Pratica di Shadowing: Make It Spectacular ✦ Kimo Sounds (Lyrics Video) - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Listen close
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The clock doesn't wait for Eddie.
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mmm We'll
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be right back.
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Enough to feel this one short fleeting moment is the only one that's real.
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No one gets to Keep the years, they only get to spend them well
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So stop regarding what you're afraid to lose and start living like today already has a story to tell.
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Make it spectacular, not someday today.
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Because we don't have long here, so don't waste it standing still.
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Loud enough to feel This one short fleeting moment is the only one that's real.
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Baby, it's spectacular. Are you still okay?

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 12 sentences and 265 words to shadow. The speech runs for 3:02. The speaker talks slowly, about 87 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 34% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
fleet noun/ˈfliːt/A group of vessels or vehicles.
spectacular adjective/spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/Amazing or worthy of special notice.
clock noun/klɑk/A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
someday adverbSometime; at some unspecified time in the future.
regarding/ɹɪˈɡɑɹdɪŋ/Concerning, respecting.
loud adjective/ˈlaʊ̯d/Of great intensity.
spend verb/spɪnd/To pay out (money).
afraid adjective/əˈfɹeɪd/Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 5 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, doesn't, we'll. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like fleet, spectacular, clock.

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ingstop regarding

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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