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A new subway station, a new beach resort, and a new downtown with so many skyscrapers, it's being called Pyeonghatton.
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North Korea is spending big despite international sanctions on the authoritarian country.
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Pyongyang has been the site of multiple redevelopment projects in recent years, chaining portions of this once gritty landscape into a modern city.
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The latest sign of this building boom are these 80-story skyscrapers.
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The flats are part of a plan laid out in 2021
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by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to construct 50,000 new housing units in Pyongyang.
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The five-year project promised to improve the living conditions of residents in Pyongyang.
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We are living in the first-year-old village, but we will be able to live in the future of the country.
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We will be able to live in very happy and happy life for the new people.
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North Korean state media announced in late 2025 that the five-year plan had reached its final stage,
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the construction of 10,000 new housing units in the city's Hwasong district.
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Below the streets is another sign of Pyongyang's redevelopment plans.
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The city's underground metro first opened in 1972 with trains imported from China.
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For decades, the metro stations had a distinctly Cold War era vibe,
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including muted colors, wood-paneled train interiors and station walls adorned with propaganda murals.
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Now several stations have undergone a facelift.
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At Yongguang Station, Long escalators descend to a revamped platform.
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Brighter colors and modern electronic displays present riders with a more modern station.
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and the people of the people who are living in the country, and the people of the people who are living in the country
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and the people of the country are living in the country.
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Pyongyang's subway system consists of just two lines that stop at a total of 16 stations.
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The metro does not reach the city's newest suburbs, which are home to the newly built high-rises.
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more than 200 kilometers north a new beach resort hugs five
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kilometers of coastline in the city of wonsan the wonsan calma
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beach resort was open during the summer of 2025 state media
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reports said it can accommodate nearly 20 000 people with more than 50 hotels
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and attractions like water parks and restaurants available for visitors but
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while the beach resort was initially open to russian tourists it
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has since been closed to all foreign visitors tourism once brought in some 175 million u.s dollars in funds annually
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but since the pandemic few countries have been allowed to return
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and most of those who were able to visit the reclusive country could only go to select locations on package tours.
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Chinese tours once represented the largest contingent of foreign visitors,
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representing an estimated 90 percent of foreign visitors.
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But flights between the two countries remain limited.
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So how is the country affording these construction projects?
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North Korea's economy is heavily constrained by international sanctions over its nuclear and weapons programs.
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To generate much-needed funds, Pyongyang has sold some $9.8 billion U.S dollars in weapons to Russia for the war in Ukraine.
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However, studies show the compensation received from Moscow is significantly less than the weapon's actual worth.
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The autocratic nation has also reportedly used illicit activities,
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including cybercrime, to generate funds in excess of US$2 billion in 2025 alone, according to crypto industry analysts.

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Perché esercitarti a parlare con questo video?

Questo video è una vera chicca per la pratica di conversazione in inglese: combina notizie attuali, descrizioni di luoghi e analisi economiche, creando un contesto vario e realistico. Ideal per il shadowing (o "shadow speech"), ti aiuta a imitare l'intonazione, il ritmo e le pause di un speaker nativo. Che tu voglia migliorare la comprensione orale o la fluidità, le scene diverse (dai grattacieli a stazioni metro, dai resort marini alle questioni economiche) ti fanno esercitare su argomenti pratici e stimolanti. Un shadowing site perfetto per chi cerca contesti autentici!

Grammatica e espressioni nel contesto

Osserva queste strutture chiave nel video:

  • "is being called": forma passiva del presente continuo, usata per descrivere un processo in corso ("è stato chiamato"). Utile per parlare di nomi o definizioni recenti.
  • "despite international sanctions": "nonostante sanzioni internazionali". La preposizione "despite" + sostantivo è una via semplice per esprimere contrasti, invece di "although" + frase.
  • "has undergone a facelift": "ha subito un restyling". Espressione idiomatica per dire che qualcosa è stato rinnovato, utile per descrivere cambiamenti fisici o estetici.

Trappole di pronuncia comuni

Attenzione a questi termini tricky:

  • "Pyonghattan": combinazione di "Pyongyang" e "Manhattan". La pronuncia corretta è /ˌpjɒŋˈhætən/, con l'accento sulla seconda sillaba. Evita di "spacchettare" le due parole!
  • "sanctions": /ˈsæŋkʃənz/. La "c" si pronuncia come "sh", e la "s" finale è sorda. Molti learner la confondono con "sanctuaries" (/ˈsæŋktʃueriz/), ma la differenza è nella "sh" vs "ktʃ".
  • "illicit": /ɪˈlɪsɪt/. La prima "i" è breve, la "c" si pronuncia come "s". Non confonderla con "elicit" (/ɪˈlɪsɪt/), che ha lo stesso suono ma significato diverso ("estrarre").

Con questi spunti, inizia a esercitarti con il shadow speak: ripeti le frasi del video subito dopo il speaker, cercando di corrispondere al tono e al tempo. È il modo migliore per rafforzare la tua pronuncia e la fluidità!

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 · have undergone · have been allowed
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fabeing called · been closed · have been allowed
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosapeople who are · suburbs, which are · those who were

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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