Pratica di Shadowing: RE2 Unit 7A - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Track 13, Reading 7a, The Flower Trade When you purchase fresh -cut flowers,
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do you think about where they came from?
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You might assume they were grown somewhere nearby.
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The reality, though, is that the cut flower trade is increasingly international.
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Today, thanks to airplanes and high -tech cooling systems,
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even the most delicate flower can be exported and sold in a florist thousands of kilometers from where it was grown.
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The cut flower leader.
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The Netherlands has dominated the world cut flower trade since the 1970s.
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It handles about 50 % of the world's cut flowers.
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And its auction houses are very large indeed.
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Aalsmere, near Amsterdam, is an auction house in the sense that Tokyo is a city.
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About 120 soccer fields would fill its main building.
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20 million flowers are sold here on an average day, including roses, lilies, and of course, tulips.
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The Netherlands is also a world leader in developing new flower varieties.
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Dutch companies and the government invest a considerable amount of money in flower research.
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Their scientists look for ways to lengthen a flower's vase life, to strengthen flowers to prevent them from being damaged while traveling,
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and also to strengthen the flower's natural fragrance.
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The Benefits of Climate Despite the Netherlands' dominance of the flower market, there are many places with a better climate for growing flowers.
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The climate of Ecuador, for example, is almost perfect.
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Mauricio Davalos is the man responsible for starting Ecuador's flower industry, which has grown quickly over recent years.
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Our biggest edge is nature, he claims.
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Our roses are the best in the world.
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With predictable rainy periods and 12 hours of sunlight each day, Ecuador's roses are known for their large heads and long, straight stems.
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Every year, Ecuador sells about 500 million flowers to the United States alone.
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The industry has brought employment opportunities and a stronger economy to regions of the country.
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My family has TV now.
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There are radios, says Yolanda Kishpe, 20, who picked roses for four years.
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To others, the increasingly international nature of the flower trade is very bad news.
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In recent years, local growers in the United States faced huge competition from international flower companies.
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Many have even lost their businesses.
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Lena Hale, an independent rose grower in California, said her father predicted the situation in the 1980s.
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I see a freight train coming down the track, he warned her, and it's coming straight towards us.
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Her father's prediction, sadly, has largely come true In a globalized world,
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what happens in one place often has far -reaching effects

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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.

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