Pratica di Shadowing: Money Vocabulary for English Learners - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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In England, we don't say 50 pounds.
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We call this 50 quid.
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Money appears all the time in daily conversation.
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For example, Hey man, have you got a tenner on you?
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Sorry lad, I've only got a fiver.
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If you don't understand that, then you are missing a very big chunk of British life.
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In this video, I'll teach you what nobody teaches you about money.
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This is a one pound coin, but what do British people call it?
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We call it a quid.
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One quid equals one pound.
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But what if there are two?
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We don't say quids, there is no s, so it's just one quid, two quid, three quid, four quid.
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But what about five quid?
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Five quid is a fiver.
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This is a five pound note.
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What can you buy with a fiver in England?
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A meal deal, a tuna sandwich, a can of coke and a bag of crisps.
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Meal deals are a huge cultural phenomenon in England.
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They are very popular.
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Every day, millions of people walk into a Tesco and pick up a sad little sandwich, a bag of crisps, and a drink.
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And they feel genuinely good about it.
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I was one of those people.
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I regret nothing.
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This is a tenner.
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a ten-pound note.
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And at the beginning of this video I gave the example, hey man have you got a tenner on you?
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Sorry lad, I've only got a fiver.
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Now do you know what it means?
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So if we call five pounds a fiver and ten pounds a tenner, what do call 20 quid?
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A 20-er?
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Nope, we just call it 20 quid.
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The most common term for a thousand pounds is a grand and you might hear it in a conversation like, hey Rock, how much is your rent in London?
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It's a rip-off.
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It's a grand and a half for a tiny flat.
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How about yours?
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Bloody hell.
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Yeah, mine's a rip-off too.
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I pay two and a half grand.
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Note that there is no S on grand, just like quid.
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One grand and two grand.
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The smallest currency in Britain is called pence, but we call it P.
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So we say 10p, 20p or 50p.
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Lots of coins together we call change, loose change.
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Now, Mario, do you have any change, mate?
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Sorry, mere friend, I don't.
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Fair enough.
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Do you fancy a pint, then?
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Mate, I'm skint.
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You might know the word broke, which is the standard universal term for having little money.
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But in Britain, we like to do things differently.
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We say skint.
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I'm skint.
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It means I've got very little money.
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Skint is a top slang word in the UK.
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Alright mate, you look a bit rough.
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I'm skint mate, can't afford a beard trim.
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Fair enough.
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If you started saying skint, I guarantee you natives would be very impressed with your English.
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but what is the opposite of skint?
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So if skint means having little money then loaded is the opposite.
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I am loaded, it means I've got a lot of money.
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Recently I read the book Rich Dad Poor Dad on my Kindle and the author Robert Kiyosaki wrote that a lot of people say, I can't afford this.
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And he urges us to flip that to a question and say, how can I afford this?
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The question opens up the mind to possibility.
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Now, I had the idea, how can you guys apply this to your English?
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A lot of my students say, I'm not good at English.
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So I would encourage you to flip that to a question and ask yourself, how can I improve my English?
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How can I get better at English?
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I'm sure your brain will find the answer.
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Now, it's about time to go for, I think, a lovely coffee at the cafe.
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But before I do, let's have a quick scan of our environment.
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I am sitting on a boulder.
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A boulder is a very large rock.
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And the boulder is sitting in the ocean.
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Now, let's get up and go to the cafe.
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This coffee is like two quid.
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That's pretty cheap.
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By the way, be careful with the word cheap.
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It can just mean low price, but it can also mean low quality.
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So here are some more natural ways British people like to talk about price.
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Come on, thank you.
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The coffee has arrived and the price of these coffees was reasonable.
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It was quite affordable.
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In fact, these coffees were a bargain.
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A bargain is my favourite way to say something that is cheap in a positive way.
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That's a bargain.
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And for some context for you guys, we are on an island and again no s.
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We don't say island or island, we say island.
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It's a silent s.
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This is my stick.
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They gave me this to scare the monkeys away.
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It's very common for monkeys to be coming through this cafe and stealing your food.
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Some extra verbs for steal we would say pinch or nab.
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They are slang words in British for steal.
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Where are you in the world right now?
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Let me know in the comments.
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I am curious.
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So if a bargain is a positive way of saying something is cheap then the opposite of that is a rip-off.
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A bloody rip-off.
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Now a rip-off is when something is expensive and you're a little bit annoyed about it as well.
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It's a rip-off.
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Now some alternatives to rip-off are pricey or steep.
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That's a bit steep.
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Now, I don't want the monkeys to steal my food, so let's dig in.
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Let's start eating.
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After eating, you can ask, excuse me, can I have the bill please?
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After that, you might want to split the bill with your friends.
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Now, I've seen a lot of English teachers teaching let's go Dutch, the English idiom.
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But honestly no one says that.
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No one says let's go Dutch.
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So here are some more natural phrases that English speakers use.
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Shall we go halves?
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Nah, I'll get this one.
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No, no, no, let's split it.
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Peach, honestly, don't be silly.
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It's my treat.
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It's on me.
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Oh Jay, you're such a gentleman.
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Right, now let's play a little game.
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I'm gonna flip this coin.
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You can choose heads or tails.
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Heads, I win.
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Tails, you lose.
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Heads, I win.
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your mind.
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Thank you for watching.
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Hope you have a beautiful day.
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I'll see you next time.

Informazioni su questa lezione

In questa lezione, esplorerai il vocabolario relativo al denaro in inglese, con particolare attenzione alle espressioni colloquiali utilizzate nel Regno Unito. Imparerai a riconoscere e utilizzare termini come "quid", "fiver" e "tenner", che sono fondamentali per comprendere le conversazioni quotidiane. Attraverso il metodo di shadow speak, avrai l'opportunità di migliorare le tue abilità di ascolto e pronuncia, facilitando così l'apprendimento dell'inglese con YouTube.

Vocabolario chiave e frasi

  • Quid - un termine colloquiale per indicare una sterlina (£)
  • Fiver - un taglio da cinque sterline (£5)
  • Tenner - un taglio da dieci sterline (£10)
  • Grand - un termine per mille sterline (£1000)
  • P - abbreviazione per "pence" (centesimi), usato in espressioni come 10p, 20p
  • Meal deal - un'offerta che include un pasto a un prezzo ridotto
  • Skint - termine colloquiale per indicare di essere a corto di soldi
  • Change - moneta spicciola, spesso chiamata "loose change"

Consigli per la pratica

Quando pratichi con questo video, ti consiglio di utilizzare la tecnica del shadow speech. Ascolta attentamente ogni frase e prova a ripeterla immediatamente dopo averla udita. Questo ti aiuterà a migliorare la tua pronuncia e a far tuo il ritmo naturale della lingua.

Considera la velocità e il tono del parlante nel video: usa un ritmo moderato per assicurarti di assimilare i nuovi termini e le espressioni. Fai attenzione alle intonazioni e alle emozioni trasmesse mentre parli; imitare il tono di chi parla può rendere l'apprendimento dell'inglese con YouTube molto più coinvolgente. Non preoccuparti se all'inizio ti sembra difficile; la pratica costante attraverso il shadowspeak ti porterà a un miglioramento significativo nel tempo. Ricorda di divertirti e di essere paziente con te stesso durante il processo di apprendimento!

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.