Pratica di Shadowing: SUCCEED KET | TEST 4 | ANSWER KEY & AUDIOSCRIPTS - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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Succeed KET 2020.
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Listening audio scripts test for.
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Part 1.
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For each question, choose the correct answer.
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1. What day will they meet?
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How about dinner sometime this week?
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There's a great new restaurant in town!
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Good idea!
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What's today?
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Thursday?
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because I think I've got an appointment with the dentist.
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Actually, it's Tuesday, so is tonight good for you then?
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Well, I can't on Wednesdays, as I'm working late, so tonight is probably best.
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I'll call you later.
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Two.
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How much does the woman pay for the ticket?
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Hello, do you have cheap tickets for Paris for tomorrow?
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The cheapest is £104, madam, but I'm afraid they're all sold out.
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Oh well.
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I guess I'll have to pay the standard price of one hundred and eighty pounds then.' Actually, we have a special offer of a £40 discount this week.
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So that's £140 rather than £180, madam.
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Now, If you would just 3.
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What job does the man do?
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Well, my job at the hotel is very difficult at times.
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Sometimes the customers have problems with our staff, especially with our waiters and waitresses.
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What about the receptionist then?
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Did they ever have any problems with the guests?
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Sometimes yes, but not that often.
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If anyone needs my help, they call me and I come right away from my office.
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4. What are they watching tonight?
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What's on TV tonight?
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There's a new film about the life of a famous doctor.
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That sounds really interesting, but I think there's also a dance competition.
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Oh yes.
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"'What about the men in blue?' It's a film about the lives of police officers.
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Let's watch that next Saturday online when Jin is here.
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So what about now?
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The competition?
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Yes.
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I think Jen will love the men in blue.
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5. What is the weather like now?
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Look how great the clouds look in the sky.
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They do look nice, but I prefer the sun.
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It makes me happy.
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Well, it looks like it's going to rain in a few minutes, so no clear sky today.
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I hope so.
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It hasn't rained in a while and the trees need some water.
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It'll be sunny at the weekend anyway.
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Part 2: For each question, write the correct answer in the gap.
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Write one word, or a number, or a date, or a time.
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You will hear a tour guide talking to a group of tourists about their plans for the day.
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Good morning everyone, I'm John, your tour guide.
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Tomorrow we are going to leave at 9am.
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Please make sure you are all at the hotel entrance at 10 to 9.
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The bus will pick us up from there.
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I will have all your tickets and you can leave your passports behind, but don't forget your cameras.
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We will go to the palace first.
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Then we will have an early lunch at a nice restaurant in Hyde Park next to the lake.
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There is a good set menu for £9 .95.
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If you want a drink, you can have anything you like for £2 .50 at the nearby cafe.
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Then in the afternoon we will go to the London Eye and the British Museum.
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After that, you are free to go shopping until 8pm.
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For the best shops in London, visit www .shopspots .com.
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That's spelt S -H -O -P -S -P -O -T -S.
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At 8 we will meet again at the end of Piccadilly Street to return to the hotel for dinner.
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That's P -I -C -C -A -D -I -L -L -Y Street.
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I hope you enjoy your day!
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Part 3: For each question, choose the correct answer.
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You will hear Amir talking to his colleague Sarah about a company event.
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Hi Sarah, you are coming to the dinner party, aren't you?
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Yeah.
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Now that it's on the third, My daughter's birthday is on the 29th of May, so she's having her party on the 1st of June.
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Oh, OK.
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What are you wearing?
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Not your little black dress again.
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Maybe in my new blouse and a skirt.
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Why not the blouse with the brown suit?
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We'll see.
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Now, I've got some great news.
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I talked to Mr. Larson, and he told me he was giving away plane tickets to the Employee of the Month.
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I could take John to Paris.
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I hope you get them.
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Booking that appointment with Gin Sanders was quite a success.
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"'I know!' So are you taking the kids to the party?
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No, I asked my mum to look after them.
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Me too.
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It'll just be me and my husband.
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Great.
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You have to be there by eight to take some photographs.
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I will get to the office at seven as Mr. Larson wants me to talk to the others first.
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I suggested calling them the night before,
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but he said no. Part 4: For each question, choose the correct answer.
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16. You will hear a woman talking to a colleague.
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Who is she waiting for?
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Hi Anne, why are you waiting outside the office building?
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My husband is picking me up today.
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because I'd need him to drive me to the dentist in the city centre.' I see.
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Do you think you could take my friend Faye with you too?
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She's meeting someone from the office on Oxford Street.
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Yeah.
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Why not?
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17. you will hear a man phoning his wife Why is he phoning her?
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Hi Sheila, I'm still at work at the moment.
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If it's okay with you, I'd like to go to Paul's house after work because we want to work on our project together.
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Okay, and his wife said you and the kids could come along later in the evening, so that all of us can have some dinner together.
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Eighteen.
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you will hear a couple talking about a new car.
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How will they find out how much it costs?
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I wonder how much this car is.
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I've already been on the company's website, but there was no information on it.
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Maybe we could call your friend John.
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He knows everything about cars.
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I guess, but wouldn't it be better to ask the car company?
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I know.
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Their manager gave an interview to Car Wheels.
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I'll get it from the shop.
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19. You will hear two friends talking about a group tour.
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Why will they book a Monday tour?
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How about going on that group tour to the city centre today?
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You know I like to relax on Sundays.
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Plus today it's too hot to be outside all day.
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What about tomorrow then?
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Maybe there's a discount on weekday tours?
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No, there is no discount.
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But I guess it'll be easier to get around when the streets aren't so busy.
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20. You will hear a woman calling her boss.
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What does she need to do first?
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Hi Mr Johnson.
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Your secretary told me you need me to come and meet you at the airport to welcome the Japanese business people.
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I'll be there as soon as I finish with Sean, the new guy i am showing him around the building in 20 minutes
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I'll tell your secretary to call you to let you know I'm leaving.
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Thanks!
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Part 5: For each question, choose the correct answer.
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You will hear Richard talking to Anya about the weather this week.
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What was the weather like each day of the week?
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Wasn't the weather strange this week?
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I can't believe it was so hot on Monday that we went to the lake for a boat ride.
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Tuesday was nice too.
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Yes, it wasn't as hot as Monday, but there weren't any clouds in the sky.
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It was nothing like Wednesday was it?
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No, there was so much wind we couldn't stand outside.
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I didn't even go to basketball practice.
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And Thursday was even worse.
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That's right.
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I wouldn't mind some light rain, but there was thunder all day.
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But Friday was much better.
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Maybe for you, but I couldn't see where I was going.
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It made it really hard to ride a bike.
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Who would have thought the weather would change so much on Saturday then?
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I know.
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When I woke up and looked out of the window, I could not believe everything was white.
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Let's hope the weather gets better next week.
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I wouldn't mind if it stayed as it is.
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No school for me.

Perché esercitarsi a parlare con questo video?

Questo video offre un'ottima occasione per migliorare le tue capacità di shadow speak, una tecnica di apprendimento linguistico molto efficace. Ascoltando le conversazioni quotidiane in contesti reali, puoi affinare non solo la tua pronuncia ma anche la tua intonazione e il ritmo del parlato. Riuscire a imitare i parlanti nativi è fondamentale per migliorare la pronuncia inglese, e questo video ti permette di farlo in modo divertente e interattivo.

Grammatica ed espressioni in contesto

Durante il video, sono utilizzate diverse strutture grammaticali e frasi idiomatiche che possono arricchire il tuo vocabolario. Analizziamo alcune di queste:

  • Will e going to: Questi verbi modali sono utilizzati per esprimere intenzioni future. Frasi come "What day will they meet?" e "Actually, it's Tuesday" offrono spunti per capire come navigare nel tempo futuro.
  • Do you have: Una domanda comune in contesti di acquisto. "Do you have cheap tickets?" è un esempio perfetto per imparare a formulare domande pertinenti.
  • It looks like: Questa espressione idiomatica viene utilizzata per fare osservazioni, come in "It looks like it's going to rain". Serve a praticare la struttura di osservazione in inglese.

Trappole di pronuncia comuni

In questo video ci sono alcune parole e frasi che potrebbero risultare difficili da pronunciare per gli apprendenti:

  • Appointment: Un termine che spesso causa problemi; assicurati di pronunciarlo correttamente per evitare malintesi.
  • Actually: È fondamentale padroneggiare la pronuncia di questa parola, che viene utilizzata frequentemente. Presta attenzione al modo in cui viene enfatizzata nel parlato.
  • Dish: La parola “dish” è pronunciata in modo specifico, e può risultare ostica. Concentrati sull’articolazione della "d" e della "sh".

Utilizzando il metodo dello shadowing in inglese con questo video, puoi esercitarti a superare queste trappole di pronuncia e migliorare la tua abilità di shadow speech. Ricorda che la pratica costante è la chiave per il successo nell'apprendimento dell'inglese!

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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