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Students' Book Page 12.
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2. brilliant bikes.
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Holly's Eleven And she loves inventing.
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Designing and making things.
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She's been making all kinds of things since she was about three.
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Her parents didn't buy her dolls or clothes for birthday presents.
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They gave her paint, glue, scissors and pieces of wood.
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Holly wants to be an engineer.
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She made a brilliant toy racing car six months ago.
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And I'm going to invent the fastest engine for a racing car in the world one day, she told her grandfather.
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Last month Holly was walking past the fire station in her hometown in Australia.
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when she saw a poster on the wall.
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It said: Under 12's Bike Race, 21 kilometres, Sunday the 18th of June.
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Email richard .black at met .au.
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or phone 933 -107.
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Five, seven, two.
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To find out more.
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Holly knew her bicycle wasn't fast enough to win a race.
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It was too small for her now.
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Perhaps I can make a new one, she thought.
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"Could I have the old metal lamp that's in the cupboard under the stairs?" she asked her mother.
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"You never use those old motorbike engine parts that are in your garage," she said to her uncle.
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Can I have some of them for my new project?
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I'm going to build a bike.
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She asked other people in her family for several old or broken things too,
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and soon the garden was full of pieces of metal and plastic.
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"This is great," she thought.
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"I just need another tyre now." She decided to go and ask the new family in the flat on the third floor.
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Perhaps they could help her.
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She ran upstairs and knocked on the door.
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"What do you want?" said the girl who opened it.
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"Have you got a bicycle tyre that you don't want?" Holly said.
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"I need one so I can ride in the under -twelves race." "No, I haven't," the girl said.
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Her name was Victoria Rich.
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But I'm going to win first prize in that race.
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I've got a brilliant racing bike, and there are expensive new tyres on both its wheels.
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Now, please, go away.
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I'm very busy.
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I'm doing my piano practice.
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And Victoria Rich closed the door.
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"Well," thought Holly, "she wasn't very friendly." Holly's grandfather phoned her that evening.
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She told him about the unfriendly girl and about the tyre that she still needed.
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"I'll come and see you tomorrow," he said.
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I'll bring you a tire and something else that will help you.
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No problem.
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Don't worry.
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We'll build a brilliant bike for you as well.
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"Here you are," he said when he arrived with the tyre the next morning.
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And this spanner is also for you.
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I got it 40 years ago.
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"Oh, it's very special.
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It can fix anything !" Holly took the spanner carefully and turned it over and over in her hand.
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It's a brilliant present.
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And I'll use it a lot, I'm sure.
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She said, "Thank you so much." They started to work and they worked all day until the bike was ready.
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Holly stood up and looked at it.
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Wow!
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It's amazing!
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It's wonderful!
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It's brilliant, Grandpa!
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She laughed.
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Holly practiced cycling every morning and each time she rode her new bike faster.
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Sometimes a metal or plastic piece fell off and Holly had to stop, go back and fetch it.
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But she always had the spanner in her pocket.
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It could fix any problem.
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On the day of the race, Holly and her family arrived at the starting line early.
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About fifty children from the town were already there.
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Holly suddenly saw Victoria, who was sitting on her beautiful bike.
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She had a big smile on her face.
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Victoria looked at Holly's bike and laughed.
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But Holly's grandfather put his arm around Holly's shoulder and whispered, Remember, your bike is brilliant too.
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Then the race began.
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The first six kilometres around Toowoomba Lake were easy.
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The next five kilometres along the road through the wood were more difficult.
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and four of the children decided to stop.
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The next nine kilometres over the hills and Crocodile River
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and past the farms were very hard work and lots more children were getting too tired to cycle so far.
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But Holly didn't stop.
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More and more bits of Holly's bike fell off, but with her special spanner, she could fix anything.
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When Holly was only one kilometre from the end of the race,
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Victoria was only twenty metres in front of her.
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Holly was really tired.
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"I'm not gonna stop.
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I'm going to finish this race.
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Victoria may win," she thought.
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But my bike is brilliant too.
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Suddenly, a large kangaroo hopped across the road.
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Victoria nearly fell off because she was so surprised.
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When she started cycling again, her back wheel wobbled badly, so she got off to take a look at it.
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Holly raced past Victoria and thought, "Wow!
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I know I can win now !" She felt pleased for a moment.
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But then she decided to stop and cycle back because Victoria looked so worried and sad.
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Don't worry.
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I can help you.
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"I can fix your bike with my special spanner," Holly said.
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"It will only take a minute." "You're so kind," Victoria said.
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"I wasn't nice to you.
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I'm sorry.
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Thanks for helping me." That's okay.
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We can be friends now.
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And we can both win this race, Holly said and smiled.
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There!
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It's fine now.
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Come on!
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Victoria and Holly got back on their brilliant bikes and cycled together to the finishing line.
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When they crossed it, Holly waved the spanner in the air, and her grandfather clapped and shouted.
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Hurrah!
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Well done!
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"One day, Holly," he said later that day,
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"with that special spanner, You will build the fastest racing car in the world.
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"I know I will," Holly answered.

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Perché praticare la conversazione con questo video?

Praticare l'inglese parlato attraverso video come "Story fun 6: Story 2 Brilliant bikes" offre un'opportunità unica di immergersi in una narrazione coinvolgente e realistica. Il personaggio di Holly, un'adolescente inventrice, è un esempio perfetto di come le conversazioni quotidiane possano stimolare la creatività e l'ingegno. Questo tipo di contenuto non solo arricchisce il lessico ma incoraggia anche l'uso attivo della lingua. Con "shadowspeak" e "shadow speak", gli studenti possono affinare la loro pronuncia e comprensione, mentre si divertono a seguire la storia. Inoltre, questo video permette di contestualizzare il linguaggio, rendendo più facile ricordare frasi e vocaboli.

Grammatica & Espressioni nel Contesto

Nel video, si possono notare varie strutture grammaticali e frasi utili. Ecco alcune chiavi per migliorare la tua pratica di conversazione in inglese:

  • Domande dirette: Holly chiede "Can I have the old metal lamp that's in the cupboard under the stairs?" Questa struttura è estremamente utile per fare richieste e coinvolgere l'interlocutore.
  • Futuro con "will": Frasi come "I will bring you a tire" mostrano come esprimere intenzioni future, fondamentali per comunicare piani e promesse.
  • Uso di "need": "I need one so I can ride" evidenzia l'importanza di esprimere necessità, una competenza cruciale nelle conversazioni quotidiane.
  • Esprimere desideri: Holly dice "I just need another tyre now," un modo diretto per esprimere un bisogno immediato.

Trappole Comuni di Pronuncia

Quando si segue il dialogo, è importante prestare attenzione a parole e accenti che possono risultare difficili. Ecco alcuni esempi dal video:

  • La parola "bicycle": l'accento sulla sillaba "cy" può essere una sfida; assicurati di pronunciarla correttamente per essere chiaro.
  • Il termine "tyre": la pronuncia varia a seconda della regione; ascoltalo attentamente per imitarne l'intonazione.
  • Frasi brevi: Dovresti fare attenzione alla fluidità; pronunciare parole come "great" e "well" rapidamente può rendere difficile la comprensione.

Utilizzare "shadowspeaks" e altre tecniche di apprendimento come l'imparare l'inglese con YouTube può trasformare il tuo approccio al linguaggio, sia a livello di ascolto che di parlato. La chiave è praticare regolarmente e con autenticità, integrando questi elementi nella tua routine di studio.

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passatowas walking · was sitting · were getting
Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppothe fastest
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ingloves inventing · started cycling
Futuro con “going to” be going to + verbo — un piano o qualcosa che si vede arrivareI'm going to invent · I'm going to build · I'm going to win

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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