Pratica di Shadowing: PARKRUN REVIEW: Preston parkrun - Event #586 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Good morning my name is Grant this is Endorphin Empire and welcome to Preston Parkrun
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If 2025 is going to be remembered for anything it will be remembered for being the dry hot year
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and speaking of heat Preston Parkrun is bringing all the heat
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today this place is absolutely stunning I don't know what I was expecting
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but it definitely wasn't this this place is wonderful
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so far first impressions very very very very good the park
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is beautiful it's big there's a few elevations here it looks very modern
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and there's lots of good facilities
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and it looks like it attracts some quick runners as well the record here is low 15s
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so it is potentially quite a quick course
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so i'm going to find out about that today and
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if you've not seen these videos before how they work is
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i do a little bit of pre-run admin sort of what shoes you need to bring things like
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that we get into a course overview following
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that i get into the run i zoom it up
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so you can kind of see the course quite quickly
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and obviously by the end the most important part of my
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week the highlights of my weekend is the cafe review where
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we try to find some carrot cake fundamentally that's the most important part
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and then possibly some good breakfast as well in terms of
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preston i know it's a jubilee city made a city in 2002
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so it's been a city for a
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while now lovely place to visit it seems
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so far not been here before in the northwest a bit
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of a drive to get over here for me today
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but it was for a reason probably the furthest west i've been i don't know
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if that's true or not but it's a fact
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if i say it's a fact
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and in terms of free run admin first of all underfoot it is surface path
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so you can wear your road shoes i'm wearing some new
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shoes today i'm very excited to give them a go then
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in terms of toilets there are toilets beside the start finish area they're a bit basic
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but it's all you need and then getting here there's loads of of information, the people who run this place are very on it.
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So the information on the Parkrun website and the 5k app tells you how to get here, obviously by public transport, so by bus,
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how to get here by train as well.
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You can cycle here and there's cycling lock-up facilities right beside the start finish area
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and in terms of driving here there's loads of different parking availability options on the 5k up to.
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But without any further ado let's get straight over to the course overview
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and then following I'll get straight to the start line.
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Let's go.
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30 seconds course overview.
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It's a three lap course so one mile per lap pretty much
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which makes it very easy for you to hopefully pace yourself
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if there wasn't an enormous hill which there is and it's steep
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but then you get a pretty much descent for the rest
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of the lap the hill starts straight away it's quite congested
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first lap then you can just pick people off as long as you've paced yourself correctly
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and that is the trick to this course pacing
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if you can hold back the excitement at the start you're on to a winner
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so bear that in mind going forwards
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but let's get to the course overview now and you can see if i did a decent job at that so
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Hello from roughly half a way round Preston Park and gonna go out on a limb and say, not a PB course?
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That hill is pretty big, but we're approaching halfway now.
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It's very well volunteered.
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There's a very well oiled machine here, and I think they get everything sorted straight away.
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The only issue is they're a bit congested at the start, but isn't every parkrunner.
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Thank you.
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So, I'll leave you just now with time, to the end of the course it is a beautiful this course
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so i hope you enjoy it and i'll see you at the finish line ciao so
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Keep moving,
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she's fine.
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Hello, thank you very much.
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Preston Parkrun, done and understood.
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You can see the finished vinyl just walking in behind.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, this is a very well-oiled machine.
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The volunteers here are magnificent.
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So thank you so much.
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So far, surely a contender for the top 10 parkruns i've done this is event number 102
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and it's magnificent now we have to get to the cafe though that's where it will make
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or break so thanks to the volunteers let's pray for carrot cake decent bacon
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or sausage buddies and a decent black americano let's go Cafe review time at Preston Park.
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In the moment you've all been waiting for.
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And in terms of coffee it was decent, so can't complain at all.
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Quite quick service considering how busy it can get in there.
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The sausage buddies were okay, the nice white bun.
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I think it was sort of a sausage bun is what they might call it over here.
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But the staff were lovely, very chatty which is great
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and then obviously the most important part of my week the highlight of my week is the carrot cake
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but they didn't have any i had a honeycomb
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and chocolate tiffin instead which is okay
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but it has failed in the carrot cake regard you can
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see all the cake options here there are a few muffins
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and other things to choose from
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and there were a few um packeted like sweet treats as well
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but i don't really go for them
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but no decent little cafe right beside the start finish area
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all very convenient this spot i really really rate it
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and there you have have it cafe review done course overview
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done pre-run admin done the actual run itself done thank you
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to anyone who said hello i appreciate you i chatted to
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a few of you today all the way over here in preston over two hours away from home
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so thanks for watching
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if you've enjoyed it please remember to like comment share subscribe
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it means a bunch to me in the description for this
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video below you'll find a link to my strava account so
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if there's any further details such as how much elevation there
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actually is on this course you can go over there
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and have a look and then as always say thank you to the volunteers
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and please remember one pizza will make you fat
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one park run won't make you fit you get out there enjoy your running
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and i'll see you next time from a new location ciao

Informazioni su questa lezione

In questa lezione, gli studenti avranno l'opportunità di praticare il loro inglese attraverso un'analisi approfondita del video "PARKRUN REVIEW: Preston parkrun - Event #586". Questo video offre un'ottima occasione per ascoltare un discorso naturale e colloquiale, perfetto per migliorare la pronuncia inglese. Gli studenti si eserciteranno nel riconoscere e riprodurre le intonazioni, il ritmo e il lessico utilizzati nel contesto di un evento sportivo, come una corsa nel parco, mentre esplorano anche frasi chiave e vocaboli utili.

Vocabolario e frasi chiave

  • Parkrun – un evento di corsa popolare che si svolge regolarmente nei parchi.
  • Course overview – panoramica del percorso.
  • Record – tempo migliore registrato in una competizione.
  • Pacing – gestione del ritmo durante una corsa.
  • Facilities – strutture disponibili, come bagni e parcheggi.
  • Elevation – variazioni in altezza del percorso, che possono influenzare la corsa.
  • Congested – affollato, utilizzato per descrivere un inizio di corsa particolarmente pieno.

Consigli per la pratica

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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.