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Chapter 1 Dallas Girl
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Abby is from Dallas.
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It's the summer vacation.
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She's in her room with her friend, Sadie.
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Sadie says, let's go to a concert next week.
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I can't, Abby says.
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Dad's working in Dubai for deep oil for three weeks, and Mom's going with him.
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What about you?
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Sadie asks.
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I'm staying with my Aunt May in California, Abby says.
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I don't want to go, but nobody listens to me.
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Next week, Aunt May drives Abby home from the airport in her crazy old car.
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In Aunt May's house, Abby finds a lot of pebbles in her room.
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They're all different, her aunt says.
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Your mom and I are sisters, but we're different too.
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What am I doing here?
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Abby thinks.
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My aunt's crazy.
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Chapter 2 The Boy on the Beach
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Three days later, Sadie calls Abby.
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She tells her all about the concert.
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Abby listens quietly.
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She cries after she puts down the phone.
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When she goes into Aunt May's studio, her aunt says, I'm going into town for paint this afternoon.
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Do you want to come?
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No, thanks, Abby says.
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Suddenly, Aunt May cries, Be careful!
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My new picture!
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Now there's black paint on Abby's best pants.
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She runs angrily out of the studio and away.
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When she stops, she's on the beach.
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A boy is putting something into bags there.
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What are you doing?
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She asks him.
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Picking up garbage?
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He answers.
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When birds eat it, it kills them.
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I'm Diego, he says.
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And you're staying in Mae Wilson's house.
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How do you know?
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Abby asks.
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We are neighbors, Diego says.
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Do you want to help me?
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He asks.
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Okay, Abby answers.
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They walk on the beach, talk, and pick up garbage.
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Abby forgets the paint on her pants.
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When it's time to go home, she says, Let's meet here again tomorrow.
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No, let's go to the National Park, Diego says.
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My cousin Bianca works there.
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She can take us.
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Hmm, maybe, Abby says.
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Chapter 3 The Park and a Storm
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That evening, Abby tells her aunt, Sorry about earlier.
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Can I visit the National Park tomorrow with Diego and his cousin?
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Sure, Aunt May smiles.
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Next day, Bianca takes Diego and Abby to Point Reyes National Park.
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They see a lot of animals.
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When they're walking there, Abby suddenly cries.
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Ah, there's something on me.
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It's a beautiful beetle, Bianca says.
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Abby looks down at the beetle.
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Well, it is a nice color, she thinks.
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Abby has a good time at the park.
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Do you want to come again?
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We can have a picnic next time, Bianca says.
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Okay, but when?
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Abby asks.
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It's a windy evening when Abby comes home.
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Nice day?
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Aunt May asks.
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Yes, Abby answers.
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And we're having a picnic at Point Reyes tomorrow.
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That night, there's a storm.
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Abby can't sleep.
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She gets up for some water.
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Just then, Aunt May comes in and finds her.
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What's the matter? she asks.
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Well, begins Abby.
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They sit at the table.
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Abby plays with the pebbles there and speaks about her parents.
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Dad's always working, and Mom doesn't like my friends, she says.
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Talk to them, Aunt May tells her.
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How can I?
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Abby answers.
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Chapter 4 A Ship on the Rocks
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Next morning, Abby and her aunt are watching TV.
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A reporter is talking.
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Today, after last night's storm,
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there's a ship on the rocks at Point Reyes and a lot of oil in the water, the reporter says.
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Diego and Bianca arrive at Aunt May's house.
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No picnic today, Abby says.
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Not with that oil spill, Diego agrees.
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But maybe we can help.
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We must go and see.
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When they arrive at Point Reyes, there's oil on the beach.
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Diego and Abby see a lot of dead birds.
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The mayor is talking to a reporter.
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Neighbors from villages near here must help, he says.
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We're having a meeting this afternoon.
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Look at the beach, Abby cries.
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What can we do?
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Let's go to the meeting and see.
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Bianca answers.
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There are a lot of people at the meeting.
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Teams of people can pick up the oil, the mayor says.
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But how do we move the ship?
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A man asks.
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I don't know.
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The mayor answers.
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Ask that man there.
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He's from the oil company.
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Deep oil can't move the ship.
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The oil man says.
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It's our oil, but it isn't our ship, you see.
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Deep oil's my dad's company, Abby says.
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Chapter 5 A Call for Help
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After the meeting, Aunt May tells Abby, I can't call your father.
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We don't get on.
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You must do it.
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But Dad never listens to me.
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Abby cries.
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You can change things, her aunt says.
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Believe me.
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She's right, Abby thinks. So, she calls.
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In Dubai, Abby's dad is sleeping when the phone rings.
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Ugh.
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It's 4 a.m here, he says.
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What is it, Abby?
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Sorry, Dad, Abby says.
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I need your help.
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She tells him about the ship on the rocks and the oil spill.
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He listens.
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Talk to people in your company, Dad, she says.
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Please persuade them.
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They must help.
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Okay.
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He answers.
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After the phone call, Abby tells her aunt, He's talking to people at Deep Oil.
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It's working.
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You see?
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Aunt May says.
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Next morning, Bianca and Diego are cleaning the beach when Abby and Aunt May arrive.
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They work all day and all week.
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One day, Abby and Diego are cleaning birds.
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There's oil all over me, but I'm okay with that, Abby thinks.
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I can't believe it.
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After work, her phone rings.
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Abby, your mom and I are in Dallas.
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Her dad says.
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You can come home.
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Oh, Dad!
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Abby cries.
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Chapter 6.
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The Summer Finishes.
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Abby listens to her phone.
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Everybody here in the Dallas office agrees, her dad says.
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A deep oil team's coming to Point Reyes.
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That's wonderful, Abby cries happily.
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Hey, take it easy.
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They can't empty the ship in a day, her dad says.
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So, can I stay here for longer?
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She asks.
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Sure.
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Her dad answers.
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Next week, the deep oil team arrives and begins work.
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Abby and Diego help at the beach for weeks.
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After work, the two of them visit the national park.
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They learn about the animals there from Bianca.
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But then the summer finishes and Abby's vacation finishes too.
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At the airport, Aunt May gives a heavy little bag to Abby.
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Diego gives a picture of a whale to her.
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Can you see whales here?
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Abby asks Diego. In the spring?
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He answers.
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Abby's dad meets her in Dallas.
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Sorry about your vacation, he says.
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Why?
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Abby laughs.
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I get on with Aunt May.
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I want to visit her again next spring.
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At home, Abby empties her aunt's heavy little bag on the table.
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Every pebble's different, she tells her parents.
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Her mom smiles.
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Her dad laughs. And Abby laughs too.
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Suddenly, it's good to be home.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A2 si basa sul video “Pebbles on the Beach”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Abby, aunt, oil, Diego, dad. Questo video contiene 186 frasi e 1147 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 17:37. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 65 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 78% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| aunt sostantivo | /ɑːnt/ | zia |
| arrive verbo | /əˈɹaɪv/ | arrivare, giungere |
| vacation sostantivo | /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ | vacanza |
| reporter sostantivo | /ɹɪˈpoɹ.tɚ/ | giornalista, inviato |
| picnic sostantivo | /ˈpɪknɪk/ | picnic |
| pants sostantivo | /pænts/ | calzoni, pantaloni |
| cousin sostantivo | /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ | cugino, cugina |
| garbage sostantivo | /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/ | immondizia, spazzatura |
| whale sostantivo | /ˈweɪl/ | balena |
| spill verbo | /spɪl/ | rovesciare, versare |
| beetle sostantivo | /ˈbiːtəl/ | coleottero, scarabeo |
| happily avverbio | /ˈhæp.ə.li/ | felicemente |
| persuade verbo | /pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/ | persuadere, convincere |
| windy aggettivo | /ˈwɪn.di/ | ventoso |
| pebble sostantivo | /ˈpɛbəl/ | ciottolo |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| pick up verbo | tirare su, sollevare |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- What am I doing here?
- Do you want to come?
- Do you want to help me?
- Do you want to come again?
- Can you see whales here?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | I'm staying · am I doing · I'm going |
| Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessario | must go · must help · must do |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 21 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come can't, I'm, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: aunt /ɑːnt/, arrive /əˈɹaɪv/, picnic /ˈpɪknɪk/, pants /pænts/, garbage /ˈɡɑɹ.bɪd͡ʒ/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: pants /pænts/, happily /ˈhæp.ə.li/, angrily /ˈæŋ.ɡɹə.li/
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 aunt, arrive, vacation.
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.