Pratica di Shadowing: School Life - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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Hi, Chris!
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Hi, Chris!
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Hi, Claire.
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How's it going?
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How are you enjoying college life?
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Well, it's all so new right now.
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There's so much to take in.
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Haha.
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I remember my first semester.
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I felt the same.
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How about your classes?
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Well, as you can imagine,
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there's a lot of work already.
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I bet.
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So what do you study?
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My major is English, but I also study American history.
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That's great.
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Are you enjoying the classes?
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Yes, I enjoy most of them.
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Have you had time to make many friends yet?
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Yes, a lot, actually.
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That's the best thing.
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There are so many clubs you can join to meet people.
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So far, I joined the women's soccer team,
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the debate team, and the theater club.
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Wow, that's a lot.
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Don't get exhausted.
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I won't.
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Don't worry about me.
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Where do you live now that you're in college?
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I live in the dormitory.
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It's quite close to the campus.
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It's about a five-minute walk, so it's very convenient.
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Do you like living there?
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Not really, because there are so many of us packed into such a small space
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that you do not get a sense of privacy at all.
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I share a room with three other girls,
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and there is always someone near you.
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You are never alone.
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If you grow up with your own room,
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it's very difficult to move into the dorms,
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and to have to share a small room.
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It's hard not to have your personal private space anymore.
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Yeah, I can imagine.
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Can you ever study?
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Yes, I actually go to the library study room to read and do my assignments.
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Do you study a lot?
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I do, especially before tests.
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How many hours?
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It depends on the class.
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If it's difficult, I study about six hours a day.
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What about food?
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What do you eat for food?
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Do you have a kitchen?
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Do you cook?
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Are you kidding?
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No, we have a cafeteria.
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The food is pretty good and cheap.
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How about your laundry?
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How do you wash your clothes?
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We have laundry machines every other floor in the dorm building.
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And what do you do for fun?
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Sometimes we'll literally relax in someone's room and just talk.
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Other times we take the subway downtown and visit museums or go to restaurants when we have money.
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Or we go to the movie theater or to the park.
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Do you party a lot?
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No, I'm not a huge fan of parties.
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I rarely go to parties for the simple fact that most of the parties I attended,
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I realized it was better off not going.
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Hello?
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Hi Grace, this is Nora.
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Have you completed a class project?
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Yeah, I finished it yesterday.
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How about you?
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No, not yet.
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I'm having a hard time with the conclusion of my report.
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Do you need any help?
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Maybe just a little.
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Do you have time tonight?
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No, I'm sorry.
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Tonight we are having guests over for dinner, so it's not possible.
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Okay, no problem.
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How about tomorrow night?
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Is that okay?
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Yes, sure.
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It's perfect.
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Can you come to my place?
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Or would you rather have me come over to your house?
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I prefer to come to your house.
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My brother is expecting company tomorrow and they'll surely be noisy.
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Hooray!
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Oh, man!
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Okay, then let's meet at my house.
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Sounds good.
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What time should I come over?
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How about 5 p.m.?
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I can make some delicious pancakes.
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Sounds great.
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I love pancakes.
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I will be there tomorrow at 5 p.m.
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Wonderful.
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See you tomorrow night.
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Hey, Kathy.
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Why do you look so down?
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Oh, hi, Laura.
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I just got my report card.
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Is it that bad?
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I was hoping to get a good grade in math class, but I didn't.
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That's a hard class.
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I know.
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I did well in all of my other classes, but that one.
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You should think about the good grades you received.
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Don't worry about one class.
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I know, but I worked very hard,
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so I had been hoping to get a good grade.
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This is discouraging to me.
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I always struggle with math despite putting in tons of effort to understand the concepts and time to practice.
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You can't excel in all classes.
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You're extremely talented in something else, like English, biology, drama.
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Yeah, you make a point.
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Thanks for your encouragement.
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Maybe I'll hire a private math tutor to increase my math grades.
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How did you do?
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I did well.
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I was most worried about science.
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How did you do in your science class?
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Better than I expected, but not a perfect grade.
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How about math?
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I did okay.
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What does okay mean?
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I got a B+.
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I'm happy for you, but I'm sad for myself again.
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Your essay's good, but I think it would be better if you cut out this paragraph here.
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Also, it'd be a good idea to add a paragraph summing up your main point at the end.
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This paragraph here is a bit strong.
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Why not tone it down a bit?
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And your point about pollution appears in several places.
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Why not deal with it in just one paragraph?
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And you only touch on the issue of climate change.
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Surely that deserves a bit more space?
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In fact, I really think you should try to set the whole thing out better.
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Why don't you just write it then, Dad?
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Hey Danielle, how did your American literature test go yesterday?
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It was awful.
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I totally flunked it.
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Those questions about Betty Smith were very difficult.
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Really?
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I loved all her books.
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Did you study for the test?
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Unfortunately, I didn't have time to study for it.
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Did you take notes during class?
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No, I didn't take any notes because the professor talked too fast.
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I couldn't keep up with him.
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And you missed a lot of classes, right?
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That's because the class started too early in the morning,
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and I just couldn't make it.
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Did you read the books,
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and did you do the assignments?
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No. No wonder you flunked the test.
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Oh, stop putting me on the spot.
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What about you?
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How did you do on the test?
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I did pretty well because I studied hard for the test.
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I went to every class,
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took notes, did the assignments, and read the books.
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Well, good for you.
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You better hit the books if you want to pass this course.
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I can help you if you want to.
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Really?
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That's very nice of you.
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Have you seen the new student?
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Yes, he's in my science class.
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He's really good looking.
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Oh, then you must be happy to study with him.
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I envy you.
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Frankly, I don't want to be his partner for any of the experiments.
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I didn't know you were so shy.
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It's not that.
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People who are good-looking usually aren't very smart,
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and I'm sure that applies to him too.
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But he has no interest in schoolwork.
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He seems to be the kind of guy who is obsessed with his looks and takes a lot of selfies.
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That's ridiculous.
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How come you can tell about a person just by appearance?
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Don't you know you should never judge a book by its cover?
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From my experience, it's mostly true.
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Well, I heard he was a class president at his last school.
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What?
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Hey, Larry.
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Did you hear what happened in my science class today?
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No. What happened, Mike?
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Someone got caught cheating on the test.
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Let me guess, it was David again?
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Exactly!
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He really has the guts.
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That was already the third time he did it.
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He really can't learn his lesson, can he?
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That's right.
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He is totally irresponsible.
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How did he cheat this time?
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He wrote some things on his hand,
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and Mrs. Miller saw it.
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What did she do when she saw him?
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She sent him to the principal's office.
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David's parents were called to school immediately.
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They were really angry with him.
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I wouldn't want to be in David's shoes right now.
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He had it coming.
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Do you think they're going to suspend him from school?
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They might, since this is the third time he did it.
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I feel bad for his parents.
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How nice of you to grace us with your presence.
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Sorry, Professor.
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Traffic was bad.
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Then I suggest you consider leaving home a little earlier in future.
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My class starts at 10.30.
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I expect that yours should too.
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Sorry, it won't happen again.
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I should hope not.
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As I was saying, class,
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I have graded last week's assignments.
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Before I hand them out,
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let me say that some of you have done remarkably well,
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while others have performed almost unacceptably poorly.
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I'd like to remind you that these assignments count towards your final grade for the semester.
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You will do well to keep this in mind before next week's assignment.
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Here is your assignment, Anthony.
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Please see me once the class is dismissed.
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Have a seat.
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Is everything alright?
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Yes, why?
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Well, at the beginning of the year,
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you were among the top five students in my class.
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Since then, your grades have been dropping steadily,
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and you regularly miss my classes.
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Forgive my intrusion, but I always take a personal interest in very good students that show great promise.
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What caused this sudden change in performance?
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Are you going through anything at home,
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perhaps, that you'd like to speak about?
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Everything's fine at home, Professor.
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I'll try to raise my grades back up.
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Are there any reasons at all contributing to the sharp downturn in your grades?
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Traveling isn't easy.
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I have to take two buses a day to get to campus and back.
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It's very tiring.
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I sympathize with you.
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I really do.
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Still, there are other students who come from longer distances and attend all my classes.
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If they can make this effort,
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I'm sure you can too.
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I promise to study harder from now on and attend all your classes.
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I see a lot of potential in you.
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I still consider you to be one of my best students.
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Don't make me regret my opinion.
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In questa lezione, ci concentreremo sull'esperienza della vita scolastica, in particolare durante il periodo universitario. Attraverso il dialogo tra Chris e Claire, avrai l'opportunità di ascoltare conversazioni quotidiane in inglese che riflettono emozioni e situazioni comuni a molti studenti. Imparerai non solo il vocabolario utile, ma anche come esprimere le tue emozioni e opinioni riguardo la scuola. Questa è un'eccellente occasione per migliorare la pronuncia inglese praticando l'ascolto e il parlato.

Vocabolario e frasi chiave

  • college life - vita universitaria
  • major - indirizzo di studio
  • dormitory - dormitorio
  • study room - aula studio
  • test - esame
  • join a club - unirsi a un club
  • friendship - amicizia
  • personal space - spazio personale

Consigli per la pratica

Per migliorare le tue abilità oratorie, ti suggerisco di dedicare tempo all'esercizio di shadowspeak. Inizia ascoltando il video lentamente e poi prova a ripetere ciò che senti seguendo l'intonazione e il ritmo di Chris e Claire. Questo metodo è particolarmente utile quando cerchi di imparare l'inglese con youtube, poiché ti permette di familiarizzare con il naturale fluire della lingua.

Assicurati di ascoltare attentamente e di imitare non solo le parole, ma anche le emozioni e le espressioni. Puoi anche scegliere alcune frasi chiave dal dialogo e praticarle più volte per migliorare la tua pronuncia e fluidità. Se lavori su brevi segmenti, puoi rendere il processo più maneggevole e meno opprimente. Non dimenticare di utilizzare i momenti di pausa per pensare a come potresti rispondere in situazioni simili, così rafforzerai la tua capacità di conversazione.

Infine, chiediti come potresti applicare queste conversazioni nella tua vita quotidiana o nei tuoi studi. Riformula i dialoghi o prova a scrivere un breve racconto basato su uno di essi. Questo non solo ti aiuterà a mantenere viva l'esperienza, ma sarà anche un ottimo esercizio per la scrittura e il pensiero critico. Ricorda, la chiave è continuare a praticare e a sfidare te stesso mentre esplori il meraviglioso mondo della lingua inglese.

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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