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I used to share an apartment with three other people.
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We started sharing the place when we were university students and became best friends.
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When we all finished our studies and started to work, we continued living together because we got along very well
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and it was difficult to afford an apartment on your own in the city.
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On a night out, one of my flatmates introduced me to one of his friends, Sarah, and there was an immediate spark there.
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I asked her out and we started dating.
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The connection between us was unbelievable.
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Now she's my best friend, and she's the first person I ever went out with.
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And, hopefully, she'll be the last, because we got married last year.
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I married my high school sweetheart when I was just 22.
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John was my first and only relationship.
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We met when we were 16, and we started dating at 17.
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Unfortunately, after 23 years, our marriage wasn't working any longer, and we decided to part ways after a lifetime together.
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When we separated, I formed a close bond with a colleague at work.
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She became my confidant and best friend.
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One day, she excitedly suggested that she knew the perfect man for me, and practically set up a blind date despite my hesitations.
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She insisted so much that I finally agreed.
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We decided on a familiar restaurant for the meeting, a place that felt safe and neutral.
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I was quite nervous, because I had never dated anyone other than John.
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When I walked through the door, I couldn't believe my eyes.
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It was John.
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When he saw me, we both started laughing.
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What are the odds?
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When I first started at my current job, I didn't know anyone there.
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However, I soon got to know Arthur, one of my colleagues.
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We had a lot in common and before long we became pretty close.
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Our conversations weren't just about work.
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They extended to our personal lives, hobbies and families.
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One weekend he invited me and my wife to a barbecue at his house.
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It was there that he introduced us to his partner.
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During the barbecue my wife and his partner really hit it off, finding they shared many interests.
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They became friends quickly.
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Unfortunately, over time, my relationship with Arthur started to get worse because of some disagreements at work.
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Eventually, we fell out, and our relationship went back to being just professional.
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It was awkward because my wife and Arthur's partner had become close, but such is life.
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Back in college, there was this girl I had a huge crush on.
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We weren't close, just acquaintances, really, but I thought about her in secret all the time.
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We had common friends and often met here and there on nights out, but I never had the courage to ask her out.
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Fast forward a few years, a very close friend of mine introduced me to his new girlfriend,
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and to my dismay, it was the same girl I'd been silently admiring from afar.
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It crushed me a little bit, to be honest, but I tried to be happy for my friend.
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Time went by and I received a wedding invitation.
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Standing there at their wedding, watching my crush becoming my friend's wife, was bittersweet.
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I was invited to share in their joy, and that's what I decided to focus on.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione si basa sul video “Stories of relationships – B1 English Listening Test”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: became, wife, introduced, partner, decided. Questo video contiene 44 frasi e 558 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 3:26. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 162 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 86% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| introduce verbo | /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/ | presentare |
| crush verbo | /kɹʌʃ/ | schiacciare, pigiare |
| invite verbo | /ɪnˈvaɪt/ | invitare |
| colleague sostantivo | /ˈkɒliːɡ/ | collega |
| odd aggettivo | /ɑd/ | strano, strambo |
| lifetime sostantivo | /ˈlaɪf.taɪm/ | durata, vita utile |
| courage sostantivo | /ˈkʌ.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ | coraggio |
| awkward aggettivo | /ˈɔk.wɚd/ | maldestro, impacciato |
| neutral aggettivo | /ˈnuː.tɹəl/ | neutrale |
| invitation sostantivo | /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/ | invito |
| unbelievable aggettivo | /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/ | incredibile |
| insist verbo | /ɪnˈsɪst/ | insistere |
| spark sostantivo | /ˈspɑɹk/ | scintilla |
| admire verbo | /ədˈmaɪɹ/ | ammirare |
| hobby sostantivo | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | hobby, passatempo |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| get along verbo | andare d'accordo, ingranare | |
| set up verbo | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | preparare, installare |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 7 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come weren't, couldn't, didn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: crush /kɹʌʃ/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/, invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, disagreement /dɪsəˈɡɹiːmənt/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, sweetheart /ˈswiːtˌhɑːt/, hesitation /ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: introduce /ˌɪntɹəˈdus/, crush /kɹʌʃ/, invite /ɪnˈvaɪt/, colleague /ˈkɒliːɡ/, odd /ɑd/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: practically /ˈpɹæk.tɪ.k(ə.)li/, flatmate /ˈflætmeɪt/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come introduce, crush, invite.
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.