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Welcome to Storyline Online Brought to you by the SAG-AFTRA Foundation I'm Uzo Aduba and today I'm going to read Otters vs. Badgers written and illustrated by Anya Glazer Before our story begins, there are a few things you should know.
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Firstly, the otters live on one side of the river.
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Secondly, the badgers live on the other side of the river.
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Thirdly, and MOST importantly . . .
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OTTERS AND BADGERS DO NOT GET ALONG.
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Head otter Head badger It's just the way things had always been.
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The badgers started it!
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Tunneling under OUR land.
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Badgers and otters couldn't even share the river without a fight.
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It's the otters' fault!
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Always splashing about - we never have any peace!
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And it was only getting worse.
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So, to avoid any more trouble, the leaders decided the two groups must never meet.
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No badgers and no otters must EVER cross the river.
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Stay away! Good riddance to them.
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And that would be that.
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But our story really begins with an otter named Francie.
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The important things you need to know about Francie are: Firstly, she lives on the otter side of the river.
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Secondly, she's a little shy.
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Thirdly, and especially: she bakes the best cakes anywhere along the river.
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All the otters said so.
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This lemon meringue square is spectacular.
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Oh, but did you try last week’s caramel shortbread?
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My top cookie would be chocolate chip, then apple cinnamon . . .
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Francie was happiest dreaming up recipes, finding new flavors, tasting, and testing . . .
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. . . always in pursuit of the perfect bake.
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And one day, when she was searching for just the right ingredient for her next creation, she went a little farther . . .
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. . . than she meant to.
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HEY! Before the badgers could catch her, Francie ran back to the otter side of the river and the safety of her kitchen.
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You won’t get away with this!
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But the badgers were just a few steps behind.
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Head badger will want to know about this.
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We saw her right there!
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Ooh, a muffin!
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You know, this is pretty good!
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When the badgers turned up on the otter side, they demanded to see the otter with the muffins who had been stealing their berries.
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She was sneaking onto OUR land!
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She must pay!
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But the otters stood firm.
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Our Francie wouldn’t mean any harm.
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It must have been a mistake!
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Go back to your badger hole!
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Can anyone else smell cake?
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Meanwhile, back in her kitchen, Francie measured and mixed, and stretched and shaped.
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Because no matter what trouble might be brewing . . .
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. . . Francie always baked.
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Francie's cookies were her best yet.
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That zingy berry flavor is just divine.
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What's that extra something?
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Goodness, that was delicious.
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Hang on! These are made with OUR berries.
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Those are OUR berries, so we should get ALL the cookies.
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No way! Those are otter-made cookies.
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Well then you don't get any more berries.
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Badgers don't even eat berries! Badgers eat worms!
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WORM BREATH!
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Typical ignorant otters!
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THAT'S NOT TRUE!
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But although she never meant for her baking to start another argument . . .
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. . . unfortunately, it did.
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Giant hairy slugs!
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Lazy monochrome bears!
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Worm breath!
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Stripy-faced fur balls!
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Frog feet! Rotter otter!
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STOP! Suddenly, all eyes were on Francie.
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Why can’t we just share it all?
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And everyone listened to what she had to say.
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There’s plenty of space, and berries for all of us.
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I suppose that’s true.
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And if we all try and get along . . .
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We’ve never done that before.
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Then everyone can have cookies.
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I do want more cookies . . .
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We could give it a try?
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So now, this is where the otters AND the badgers live.
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Together. On both sides of the river.
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They still argue sometimes .
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You’re wrong!
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Digging is not better than fishing!
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Yes it is ! And I’ll tell you why . . .
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But there is one thing they ALWAYS agree on . . .
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Francie bakes the best cookies along the whole river.
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You know what I like about the book?
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I like how in the beginning the badgers and the otters think that they're so different and that they can't get along, but when they come together, they realize they have something in common and that they can live together happily.
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Thank you for watching Storyline Online.
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Make sure to check out all of our stories.
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Keep watching and keep reading.

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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A2 si basa sul video “'Otters vs. Badgers' read by Uzo Aduba”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: otter, badger, Francie, river, cookie. Questo video contiene 88 frasi e 718 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:06. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 101 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 79% 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:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
cookie sostantivo/ˈkʊki/biscotto
berry sostantivo/ˈbɛɹi/bacca, coccola
bake verbo/beɪk/cuocere (al forno), infornare
worm sostantivo/wɝm/verme
breathe verbo/bɹiːð/respirare
flavor sostantivo/ˈfleɪvə/sapore, gusto
secondly avverbio/ˈsɛk.(ə)ndli/secondamente
meanwhile avverbio/ˈmiːnwaɪl/intanto, nel frattempo
harm sostantivo/hɑːm/danno, male
argue verbo/ˈɑɹ.ɡju/discutere, dibattere
steal verbo/stiːl/rubare, derubare
stretch verbo/stɹɛt͡ʃ/tendere
delicious aggettivo/dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/squisito, delizioso
chip sostantivo/t͡ʃɪp/frammento, scheggia
divine aggettivo/dɪˈvaɪn/divino, divina

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
get along verboandare d'accordo, ingranare
check out verboinvestigare
get away with verbofarla franca, cavarsela

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • Oh, but did you try last week’s caramel shortbread?
  • You won’t get away with this!
  • Why can’t we just share it all?
  • We could give it a try?
  • You know what I like about the book?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passatowas only getting · was searching · was sneaking
Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppothe best · her best
Consigli con “should” should + verbo — dire che cosa è meglio fareshould know · should get
Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessariomust never meet · must EVER cross · must pay

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 13 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come can't, don't, I'm. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: breathe /bɹiːð/, thirdly /ˈθɚdli/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, splash /splæʃ/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/, ingredient /ɪnˈɡɹiːdi.ənt/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: harm /hɑːm/, happily /ˈhæp.ə.li/, hairy /ˈhɛɹ.i/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: bake /beɪk/, stretch /stɹɛt͡ʃ/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, chip /t͡ʃɪp/, dig /dɪɡ/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: happily /ˈhæp.ə.li/, spectacular /spɛkˈtæk.jə.lɚ/, splash /splæʃ/, badger /ˈbæd͡ʒɚ/, caramel /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/

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 cookie, berry, bake.

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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