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Welcome to the Point of View mini-stories for Role of Media 2.
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Okay, same story, same mini-story from the mini-story lessons, but three different versions now.
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The first one will be about the past, ten years ago.
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Ten years ago there was a man named Georgie.
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Georgie was a warmongerer.
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He wanted to kill, kill, kill.
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He especially wanted to kill Hugo.
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He wanted to tear Hugo limb from limb.
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But Hugo was basically pacifistic.
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He didn't want a war.
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He only joked about Georgie and laughed at him.
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When Hugo joked, however, Georgie became hysterical.
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He yelled and screamed to his friends.
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He yelled, join me and let's kill Hugo and his friends.
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Let's kill them all and let's kill their families and let's commit terrible atrocities.
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But Georgie's friends were reluctant.
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They said, Hugo is just joking.
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We don't need to kill him.
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This made Georgie more angry.
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He tried to whip up his friend's anger.
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So he concocted terrible lies about Hugo.
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He said that Hugo loved to kill puppies and babies.
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He disseminated these lies on TV and on the internet.
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Finally, he succeeded.
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He drove his circle of friends to war.
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They attacked Hugo, but Hugo was ready.
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He had learned kung fu from Jet Li.
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He kicked Georgie's ass and broke his nose.
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Finally, he elicited an apology from Georgie.
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Georgie said, I'm sorry Hugo, I'm just a stupid fanatic.
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Hugo said, it's okay, little Georgie.
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Now, go home.
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All right, great.
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With this next one, we're going to start with since seven years ago or for seven years.
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Okay, here we go.
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For seven years, Georgie has been a warmonger.
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He has wanted to kill and kill and kill.
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He has especially wanted to kill Hugo.
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He has wanted to tear Hugo limb from limb.
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But Hugo has basically been pacifistic.
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He hasn't wanted a war.
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He has only joked about Georgie and laughed at him.
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However, when Hugo has joked, Georgie has always become hysterical.
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He has always yelled at his friends and screamed at them and said, join me and let's kill Hugo and his friends.
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Let's kill them all and kill their families.
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Let's commit terrible atrocities.
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But Georgie's friends have always been reluctant.
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They have always said, Hugo is just joking.
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We don't need to kill him.
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This has always made Georgie more angry.
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Finally, he decided to whip up his friend's anger.
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So he concocted terrible lies about Hugo.
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He said that Hugo loved to kill puppies and babies.
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He disseminated these lies on TV and on the internet.
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Finally he succeeded.
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He drove his circle of friends to war.
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They attacked Hugo, but Hugo was ready.
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He had learned kung fu from Jet Li.
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He kicked Georgie's ass and then broke his nose.
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Finally, he elicited an apology from Georgie.
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Georgie said, I'm sorry, Hugo.
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I'm just a stupid fanatic.
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And Hugo said, well, it's okay, little Georgie.
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Now, please go home.
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Okay, you'll notice that for more than half of this version, I used have, had, has, been, right?
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Because these are repeated actions starting seven years ago, continuing until now.
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And finally, I changed to the past tense because it was a specific action, right?
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Just a one-time action.
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Georgie decided to whip up his friend's anger.
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He concocted terrible lies.
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They went to war.
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Now I'm using the past tense because these are all single actions that were in the past and are finished.
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All right.
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Let's go back again to the top, this time into the future.
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year.
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There's a guy named Georgie.
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Georgie is a warmonger.
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In the future, he will want to kill and kill and kill.
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And in the future, he especially will want to kill Hugo.
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He's going to want to tear Hugo limb from limb.
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But Hugo will basically be pacifistic.
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He won't want a war.
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He'll only joke about Georgie and laugh at him.
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When Hugo jokes, however, Georgie will become hysterical.
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He'll yell and scream to his friends.
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He'll yell, join me and let's kill Hugo and his friends.
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Let's kill them all and kill their families.
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Let's commit terrible atrocities.
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But Georgie's friends will be reluctant.
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They'll say, look, Hugo is just joking.
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We don't need to kill him.
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This will make Georgie more angry.
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So to whip up his friend's anger, he'll concoct terrible lies about Hugo.
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He'll say that Hugo loves to kill puppies and babies.
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He'll disseminate these lies on TV and on the internet.
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Finally, he'll succeed.
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He'll drive his circle of friends to war.
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They'll attack Hugo, but Hugo is gonna be ready.
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He'll have learned Kung Fu from Jet Li.
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He'll kick Georgie's ass and he'll break his nose.
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And finally, he'll elicit an apology from Georgie.
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Georgie is going to say, look, I'm so sorry, Hugo.
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I'm just a stupid fanatic.
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Hugo will say, it's okay, little Georgie.
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Now go home.
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As always in the future, you have to listen for those ul sounds.
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Ul, ul, heal, heal, Hugo ul, Hugo ul.
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Sometimes that ul sound is very difficult to hear.
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For example, Hugo ul say, Hugo ul say.
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It's hard to hear that ol' sound, right, which is will in the future.
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But we still, a native speaker will not usually say Hugo will say.
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We'll say Hugo will say, Hugo will say.
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The ol' is almost silent.
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There's really more just a pause there that tells us it's the future.
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So it's okay.
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Just listen carefully.
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See if you can hear those ol' ol' ol' sounds after the subjects.
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Just listen carefully.
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Now please go back.
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to each version.
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After each version, pause.
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Try to tell that version yourself.
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Now, do not worry about being perfect.
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You do not need to be perfect.
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In fact, don't try to be perfect.
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Just try to tell the story yourself as best as you can.
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If it's difficult, try pausing after every sentence and then copy that sentence.
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Do that with each version.
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Okay, I'll see you next time.
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Bye-bye.

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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Role of Media 2 POV”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Hugo, kill, Georgie, finally, terrible. Questo video contiene 130 frasi e 1015 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:49. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 130 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 78% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
limb sostantivo/lɪm/membra, arto
yell verbo/jɛl/urlare, gridare
concoct verbo/kənˈkɒkt/intrugliare, preparare
whip sostantivo/ˈwɪp/frusta, nerbo
atrocity sostantivo/əˈtɹɑsɪti/atrocità
elicit verbo/ɪˈlɪsɪt/provocare, suscitare
fanatic sostantivo/fəˈnæt.ɪk/fanatico, fanatica
hysterical aggettivo/hɪˈstɛɹɪkəl/isterico
reluctant aggettivo/ɹɪˈlʌktənt/riluttante
puppy sostantivo/ˈpʌpi/cucciolo, cagnolino
pause sostantivo/pɔːz/pausa
apology sostantivo/əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/apologia, scuse
scream verbo/skɹiːm/gridare, sbraitare
tense sostantivo/tɛns/tempo
heal verbo/ˈhiːl/guarire, sanare

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
go back verbotornare

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 adessohas been · has wanted · hasn't wanted
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo faare repeated · are finished

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 33 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come he'll, I'm, don't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: atrocity /əˈtɹɑsɪti/, disseminate /dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/, hysterical /hɪˈstɛɹɪkəl/, apology /əˈpɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hysterical /hɪˈstɛɹɪkəl/, heal /ˈhiːl/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: concoct /kənˈkɒkt/, whip /ˈwɪp/, disseminate /dɪˈsɛmɪˌneɪt/, elicit /ɪˈlɪsɪt/, fanatic /fəˈnæt.ɪk/

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 limb, yell, concoct.

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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