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Joe and Bella Stories Number 4
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Joe and Bella Stories Number 4
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No Pets Here Joe and Bella had always wanted a pet,
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but their parents always said no. We're too busy, they said.
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Pets make too much mess.
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We've enough to do without a pet as well.
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Then one day, Bella came home from school very excited.
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My friend Izzy has got a hamster,
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she told the rest of the family over tea.
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She's asked me to go around and play tomorrow so I can meet her.
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I wish I could have a hamster.
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Well, you can't, said Mum, passing around spaghetti.
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No pets here.
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I'd like a puppy, said Joe.
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You know we can't have a puppy,
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said Mum, but we're all too busy to take it for walks.
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Then how about a kitten?
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Joe asked.
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No kittens either, said Dad.
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In fact, no pets at all.
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The next day, Bella was going to Izzy's house.
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Joe decided to invite his friend Finn round to play in the garden.
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He told Finn, we'll be able to play football for once without Bella getting in the way.
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But when the boys got home, Joe had a shock.
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Bella and Izzy were there too.
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What are they doing here? he complained to Mum.
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Izzy's mum had an appointment,
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so she dropped Izzy off here instead, Mum explained.
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But Finn and I want the garden to ourselves.
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Don't worry about that, said Mum.
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Bella's busy.
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Joe understood when he saw that Izzy had brought something with her.
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Her hamster.
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She's called Harriet, Bella told Joe.
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Isn't she lovely?
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Harriet was small and round with beady eyes,
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golden fur and long whiskers.
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She sat in Bella's hand and snuffled at Jo.
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Then Bella fed her a lettuce leaf.
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Nibble, nibble, nibble, went Harriet,
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and the leaf disappeared in no time.
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She's cute, Jo had to admit.
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Look, she's got a ball, Bella said.
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Izzy showed them a big see-through ball made of purple plastic.
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She put Harriet inside.
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Harriet began to run, and the ball moved across the floor.
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You see, Izzy explained, this way Harriet can run wherever she wants.
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Just make sure she doesn't escape, said Mum.
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If she did, we'd never catch her.
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Be careful when you put her back in her cage.
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Joe and Finn went into the garden to play football.
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They were practicing penalties when they heard a shout.
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It was Bella, and it was loud.
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The two boys ran for the house.
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What's the matter? asked Joe.
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Hurry, it's gone!
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Bella wailed.
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What do you mean, gone?
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We were lifting her out of her ball, said Bella.
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and we dropped her.
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Bella and Izzy began to cry.
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Come on, said Joe.
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We've got to look for her.
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They all got down on their hands and knees.
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Mum came in and helped too.
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But Harriet must have been scared of all the noise.
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Don't worry, said Mum.
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She'll come out when she's hungry.
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She didn't.
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When Dad came home, they all searched again,
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but they couldn't find her.
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I'm afraid she's gone under the floorboards, said dad.
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We'll never find her now.
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For a whole week, there was no sign of Harriet.
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Then one night, Joe woke up.
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I wonder, he thought, if I went downstairs now and was very quiet.
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He crept downstairs, and there,
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sitting in the middle of the kitchen floor,
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calmly nibbling on a breadcrumb, was Harriet.
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Bella was very happy, and when she told Izzy the news,
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she was even happier because Izzy didn't want Harriet back.
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Izzy had a new hamster.
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She said that Bella could keep Harriet.
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Please, can I?
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Bella asked her parents.
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I suppose so, said Mum.
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But what about me? demanded Joe.
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Why should Bella have a pet and not me?
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I suppose that's true, said Dad.
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And that's how Joe got a kitten.
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He called him Casper.
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Informazioni su questa lezione

In questa lezione, gli studenti potranno esplorare una storia divertente che ruota attorno a Joe e Bella, due fratelli che desiderano avere un animale domestico, ma i loro genitori sono contrari. Attraverso questa narrazione, avrai l'opportunità di praticare la tua comprensione dell'inglese parlato e migliorare la tua pronuncia. La storia introduce anche elementi di vita quotidiana, come le interazioni familiari e le conversazioni tra amici, rendendola ideale per imparare l'inglese con youtube e affinare le tue abilità di pratica di conversazione in inglese.

Vocabolario e frasi chiave

  • pet - animale domestico
  • busy - occupato
  • hamster - criceto
  • to play - giocare
  • garden - giardino
  • cute - carino
  • cage - gabbia
  • to walk - portare a spasso

Consigli per la pratica

Quando segui il video, ti consiglio di dedicare del tempo a shadowing per migliorare la tua pronuncia e fluidità. Ascolta attentamente alla velocità della narrazione e cerca di ripetere le frasi immediatamente dopo averle sentite. Puoi iniziare con frasi brevi e poi passare a passaggi più lunghi man mano che ti senti più sicuro. Questo metodo è particolarmente efficace per assimilare il lessico e le strutture grammaticali, rendendolo un eccellente esercizio di shadowspeak. Ricorda di prestare attenzione all'intonazione e al ritmo della voce degli attori, e non esitare a riascoltare parti del video se necessario.

Utilizza il video come base per creare le tue conversazioni pratiche. Dopo aver ascoltato e ripetuto, prova a riassumere la storia a un amico o a un familiare, usando il nuovo vocabolario appreso. Questo esercizio potrebbe rivelarsi utile per consolidare le tue conoscenze e migliorare le tue abilità di shadow speak.

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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