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The End Gentlemen,
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In the past decade alone, there have, by my reckoning, been 73 coups in 46 different countries around the world.
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And the success of some of these might encourage us.
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In Ghana, two years ago, President Nkrumah was ousted with just 500 men.
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And in 1961, in South Korea, Major General Park Chung-hee seized power with 3,500 men.
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And in 1964, in Gabon,
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just 150 men were able to arrest President Umba and thus gain control over the levers of state power.
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And of course, it was with just one legion that Caesar crossed the Rubicon.
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And perhaps we would not seek to follow his fate.
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A sic semper tyrannis gentleman.
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Now what all successful insurgencies have in common are five key elements.
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Control of the media, control of the economy, and the capture of administrative targets for which you need the fourth element,
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the loyalty of the military.
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Now, in Ghana and Gabon, this can be achieved with a handful of battalions.
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But here, in the United Kingdom, we would need to secure parliament,
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Whitehall, the Ministry of Defence, and the Cabinet Office.
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The Prime Minister would be arrested, of course, along with other politicians still loyal still loyal.
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We would have to shut down the airports, air traffic control.
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Same with the train stations.
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Curfews will be put in place, martial law declared.
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And I haven't even mentioned the police.
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It would take tens of thousands of unquestioningly loyal servicemen.
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And even in my heyday, I could never command that.
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Which brings me to the fifth element, legitimacy.
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Now, our government draws its strength from long-established institutions that support it.
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The courts, body of common law, the Constitution.
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If any action against the state to succeed, you'd have to overthrow these as well.
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But in a highly evolved democracy such as ours, their authority is sacrosanct.
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Which is why, gentlemen, a coup d'etat in the United Kingdom doesn't stand a chance.
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Unless...
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Unless...
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Unless we had the support of the one person not yet mentioned.
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Do you see the temperament?
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Here we like to let our...
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The Crown has at its disposal unique constitutional powers, which could still make something like this possible.
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In 1834, William IV used them to dismiss his government in the face of opposition from the House.
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And in 1920, the Emergency Powers Act was passed,
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which gave the sovereign power in certain circumstances to declare a state of emergency by proclamation,
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meaning our Queen could dissolve Parliament and appoint a new government and a prime minister as well.
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She's also commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
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They swear allegiance to her and not to parliament, so could count on their support to see it through.
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She is our Caesar.
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And you think she might entertain this idea?
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The circumstances are certainly compelling.
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I've made a list here of exactly how compelling.
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And as her second cousin, I am in an ideal position to ask.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello C1 si basa sul video “"She Is Our Caesar"”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: loyal, element, parliament, unless. Questo video contiene 46 frasi e 488 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:48. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 102 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 82% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| compel verbo | /kəmˈpɛl/ | forzare, costringere |
| circumstance sostantivo | /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/ | circostanza |
| declare verbo | /dɪˈklɛɚ/ | dichiarare |
| curfew sostantivo | /ˈkɝ.fju/ | coprifuoco |
| heyday sostantivo | /ˈheɪdeɪ/ | auge |
| proclamation sostantivo | /ˌpɹɑkləˈmeɪʃən/ | proclamazione |
| sacrosanct aggettivo | /ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/ | sacrosanto |
| temperament sostantivo | /ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/ | temperamento, carattere |
| overthrow verbo | /ˌoʊvɚˈθɹoʊ/ | deporre, rovesciare |
| legitimacy sostantivo | /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/ | legittimità |
| lever sostantivo | /ˈliː.və/ | leva |
| allegiance sostantivo | /əˈliː.d͡ʒəns/ | fedeltà, lealtà |
| appoint verbo | /əˈpɔɪnt/ | fissare, costituire |
| seize verbo | /ˈsiːz/ | prendere, afferrare |
| battalion sostantivo | /bəˈtæl.jən/ | battaglione, compagnia |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| shut down verbo | spegnere |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was ousted · can be achieved · would be arrested |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | haven't even mentioned · I've made |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 4 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come doesn't, haven't, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: proclamation /ˌpɹɑkləˈmeɪʃən/, martial /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: insurgency /ɪnˈsɝd͡ʒənsi/, proclamation /ˌpɹɑkləˈmeɪʃən/, temperament /ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/, legitimacy /ləˈd͡ʒɪtɪməsi/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: circumstance /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/, dissolve /dɪˈzɑlv/, sacrosanct /ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/, temperament /ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/, allegiance /əˈliː.d͡ʒəns/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: circumstance /ˈsɝ.kəmˌstæns/, sacrosanct /ˈsæk.ɹoʊˌsæŋkt/, battalion /bəˈtæl.jən/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come compel, circumstance, declare.
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.