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Smaller than a Peep.
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Most of Peep's friends are pretty big.
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Or maybe just seems that way to Peep, since he's pretty small.
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Beaver Boy, for example, is not only bigger than Peep, he's toothier.
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Oh, Peep!
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Ah!
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Oh!
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You know, Peep,
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it must be nice for a little guy like you to have a great big duck like me for a friend.
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Give me a break.
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You're not so big.
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You're just holding your breath.
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Anyway, I'm
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bigger than you.
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And I'm bigger than Peep. So what?
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You're not bigger.
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We're the same size.
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Oh, no, no, no, Peep.
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I'm much, much bigger.
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See?
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Anyway, as I was saying, Peep is pretty small, which is a hard thing to be.. sometimes.
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Yeah, yeah, rub it in.
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What's this?
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Hmm.
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Wow!
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This makes everything look huge!
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My favorite!
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My foot is as big as Quack's.
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Peep wanted to see all of him look big.
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But he couldn't figure out how to be in two places at once.
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Well, maybe I need to run faster.
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Hey, mister!
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Oh!
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Over here!
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Wow!
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You are really big!
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I didn't know grass could talk.
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I'm not grass.
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I'm me.
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Oh, hi me.
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I'm Peep.
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You're tiny.
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I'm not tiny.
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You're big.
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Hmm.
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What are you anyway?
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Um, I don't remember.
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Well, where do you live?
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I forget. Are you lost?
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I think so.
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Maybe.
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Well...
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Hmm...
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Let's go find Chirp.
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If anyone can figure out what you are, she can.
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Okay!
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On the way to get help from Chirp, Peep and me ran into the bunnies.
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Hi, Peep!
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Hi, Peep!
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Hi, Peep!
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Bye, Peep!
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Bye, Peep!
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Bye, Peep!
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I wonder if you're a bunny.
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Do you live in a hole and bounce around a lot?
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Hmm.
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I remember being in a hole, but I don't remember any bouncing.
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Well, if you don't remember bouncing, then you're not a bunny.
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Still looking for Chirp, Peep and me pass by an apple tree.
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Hmm!
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Whoa!
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I like apples, but I don't eat them like that.
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Then I guess you're not a chimp monk.
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Next, Peep and me found themselves near a beehive.
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What are they doing?
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They're buzzing.
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They're bees.
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Do you think you might be a...
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A bee?
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No!
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Yahoo!
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Chirp!
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Chirp!
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Chirp, I found you!
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Me and I need your help!
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What do you mean, me and I?
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Look!
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This is me.
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That black spot is you?
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No, I'm Peep.
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That's me.
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Oh.
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What?
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Me can't remember what she is or where she lives.
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How can you not remember what you are?
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Well, I do remember some things.
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I remember that I live in a hole and I can't bounce, but I like apples and I'm not a bee.
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Well, if you can't figure it out, you might consider becoming a duck.
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What do you think, Chirp?
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What lives in a hole and likes apples but isn't a bee and...
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I forget the rest.
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I have no idea.
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I mean, I can't even see him.
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Her.
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Me.
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Hmm...
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Oh, I know, I know!
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Follow me!
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We can look at me through this.
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It makes everything really big.
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Watch!
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You're right!
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Good idea, Peep!
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Wait!
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Let's look at me first.
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I mean, me-me.
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Not, me-me.
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What are you saying?
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The duck!
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Look at the duck! So, how about it?
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What do you see?
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What do you see?
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I see a big, fat feather.
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Excuse me, I don't see what's so funny.
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A duck's bottom is a work of art.
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Could we look at me now?
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Me!
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You're an ant!
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Oh yeah!
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Now I remember!
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I'm an ant!
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A tiny, tiny ant!
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You've got six legs!
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We couldn't see that before!
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Pete knew where the ants lived, so he took me home.
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You know, when I grow up, I want to be a big chicken just like you.
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Thanks, me.
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Bye, me.
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So, at the end of the day, Peep realized something important.
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He might be small, but he was big, too.
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Bigger than grass, bigger than flowers, and a big hero to Mii.
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Did you hear that, Chirp?
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Mii wants to grow up just like Mii.
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Um, Pete, an ant can't grow up to be a chicken, you know.
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Shhh, don't spoil it.
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That is Soren, Will, and Mii.
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This one would be interesting.
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We are looking at things very closely with a magnifying glass.
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It looks like a mini maple tree.
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I see a purple trimming around the green leaves.
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Without the magnifying glass it sort of looks like a regular plant.
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Sorin found a roly-poly bug to look at.
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His tentacles are really thick, thinner than thinner.
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Without the magnifying glass you can't really see the interesting things on the bug.
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I found this rock.
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I think it's from a volcano from a long, long time ago.
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It looks like it's a tiny version of the moon.
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I'm looking at my sandal.
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At first I couldn't see any cracks.
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Then I saw lots of cracks.
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Will is looking at a small plant stem.
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It has dark lines.
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Now we are drawing pictures of things we saw.
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I saw that its antennas were sort of thick there, but then got a bit thinner, then got thin.
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There's lines.
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There, there, there, there, there, there.
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Now I saw holes.
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I made it red and orange, and it was quite simple.
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Try looking at things very closely to see what you can see.
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Thank you.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A1 si basa sul video “Smaller Than a Peep”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Peep, Chirp, bigger, ant, tiny. Questo video contiene 170 frasi e 912 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 10:24. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 88 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 77% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| thin aggettivo | /ˈθɪn/ | sottile, fine |
| duck sostantivo | /dʌk/ | anatra |
| bounce verbo | /baʊns/ | rimbalzare |
| grass sostantivo | /ɡɹɑːs/ | erba, graminacea |
| bunny sostantivo | /ˈbʌni/ | coniglietta |
| thick aggettivo | /θɪk/ | spesso |
| crack sostantivo | /kɹæk/ | crepa, fessura |
| flower sostantivo | /ˈfloʊɚ/ | fiore |
| purple sostantivo | /ˈpɝ.pl̩/ | viola |
| stem sostantivo | /stɛm/ | ceppo, ramo |
| breathe verbo | /bɹiːð/ | respirare |
| leaf sostantivo | /lif/ | foglia |
| bee sostantivo | /ˈbiː/ | ape, pecchia |
| buzz sostantivo | /bʌz/ | brusio, ronzio |
| monk sostantivo | /mʌŋk/ | monaco, frate |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| figure out verbo | scoprire, rendersi conto |
| grow up verbo | crescere |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- You're just holding your breath.
- What do you mean, me and I?
- That black spot is you?
- How can you not remember what you are?
- Could we look at me now?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Comparativi -er than / more … than — confrontare due cose | Smaller than · bigger than · thinner than |
| Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certo | might be · might consider |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | You're just holding · are they doing · They're buzzing |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 42 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, you're, can't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: thin /ˈθɪn/, thick /θɪk/, breathe /bɹiːð/, feather /ˈfɛðə/, toothy /ˈtuː.θi/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: duck /dʌk/, bounce /baʊns/, grass /ɡɹɑːs/, thick /θɪk/, crack /kɹæk/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: crack /kɹæk/, ant /ænt/, antenna /ænˈtɛn.ə/, magnify /ˈmæɡnɪfaɪ/, sandal /ˈsændəl/
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 thin, duck, bounce.
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.