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Have you heard of DNA?
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Yes.
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Do we all have DNA?
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Or do some of us have D or A, but not both?
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No, it's not D and A, it's three letters: D, N.
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Can you tell by looking at me whether I have DNA?
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Well, I know you have DNA because you're a living organism and all life has DNA.
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Galileo's full name was Galileo Figaro Magnifico, wasn't it?
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I'm not sure that's right.
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I don't know.
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That's what it says in "Dominican Rhapsody." Are you thinking of "Bohemian Rhapsody"?
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What was his name then?
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Well, as far as I'm aware, his name was Galileo Galilei.
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Galileo Galilei?
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Yes.
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That's like me being called Philomena Philomene.
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Actually, I quite like that.
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My mate Paul tried to create a new life form by inserting his DNA into a grapefruit, but halfway through the experiment, the greengrosser started hitting him.
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Why is science so controversial?
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Sorry, that question didn't follow from your story of the DNA...
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No, it changed, yeah.
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How do we know we're not in a simulation?
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We don't know.
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There are lots of smart people who think it is possible that we live in a simulation.
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If this is a simulation, Why is the computer making me ask you this?
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- Thank you.
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Well, it...
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From my perspective, you are...
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asking a question so I could imagine that you are being controlled by a computer, that you may well feel that you have free will and you're asking those questions yourself.
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Why do I have to actually come and film this?
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Couldn't a computer just show it on the telly in the simulation?
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Or is that where I am?
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You know, do I exist at all?
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Why is this happening?
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Why isn't it just me eating a chocolate eclair in a loop?
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like in a GIF.
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I'd swap for that.
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- I think it's a good question.
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Actually, are people in looping GIFs caught in a simulation?
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Is that what's happened to them?
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Where do wasps fit into the simulation?
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I'm not quite sure how...
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Sorry, it's a lot to unpick, isn't there?
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Shall we move on to more hardcore scientific stuff?
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Okay, so ghosts.
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When a human body dies, which hole does the ghost come out of, north or south?
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Thank you.
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I don't regard ghosts as...
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a hard scientific subject, I'm afraid.
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Why do people say the universe came out of a big bag?
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I think you mean Big Bang.
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A big bag that went bang?
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No, no. Just a big bang.
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No bag.
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Has anyone ever claimed responsibility for the big Bye.
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It just happened.
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So we're no nearer finding a culprit.
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Who invented civilisation?
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Civilisation wasn't something that was invented or something that started We talk about civilisation once humans started to die agriculture,
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once they started building cities and creating laws,
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that was something that happened gradually in different parts of the world rather than just being invented suddenly.
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Yeah, so...
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It wasn't just one man who wanted to remain anonymous.
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No. because that would be something we shouldn't go along with if it was.
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Do you mean we shouldn't go along?
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If it was...
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It's one man who wants to remain anonymous.
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There's something a bit shifty about that, isn't there?
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Let me tell you something, don't dismiss it.
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In 2021, my Aunt Carol got engaged to a man called Bob Collins.
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But one day, He just vanished.
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and cleared out a bank account.
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And when she looked up the name Bob Collins, She discovered he'd died in 1958.
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He'd been a ghost all along.
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The Wright brothers did the first proper flight over 100 years ago.
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How come we're still not any closer to working out how airplanes actually work? But we are.
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We know how they work today.
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But in reality, how do they work?
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Well, it's.. we have mathematical equations that describe the way the air flows over the wings of the aircraft.
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Can you explain how they work without resorting to science?
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Thank you.
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It's difficult not to explain the science behind it, but...
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because of the shape of its The force upwards is bigger than the force downwards, so that pushes the plane up into the air.
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Could it not just have been someone impersonating Bob Collins?
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No, no, there were photos of Bob Collins in 1958 and he looked totally different.
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which proves he disguised himself so she wouldn't know he was a ghost.
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You can't explain it, can you?
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It's terrifying.
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Isn't the easy answer that he doesn't look like him because it's a different person altogether?
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No, it's...
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It's a ghost.
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That's your theory.
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Do you want to hear my theory?
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- Okay.
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- I think they run on belief.
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It's just because we believe planes can fly that they do.
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So the media has to keep up the pretense, "Oh, they're just going to start dropping out of the sky." Same with Wi -Fi.
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There's no way that's real.
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We just have to go along with this pantomime or everything grinds to a halt.
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Will a computer ever be clever enough to play chess?
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computers are already clever enough to play chess.
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Really?
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This is chess we're talking about?
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Yes, years ago computers overtook human beings at chess.
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Do they know what all the pieces do, like even the little horse ones?
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Yes.
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But the horse ones move in random directions, don't they?
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There's no pattern to it.
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No, there is.
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They just move...
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two in one direction and one in the other so that...
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Oh right, did the computers work that out for us?
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The church thought the sun went round the earth, but Galileo thought the earth went round the sun.
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Whose side are we on here?
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We're most definitely on Galileo's side.
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as I think the church is today.
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Is it possible they were both right and the sun and earth go round each other?
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That would keep everyone happy.
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Can we just agree on that?
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People worry a lot about AI.
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What about you?
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You mean, am I worried about...?
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No, I mean, should they worry about you?
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I hope not.
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I hope not.
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I mean, people are worried about artificial intelligence because they think maybe one day it will replace us human beings.
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I'm a human being, why should they be worried about me?
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No, no, no, the letter U.
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They're all vowels, aren't they?
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A -I -U.
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What does the U in AI stand for?
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there isn't a you in AI.
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So it's a secret then, the computer's hidden it.
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So how far was the first flight?
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Well, on that day when the Wright brothers carried out several flights, they were typically of the order of just a few hundred feet.
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I only could have walked that.
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Well, they could but...
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That wasn't the point.
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When was the first flight that was long enough to need a toilet?
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No. Once commercial flights developed, Those flights became longer distance, and the passengers would have then needed some comforts,
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like having a toilet on board.
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That must have been a real moment, the first time someone realised a plane needed a toilet.
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That's more impressive than the Wright brothers.
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I've never thought of that as a particularly dramatic or exciting development.
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I'm afraid.
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Why don't bicycles have toilets?
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You know, it would save you having to get off.
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I might write that down and copyright it.
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What's the point of atoms?
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You know, do we really need them or could we just do without?
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We do really need them because we are made of atoms.
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Everything in the world is made of atoms.
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So, without them, we wouldn't be here.
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Our eyes made of atoms.
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Yes.
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My feet made of atoms.
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Yes?
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I mean, I could save you the bother by everything you say.
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Absolutely everything.
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All stuff is made of atoms.
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Are thoughts made of atoms?
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Well, no, well, no. Well, there you go then.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questo video contiene 165 frasi e 1332 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 8:41. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 153 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 82% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| atom sostantivo | /ˈætəm/ | atomo |
| ghost sostantivo | /ɡoʊst/ | fantasma, spettro |
| simulation sostantivo | /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃn̩/ | simulazione |
| chess sostantivo | /t͡ʃɛs/ | scacchi |
| bang sostantivo | /ˈbæŋ/ | botto, fragore |
| invent verbo | /ɪnˈvɛnt/ | inventare |
| loop sostantivo | /luːp/ | cappio |
| anonymous aggettivo | /əˈnɒn.ə.məs/ | anonimo |
| impressive aggettivo | /ɪmˈpɹɛsɪv/ | impressionante, spettacolare |
| belief sostantivo | /bɪˈliːf/ | credito, credenza |
| hungry aggettivo | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | affamato, avere fame |
| comfort sostantivo | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | agio, comodità |
| dramatic aggettivo | /dɹəˈmætɪk/ | drammatico |
| bother verbo | /ˈbɑðɚ/ | disturbare, infastidire |
| discover verbo | /dɪˈskʌvə/ | scoprire, trovare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| go along with verbo | accettare, adeguarsi | |
| carry out verbo | /ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/ | compiere, realizzare |
| get off verbo | scendere | |
| keep up verbo | mantenere, conservare |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | being called · being controlled · was invented |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | Have you heard · have been · I've never thought |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | people who think · man who wanted · man who wants |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 43 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I'm, isn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: bother /ˈbɑðɚ/, altogether /ɔl.tuˈɡɛð.ɚ/, mathematical /ˌmæθ(.ə)ˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: simulation /ˌsɪm.jəˈleɪ.ʃn̩/, artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, equation /ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/, civilisation /ˌsɪv.ɪ.lɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: anonymous /əˈnɒn.ə.məs/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/, agriculture /ˈæɡ.ɹɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/, artificial /ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/
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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.