Pratica di Shadowing: PET 4 Test 2 part 2 questions 8-13 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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Now turn to part two, questions eight to thirteen.
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You will hear a woman called Sarah talking to a group of people about her painting.
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Now we are ready to start.
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Listen carefully.
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You will hear the recording twice.
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Well, good evening everyone.
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I've come along to talk to you about my painting.
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It was just a hobby, but it's really more than that now.
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I used to paint in the evenings after work, but now I work four days a week instead of five.
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That means I spend Friday, Saturday and Sunday on my painting.
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I have pictures in local exhibitions at least once a month.
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I'd love to give up my job and spend all my time painting, but I work with computers and I earn more that way.
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I do make some money from selling my pictures, enough to pay for all my paint, brushes and paper and a few art lessons.
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I'd love to go to art college full time for three years, but I've got all the rent on my flat to pay and a car to run.
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I first became interested in art when I was at primary school.
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I used to go out with some paper and a few pencils during break time and draw anything I saw.
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Houses, gardens, people.
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Then at secondary school we had art classes twice a week
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and I learnt how to use chalk and then different kinds of paint, watercolours, oils and so on.
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Those classes were really useful for me, and ever since then I've had lessons of some kind.
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I've attended evening classes and been on what they call painting holidays, where you go out into the countryside and paint during the day,
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and then sit and discuss your work with a teacher and the other artists after dinner.
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Those holidays are great.
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You learn so much talking to other people studying with you.
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I've enjoyed painting in lots of different countries.
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I've been to Morocco and painted desert scenes with beautiful sunrises.
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I've been to Greece and Spain and painted pictures of the local people working in the fields near their homes.
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My favourite place is still Scotland.
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I love walking in the Scottish mountains and there are so many different birds to see, especially in spring.
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Well, I'm going to finish now by showing you a video of the places I visited.
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After that, there'll be a chance to relax with a cup of coffee and then there'll be time for some questions.
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Oh, and I've got some information about my next art exhibition for you.
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it's going to be at the Queen's Gallery now if someone would turn off the lights then i can now listen again
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well good evening everyone i've come along to talk to you about my painting It was just a hobby,
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but it's really more than that now.
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I used to paint in the evenings after work, but now I work four days a week instead of five.
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That means I spend Friday, Saturday and Sunday on my painting.
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I have pictures in local exhibitions at least once a month.
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I'd love to give up my job and spend all my time painting, but I work with computers and I earn more that way.
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I do make some money from selling my pictures, enough to pay for all my paint, brushes and paper and a few art lessons.
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I'd love to go to art college full time for three years
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but I've got all the rent on my flat to pay and a car to run.
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I first became interested in art when I was at primary school.
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I used to go out with some paper and a few pencils during break time and draw anything I saw.
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Houses, gardens, people.
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Then at secondary school we had art classes twice a week
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and I learnt how to use chalk and then different kinds of paint, watercolours, oils and so on.
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Those classes were really useful for me and ever since then I've had lessons of some kind.
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I've attended evening classes and been on what they call painting holidays,
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where you go out into the countryside and paint during the day
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and then sit and discuss your work with a teacher and the other artists after dinner.
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Those holidays are great.
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You learn so much talking to other people studying with you.
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I've enjoyed painting in lots of different countries.
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I've been to Morocco and painted desert scenes with beautiful sunrises.
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I've been to Greece and Spain and painted pictures of the local people working in the fields near their homes.
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My favourite place is still Scotland.
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I love walking in the Scottish mountains, and there are so many different birds to see, especially in spring.
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Well, I'm going to finish now by showing you a video of the places I visited.
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After that, there'll be a chance to relax with a cup of coffee, and then there'll be time for some questions.
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Oh, and I've got some information about my next art exhibition for you, It's going to be at the Queen's Gallery.
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Now, if someone would turn off the lights, then I can...
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That is the end of part two.

Lo scenario

Il video presenta una conversazione tra Sarah, un'artista, e un gruppo di persone a cui racconta la sua storia con la pittura. È un contesto reale e quotidiano, perfetto per esercitarti a capire l'inglese parlato in situazioni informali, come conferenze o presentazioni. Attraverso le sue parole, Sarah parla di hobby, lavoro, viaggi e apprendimento artistico, utilizzando un linguaggio semplice ma ricco di espressioni utili per chi vuole migliorare la propria competenza comunicativa.

Frasi e collocazioni utili

  • "It was just a hobby, but it's really more than that now": Espressione per descrivere come un passatempo si trasformi in qualcosa di più importante. Utile per parlare di hobby o progetti personali.
  • "I'd love to give up my job": Per esprimere il desiderio di lasciare il lavoro per dedicarsi a qualcosa di più appassionante. Comune in conversazioni su carriera e sogni.
  • "Painted desert scenes with beautiful sunrises": Collocazione per descrivere scene pittoriche. Aiuta a espandere il vocabolario descrittivo in ambito artistico.
  • "Ever since then I've had lessons of some kind": Per raccontare una costanza nel tempo, come l'apprendimento continuo. Utile per narrare esperienze formative.

La tua sfida di shadowing

Per migliorare la pronuncia inglese e l'intonazione, prova il shadowing in inglese con il dialogo di Sarah. Ecco come fare: ascolta un frammento del video (2-3 frasi), poi ripetilo immediatamente dopo, imitando la velocità, il tono e la pronuncia. Ripeti il processo finché non senti che la tua replica è fluida. Questo metodo, anche chiamato shadow speak o shadowspeak, aiuta a rafforzare l'orecchio e la capacità di riprodurre il linguaggio in tempo reale. Inizia con frasi semplici, come "I used to paint in the evenings after work", e poi passa a parti più lunghe. Non ti preoccupare di sbagliare: l'importante è esercitarti regolarmente!

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
“Used to” used to + verbo — un’abitudine o uno stato passato che non è più veroused to paint · used to go
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessoI've come · I've had · I've attended
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ingenjoyed painting · love walking
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un piano o qualcosa che si vede arrivareI'm going to finish · it's going to be

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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