Pratica di Shadowing: PONY | Omeleto - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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I tried calling.
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Isn't there anyone else who can take her this weekend?
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Did you try the loggers?
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Eat the ball.
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Eat your eggs.
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Eggs are boring.
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Don't be ridiculous.
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You always eat my eggs.
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Alice got that bug that's been going around.
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She's been vomiting all morning.
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You're the one being ridiculous.
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Ellen, they're gone.
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They're on their second honeymoon.
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I'm a woman, and women could change their mind whenever they want.
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Oh, she won't eat her eggs, and now she's chanting in defiance.
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I did already.
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Donna can't take her.
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She's in Singapore.
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Oh, Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.
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I don't know with whom.
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Some friend.
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Mom!
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What will you give me if I eat them?
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Nothing.
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And you're not a woman.
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You're five.
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Eat your eggs or no TV. Who cares?
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I don't even like TV anymore.
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Alan, my flight is at four.
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This is my first big account as team leader.
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Here, I can't cancel this trip.
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My loan was denied.
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And, and, and your last two checks bounced.
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I need this money.
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It'll be one, two, okay, three days max.
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Can you just figure this out?
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What?
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Alan, he is the last person in the universe I would ask to watch me go.
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Oh, my
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God.
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What do you do if there's an emergency?
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Call 911. And then?
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Scream.
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Miko, you call me.
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Okay.
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Jeff?
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Jeff?
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What the fuck, man?
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Jeff.
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It's Claudia. Who?
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Claudia.
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Your sister -in -law?
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Alan's ex -wife?
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With your niece, Miko?
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You, uh, you agreed to take her this weekend?
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I did?
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Oh, Jesus.
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Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Yeah.
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Did you want me to pick her up Jeff?
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We're here here at the front door Right, right, right, right, right.
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Okay.
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So, you know, but just give me a minute.
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I'll be right with you.
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Oh Jesus fucking Christ He's coming
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I can do this.
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Hey!
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Booker!
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Hi, Uncle Jeff.
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Mom, let me bring my fish pony.
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Welcome to my humble abode.
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Uh, listen.
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Thanks for doing this.
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Really, Jeff.
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You know, we're really in a pinch.
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I have to tell you, I was, um...
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I am a little concerned because you've never done this before.
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No worries.
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I feed the neighbors cat all the time.
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Oh, really?
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Besides, I still owe Alan a solid for bailing me out in Vegas.
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I don't...
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You guys want some coffee or anything?
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She doesn't drink coffee.
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She's five.
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And I already had some when I woke up eight hours ago.
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Hi.
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Miko knows the drill.
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Don't overfeed one pinch of food a day.
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One pinch.
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She takes two vitamins and a calcium supplement with breakfast.
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One pinch, two vitamins.
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And please, no genetically modified weed.
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It has twice the gluten.
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Kale chips.
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Lots of fiber.
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Keeps her regular.
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No peanuts.
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She's anaphylactic.
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And as you know, she's lactose intolerant.
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Well, I want to let you know that I don't approve of intolerance of any kind.
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Lactose.
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Milk.
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She can't have milk or any milk products.
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Got it.
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Shit's rank.
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Haven't had it in years.
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What does she drink mean?
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Sorry.
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These are her allergy medications.
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Directions are on the bottle.
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Along with a number for her pediatrician.
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And, um, lights out for her promptly at eight.
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I've written everything down.
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So if there's any question or problem, any kind, call me immediately.
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Okay?
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Immediately.
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Honey, I gotta go.
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I'll be back Monday at the latest.
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All right?
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I want a good report.
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Give me a hug.
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Give me a hug.
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Be a good girl for Uncle Jeff, okay?
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Bye.
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And look who I found.
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I found Piggy.
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Hi, Piggy.
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Careful, that's a choking hazard.
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All right, um...
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Take good care of my baby.
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Holy cow, you deal with that every day?
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Mmm.
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So, are you really a pirate?
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A what?
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My mom calls you Jeffrey the Pirate.
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No, I'm not a pirate.
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I'm a musician.
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They're similar.
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We both navigate the high seas and the unpredictable winds of fate in search of buried treasure and gold.
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Actually, my mom says you're a lazy,
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overgone child who needs to stop talking about a song you wrote in the 80s and find a real job.
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Hmm, is that so?
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Where'd your mom get that from?
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My Gordon Gekko -like little brother?
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Your what?
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It's song -za, plural, all right?
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Dad said you haven't recorded any new songs in over 600 years.
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Hmm.
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It's killed in 600 years.
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Oh, my God.
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Well, listen, kid, you can't force heart.
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You know, it's not like a fart or taking a dump, which comes so naturally to your dad because he's so full of shit.
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Oh.
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Okay.
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For me, I was fellin' out in the sea You,
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you, you, you, you, you Get that close,
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girl, it's awesome Oh, no,
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no, nobody with me.
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No. Can you please stop doing that?
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What are you doing?
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I'm writing.
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I thought you said it wasn't like taking a dump.
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Yes, and I very much regret having used that metaphor, but I would like some privacy.
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yes I wasn't doing that on purpose go you know entertain yourself do something creative
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it's not quiet it's not quiet come on Miko go go upstairs find something to do to occupy yourself, it's a good thing to learn how to do.
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Can you keep it down? Be quiet.
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Oh, that's so stupid. Did you feed Pony?
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No, I did not feed Pony.
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Can we feed her now?
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She's hungry.
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You can feed her.
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You're a big girl.
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All right?
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I can?
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Yes.
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Okay.
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Not too much, right?
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Isn't that what your mom said?
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Hi, Pony, time to eat.
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I just love how your mouth looks when you eat.
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Uncle Jeff, I found your trapeze swing in your closet.
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Could I swing, please?
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I want to be Olivia, queen of the circus.
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Hey, hey, hey, put that down.
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That's not a toy.
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That's not for kids.
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What?
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Is that my pillowcase?
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I made it.
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I invented it.
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It's called the pillowcase dress.
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Okay, yeah, it's my fucking pillowcase
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so let's take it off you said fuck you owe me a dollar yeah
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and you owe me a fucking pillowcase that's two dollars ow
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mother fucker three dollars where's my money take it off that's
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enough all right stop it no seriously that's my wallet stop all right enough enough Oh,
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right, right, I'm gonna throw you out the window!
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I'm gonna do something here!
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See, Pony, this is a picture I drew for Uncle Jeff.
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Hey, man, bad news.
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Shut up.
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Oh, shut the fuck up.
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The blonde twins are gonna be there?
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Oh, man, I'd do lines out there.
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Can't you like corn holes all night if I could?
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Can't.
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Daddy can't.
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Uh -uh.
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No. Fucking brother's pain in the ass kid got dropped off, and I'm stuck here all weekend.
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Can't believe that shit?
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Nah, it's all right.
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You have fun without me.
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All right, we'll talk soon.
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I'm sorry I picked you up late, but I really wasn't going to throw you.
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You were too.
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You think I'm a pain in the ass.
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you heard that i'm sorry you heard that you're not the pain of the ass kid i am
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but i really wasn't gonna throw you i was just trying to scare you why because i scare you Yeah.
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You do.
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Smoking's bad for you, you know.
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Yeah, I know.
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Okay, Miko.
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Go get your ax.
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My what?
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Your ax.
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All right.
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You ready to go wild?
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OK, I've got my axe.
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Uncle Jeff, do you have a girlfriend?
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Hmm.
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Not a steady girl, no. Why?
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I don't know.
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I guess I'm kind of a gypsy.
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What's a gypsy?
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It's like a pirate.
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We like our freedom.
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Why?
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You want to be my girlfriend?
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No, I'd have to teach you everything, and that would take way too long.
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That's the truth.
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So, uh, what do you want to be when you grow up?
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Either an Aladdin girl or a ninja breakdancer.
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All my friends at school are gonna be Aladdin girls.
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So which do you want to be?
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I want to be a ninja breakdancer.
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Well, then that's what you ought to be.
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It's good to be different from everybody else.
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My dad says I should be a doctor.
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Well, if a doctor's what you want to be, that's fine, but my advice would be go for the ninja breakdancer, all right?
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That's what I think, too.
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Yeah.
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It's fun.
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Can I ask you a question?
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Mm -hmm.
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Sure.
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Well, how do bumblebees poop?
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Well, just like us, I guess.
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Except on really tiny toilets.
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Oh. Are you getting tired?
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Is it bedtime?
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No, no. She's looking very sweet.
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Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
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I made you a drawing when you were napping.
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I want to show it to you.
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Please, could I show it to you?
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Please, I wish you would show it to me.
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Okay.
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I want to see it.
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pony wake up it's too early for bed It's time to get up.
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Uncle Jack!
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There's something wrong with Pony.
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She won't wake up.
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That's it.
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Tony's dead.
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What do you mean?
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I mean, it's not waking up.
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So a body doesn't work anymore.
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What happens after we die? Who knows?
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We get born, we live, and then we die.
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People have a lot of different opinions, but nobody really knows.
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Did you ever have a pet that died?
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I had a person.
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I have a picture.
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Who's that?
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It's, it's maybe the only person I ever loved.
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Her name was Luna. Did she die?
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She did.
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She's pretty.
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She has a big belly.
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Do you have a baby?
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Well, we were, we were gonna.
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She was killed in a car accident, so it never happened.
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You miss her?
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Yeah, you do.
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I miss Pony.
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I thought he was a good pet, huh?
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She was.
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Do you think she's sleeping in this pet now?
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Maybe. Who knows?
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Hey?
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Will you sing me a bedtime song?
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A bedtime song?
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I'm not really a lullaby guy.
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I don't, uh, I don't know what I'd say.
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What about this, how about the song, the song you're writing?
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Well, if you insist.
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Mmm.
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Mmm.
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I don't know how I feel about this.
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Mmm.
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¶¶ ¶ Floating on the water like a boat without law ¶¶ ¶ Fultures circling overhead,
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I can't see them anymore ¶¶
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¶ The leaving of the ocean has a dizzying effect ¶ Nothing seems to matter to a man who's lost respect.
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So come down, rain, bring me your thunder.
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Crack your lightning and bring me underneath.
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The floorboards creaked and a tiny little freak popped out.
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the oil from the shock and he let out a shout
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oh turn the lights on turn them back out but it was too late I'll wait for him
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Come that rain I'll work it out.
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You sleep.
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Thank you.
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I don't know where you went, but I'm sure it'll be nice.
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There will maybe be a lot of your friends like Cornelius and the Bigger Bull and the Pink Castle.
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I'll miss you.
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You were the awesomest pet I ever had.
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I love you, Uncle Jeff.
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Hey.
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I love you, too, little bugger.
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Well.
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Hey, man.
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Yeah, the infamous babes and garage bands party.
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Of course, I know it.
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That's tonight?
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Yeah, no, uh, my brother's...
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My brother's kid's still here, so I can't make it tonight.
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Yeah, we'll talk soon.
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Thanks.
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Thank you.
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I can't see them anymore
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The leaving of the ocean has a dizzying effect Nothing seems to matter to the man
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when he's lost respect So calm down stone,
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bring me your thunder Crack your lightning,
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break the spell I'm living under Mom,
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Uncle Jeff got me a new pet.
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Yeah?
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Okay.
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Now I'm feeling nothing and I'm sinking like a stone Oh,
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calm down, stone Bring me all thunder Crank
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that lightning And take me underneath The floorboards creaked
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And a tiny little freak peeked out He recoiled from the shock
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And let out a shout Who turned the lights on Turn them back out But it was too late,
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I am
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So calm down rain Bring me your thunder Take
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away this pain Restore my sense of wonder Calm
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down rain Bring me your thunder Wash me clean Restore my sense of wondering
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Thank you.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Jeff, pony, Uncle, eat. Questo video contiene 357 frasi e 2060 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 30:30. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 68 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Solo il 78% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo. 79 delle sue 357 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

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

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
pony sostantivo/ˈpoʊni/pony
egg sostantivo/ɛɡ/uovo
thunder sostantivo/ˈθʌndɚ/tuono
pirate sostantivo/ˈpaɪɹət/pirata, corsaro
pinch verbo/pɪnt͡ʃ/pizzicare
lightning sostantivo/ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/fulmine, folgore
ninja sostantivo/ˈnɪnd͡ʒə/ninja
ridiculous aggettivo/ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/ridicolo
shock sostantivo/ʃɔk/trauma, trauma emotivo
swing verbo/ˈswɪŋ/oscillare, ondeggiare
dump verbo/dʌmp/scaricare, buttare
scare verbo/skɛɚ/spaventare, impaurire
shout verbo/ʃaʊt/gridare
vitamin sostantivo/ˈvɪt.ə.mɪn/vitamina
naturally avverbio/ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/naturalmente

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/svegliarsi
calm down verbocalmarsi, tranquillizzarsi
back out verbofare retromarcia, fare marcia indietro
drop off verboaddormentarsi, appisolarsi
get up verboalzarsi
grow up verbocrescere
shut up/ʃʌt ʌp/chiudi la bocca, stai zitto

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • Did you try the loggers?
  • What do you do if there's an emergency?
  • Where'd your mom get that from?
  • Isn't that what your mom said?
  • Do you think she's sleeping in this pet now?

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessoyou've never done · I've written · haven't recorded
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fawas denied · was killed
Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passatowasn't doing · was just trying · were napping
Consigli con “should” should + verbo — dire che cosa è meglio fareought to be · should be

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 85 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, can't, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shock /ʃɔk/, shout /ʃaʊt/, garage /ɡəˈɹɑʒ/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, genetically /d͡ʒəˈneɾɪkli/, anaphylactic /ˌænəfəˈlæktɪk/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hungry /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/, honey /ˈhʌni/, humble /ˈhʌmbəl/, hazard /ˈhæzəd/, overhead /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: egg /ɛɡ/, pirate /ˈpaɪɹət/, pinch /pɪnt͡ʃ/, ridiculous /ɹɪˈdɪk.jə.ləs/, shock /ʃɔk/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/, rank /ˈɹæŋk/, daddy /ˈdædi/, cancel /ˈkæn.sl̩/, hazard /ˈhæzəd/

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 pony, egg, thunder.

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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