Pratica di Shadowing: Repeat-After-Me + Shadowing Practice: At a Restaurant - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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Hey there!

English teacher Claire here with another Shadowing Practice.

If you like these practices, I have an entire playlist of these.

Let me know in the comments how it goes for you and what you'd like to see in an upcoming practice.

For today's practice, I'm going to read a pretty natural conversation between two people about deciding what to eat and going to a restaurant and ordering.

So not only will this help you with your pronunciation of English, but it's also going to give you some really practical, useful phrases that you can use while speaking.

So first, you're going to repeat after me.

Hey, I'm getting kind of hungry.

Your turn.

Let's repeat again.

Hey, I'm getting kind of hungry.

Do you want to grab something to eat?

Your turn.

Do you want to grab something to eat?

What are you in the mood for?

I'm not too picky, but I could really go for something filling.

Maybe pasta or some kind of comfort food.

That sounds good, but I'm also trying to eat a little healthier lately.

Yeah, same here.

Maybe we can find a place that has both something healthy and satisfying.

Yeah, same here.

Maybe we can find a place that has both something healthy and satisfying.

Okay now I'm going to point out some pronunciation tips for you in this section and some useful phrases that you may or may not already know and then we're going to shadow it all together.

So in our first phrase, we can really link getting kinda hungry, getting kinda hungry.

The double T in getting becomes a flap T, so it ends up sounding like a d sound.

Getting and kind of in rapid speech becomes kinda, kinda.

Getting kinda hungry.

Same with want to becomes wanna, wanna.

Do you want to grab something to eat?

What are you in the mood for?

Is a great expression when asking what someone would like to eat.

What do they feel hungry for?

We could ask, what are you in the mood for?

And I'm not too picky means you don't really mind.

You would eat many different things.

You're not very particular about food.

I'm not too picky.

But I could really go for is a really useful expression to know.

It has a similar meaning to, you know, I would eat something filling.

I would prefer or, you know, I would really like that.

You know, I could really go for some pizza right now.

So you can use this expression to talk about anything really that you want to do.

We can also link the words trying to, to be tryna.

I'm also trying to eat a little healthier lately.

Okay, let's shadow this section.

So you're going to say it at the same time as me matching my rhythm and intonation and pronunciation, all of that.

Here we go.

Hey, I'm getting kind of hungry.

Do you want to grab something to eat?

What are you in the mood for?

I'm not too picky, but I could really go for something filling.

Maybe pasta or some kind of comfort food.

That sounds good, but I'm also trying to eat a little healthier lately.

Yeah, same here.

Maybe we can find a place that has both, something healthy and satisfying.

All right, now we're at the restaurant.

repeat after me hi do you have a table for two hi do you have a table for two if it's possible could we sit by the window if it's possible could we sit by the window?

Thanks.

Could we take a minute to look at the menu?

Thanks.

Could we take a minute to look at the menu?

Wow, everything looks so good.

I'm having a hard time deciding.

What are you thinking of getting?

I might go for the grilled chicken salad.

I think I'll get the pasta.

highly recommended.

I think I'll get the pasta.

It's highly recommended.

So you'll notice when I have the word for in rapid speech in the American English accent, we tend to pronounce this fur.

So do you have a table for two?

It's unstressed in the sentence.

So it becomes this kind of er vowel sound.

We hear that again in the phrase, I might go for the grilled chicken salad.

And to say I might go for something means that I might choose that.

So that's another good phrase when talking about what you want to order at a restaurant.

I might go for that.

I might go for the grilled chicken salad.

Pronunciation tip in the phrase, everything looks so good.

We can connect the sss sounds into one sound.

So don't separate them.

Looks so, but looks so.

Looks so good.

Another good expression here is I'm having a hard time deciding, or I'm having a hard time doing something.

And in this case, it means I'm finding it difficult to decide what to order.

I'm having a hard time deciding.

Okay, so now you've had a couple opportunities already to repeat these phrases after me.

Practice saying them with me at the same time.

Ready?

Hi, do you have a table for two?

If it's possible, could we sit by the window?

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Thanks.

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Can we take a minute to look at the menu?

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Wow, everything looks so good.

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I'm having a hard time deciding.

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What are you thinking of getting?

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I might go for the grilled chicken salad.

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I think I'll get the pasta.

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It's highly recommended.

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Alright, repeat after me again.

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Hi, we're ready to order.

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Hi, we're ready to order.

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I'll have the grilled chicken salad, please.

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And could I get the dressing on the side?

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I'll have the grilled chicken salad, please.

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And could I get the dressing on the side?

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I'll take the pasta.

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Could we also get some water for the table?

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I'll take the pasta.

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Could we also get some water for the table?

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Okay, so a couple ways you could order at a restaurant.

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Great phrases to know, I'll have or I'll take.

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Both polite expressions for ordering food.

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And also notice the expression, could I get something on the side?

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So you don't want your dressing on top of the salad, but you want it next to the salad on your plate so that you can do it yourself.

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You could use this for different sauces or condiments, but again, a really good question for ordering food at a restaurant.

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Could I get that on the side, please?

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Notice the pronunciation of the word water in American English.

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That T is in the middle of the word, so it's a flap T sounding like a D.

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Water, water.

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Okay, let's shadow this section.

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Say it with me.

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Hi, we're ready to order.

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I'll have the grilled chicken salad, please.

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And could I get the dressing on the side?

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I'll take the pasta.

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Could we also get some water for the table?

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Repeat.

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Wow, this looks amazing.

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Wow, this looks amazing.

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Yeah, the portion size is just right.

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Yeah, the portion size is just right.

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Hmm, this is really good.

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Do you want to try a bite?

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Hmm, this is really good.

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Do you want to try a bite?

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Oh wow, that's delicious.

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Oh wow, that's delicious.

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Okay, so often when we have a T at the end of the word in American English, we will drop that T sound.

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And this isn't lazy pronunciation or anything.

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It's just natural speech.

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So that's how native speakers end up speaking with this very connected speech, where we tend to drop certain sounds or combine certain sounds.

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And this happens really in any language, and it's a natural way of speaking.

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So instead of just right, we end up having just right.

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You can hear it sounds like I'm saying just as if the word ends in an S.

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Just right.

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And then right.

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It's not right, but right.

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You can hear that the sound stops.

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You can almost think of it as a D sound.

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So notice where your tongue is when you say d, d, and where the T is, t, t, where your tongue is for that and your mouth position for that.

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We want more the mouth position for d.

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So, right, right, and not right.

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So you don't need to pronounce it with a D sound like ride or anything like that.

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Take the mouth position.

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Right, right.

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The sound stops and this is a much more natural way of speaking.

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Do you want to try a bite is a really casual, common expression to say, do you want to try some of my food?

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And this is where shadowing is so helpful because you take a phrase like, do you want to try a bite?

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And it's one thing to learn individual words.

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Do you want to try a bite?

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And it becomes, do you want to try a bite?

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So you can match my exact intonation.

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You can hear that my voice goes, do you want to try a bite?

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That's what I mean about intonation.

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And then do you becomes do, want to becomes wanna, try a bite, try a bite, try a bite.

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So then it all comes together with this connected speech and you can practice all of that connection, link it up with my intonation.

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Do you want to try a bite?

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And then you're sounding really natural in English.

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Okay, let's shadow this section.

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Wow, this looks amazing.

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Yeah, and the portion size is just right.

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Hmm, this is really good.

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Do you want to try a bite?

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Oh, wow, that's delicious.

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Okay, last section.

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Repeat after me.

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I'm so full.

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That was exactly what I needed.

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I'm so full.

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That was exactly what I needed.

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Same.

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Do you want to get dessert?

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Same.

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Do you want to get dessert?

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Maybe we can share something.

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Maybe we can share something.

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Good idea!

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There's always room for dessert.

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Good idea!

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There's always room for dessert.

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Alright, so notice the pronunciation of the word dessert.

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The S sound in the word is voiced, so it's zzz, not sss.

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And it's not desert, because that would be the first syllable is stressed.

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When it's the double S talking about something sweet after a meal, the stress is on the second syllable, dessert.

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What followed by a vowel sound creates the flap T ending.

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So what I, what I, not what I, but what I, what I needed.

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And this final expression is a great one in English.

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There's always room for dessert.

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That means even if we're really full, which means I've had enough food, I can't eat anymore.

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But then we can say, but there's always room for dessert.

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So although I'm very full, I could still eat something sweet.

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Because I don't know if you guys have ever experienced that.

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You eat a full dinner and you think, I'm so full, I couldn't possibly eat any more food.

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But then you see a slice of cake or a bit of chocolate and you think, you know what?

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I still have some room.

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I still have some room in my stomach.

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There's always room for dessert.

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Okay guys, let's shadow this final section.

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Say it with me?

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I'm so full.

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That was exactly what I needed.

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Same.

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Do you want to get dessert?

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Maybe we can share something.

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Good idea.

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There's always room for dessert.

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Okay guys, so hopefully that shadowing practice was helpful for you.

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Thanks so much for watching and I'll see you in the next one.

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Bye!

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Thank you.

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