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but instead of using the word ugly, you could change the negative adjective to a more positive adjective with negative grammar.
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So instead of saying your bottle of water is ugly, you could say your bottle of water is not very attractive.
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Now that is essentially saying the same thing, but it's slightly nicer.
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It's a slightly more, what's the word for it, diplomatic way of putting it
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and this is a i hope quite a good lesson for anyone
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that changing it hedging your language slightly is important
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because you want the other the person receiving your message to receive
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it in the best possible way
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you don't want to give them a sort of slap in the face in any way
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so luke your bottle of water isn't very attractive
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or luke i love it when you stop for water
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but i I think you could get a bottle which is a bit more attractive than that.

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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Saying 'Ugly' Nicely - Turn Negatives Into Positives!”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: bottle, attractive, slightly. Questo video contiene 12 frasi e 159 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 0:56. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 169 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 84% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
ugly aggettivo/ˈʌɡli/brutto, laido
lesson sostantivo/ˈlɛs.ən/lezione
essentially avverbio/ɪˈsɛnʃəli/in essenza
grammar sostantivo/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/grammatica
diplomatic aggettivo/ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/diplomatico
slap sostantivo/slæp/schiaffo, ceffone
hedge sostantivo/ˈhɛd͡ʒ/siepe
adjective sostantivo/ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/aggettivo
bottle sostantivo/ˈbɒt.l̩/bottiglia
attractive aggettivo/əˈtɹæktɪv/attrattivo
slightly avverbio/ˈslaɪtli/leggermente
receive verbo/ɹɪˈsiːv/ricevere
negative aggettivo/ˈnɛɡ.ə.tɪv/negativo
message sostantivo/ˈmɛs.ɪdʒ/messaggio
positive aggettivo/ˈpɑzɪtɪv/positivo

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosabottle which is

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, diplomatic /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: luke /l(j)uːk/, diplomatic /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/, slap /slæp/, hedge /ˈhɛd͡ʒ/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, diplomatic /ˌdɪpləˈmætɪk/, slap /slæp/, adjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/, attractive /əˈtɹæktɪv/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come ugly, lesson, essentially.

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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