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Hello, and welcome back to my Slow English Podcast.
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Why am I learning Chinese?
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This podcast is for you to practice your English listening while being engaged in real-life stories about me.
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I've been learning Chinese for four years now.
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On and off.
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For four years.
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Because I get lazy sometimes.
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I'm sure you know how hard it is to find motivation every day to study a new language.
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To sit down and read or write or take a lesson.
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And it's the same for me.
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I get really lazy and unmotivated to study Chinese sometimes.
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And that was actually a huge inspiration for me to start with my Slow English podcast.
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I found a YouTube channel.
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I found a YouTube channel who told slow Chinese stories.
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Her channel is called Lazy Chinese and she uses comprehensible input.
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But it was the first time that I actually felt excited.
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Excited because I understood the language I had been practicing for four years
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and it was so easy to understand.
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And without even trying, I was learning so many new words
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and practicing so many new grammar structures just by listening
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and looking at her slow hand gestures and facial gestures.
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I was so inspired to continue studying Chinese
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because it was the first time I actually understood Chinese because she was speaking so slow.
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The first time after four years of studying,
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practicing, listening, I finally felt progress and achievement.
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And when you don't feel progress or achievement,
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when you don't feel like you're improving at something
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it's hard to keep giving your best at improving it's hard to give your 100% percent.
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So I thought how many students,
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especially my own students, feel the same way?
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Feel like they don't understand English and they never will.
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Only because it takes a long time to see progress in the real world.
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But in a slow, demonstrated way,
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so many people would realize that they actually do understand English.
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They actually understand much more than they think.
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So I decided one day to make a video,
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specifically a TikTok, where I spoke slowly
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and I made lots of hand gestures at a speed that anyone could understand.
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using hand gestures in a way where you could understand even
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if you had never studied English because body language speaks much louder than words.
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The video did amazing.
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Everyone felt exactly how I imagined they would feel.
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And my TikTok went viral.
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The next day, I woke up to my phone going crazy.
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And I knew I had to make more videos.
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Longer, shorter, on YouTube, on TikTok.
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As many as I could make.
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Now, here we are today.
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And I'm still trying to come up with creative ideas
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every day to find new ways for you to understand and speak English with confidence.
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Confidence, the only thing that matters.
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My dad, for example, he came to the USA
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when he was 17 years old and he didn't know a lick of English.
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He would just walk around with his dictionary and speak,
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order food, buy groceries, ask for directions.
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He had no other option.
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He was thrown into the deep end right away when he arrived in the u.s
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he only had himself and a will to learn confidence it's all you need fake it until you make it
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His dedication is admirable.
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And I know for a fact, that's where I got mine.
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When you truly believe something,
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no matter how absurd it could be at the moment,
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If you really believe, you can make it a reality.
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Just pretend or fake it until you make it.
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But anyways, going back to the topic about why I am learning Chinese,
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A lot of people ask me why I decided to learn Chinese.
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And to be honest, my sister was the one to inspire me.
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She used to be obsessed with learning Chinese.
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And all she did was study and practice Chinese.
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We got to talking and I was overwhelmed with the same desire to go to China someday.
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I also loved the complexity of Mandarin and how challenging it would be to learn it.
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It has no similarities whatsoever.
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And I can't imagine learning a language with no similarities whatsoever between each other.
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Imagine if I have been learning Chinese for four years
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and I can barely form a full sentence and Chinese people are learning English the same way.
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It's very difficult.
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But I also loved the idea of being an English,
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Spanish, and Mandarin teacher.
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That would be a dream for me.
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So, I started studying Chinese.
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And I was determined in learning Chinese.
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I found the best podcasts to listen to.
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I watched every video of anyone who had successfully learned Mandarin,
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and I even started taking Chinese classes online.
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I had a great teacher.
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She was so patient
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and she was always able to turn a casual
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conversation into a grammar lesson where I learned new words,
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new grammar structures, and I never felt burnt out or frustrated after a lesson.
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I always felt energized and inspired to continue learning Chinese.
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I used to teach English online and I've been inspired by many teachers in my life.
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my parents included my mom
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and dad have to be the most dedicated
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and hard-working teachers my mom was born to be a teacher she is patient
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and graceful she's always willing to help without rushing
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or judging you
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and thoughtful in all of her lessons you can feel
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the care she puts into every lesson my dad students always have the highest scores
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and the kids love him.
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They both put so much work into teaching kids
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and I know firsthand that teaching kids is a challenge.
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It's hard to make a lesson entertaining, educational, and memorable.
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But my mom and my dad both work very hard to do just that.
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That's where my passion for teaching comes from.
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All in all, you don't have to end up living in a place where they speak that language to learn that language.
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Because at the end of the day,
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the journey of learning a language is the most important part.
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Learn for you.
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Enjoy the journey.
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Savor every new word you manage to remember.
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Relish in every win.
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It's a privilege to learn.
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Don't take it for granted.
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Thank you for joining Miss Honey's class.
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I hope you enjoyed this chat with me.
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And don't forget to subscribe for more English practice and like this video for more chats like these.
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See you next time.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “Slow English Podcast - Why am I learning Chinese? B2+”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Chinese, English, learning, language, lesson. Questo video contiene 117 frasi e 1096 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 15:29. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 71 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| gesture sostantivo | /ˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃɚ/ | gesto |
| inspire verbo | /ɪnˈspaɪə(ɹ)/ | ispirare |
| podcast sostantivo | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast, audioprogramma |
| grammar sostantivo | /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ | grammatica |
| similarity sostantivo | /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/ | similarità, somiglianza |
| whatsoever avverbio | /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/ | qualsivoglia, di sorta |
| comprehensible aggettivo | /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/ | comprensibile |
| energize verbo | /ˈɛnəd͡ʒaɪz/ | energizzare, rinvigorire |
| firsthand aggettivo | /ˈfɜːstˌhænd/ | di prima mano, nuovo |
| graceful aggettivo | /ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/ | elegante, aggraziato |
| obsess verbo | /əbˈsɛs/ | ossessionarsi |
| overwhelm verbo | /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/ | sommergere |
| dedicate verbo | /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/ | consacrare |
| groceries sostantivo | /ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹiz/ | spesa |
| lick verbo | /lɪk/ | leccare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| come up with verbo | ideare, escogitare |
| end up verbo | andare a finire, finire |
| sit down verbo | sedersi, accomodarsi |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — un’azione iniziata prima e ancora in corso | I've been learning · have been learning |
| “Used to” used to + verbo — un’abitudine o uno stato passato che non è più vero | used to be · used to teach |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | being engaged · is called · was thrown |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 13 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I'm, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: relish /ˈɹɛlɪʃ/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, dictionary /ˈdɪk.ʃəˌnɛ.ɹi/, facial /ˈfeɪ.ʃəl/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: similarity /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/, whatsoever /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/, admirable /ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: whatsoever /ˌ(h)wʌtsoʊˈɛvɚ/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/, firsthand /ˈfɜːstˌhænd/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, energize /ˈɛnəd͡ʒaɪz/, firsthand /ˈfɜːstˌhænd/, frustrate /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/, obsess /əbˈsɛs/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/, similarity /ˌsɪm.ɪˈlæɹ.ɪ.ti/, admirable /ˈæd.məɹ.ə.bəl/, firsthand /ˈfɜːstˌhænd/
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 gesture, inspire, podcast.
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.