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The last party I went to was at someone's house.
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I went with my friend Denise.
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She knew lots of people there, but I only knew Denise.
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She'd invited me there, and I accepted simply because I didn't have anything better to do.
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The party was in the garden, and it was a lovely, warm evening.
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They had a big table with more food than you can imagine, and it was all delicious.
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People helped themselves to food and ate it while sitting down on the grass on cushions and blankets.
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After that, everyone sat and chatted while classical music was playing in the background.
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I normally hate that kind of music, but it was just right for this occasion.
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I felt a bit left out at the start of the party, because Denise started chatting to her old friends while I just stood there.
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But then I started chatting to a guy called Richard, who I got on really well with, and after that, the hours flew by.
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Before I knew it, nearly everyone had gone, and Richard, Denise, and I were among the last people there.
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I went to a party at my friend's house.
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He has a huge open space that combines the kitchen and living room, with doors leading to the yard outside.
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Even so, the place was packed with people and you could hardly move.
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But that was partly because there was a band in one corner, which took up quite a lot of space.
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Everyone was saying how amazing the band was, and true, they played some popular songs, but they were all depressing, and the singer was out of tune, so I didn't think much of them myself.
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I went to the party with some friends, and there seemed to be quite a few interesting people there.
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The problem was that when I tried to talk to someone, my friends came along and wanted to talk to me, so I didn't really meet anyone new.
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There were a few snacks on the table, but you can imagine they didn't last long with that crowd.
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I was really hungry, so I ordered a pizza delivery, but when it arrived, everyone ate it really fast, so that didn't help.
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I met a new guy called Sam at work, and we got on quite well.
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Last week, he said he was having a party on Saturday and invited me to come and meet his friends.
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I said sure, and so he told me to arrive at about five o 'clock, which I thought was a bit early, but I thought nothing of it.
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And so I got there and, well, it turned out it was a birthday party for his four -year -old kid.
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So all these children were running around and shouting over the awful children's party music.
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There were a few parents who looked really tired.
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I was the only person without a child, so I felt very uncomfortable, and I didn't talk to any adults because they were all so busy and anyway, they all knew each other.
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But there was far more pizza, cake and lemonade than the children could eat, so that was good.
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Later, I started playing games with the kids, which was quite fun.
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When they all finally went home, Sam invited me to stay for a beer, but his wife wanted him to help tidy up and his kid was crying,
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so I went home as soon as I could.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Party experiences – A2 English Listening Test”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Denise, knew, invited, kid. Questo video contiene 32 frasi e 582 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:09. Chi parla va veloce, circa 185 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| invite verbo | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | invitare |
| pizza sostantivo | /ˈpi.tsə/ | pizza |
| arrive verbo | /əˈɹaɪv/ | arrivare, giungere |
| awful aggettivo | /ˈɔːfʊl/ | pessimo, terribile |
| hungry aggettivo | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | affamato, avere fame |
| clock sostantivo | /klɑk/ | contachilometri, tachimetro |
| grass sostantivo | /ɡɹɑːs/ | erba, graminacea |
| occasion sostantivo | /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/ | occasione |
| delicious aggettivo | /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/ | squisito, delizioso |
| tune sostantivo | /tjuːn/ | melodia |
| uncomfortable aggettivo | /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ | scomodo |
| combine verbo | /kəmˈbaɪn/ | combinare, mischiare |
| blanket sostantivo | /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/ | coperta |
| shout verbo | /ʃaʊt/ | gridare |
| snack sostantivo | /snæk/ | spuntino |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| take up verbo | sollevare, prendere |
| turn out verbo | risultare |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passato | was playing · was saying · was having |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ing | started chatting · started playing |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 7 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come didn't, she'd. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: occasion /əˈkeɪ̯ʒən/, delicious /dɪˈlɪ.ʃəs/, shout /ʃaʊt/, cushion /ˈkʊʃən/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/, arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/, clock /klɑk/, grass /ɡɹɑːs/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: classical /ˈklæs.ɪ.k(ə)l/, blanket /ˈblæŋ.kɪt/, snack /snæk/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come invite, pizza, arrive.
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.