Pratica di Shadowing: Office Small Talk in English - Talking About Christmas & the Holidays - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Have you put up your tree yet?
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Do you celebrate Christmas in your family?
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Have you sent your list to Santa?
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Hi everybody, in this lesson I'm going to share lots of useful questions
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and phrases to help you make Christmas small talk at the office.
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We'll start with some informal questions you can use when talking to colleagues you know well.
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You can also use these questions for customers or business partners that you know well.
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And later on we'll look at some more formal examples.
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All set for Christmas?
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All set is another word for ready or prepared.
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It's quite common in informal English to shorten questions by leaving out the auxiliary and the subject.
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In this case, are you?
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But only do this if you feel comfortable.
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I'll say it again and you can repeat it with me.
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Ready?
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All set for Christmas?
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And if you're chatting with a colleague who doesn't celebrate Christmas, you could say, all set for the holidays?
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Say it with me, all set for the holidays?
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We say holidays because it's usually a time of year when people can take some time off from work.
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Not everybody, of course, but for many people, this is the case.
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Next up, we have looking forward to Christmas
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or looking forward to the holidays anything special planned this year
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anything special planned this year got all your Christmas shopping done
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got all your Christmas shopping done put up your tree yet
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put up your tree yet I bet your kids are excited
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for Christmas you don't always have to ask a question to
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start the conversation you can also use a statement like this one with rising intonation at the end
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so it sounds like a question say it again with me
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I bet your kids are excited for Christmas hear how my
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voice rises at the end for Christmas another good question is
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do your kids still believe in Santa do your kids still believe in Santa
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or what's waiting for them under the tree this year?
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What's waiting for them under the tree this year?
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What was Christmas like in your family when you were a kid?
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What's the best present you ever got?
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Do you have any special Christmas traditions in your family?
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Do you have any special Christmas traditions in your family?
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Or, what's your favourite Christmas song?
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What's your favourite Christmas song?
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In fact, leave me a comment and let me know.
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Mine is Fairy Tale of New York by The Pogues.
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If you don't know it, check it out.
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What do you usually have for Christmas dinner?
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What do you usually have for Christmas dinner?
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and a couple of funny
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or humorous questions have you sent your list to Santa have you sent your list to Santa
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or have you been a good boy this year have you been a good boy this year
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or very similar have you been naughty
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or nice this year have you been naughty or nice this year
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and for colleagues
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and customers you don't know very well here are some more formal questions you can ask Are you looking forward to Christmas?
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Or, do you have any time off over the holidays?
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Do you have any plans for Christmas?
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Do you celebrate Christmas in your family?
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If the answer is yes, you can ask the following.
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How do you celebrate Christmas?
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How do you celebrate Christmas?
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Do you have a special meal?
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Do you have a special meal?
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Or what's a typical Christmas tradition in your culture?
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What's a typical Christmas tradition in your culture?
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If someone tells you that they don't celebrate Christmas, you could ask, What's the most important holiday in your culture?
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What's the most important holiday in your culture?
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When is it?
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When is it?
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What do people normally do during this holiday?
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What do people normally do during this holiday?
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How do you celebrate?
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How do you celebrate?
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Is there a special meal that you eat during this holiday?
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Is there a special meal that you eat during this holiday?
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If you can think of any other useful questions to make Christmas Smalltalk with your colleagues and customers, let us know in the comments.
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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.