Pratica di Shadowing: Scholastic Phonics Booster Books - 23 Small Dawn - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Book 23, Small Don I want to be big and tall, said Don Why?
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said Ann Because I want to be on that team,
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Don said but I'm too small to do things.
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Like what?
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said Anne.
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I can't kick the ball far, said Dawn.
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My feet are too small.
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Shauna's feet are big.
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She can kick the ball from here to that wall.
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Shauna kicks the ball each day, said Anne.
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That's why she can kick far.
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No, said Dawn.
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It's because she is big.
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Shauna can run fast, said Dawn.
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I saw her win a race because she ran so fast.
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Shauna runs each day, said Anne.
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That's why she wins races.
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No, said Dawn.
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It's because she has long legs.
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Sometimes it's good to be small, said Anne.
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You can hide under the desk when we play hide and seek.
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I still want to be big and tall, said Dawn.
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I want to be on that team.
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You draw the best in our class, said Anne.
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We can draw the team.
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I do not want to draw the team, Dawn said.
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I want to play on the team, so I need to be big, not small.
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Look, even Rex is bigger than me, said Dawn.
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Don.
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Rex is a large dog, said Ann.
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His paws are bigger than my feet, said Don.
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What can I do to get big and tall?
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Ann opened her jaw wide in a yawn.
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Can we talk about this another time, she said.
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I want to go to the mall.
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The mall, that's it, yelled Dawn.
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I could get some tall shoes at the mall.
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Tall shoes, said Anne.
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Let's go, said Dawn.
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Don and Anne and their mother went to the mall.
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Don put on some tall shoes.
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Look at me, Don said.
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I'm not small, Don, anymore.
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Now I'm big and tall, Don said.
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I will kick the ball far.
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I don't think you can kick in those shoes, said Anne I will run very fast,
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Dawn said I don't think you can run in those shoes,
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said Anne When Anne and Dawn got home,
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they ran out to play Check this out, Anne, said Dawn.
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She went to kick the ball.
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Oh no, she yelled.
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Dawn and her tall shoes fell in a big heap.
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The ball did not go far.
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Here, take my hand, someone said.
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It was Shana.
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She came to help.
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Thank you.
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Why do you have low shoes on?
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Shana said.
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So I can be big and tall, said Dawn.
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I'm too small to be on the team.
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I can help, said Shauna So each day,
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Shauna and Dawn did lots of kicks They ran around the track After a few weeks,
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Dawn could kick the ball far She could run fast And one very fine day,
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she made the team.
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You are fast, said Shauna.
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You can kick, said Anne.
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I'm small, said Dawn.
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Anne let's okay.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questo video contiene 69 frasi e 492 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 5:57. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 83 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 83% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

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

  • shoe /ˈʃu/ (sostantivo) — scarpa, calzatura. A protective covering for the foot, with a bottom part composed of thick leather or plastic sole and often a thicker heel, and a softer upper part made of…
  • mall /mɔːl/ (sostantivo) — centro commerciale. A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping precinct.
  • yell /jɛl/ (verbo) — urlare, gridare. To shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement.
  • desk /dɛsk/ (sostantivo) — scrivania. A table, frame, or case, in past centuries usually with a sloping top but now usually with a flat top, for the use of writers and readers. It often has a…
  • paw /pɔ/ (sostantivo) — zampa. The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
  • yawn /jɔn/ (verbo) — sbadigliare. To open the mouth widely and take a long, rather deep breath, often because one is tired or bored, and sometimes accompanied by pandiculation.
  • tall /tɔl/ (aggettivo) — alto. Having great vertical extent (usually reckoned from the bottom of the feet to the very top of the head) when standing. (For instance, somebody with a height of…
  • leg /ˈlɛɡ/ (sostantivo) — gamba, zampa. A limb or appendage that an animal uses for support or locomotion on land.
  • seek /ˈsiːk/ (verbo) — cercare, ricercare. To try to find; to look for; to search for.
  • kick /kɪk/ (verbo) — calciare. To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity of the leg.
  • foot /fʊt/ (sostantivo) — zampa. A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
  • draw /dɹɑ/ (verbo) — attirare, attrarre. To pull (someone or something) in a particular direction or manner.

I phrasal verb che sentirai

  • look at (verbo) — guardare. To observe or watch.
  • put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (verbo) — vestire, indossare. To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 8 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, can't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

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 shoe, mall, yell.

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Comparativi -er than / more … than — confrontare due cosebigger than
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsionewill kick · will run

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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