Pratica di Shadowing: storyfun 5 unit 3 treasure - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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Students' Book Page 20 3.
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Treasure Emma was on holiday, but she was really bored.
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There were too many people in the hotel pool.
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She had no one to play volleyball with and her parents just wanted to sit in the sun.
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Emma walked along the beach and sat down by a rock.
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What a boring day, she thought.
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Then something hit her on the head.
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It was a beach ball.
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Sorry, a little boy said.
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He picked up his ball and stood in front of her.
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He was only about six or seven.
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Emma wanted him to go away.
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What do you want?
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Emma asked him.
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Nothing?
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But you look unhappy.
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What's the matter?
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I'm bored.
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Emma said.
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We could look for treasure The little boy said Emma thought that was a silly idea Where are your parents?
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She asked They're on our ship Out there by the island I'm the son of a pirate The boy said Emma laughed
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There's no ship and you can't be a pirate Pirates are only in films and stories.
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The boy didn't move.
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Believe me, he smiled.
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I am the brave son of a brave pirate and our ship is there.
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You can't see it because you believe we're only in films and stories.
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Emma thought the little boy was funny and suddenly she didn't feel bored.
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Okay, she said and stood up.
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Let's explore the beach and look for treasure.
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The boy pointed at some rocks.
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Shall we begin looking there?
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He whispered.
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Between the rocks, there were lots of pools of seawater.
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They were full of small sea creatures, beautiful stones and shells.
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Those stones and shells are lovely, aren't they?
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The little boy said, they're a kind of treasure.
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Mmm, Emma said.
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Then she saw something blue in the rock pool too.
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What's that?
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It's a glove, isn't it?
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Yes, the little boy said.
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Perhaps someone lost it here.
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He picked up the wet glove.
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This is a kind of treasure as well, he said, and put it in a large bag that he carried on his shoulder.
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Then they climbed over the rocks to the next pool.
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They were looking unusual in that one too.
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What is it?
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Emma asked.
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It looks like a silver fork.
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Can you get it for me?
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Of course I can, the little boy said.
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He pulled out the silver fork and put it in his bag too.
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Then Emma saw something else.
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There was an old pair of sunglasses in another rock pool.
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The little boy pulled his sleeve up over his elbow and took the sunglasses out of the water.
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More wonderful treasure!
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He laughed.
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Then they arrived at a fourth pool.
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The water there was really deep and the rocks around it hurt their knees.
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It's quite dangerous here, Emma said.
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I don't want to stay here.
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Let's go back instead.
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But the little boy said, Look, there's a ring under that black and gold fish.
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I can get that for you too.
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It's the very, very best kind of treasure. Are you sure?
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Emma said.
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That fish looks angry, doesn't it?
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And it's got really scary big teeth.
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It might bite your fingers.
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That ugly crab might climb out and bite your toes too.
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Don't worry.
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These things aren't frightening, he said.
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I'm the brave son of a brave pirate.
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Deep water, fish with big teeth or ugly crabs are no problem for a child like me.
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The little boy took the glove, fork, and the old pair of sunglasses out of his bag.
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He put on the glove and put the old pair of sunglasses on the fork.
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Then, slowly, slowly, put his hand,
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then his elbow, down, down into the deep water.
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The brave little boy soon hooked the ring out of the water with the end of the sunglasses.
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He gave it to Emma.
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Here you are, he said.
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No problem them.
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The ring was so pretty, Emma couldn't speak.
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But when she looked up to thank the little boy, he wasn't there.
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She was very surprised.
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Where did he disappear to?
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Emma didn't know, but she carried the ring carefully back to the hotel to show her parents.
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They weren't sitting in the sun, so Emma went upstairs to their room.
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Emma's mother was there.
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She looked very worried and sad.
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What's the matter, Mum?
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Emma asked.
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I lost my beautiful gold ring when I went for a swim.
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I was having fun in the waves, but it suddenly came off my finger.
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Emma opened her hand. Is this it?
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She asked.
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Yes, her mother said.
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Where did you find it?
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A pirate's son fished it out of a rock pool for me, Emma answered.
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Emma looked out of the hotel window.
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A pirate ship was sailing away and a little boy was waving to her.
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And this time Emma could see them both, the boy and the pirate ship.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello A2 si basa sul video “storyfun 5 unit 3 treasure”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Emma, boy, rock, pirate, treasure. Questo video contiene 102 frasi e 823 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:29. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 110 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 82% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 16 delle sue 102 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
treasure sostantivo/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/tesoro
pirate sostantivo/ˈpaɪɹət/pirata, corsaro
brave aggettivo/bɹeɪv/coraggioso, ardito
sunglasses sostantivoocchiali da sole
fork sostantivo/fɔɹk/forchetta
bore verbo/boɹ/annoiare, tediare
glove sostantivo/ɡlʌv/guanto
finger sostantivo/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/dito, dita
ugly aggettivo/ˈʌɡli/brutto, laido
shell sostantivo/ʃɛl/conchiglia
bite verbo/baɪt/mordere
climb verbo/ˈklaɪ̯m/arrampicare, scalare
elbow sostantivo/ˈɛlboʊ̯/gomito
crab sostantivo/kɹæb/granchio
carefully avverbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/minuziosamente, accuratamente

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaSignificato
pick up verbotirare su, sollevare
go away verbopartire, andarsene
go back verbotornare
sit down verbosedersi, accomodarsi
stand up verboalzarsi in piedi

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • What do you want?
  • Let's explore the beach and look for treasure.
  • Shall we begin looking there?
  • Can you get it for me?
  • Where did you find it?

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 passatowere looking · weren't sitting · was having
Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certomight bite · might climb

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 20 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come didn't, I'm, aren't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, shell /ʃɛl/, unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: hook /hʊk/, unhappy /ʌnˈhæpi/, whisper /ˈ(h)wɪspɚ/
  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: pirate /ˈpaɪɹət/, brave /bɹeɪv/, fork /fɔɹk/, glove /ɡlʌv/, bite /baɪt/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: crab /kɹæb/, unhappy /ʌnˈhæpi/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come treasure, pirate, brave.

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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