watching it now.
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I hope you found it useful.
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Let me know in the comments as usual if you did and I'll see you very soon again.
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Bye!

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Perché praticare il parlato con questo video?

Quando si tratta di apprendere l'inglese, la pratica del parlato è cruciale, e questo video offre un contesto reale e quotidiano per migliorare le tue capacità comunicative. Attraverso il shadow speech, puoi imitare le espressioni e l'intonazione della speaker, Catherine, che utilizza un accento britannico moderno. Questo approccio non solo rende l'apprendimento più divertente, ma ti permette anche di interiorizzare frasi utili e modi di dire che potresti non trovare nei libri di testo. Imparare a comunicare in modo amichevole e naturale in inglese ti aiuterà a costruire relazioni più forti e a sentirti più sicuro in situazioni sociali. Sfruttare il shadowing in inglese con questo video ti offre l'opportunità di riflettere la tua personalità in ogni conversazione, contribuendo a migliorare la tua pronuncia inglese e le tue abilità vocali.

Grammatica ed espressioni nel contesto

Catherine utilizza diverse strutture linguistiche significative che sono essenziali per una comunicazione fluida in inglese. Eccone alcune da concentrare sulla tua pratica:

  • “Do you need a hand?” - Questa espressione informale è un modo naturale di chiedere se qualcuno ha bisogno di aiuto. Puoi ripeterla per rafforzare la tua capacità di rispondere in modo affabile.
  • “Just look at…” - Questo inizio frase è utile per attirare l'attenzione dell'interlocutore su qualcosa di particolare. Ad esempio, “Just look at that apple tree.” Imita l'intonazione per cogliere l'emozione del momento.
  • “I get a lot out of…” - Un modo per esprimere gioia o apprezzamento per un'esperienza. Puoi personalizzarlo usando il tuo esempio personale, come “I get a lot out of spending time with friends.”

Queste strutture possono essere integrate nel tuo shadow speak, fornendo un contesto pratico per ogni frase che impari.

Trappole comuni di pronuncia

Durante il video, ci sono alcune parole e frasi con cui potresti avere difficoltà. Ecco alcune suggerimenti:

  • “laden” - Questo termine, che significa “carico di”, può risultare difficile da pronunciare correttamente. Fai particolare attenzione alla pronuncia della “d” e alla “e” finale.
  • “Wow” - Sebbene sia una parola semplice, l'intonazione può variare. Prova a farlo con entusiasmo per esprimere meraviglia.
  • Accento britannico - Presta attenzione alle vocali lunghe e corte uniche dell'accento britannico. Esercitati a ripetere frasi intere, cercando di mantenere la stessa melodia e ritmo di Catherine.

Praticando queste parole e frasi utilizzando il metodo del shadowing, potrai migliorare la tua pronuncia inglese e acquisire fiducia nelle tue interazioni quotidiane.

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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