Pratica di Shadowing: Professor Ross Gets Caught Faking a British Accent | Friends - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
Creazione lezione...
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Oh, hi.
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Hey, uh, well, today's my first lecture, and I kind of wanted to try it out on you guys.
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Do you mind?
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No, that'd be great.
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Sure.
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Perfect.
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Ah, mmmm.
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There are three primary theories concerning sediment flow rate.
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Each of these theories can be further subcategorized Oh, this is it.
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This is what's gonna kill me.
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Subcategories.
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The first of these subcategories is...
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Uh, who's Ross?
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Are there, uh, are there naked chicks on that piece of paper?
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No, why?
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Well, I've just never seen a guy stare so hard at a piece of paper that didn't have naked chicks on it.
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Oh, okay.
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Okay.
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There are three primary theories concerning sediment flow rate.
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Each of these theories can be further subcategorized into these...
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Why don't you open with a joke?
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Open with a joke?
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It's a university, not a comedy club.
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Wait a minute.
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Hold the phone.
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You're not talking about Chuckles University?
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Hello.
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Hey, how'd it let you go?
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It went great.
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And I didn't need any jokes or naked chicks either.
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Oh, that's great.
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Ross, I'm sorry we weren't more supportive before.
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I knew all I had to do was let the materials speak for itself.
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Everyone's all, uh, Ross, you have to be funny and sexy.
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Well, I proved them wrong.
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And now I'm gonna pass the news on to Joey and Chandler.
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That you're not funny or sexy?
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That's right.
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Right.
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So when Ridby got his samples back from the laboratory, he made a startling discovery.
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What he believed to be igneous was, in fact, sedimentary.
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Imagine his consternation when...
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Oh, bloody hell.
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What the hell are you doing?
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Look, I was nervous.
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You guys had me all worried.
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I was gonna be boring.
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I got up there and they were all, like, staring at me.
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I opened my mouth and this British accent just came out.
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Yeah, not a very good one.
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Will you.. will you please?
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Dr. Geller, Kurt Rathman, I'm a professor in the paleontology department here.
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Oh.
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Do you have a moment to talk about your lecture?
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I'm sorry.
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I've got plans with my sister.
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Monica Geller.
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Right, will you excuse us for one moment?
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What are you doing?
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Oh, you can have an accent, but I can't.
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Talk by the morning to you laddies.
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Keep going.
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We are phasing the accent out.
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Phasing it out.
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So without retesting their results in the laboratory, the team would never have identified...
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The initial errors in their carbon dating ain't no less.
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Were there any questions at this point?
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Yes?
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What's happening to your accent?
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Come again?
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What's this nonsense?
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All right, I'm not English.
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I'm from Long Island.
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I was really nervous, and the accent just came out.
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I'm sorry.
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So if we could just get back to the lecture. Were there any questions? About paleontology?
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All right, look, I was just trying to make a good first impression.
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Obviously, I screwed up.
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But what you guys think of me is really important, because I'm hoping to get a permanent job here.
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So if you just give me another chance to make a good impression...
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Russ!
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Are you crazy?
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I am still your wife!
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What, were you just never gonna tell me?
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What the hell is wrong with you?
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Oh, I could just kill you!
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Well, Rachel!
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Professor Ross Gets Caught Faking a British Accent”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: accent, theories, chicks, lecture, Ross. Questo video contiene 87 frasi e 558 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:55. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 113 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 79% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo. 24 delle sue 87 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| accent sostantivo | /ækˈsɛnt/ | accento |
| chick sostantivo | /t͡ʃɪk/ | pulcino |
| lecture sostantivo | /ˈlɛk.t͡ʃə/ | conferenza, lezione |
| paleontology sostantivo | /ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɑləd͡ʒi/ | paleontologia |
| sediment sostantivo | /ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/ | deposito, sedimento |
| subcategory sostantivo | sottocategoria | |
| stare verbo | /stɛɚ/ | fissare |
| laboratory sostantivo | /ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/ | laboratorio |
| consternation sostantivo | /ˌkɑn.s(t)ɚˈneɪ.ʃən/ | costernazione |
| igneous aggettivo | /ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/ | igneo |
| sedimentary aggettivo | /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/ | sedimentario |
| startle verbo | /ˈstɑɹt(ə)l/ | scattare, sobbalzare |
| bore verbo | /boɹ/ | annoiare, tediare |
| supportive aggettivo | /səˈpɔɹtɪv/ | collaborativo |
| nonsense sostantivo | /ˈnɒn.səns/ | sciocchezza, senza senso |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| get up verbo | alzarsi |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- Why don't you open with a joke?
- Hey, how'd it let you go?
- Right, will you excuse us for one moment?
- What's happening to your accent?
- What, were you just never gonna tell me?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | I've just never seen · have identified |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | You're not talking · are you doing · are phasing |
| Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un piano o qualcosa che si vede arrivare | gonna kill · gonna pass · gonna be |
| Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsione | Will you · will you excuse |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 24 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, gonna, didn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: paleontology /ˌpeɪli.ənˈtɑləd͡ʒi/, laboratory /ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/, consternation /ˌkɑn.s(t)ɚˈneɪ.ʃən/, sedimentary /ˌsɛd.əˈmɛn.tə.ɹi/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: accent /ækˈsɛnt/, chick /t͡ʃɪk/, sediment /ˈsɛd.ɪ.mənt/, igneous /ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/, retest /ˈɹiːtɛst/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: accent /ækˈsɛnt/, laboratory /ˈlæb(ə)ɹəˌtɔɹi/, laddie /ˈlædi/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come accent, chick, lecture.
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.