Pratica di Shadowing: Oliver Twist (by Charles Dickens) chapter 1 Audiobook - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens Retold by Jenny Dooley
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Chapter 1 At the Workhouse
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Many years ago in England, there were special places called workhouses, where poor people went to live when they had no money
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or work no family or friends to help them and when they had nowhere else to go
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life in the workhouse was hard for the poor people
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and they went there only if they had no hope of a better life
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one cold dark night a young woman arrived in a strange town she was pregnant
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and very tired and she fell down in the street
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no one knew who she was or where she came from
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so the people who found her took her to the workhouse
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An old woman called Sally put the girl to bed and then sat down by the fire to wait for the doctor.
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Suddenly the girl cried out and looked at Sally with eyes full of pain and fear.
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Don't be afraid, dear, said the old woman.
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I've had 13 children and I've often helped the doctor when a child was born in the workhouse.
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Your child will be born soon, but don't worry, the doctor's on his way.
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Something was troubling the young woman.
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She tried to take off the gold chain she was wearing around her neck.
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Sally helped her, and then the girl put the chain, which had a locket with the name Agnes on it, into Sally's hand.
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Take these things.
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Please, keep them safe for my child.
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I'm very sick.
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I don't think I'll live to see the baby.
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Don't talk like that," said Sally.
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Close your eyes now and try to rest.
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You'll need all your strength for the birth.
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Sally put the things into her pocket and just at that moment the doctor arrived.
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soon a baby boy was born the young mother lay in bed very tired
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and very sick when the baby began to cry the girl opened her eyes
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and tried to sit up let me see my baby before
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I die come said the doctor kindly you must not talk of dying he put the baby in the mother's arms
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his name is oliver she said then kissed the child and fell back on the pillow
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the doctor and sally did everything they could but it was too late the girl was dead
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well sally i'm afraid there's nothing more i can do here
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said the doctor sadly to the old woman Where did she come from?
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I don't know, but she walked a long way to get here.
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Her shoes were worn out.
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And the baby's father?
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We don't know anything about him.
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Maybe he's dead.
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She arrived here alone.
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Poor girl, said the doctor, and he sighed as he put on his hat and gloves.
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Then he said goodnight to Sally and went home.
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Good night, Sally.
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When Sally was alone again, she sat by the fire, with the baby in a cradle at her feet.
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She took the locket out of her pocket, and for a long time she looked at it, and at the sleeping baby.
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There were two small locks of hair in the locket, one fair, like the girls, and one dark.
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There was also a gold wedding ring inside it.
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At last she put them back into her pocket, and shook her head sadly.
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Poor baby.
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I'm sorry, but I'm going to keep these things and sell them myself.
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Then I can have a bit of money now that I'm old.
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I've lived in the workhouse for 50 years and life here is very hard.
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Children didn't go to the workhouse until they were nine years old.
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Before that, they lived in another house, where somebody looked after them and received money to pay for their food.
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Oliver went to live in such a house with Mrs. Mann, an old woman who kept most of the money for herself and didn't take good care of the babies and children.
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For the first nine years of his life, Oliver lived there, and during that time he never heard a kind word and he never had enough to eat.
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On Oliver's ninth birthday, Mr. Bumble, a big fat man who wore a uniform and carried a big stick, came to take him to the men's workhouse.
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Mr. Bumble helped to manage the workhouse.
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He had a bad temper, and he was very strict.
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If anyone in the workhouse did anything wrong, Mr. Bumble hit them with his stick, so everybody was afraid of him, especially the children.
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One of his jobs was to give surnames to the babies who had no father.
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No one knew the name of Oliver's father, so Mr. Bumble gave him the surname, Twist.
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Life in the workhouse was very hard, and the boys were always hungry.
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The food was always the same, a bowl of soup, which was mostly water, and on Sundays a small piece of bread.
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The master of the workhouse served the soup from a big pot, and he gave just one bowl to each boy.
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The boys became so hungry that one day, they decided that someone must ask for more.
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They thought that if one boy got more soup, they could all get more.
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They chose Oliver.
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The master served the soup as usual, and the boys ate it quickly.
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They licked their fingers and then looked at Oliver and the big pot of soup.
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Go on then, go on.
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They whispered and pushed Oliver with their elbows.
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Oliver was afraid, but he stood up, picked up his empty bowl, and walked slowly to the master.
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There was complete silence.
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All the boys were waiting, hopefully.
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Oliver held out his bowl.
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Please, sir, I want some more.
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The master couldn't believe his ears.
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He looked at Oliver's pale, thin face and the empty bowl.
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What?
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Please, sir, I'm hungry.
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I want some more, said Oliver again.
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Mr. Bumble, shouted the master, and he hit Oliver on the head with his big soup spoon.
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All the boys waited to see what happened.
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Mr. Bumble appeared at the door.
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What's the matter, master?
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Oliver Twist wants more soup.
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Mr. Bumble's face went red and he looked very angry.
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What?
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It's not possible.
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No one has ever asked for more.
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Oliver Twist, you are a bad, ungrateful boy.
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He picked up poor Oliver by his shirt collar and began to shake him and beat him with his big stick.
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Then he took him away and locked him in the cellar.
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Oliver was cold and frightened, and he cried all night.
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The next morning, Mr. Bumble put a notice on the door of the workhouse.
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Do you want a boy to learn a useful job?
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We will give £5 to anyone who takes him.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questo video contiene 98 frasi e 1135 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 8:26. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 135 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 85% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| sally sostantivo | /ˈsæli/ | sortita |
| soup sostantivo | /sup/ | minestra, brodo |
| pocket sostantivo | /ˈpɑ.kɪt/ | tasca |
| hungry aggettivo | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | affamato, avere fame |
| arrive verbo | /əˈɹaɪv/ | arrivare, giungere |
| shake verbo | /ˈʃeɪk/ | scuotere, agitare |
| finger sostantivo | /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ | dito, dita |
| thin aggettivo | /ˈθɪn/ | sottile, fine |
| silence sostantivo | /ˈsaɪ̯ləns/ | silenzio |
| ear sostantivo | /ˈɪə̯/ | orecchio, orecchia |
| nowhere avverbio | /ˈnoʊ.(h)wɛɹ/ | da nessuna parte, in nessun posto |
| uniform sostantivo | /ˈjunɪˌfɔɹm/ | uniforme, divisa |
| shoe sostantivo | /ˈʃu/ | scarpa, calzatura |
| strict aggettivo | /stɹɪkt/ | stretto |
| pale aggettivo | /peɪl/ | pallido, smorto |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| pick up verbo | tirare su, sollevare |
| sit down verbo | sedersi, accomodarsi |
| stand up verbo | alzarsi in piedi |
| take off verbo | togliere |
| wear out verbo | fare fuori, consumare |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | people who found · woman who kept · man who wore |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was born · will be born · were worn |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | I've had · I've lived · has ever asked |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passato | was troubling · was wearing · were waiting |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 20 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I'm, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: thin /ˈθɪn/, ninth /naɪnθ/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, shoe /ˈʃu/, shout /ʃaʊt/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come sally, soup, pocket.
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.