Pratica di Shadowing: Repeat After Me + Shadowing English Speaking Practice - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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All right. Are you excited to practice speaking English? I'm excited, huh? Sure does look that way. Open to change in life, that is the topic of our English shadowing practice video. First, we will do repeat after me. Try to match my pace and pronunciation, and then we'll do shadowing later.
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All right, let's do it. Last year, last year I made a decision that was very important to me.
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Last year I made a decision that was very important to me. You say it.
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I chose to follow my heart and make a change in my life.
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I chose to follow my heart and make a change in my life.
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At first, it wasn't easy and I felt uncertain about the future.
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At first, it wasn't easy and I felt uncertain about the future. Say it.
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Sometimes I wanted to turn back the clock and return to my old comfortable routine.
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Sometimes I wanted to turn back the clock and return to my old comfortable routine.
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So, if you wanted to turn back the clock, that means you want to go back and live be in the past.
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If you turn back the clock, you go back in time.
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So, sometimes I wanted to turn back the clock and return to my old comfortable routine.
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However, deep inside I knew I needed to move forward.
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However, deep inside I knew I needed to move forward. You say it.
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There were days when I felt emotional and small things could bring a tear to my eye.
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So, there were days when I felt emotional and small things could bring a tear to my eye.
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So, small things could make me start crying.
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There were days when I felt emotional and small things could bring a tear to my eye.
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I missed familiar places and people and it was hard to let go of the past.
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I missed familiar places and people and it was hard to let go of the past. You try.
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Familiar familiar I missed familiar places familiar familiar places.
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All right. Still, I reminded myself that every new beginning comes from something ending.
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Every new beginning comes from something ending.
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Still, I reminded myself that every new beginning comes from something ending.
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I guess so. One door closes, one door opens. Slowly, I started to feel stronger and more confident. Slowly, I started to feel stronger and more confident.
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Now, when I think about that time, I realize it helped me grow.
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Now, when I think about that time, I realize it helped me grow. Say it.
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All right. Good job. Even though it was difficult, I'm glad I chose to take a chance and open my heart to new experiences. Even though it was difficult, I'm glad I chose to take a chance and open my heart to new experiences. Together. Even though it was difficult, I'm glad I chose to take a chance and open my heart to new experiences.
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All right. Are you ready to shadow me? We're going to say that whole text again.
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It's an easy text. You should be able to nail it and say it perfectly with me. Right?
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Yeah. You can do it. Here we go. Say it with me non-stop.
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Last year, I made a decision that was very important to me. I chose to follow my heart and make a change in my life. At first, it wasn't easy and I felt uncertain about the future.
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Sometimes, I wanted to turn back the clock and return to my old comfortable routine.
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However, deep inside, I knew I needed to move forward.
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There were days when I felt emotional and small things could bring a tear to my eye.
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I missed familiar places and people and it was hard to let go of the past.
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Still, I reminded myself that every new beginning comes from something ending.
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Slowly, I started to feel stronger and more confident. Now, when I think about that time, I realize it helped me grow. Even though it was difficult, I'm glad I chose to take a chance and open my heart to new experiences. One more time, here we go. Even though it was difficult, I'm glad I chose to take a chance and open my heart to new experiences. Boom. Good workout. Way to go. Good. I already said good workout. I said good workout two times. Keep moving forward. That's what I was trying to say. Keep moving forward, one step at a time.
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Thank you for practicing with me again today, and I'll see you in the next practice video.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questo video contiene 39 frasi e 772 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 6:41. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 116 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 85% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole meno comuni del video, con pronuncia e significato:

  • clock /klɑk/ (sostantivo) — contachilometri, tachimetro. A chronometer, an instrument that measures time, particularly the time of day.
  • routine /ɹuˈtin/ (sostantivo) — routine, tran tran. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
  • tear /tɛɹ/ (verbo) — strappare, dilaniare. To rend (a solid material) by holding or restraining in two places and pulling apart, whether intentionally or not; to destroy or separate.
  • shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ (sostantivo) — ombra. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
  • remind /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ (verbo) — ricordare. To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
  • workout /ˈwɝk.aʊ̯t/ (sostantivo) — allenamento. An exercise session; a period of physical exercise.
  • topic /ˈtɑpɪk/ (sostantivo) — tema, categoria. A subject; a theme; a category or general area of interest.
  • pace /peɪs/ (sostantivo) — passo. A step taken with the foot.
  • nail /neɪl/ (sostantivo) — unghia. The horny plate or appendage at the ends of the digits of various animals, including most reptiles, birds, and mammals (both nonhuman and human).
  • pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ (sostantivo) — pronuncia, pronunzia. The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
  • familiar /fəˈmɪl.jəɹ/ (aggettivo) — familiare. Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
  • comfortable /ˈkʌm(p)f.tə.bəl/ (aggettivo) — confortevole, comodo. Providing physical comfort and ease; agreeable.
  • emotional /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/ (aggettivo) — emotivo, emozionante. Of or relating to the emotions.
  • perfectly /ˈpɝ.fɪk(t).li/ (avverbio) — perfettamente, propriamente. With perfection.
  • cry /kɹaɪ/ (verbo) — piangere. To shed tears; to weep, especially in anger or sadness.

I phrasal verb che sentirai

  • go back (verbo) — tornare. To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 12 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, wasn't, I'll. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, emotional /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, emotional /ɪˈmoʊʃənəl/

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 clock, routine, tear.

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ingpractice speaking · start crying · Keep moving
Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessarioneeded to move
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsionewill do · I'll see

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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