Pratica di Shadowing: Peter has surprise for Himself - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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Oh, Peter, you selling your anvil?
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Yeah, I've had a lot of good times with this thing.
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Oh, a dollar!
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Hey there, Chris.
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Hey, Mr. Herbert.
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Selling your old hand-me-downs?
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Yep.
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You got anything you used to wear in the summertime?
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Just these old shorts.
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Sweet Jesus.
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You know, Brian, I'm looking forward to getting rid of some of this crap.
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Crap.
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Like this movie, Stymie Gruffin, The Untold Story.
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It's not a movie at all, Brian.
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Just three episodes back to back.
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This thing is an insult.
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Well, that might be overstating things a little.
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It's a middle finger to the fans is what it is.
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I tell you, Fox should be in bed.
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Give you a dollar for this.
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Sold.
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Brian, where's Rupert?
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I just left him here to watch my things.
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Uh-oh.
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What?
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Uh, nothing.
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I haven't seen him.
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It's not like him to wander off.
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Rupert!
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Rupert!
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Oh no!
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What if he's been kidnapped?
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Well, let's just calm down.
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I've got to save him, Brian!
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What if he's dead?
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I don't think I can handle a funeral!
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Of all the souls I have encountered in my travels, his was the most...
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...human.
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Order!
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Up!
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Holy crap, Evil Knievel gloves.
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I bet I could do a wheelie with these.
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How much for the gloves?
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Peter, those are yours.
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Ten bucks.
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Two.
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Seven.
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Four.
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Five fifty.
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Ten.
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Sold!
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Sucker!
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I would've gone to 15 easy.
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I am so stupid.
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Awesome!
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Peter, you can't drive a car over that.
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You're gonna get hurt.
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Lois, I don't come down to Burger King and tell you how to do your job.
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Peter, I don't work at Burger King.
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I don't work at Burger King.
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I'm busy.
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Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some death to defy.
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Wow, this is just like what happened with Matthew Broderick, except no one's dead.
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Hey, Joe.
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Morning, Peter.
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I'm here to revoke your driver's license.
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What?
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Why?
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We got reckless driving, disturbing the peace, plus the driver of one of those other cars was a virgin whose hymen was busted by the airbag, so rape!
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Okay, well, I guess you can take my license.
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Of course, it's all the way up here.
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Peter, knock it off.
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Give it to me.
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Give me the damn license.
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Don't you want it?
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This is in poor taste, Peter.
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You're starting to piss me off.
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You're starting to piss me off!
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Oh, man, this sucks.
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I got no license.
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I can't go anywhere.
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Well, this is your own fault, Peter.
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And if you want my opinion, a little time away from the bar will do you some good.
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I'll show her.
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I'll just go to another bar.
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We now return to Cheers.
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Norm! And Peter!
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Yay!
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How's life in the fast lane, Mr. Peterson?
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Griffin.
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I can't find the on-ramp, Woody.
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He was talking to me, Norm.
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Quit stealing my punchlines, you fat drunk.
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That show stopped being funny after Kirstie Alley ate Shelley Long.
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Aw man, now I can't even watch TV.
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What the hell am I gonna do all day?
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It's alright, it's okay.
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I don't need TV.
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I'll just make my own sitcom in my head.
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And I'll give it an upbeat 80's sitcom theme.
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This time around, I'm staying at home, and things are gonna get better.
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Settlin' in, lovin' my wife, but then I got that letter.
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My black son, my black son, now each day my heart is gettin' bigger.
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Don't even remember sleepin' with that lady, but I did.
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My black son, he's comin' to stay.
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My black son, he's makin' each day the best that he can.
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Also, he's a ninja.
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What the hell's wrong with you?
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I'm so distraught over losing Rupert, I needed something to calm me down.
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This is an entire bottle of NyQuil.
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I know, and it's doing wonders.
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Come here, puss.
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Come here.
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Come here, puss.
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Here, puss.
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What are you- what are you doing?
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Calling the cat.
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We don't have a cat, that's a throw pillow.
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Uhhh...
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Hahahaha...
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Why have you brought me to the toy store, Brian?
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I'm buying you another Rupert.
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Hey, this one's cute, huh?
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And if we buy it, they save a real gorilla in the wild.
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And if we don't, they kill one.
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Wow, these guys are playing hardball.
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You can't just take some Korean-made velveteen primate and call it Rupert.
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Now come on, this is all time we could be using to find Rupert's kidnappers.
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Look, I, uh, I may as well come clean with you.
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Rupert wasn't kidnapped.
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I accidentally sold him at the yard sale.
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You son of a bitch!
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Come on, Stewie, I'm really sorry.
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It was an accident.
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Damn you, Brian!
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How could you sell Rupert?
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What you've done is more horrible than sex with Sharon Stone.
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Get out of the fridge, Peter.
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There is no Peter, only Zool.
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I said get out of the fridge!
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All right, all right.
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Jeez, Lois, I'm just trying to amuse myself since I don't have a damn driver's license.
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Look, Peter, it's getting a little annoying having you around the house all the time, so you'll be happy to know I got you your own personal driver.
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My own driver?
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Holy crap, that's awesome.
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Where is he?
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She's right here, Peter.
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Meg?
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Yeah, Dad.
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I don't mind driving you around so you get your license back.
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What?
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Lois, this is the best you could do?
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Well, it was either Meg or a talking monkey smoking a cigar, but I didn't think you'd like that.
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I've already accepted another job.
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Lois, you picked the opposite thing that I would like.
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That's all right.
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I would have driven you bananas.
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Oh, oh, and he makes jokes.
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Nice going, Lois.
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Dad, are you ready?
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What exactly are you trying to do?
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It's very simple, Brian.
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I've taken DNA from the dollar bill you were paid for Rupert.
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Now to check that DNA against the federal database.
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Oop, we have a match!
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Stanford Cordray, 89 Spooner Street.
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That's only a few blocks away.
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Let's go!
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Hello?
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Hello?
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It can't be!
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This house is deserted!
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He moved!
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He's gone!
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Rupert's gone!
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Wait a minute, look!
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The moving truck!
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We're not too late!
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Can I help you gentlemen?
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Follow that truck!
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Didn't you hear me?
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I said follow that truck!
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Oh, I heard you.
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What I didn't hear was please.
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Please follow the truck!
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We're gaining on him!
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I'm coming, Rupert!
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I'm sorry, but I can go no further.
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What?
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Why not?
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If I enter Connecticut, I'm entering every state that Connecticut's ever been with.
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Good luck, brave travelers.
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No!
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We were so close!
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I say, what a bit of serendipity!
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Now we've got that fellow's address.
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Let's see.
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Aspen, Colorado.
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Well, you can forget that.
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We're not going all the way to Aspen.
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What?
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But I can't leave Rupert to perish.
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the rest of my life I'll be as lonely as Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell after the rapture.
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Look, Stewie, don't you think at some point you're gonna have to let Rupert go?
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I mean, you are getting a little old to have a teddy bear.
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Brian, I'm one.
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Still?
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What?
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Look, I'm not going to Colorado.
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I'm turning around and going home.
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Fine, then.
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I'll go by myself.
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See you from the back of my milk carton.
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Want that on your conscience, Brian?
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Try explaining this to Lois.
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You'll wind up in a dumpster with a bunch of slow, unadoptable greyhounds.
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Don't joke about that.
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That's like the Holocaust to us.
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Yeah, well, when Greyhounds start running the New York Times and the World Bank, I'll be more inclined to believe you.
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Now, are you coming or not?
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Ah, fine.
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Take to the highway, won't you lend me your name?
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Who sings that song?
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James Taylor.
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Yeah, let's keep it that way.
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Ah, this sucks.
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Can you believe I'm stuck with Meg driving me around?
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Dad, it's just you and me in the car.
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Yeah, don't remind me.
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It's bad enough I got a suspended license.
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I gotta ride around town with stinky McPoop pants.
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I want apple juice!
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Dad, you left your apple juice at home.
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I want apple juice!
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You wanna watch SpongeBob?
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Yes.
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With apple juice.
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C-A-M-B-F-I-R-E-S-O-N-G-S-O-N!
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Heh heh heh heh...
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Heh...
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SpongeBob...
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Heh...
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Grrrr!
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Grrrr!
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Thanks for the ride, Bandit!
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Good luck tapping some of that...
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...hot...
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...hot...
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...Sally Field...
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...tail.
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Knock it off!
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I don't like it any more than you do!
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Where the hell are we?
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Oh, this is history right here, Brian.
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Gettysburg, Billy Yanks, the 20th Maine.
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So many lives lost, all in pursuit of the ideal
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that no man should be subjugated because of the colour of his skin.
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These boys paid the ultimate price here.
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For equality, for humanity.
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You're welcome.
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I'm sorry?
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I'm just saying, make it worth our while, you know.
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We wrote a pretty big check for you folks here, so, um...
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You know, whatever, it's fine.
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It's fine, doesn't matter.
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Just, uh, I just hope you're making the best of what we gave you here.
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I would say that given the events that preceded it, the couple hundred years or so, maybe we're about even.
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Yeah, no, no, we gave more.

Perché praticare il parlato con questo video?

Praticare il parlato con il video intitolato "Peter has surprise for Himself" è un’ottima opportunità per immergersi in situazioni quotidiane in inglese. Il contesto rilassato e umoristico facilita l’apprendimento delle espressioni colloquiali e della dinamica di conversazione. Il dialogo tra i personaggi rivela una comunicazione naturale, dove si possono osservare le interazioni sociali tipiche in situazioni di vendita e scambio. Questo tipo di pratica è fondamentale per sviluppare la fluency e acquisire nuovi vocaboli, contribuendo a migliorare la pronuncia inglese.

Grammatica ed espressioni nel contesto

Durante il video, alcune strutture grammaticali ed espressioni chiave emergono chiaramente:

  • I’ve had a lot of good times with this: Questa espressione è utile per parlare di esperienze passate. Può essere una buona pratica per usare il present perfect.
  • How much for the gloves? Questo modello è un classico quando si fa riferimento a prezzi e acquisti, molto comune in conversazioni quotidiane.
  • It's not like him to wander off: Un ottimo esempio di uso del present tense per esprimere comportamenti abituali o caratteristici.
  • What if he's been kidnapped? L’uso del condizionale qui è efficace per discutere possibilità e preoccupazioni.

Queste strutture sono fondamentali per imparare l'inglese con YouTube e migliorare la comprensione delle dinamiche verbali.

Trappole comuni di pronuncia

Quando si pratica la pronuncia, ci sono alcune parole e frasi nel video che possono risultare insidiose:

  • Rupert: L’uso di nomi propri in inglese può presentare sfide, soprattutto per chi ha una pronuncia non familiare.
  • Well, let's just calm down: La combinazione delle consonanti e l’intonazione in questa frase possono risultare complicati. Concentrati sull'accento tonico delle parole chiave.
  • A dollar! Questa esclamazione veloce può sembrare difficile. Esercitati a pronunciarla con fluidità per migliorare la tua shadow speech.

Incorporare tecniche di shadowspeak può veramente aiutarti a affinare le tue abilità di pronuncia. Utilizza questi momenti come occasioni per ripetere e praticare vocalmente, rendendo il tutto più naturale.

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.