Pratica di Shadowing: Movers 2 | Test 2 | All English 4U - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Hello.
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This is the Cambridge Movers Practice Listening Test.
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Test 2.
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Part 1.
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Look at part one.
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Look at the picture.
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Listen and look.
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There is one example.
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Where's Jane?
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Jane?
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She's on the third floor.
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The third floor.
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What's she doing?
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She's playing the piano.
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Oh, yes.
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I can see her.
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Can you see the line?
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This is an example.
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Now you listen and draw lines.
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1. Where's Fred?
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Fred, he's on the first floor.
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What's he doing?
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Is he washing his clothes?' No, he's in the bath.
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Oh, yes, I can see him.
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2. "Can you see Peter?" Yes, he's on the second floor.
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Ah, he's watching a video.
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Yes, he is.
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Which one is Peter?' He's wearing a sweater.
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Oh, yes.
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He's got curly blonde hair then.
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3. "Where's Paul?" Is he watching a video?
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No, no, he doesn't like videos.
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"'He's playing on the computer.' Oh yes, he's on the third floor.
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Yes.
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Fool.
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Can you show me Jill?
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Yes.
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Jill is on the bottom floor.
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With brown hair.
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That's right, with brown hair.
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What's she drawing?
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I don't know.
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I can't see.
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5. Is that Sally on the third floor?
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Yes, she's playing her guitar.
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Part 2.
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Listen and look.
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There is one example.
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Happy birthday, Jane!
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Thanks.
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How old are you?
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I'm nine today.
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Nine!
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That's great!
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Can you see the answer?
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Now you listen and write.
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1. What did your family give you?
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Mummy and Daddy gave me a boat.
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Wow!
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You mean a sailing boat?
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Yes, a toy sailing boat.
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2. And my sister gave me a basketball.
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Do you play a lot of basketball?
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Yes, but soccer is my favourite sport.
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3. What did your brother give you?
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Clothes.
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He always gives me clothes.
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Fool.
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How old is your brother?
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He is older than I am.
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He's thirteen.
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Thirteen?
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Yes.
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5. And what's his name?
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His name's Luke.
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How do you spell that?
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L You...
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Kay.
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E. Part 3.
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Look at the pictures.
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What did Lucy do last week?
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Listen and look.
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There is one example.
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Hello, Lucy.
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"What did you do on Saturday?" "Oh, I helped Mum and Dad, Uncle Tony." Did you help them in the garden?
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Yes.
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There's lots of work to do there.
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Can you see the line from the word Saturday?
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On Saturday, Lucy worked in the garden.
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Now you listen and draw lines.
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1. What did you do on Tuesday?
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I went shopping with mum.
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To buy some food?
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Yes, we bought lots of food on Tuesday.
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2. And did you have a good day on Sunday?
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Yes.
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We were all at home.
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"'Your brothers, Tom and Bill, too?' Yes.
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It was a nice sunny day.
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Mmm.
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We all played football in the garden.
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3. "I saw you on Monday.
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No, it was Friday. Did you?
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- Wait.
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By the shoe shop.
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Oh, I didn't see you.
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"No, I drove past in the car." Did you buy any shoes?' No. I didn't like any.
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4. And were you at home on Wednesday?
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Erm, well, after school I was.
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"'Did you play in the garden?' Yes, my friend, Alex, came to my house and we both played outside.
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Does she go to your school too?
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Yes.
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She's in my class.
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5. "And what did you do on Thursday?" Did you go shopping again? On Thursday?
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No, I watch TV.
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What did you watch?
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The football?
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Yes.
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It was a great game.
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Yes.
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I watched it too.
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Part 4.
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Look at the pictures.
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Listen and look.
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There is one example.
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What did Sally have for lunch?
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"'What did you eat for lunch, Sally?' A burger.
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Only a burger?
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And some french fries.
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Did you drink anything?
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No, nothing.
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Can you see the tick?
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Now you listen and tick the box.
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1. What did Ben do yesterday?
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What did you do yesterday, Ben?
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I played basketball.
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With some friends?
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No, with my brothers.
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How many brothers have you got?
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Four.
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Four brothers!
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Great!
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2. What did Fred see yesterday?
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Where did you go yesterday, Fred?
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I went to the zoo.
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Did you see any lions?
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No. But I saw some pandas.
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Pandas?
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Yes, and a lot of monkeys.
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Oh, I love monkeys.
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3. What does Jim have for breakfast?
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What do you have for breakfast, Jim?
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Bread and milk.
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Only bread and milk?
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No, I have fruit too.
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What kind of fruit?
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Bananas?
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No, apples and pears.
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4. What pets has Peter got?
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Peter bought a new pet yesterday.
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What is it?
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A rabbit.
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He's got lots of pets.
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Yes, he's got a cat, a dog and now a rabbit.
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And a parrot.
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Oh yes!
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5. Where does Jill live?
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Do you live in the countryside, Jill?
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Yes, I do.
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In a small house next to a lake.
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In the mountains, No, not in the mountains.
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Part 5.
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Look at the picture.
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Listen and look.
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There is one example.
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Can you see the ball?
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What?
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You mean the basketball?
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That's right.
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Can you colour the basketball?
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What color?
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Colour it brown.
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Okay.
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The basketball is brown.
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Can you see the brown basketball?
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This is an example.
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Now you listen and colour and draw.
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1. Can you see the word 'shop'?
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Yes, it's in big letters.
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That's right.
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Can you colour the letter H for me?
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colour the letter H.
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Okay.
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What color?
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Colour it red.
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OK.
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2. Are you good at drawing?
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I'm OK.
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Why?
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I'd like you to draw an eye.
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An eye. Where?
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On the sheep.
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OK.
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I'm giving the sheep an eye.
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3. You can colour again now.
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Good.
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I love colouring.
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There are some flowers on the scarf.
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That's right.
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Shall I colour them?
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Yes.
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Color them blue.
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Can I colour them yellow?
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OK, colour them yellow.
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4. What can I do now?
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You can draw some stars for me.
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Stars? Where?
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Draw them on the kite.
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There are some stars on the big hat.
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That's right.
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But I'd like some stars on the kite.
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How many?
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Two.
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5. The last thing now.
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Okay.
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Can you see the guitar?
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Yes, I can.
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What colour would you like?
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Err, black...
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Err, no, black's not very happy.
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I'd like green.
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Alright.
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Colour the guitar green.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Le parole che ritornano più spesso: colour, listen, basketball, floor, example. Questo video contiene 233 frasi e 1010 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 13:08. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 77 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 86% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 74 delle sue 233 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
guitar sostantivo/ɡɪˈtɑɹ/chitarra
cloth sostantivo/klɒθ/stoffa, tessuto
pet sostantivo/pɛt/animale da compagnia, animale d'affezione
shoe sostantivo/ˈʃu/scarpa, calzatura
sheep sostantivo/ˈʃiːp/pecora
monkey sostantivo/ˈmʌŋki/scimmia
rabbit sostantivo/ˈɹæbɪt/coniglio
sail sostantivo/seɪl/vela
tick sostantivo/tɪk/zecca
litter sostantivo/ˈlɪt.ɚ/lettiera
kite sostantivo/ˈkiːtɛ/nibbio
soccer sostantivo/ˈsɑk.ɚ/calcio
wash verbo/wɑʃ/lavare
bath sostantivo/bɑːθ/bagno, vasca da bagno
flower sostantivo/ˈfloʊɚ/fiore

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • Can you see the line?
  • Can you see the answer?
  • What did your family give you?
  • You mean a sailing boat?
  • Do you play a lot of basketball?

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 11 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'd, I'm, didn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: cloth /klɒθ/, thirteen /ˌθɝtˈtin/, bath /bɑːθ/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shoe /ˈʃu/, sheep /ˈʃiːp/, wash /wɑʃ/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: cloth /klɒθ/, pet /pɛt/, sheep /ˈʃiːp/, rabbit /ˈɹæbɪt/, tick /tɪk/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: rabbit /ˈɹæbɪt/, piano /piˈænɪː/, banana /bəˈnænə/, parrot /ˈpæɹət/

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 guitar, cloth, pet.

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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