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The End The End The End Things I do, things I don't.
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Things I do.
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I do remember living here.
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I remember running for captain of the neighborhood watch.
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I remember seeing my campaign commercials on TV.
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I don't remember...
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electricity.
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I remember torches.
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I remember spells, magic, violence.
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Cutthroat ambition, but now it's domestic disturbances.
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Petty displays of neighborly dispute.
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Well done, Watermer.
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Watermer?
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What do you remember?
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Uh, what do I remember about what? About before.
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Back in the black and white place.
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Whatever it was.
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How much do you remember from before living here?
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I've always lived here, Miss Melissa.
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And if I hadn't known better, I thought you had too.
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Hey!
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You were a baron.
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You lived in a castle, remember?
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We both did.
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Right next to that stupid Polly's house.
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Stupid?
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Is this some kind of party game?
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Game.
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Close the door.
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I was at the potluck.
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Mr. Loops was saying something to me.
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I had just arrived.
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I was holding something.
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So, uh, can I get you anything to drink, or...?
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The camera flash didn't affect anyone else, and that wasn't the start of it anyhow.
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Wow. So what was?
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Maybe a consultation?
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It was the light.
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A flash of reflected light, and the camera flash caught me off guard too.
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It's gotta be a surprise.
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Watermer!
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Oh, you're talking to me now.
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Get me that glass of water.
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Well, why not?
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Please be forgiving.
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Uh, what'd you do that for?
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Malice.
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Easy now.
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I don't want to hurt anyone.
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What have you?
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Motion.
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I couldn't move before.
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Everything was etched in stone.
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We were portraits of existence.
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Some lachrum of life.
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Calm down, Watermer.
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You've got to breathe.
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Sorry, I...
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Wait.
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You called me Baron.
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You'd seen it too.
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Yes, and I'm sorry, Watermer.
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It was a healthy partnership.
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Mutual hate and control.
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I understand that now.
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I don't want to go back to being evil.
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I can't ignore it either.
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Whatever it means, I don't want to figure it out without you.
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I just hope that with time and perspective, I can earn your goodwill and...
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Malice!
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What a bad dream.
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I can't believe it.
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What happened to us?
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I'm a doctor.
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And you, you look great.
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Ah, that life.
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Like different people.
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There was so much desperation and pain back then.
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But there was a lot less when I followed you.
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Don't exaggerate.
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No, I mean it.
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A disgraced baron.
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No land, no reputation.
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When I wasn't a guest at your castle, I was homeless.
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Nobody else saw value in me.
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Especially with, well, with all the crimes.
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I'm still sort of reconciling all the crimes.
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But you, Malice, you never turned me away.
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As long as I brought some commissary with me, your gates were open.
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Misery.
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There was certainly a lot of that.
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Yes, and it all came from one person.
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So, what's the plan?
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How are we going to finally get that goody gumdrop Polly out of the way?
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No, no, no, no. Don't be hasty.
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I believe we're the only ones who remember before, and all its atrocities.
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I don't know what to do with this sort of advantage.
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If we wanted to be wicked again, they would never see it coming.
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It'd be like killing the family pet.
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But living beside them, knowing what we do, that did, that's also going to be pretty bizarre.
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Unless you wanted to help them remember too?
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Heavens no. Our every day was spent tormenting them to the best of our abilities.
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There's no way they'd just let us get away with that.
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Maybe.
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I don't know.
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You're at least right that we shouldn't rush.
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Exactly.
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For now, I want you collecting your thoughts and your memories.
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Luckily, this place is like a playpen with safety locks, so it should be effortless to let low.
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Ah, did I leave my bowl again?
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Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
flash verbo/flæʃ/lampeggiare, balenare
baron sostantivo/ˈbæɹən/barone
castle sostantivo/ˈkɑːsəl/castello
earn verbo/ɝn/guadagnare
ignore verbo/ɪɡˈnɔː/ignorare
partnership sostantivo/ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/partenariato
rush verbo/ɹʌʃ/affrettarsi, correre
gate sostantivo/ˈɡeɪ̯t/cancello
reputation sostantivo/ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/reputazione, rumore
reflect verbo/ɹɪˈflɛkt/riflettere
arrive verbo/əˈɹaɪv/arrivare, giungere
collect verbo/ˈkɑlɪkt/raccogliere, bottinare
spell sostantivo/spɛl/incantesimo, formula magica
dispute sostantivo/dɪˈspjuːt/disputa, lite
breathe verbo/bɹiːð/respirare

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
calm down verbocalmarsi, tranquillizzarsi
get away with verbofarla franca, cavarsela

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • What do you remember?
  • How much do you remember from before living here?
  • You lived in a castle, remember?
  • Unless you wanted to help them remember too?
  • Ah, did I leave my bowl again?

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 30 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I'm, can't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: breathe /bɹiːð/, cutthroat /ˈkʌtθɹəʊt/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: flash /flæʃ/, partnership /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, consultation /ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, electricity /ɪˌlɛkˈtɹɪsɪti/, consultation /ˌkɑnsəlˈteɪʃən/, desperation /ˌdɛspəˈɹeɪʃən/, atrocity /əˈtɹɑsɪti/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: anyhow /ˈɛn.i.haʊ/, hasty /ˈheɪsti/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: flash /flæʃ/, partnership /ˈpɑɹtnɚʃɪp/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, gate /ˈɡeɪ̯t/, reflect /ɹɪˈflɛkt/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: flash /flæʃ/, baron /ˈbæɹən/, ambition /æmˈbɪʃ.ən/, exaggerate /ɛɡˈzæd͡ʒ.ə.ɹeɪt/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come flash, baron, castle.

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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