Pratica di Shadowing: Neighbor Offered to Pay Some -- Not All! | Part 1 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Judge Judy: MR. PFEIFER, ON WHAT DATE DID THIS INCIDENT HAPPEN?
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IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
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Judge Judy: DATE.
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NOVEMBER 3rd, MONDAY.
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I APOLOGIZE.
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Judge Judy: YOU TWO NEIGHBORS?
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MM-HMM. Judge Judy: YOU HAVE A COUPLE LITTLE DOGS.
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I HAVE TWO 4-POUND DOGS.
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Judge Judy: AND YOU HAVE...?
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ONE DOG, 80 POUNDS.
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Judge Judy: SO, WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED?
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WELL, YOUR HONOR, WHAT HAPPENED THAT EVENING WAS IS I WAS BARBECUING DINNER DOWNSTAIRS, AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE A BARBECUE AREA, 'CAUSE WE LIVE UPSTAIRS, I BARBECUE DOWN BY THE GARAGE.
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SO I HAD BEEN DOWNSTAIRS BARBECUING -- Judge Judy: SO, WHEN YOU SAY "WE DON'T HAVE," YOU WERE LIVING WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND.
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WELL, NO, I'M NOT -- I WAS VISITING HER.
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Judge Judy: YOU SAID, "WE DON'T HAVE AN AREA UPSTAIRS," SO, "WE" -- THAT SOUNDS LIKE MORE THAN JUST A VISIT.
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WELL, WE'RE BOYFRIEND AND GIRLFRIEND, SO...
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Judge Judy: SO IT SOUNDS MORE THAN JUST A VISIT.
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CORRECT, YOUR HONOR.
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Judge Judy: OKAY.
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SO THAT YOUR DOG IS REGULARLY THERE.
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FOR THE MOST PART, YES.
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Judge Judy: DON'T PLAY WITH ME.
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I'M SORRY.
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Judge Judy: SO -- DON'T PLAY WITH ME.
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DON'T THINK OF WHO'S WATCHING.
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IS YOUR WIFE WATCHING?
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IS YOUR MOTHER WATCHING?
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ARE THE AUTHORITIES WATCHING?
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DON'T PLAY WITH ME.
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I'M SORRY.
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Judge Judy: GREAT.
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SO, YOU LIVE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND, AND YOU HAVE A DOG.
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YES. Judge Judy: AND YOUR DOG IS A PIT BULL?
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: COME ON. SO NOW YOU'RE BARBECUING DOWNSTAIRS.
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YES. DINNER IS FINISHED.
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I GO UPSTAIRS TO GO GET A PLATE TO BRING DINNER BACK UP, AND I MUST NOT HAVE GOT THE DOOR SHUT ALL THE WAY.
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Judge Judy: SO, ACCIDENTALLY, YOU LEFT THE DOOR OPEN.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU LEFT THE DOOR OPEN?
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WELL, I HAD MADE IT DOWN TO THE BARBECUE, AND WHEN I WAS GETTING THE MEAT OFF THE GRILL, HERE COMES MY DOG.
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SO, NATURALLY, I WENT TO GO GET MY DOG, AS SHE WAS COMING DOWN THE STREET WITH HER TWO LITTLE DOGS -- Judge Judy: OKAY.
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NOW YOUR DOG IS OUT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT FENCED.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: AND YOU'RE GOING OUT 'CAUSE YOUR DOG TAKES OFF.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: NOW, WERE YOU RUNNING AFTER HER OR WALKING AFTER HER?
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NO, I WAS RUNNING AFTER HER.
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Judge Judy: AND WHEN YOU WERE RUNNING AFTER HER, I WANT YOU TO -- I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHAT YOU SAW.
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WHAT I SAW WAS A LITTLE DOG BARKING.
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MY DOG IS USED TO PLAYING WITH LITTLE -- Judge Judy: I DON'T CARE!
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LISTEN. I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR DOG'S USED TO.
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I SAW MY DOG GOING OVER TO THE OTHER TWO DOGS, AND I WAS WORRIED ABOUT THE OTHER DOG, SO I WAS TRYING TO GET CONTROL OF MY DOG.
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I ACTUALLY DOVE ONTO THE GROUND AND TORE MY PANTS GOING AFTER MY DOG TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY.
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Judge Judy: BUT EVERYTHING WASN'T OKAY.
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IT WASN'T. NO, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: BECAUSE BEFORE YOU COULD DIVE AND GET, AS YOU SAID, CONTROL OF YOUR DOG, YOUR DOG PICKED UP ONE OF HER DOGS IN ITS MOUTH AND RIPPED ITS SKIN OFF.
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YES, MA'AM.
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Judge Judy: NOW, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO TELL ME, MR. PFEIFER, WHY ARE WE HERE?
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WELL -- Judge Judy: LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU.
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WHEN YOU HAVE A DOG, YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IS TO KEEP THAT DOG UNDER YOUR CONTROL AT ALL TIMES.
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SOMETIMES, IF I BELIEVE YOUR STORY ABOUT THE DOG GOT OUT, WHICH SHE SAYS -- IN HER COMPLAINT, SHE SAYS, ISN'T TRUE.
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BUT IF I BELIEVE YOUR STORY, YOU SAID TO ME, "I LOST CONTROL.
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I TRIED TO REGAIN CONTROL OF MY DOG." IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP YOUR DOG UNDER CONTROL.
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YES, MA'AM.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Neighbor Offered to Pay Some -- Not All!”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Judy, Judge, dog, watching, barbecuing. Questo video contiene 65 frasi e 634 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 2:56. Chi parla va veloce, circa 216 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. Il 84% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 11 delle sue 65 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 12 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
upstairs avverbio/ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/di sopra
downstairs avverbio/daʊnˈstɛɹz/giù, di sotto
pants sostantivo/pænts/calzoni, pantaloni
tear verbo/tɛɹ/strappare, dilaniare
complaint sostantivo/kəmˈpleɪnt/reclamo, lamentela
garage sostantivo/ɡəˈɹɑʒ/garage, autorimessa
fence sostantivo/fɛns/recinto, steccato
apologize verbo/əˈpɑləˌd͡ʒaɪz/scusarsi
bark sostantivo/bɑɹk/corteccia, scorza
grill sostantivo/ɡɹɪl/griglia
regain verbo/ɹiːˈɡeɪn/riprendere, riappropriarsi
dove sostantivo/doʊv/colomba, piccione

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
go out verbouscire, andare fuori
pick up verbotirare su, sollevare
take off verbotogliere

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 19 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I'm, wasn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, downstairs /daʊnˈstɛɹz/, pound /ˈpaʊ̯nd/, pants /pænts/, complaint /kəmˈpleɪnt/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come upstairs, downstairs, pants.

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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