Pratica di Shadowing: Tactics for Listening Third Edition Expanding Unit 18 Vacations - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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what do you think I should do for vacation this summer well you like the beach

and you love hanging out in the Sun why don't you go to the Caribbean

or how about the Philippines some friends of mine stayed at

a beach resort there last summer well I've been to the Caribbean a couple of times

and I always enjoy it but I've never been to the Philippines I think that would be fun 2.

I'm not sure where to go for vacation this year.

Why don't you go skiing?

I had a great time at a ski resort in the mountains last winter.

Or how about a jungle trip to the Malaysian National Forest?

I did that a couple of years ago, and it was amazing.

Well, I just bought some new ski equipment, and I'm dying to try it.

I have to say that I'm not too excited about the idea of a jungle trip.

I don't like bugs, and I bet there would be a lot of them.

Three.

I'd like to do something really different for my vacation this year.

How about a trip down the Nile River?

You've never been to Egypt, right?

Or maybe you could spend a week in the Australian outback.

Hmm, they both sound interesting.

But I guess I'd prefer the Australian trip.

The Nile River might be just a little too exciting for me.

4. I'd like to do something exciting this vacation.

I don't want to just lie around on a beach.

How about whitewater rafting down the Colorado River?

It takes you right through the Grand Canyon.

That's really exciting.

Or you could go on a 10-day African safari.

I've heard that's a great trip.

The safari trip would be fun sometime, but I only have one week.

I think I'll do the Grand Canyon trip.

Thanks for the teep.

Five.

Any ideas about where we should go for vacation?

I'm thinking about a couple of trips.

We could go to Southeast Asia.

We'd go to Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia.

The other place I was thinking about going to is China.

China?

I've never been there.

I hear it's fascinating.

I've already been to Thailand and Indonesia, so let's go to China.

6. I need help figuring out what to do for my vacation.

Well, last year my friends and I went on a two-week bus tour of Europe.

We traveled in nice, comfortable motorcoaches and stopped in different cities.

We stayed in each city for a day or two, and all our hotel reservations were taken care of.

Hmm, that could be fun.

But sometimes I get sick when I ride in cars and buses.

You could take a train trip across Russia.

My sister did that a couple of years ago.

Oh, I love trains, and I've never been to Russia.

Listening to One I'm so excited about my trip to Asia.

I've never been there before.

First, I'm flying to Taipei from the US.

I'll be spending three days there because I hear that there's a lot to see and do.

I'll also be spending three days in Seoul.

I hear the nightlife there is great.

Then we go from there to Hong Kong.

I'm planning to do lots of shopping there, so I hope two days is enough time to buy everything I need.

I would really love to go to Beijing for a few days, but unfortunately this tour doesn't go there.

After Hong Kong, we'll end up in Thailand for five days, so I guess I won't be able to get to Tokyo or Malaysia on this trip.

Oh well, I have to save a few places to visit on my next vacation.

2. Well, our trip starts off in London.

We've got a week there.

Then we'll take the bus up to Oxford for two days to see friends.

We also wanted to see Cambridge.

I hear it's beautiful, but we won't have time this trip.

Anyway, then we head to France.

We have five days in Paris, which will give us time to see all of those museums.

I wish we were going to spend a few days in Germany, too, but this trip doesn't include it.

But we do go to Switzerland for three days.

I'm really looking forward to that.

Then we end up in Italy for the last five days of the tour.

Three.

We start off in Los Angeles.

We're going to stay there for three days because we want to hit the beach and see the sights.

We're not going to go to San Francisco this time because we've been there before.

Then we're off to Denver to visit my sister.

We're going to stay there for a week.

I hope that's enough time because I haven't seen her since last Christmas and we have so much to talk about.

We were thinking of going to Chicago after that

but we just don't have time so it's straight on to Washington DC and New York.

We've got two days in Washington and three in New York.

We'd really love to get up to Boston for a couple of days, but it probably won't happen.

Maybe next time.

Listening 3 1 After graduation, I'm going to fly to Europe and spend a couple of weeks traveling on my own.

I'll be in Germany and France mostly.

There are so many things I want to see and do.

Museums, restaurants, clubs, cafes, all that stuff.

I know my parents worry about me traveling alone, but I just prefer it that way.

I guess it's because I want to be free.

On those group tours, everything is planned for you.

Two.

I'm taking a trip to New Zealand.

I hear it's really quiet down there

and the people are really friendly I want to go to small towns that don't get a lot of tourists.

Then I can just check into a cheap hotel and do my own thing.

I'm really looking forward to this trip.

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I guess it's because I need to go somewhere quiet.

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The city where I live is so noisy and the people are rude.

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3. When I'm in London I want to see as many plays and concerts as I can.

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I also I also want to go to all the big museums and art galleries there.

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I'm going to go dancing as often as I can, too.

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Basically, I want to see and do everything.

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I really want to make the most of the week I'll be there.

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I guess it's because I need some excitement.

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My life has been so boring this year.

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4. I'm going to go to Thailand this winter.

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I don't want to spend any time in Bangkok because I've been there before.

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This time, I just want to relax on a nice, quiet beach.

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I can swim and snorkel every day if I want to, but I don't have to do anything.

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I just want to relax.

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I guess it's because I've been so busy at work recently.

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I'm spending a month in Mexico.

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It's going to be great.

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I don't want to spend any time in Mexico City, though.

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There are too many tourists there.

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Instead, I want to go to one of those small old colonial towns.

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I guess it's because I want to practice my Spanish.

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I studied the language for three years in college, and I think I'll get to use it a lot more in a small town.

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6. My friend and I are going to Australia.

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It's perfect for us because Australia has a lot of cheap hotels for backpackers.

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They're great places to meet other young people and travelers from all over the world.

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I'm really excited about this trip.

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I guess it's because the beaches are great there.

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I heard the East Coast of Australia has some of the best surfing in the world.

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1. After graduation, I'm going to fly to Europe and spend a couple of weeks traveling on my own.

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I'll be in Germany and France mostly.

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There are so many things I want to see and do.

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Museums, restaurants, clubs, cafes, all that stuff.

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I know my parents worry about me traveling alone, but I just prefer it that way.

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I guess it's because I want to be free.

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On those group tours, everything is planned for you.

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Two.

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I'm taking a trip to New Zealand.

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I hear it's really quiet down there, and the people are really friendly.

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I want to go to small towns that don't get a lot of tourists.

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Then I can just check into a cheap hotel and do my own thing.

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I'm really looking forward to this trip.

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I guess it's because I need to go somewhere quiet.

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The city where I live is so noisy and the people are rude.

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Three.

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When I'm in London, I want to see as many plays and concerts as I can.

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I also want to go to all the big museums and art galleries there.

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I'm going to go dancing as often as I can, too.

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Basically, I want to see and do everything.

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I really want to make the most of the week I'll be there.

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I guess it's because I need some excitement.

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My life has been so boring this year.

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Four.

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I'm going to go to Thailand this winter.

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I don't want to spend any time in Bangkok because I've been there before.

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This time, I just want to relax on a nice, quiet beach.

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I can swim and snorkel every day if I want to, but I don't have to do anything.

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I just want to relax.

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I guess it's because I've been so busy at work recently.

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Five.

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I'm spending a month in Mexico.

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It's going to be great.

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I don't want to spend any time in Mexico City, though.

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There are too many tourists there.

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Instead, I want to go to one of those small old colonial towns.

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I guess it's because I want to practice my Spanish.

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I studied the language for three years in college, and I think I'll get to use it a lot more in a small town.

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6. My friend and I are going to Australia.

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It's perfect for us because Australia has a lot of cheap hotels for backpackers.

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They're great places to meet other young people and travelers from all over the world.

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I'm really excited about this trip.

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I guess it's because the beaches are great there.

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I heard the East Coast of Australia has some of the best surfing in the world.

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Pronunciation 1.

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I'm so excited about my trip.

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2. Did you do a lot of fun stuff?

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3. You and I should take a trip somewhere.

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4. Let's do it.

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Five.

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I want to go on vacation soon.

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Six.

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Who are you going with?

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Dictation.

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Didn't you go on vacation last month?

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Yeah, I did.

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Joe and I went to a great beach resort in the Caribbean.

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Wow.

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Did you do a lot of sightseeing?

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No, we mostly just relaxed on the beach.

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That sounds like fun.

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Did you do anything else?

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Not really, but we did go out to dinner every night.

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Were the restaurants good?

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They were great, and we went to a different one each night.

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Thank you.

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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Tactics for Listening Third Edition Expanding Unit 18 Vacations”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: trip, guess, vacation, beach, spend. Questo video contiene 193 frasi e 1887 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 12:56. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 146 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.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

Parola	Pronuncia	Significato
excite verbo	/ɪkˈsaɪt/	stimolare, eccitare
backpacker sostantivo		escursionista, saccopelista
snorkel sostantivo		boccaglio
safari sostantivo	/səˈfɑːɹ.i/	safari
noisy aggettivo	/ˈnɔɪzi/	rumoroso
surf verbo	/sɝf/	surfare, fare surf
bore verbo	/boɹ/	annoiare, tediare
graduation sostantivo	/ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/	graduazione
jungle sostantivo	/ˈd͡ʒʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l/	giungla
colonial aggettivo	/kəˈloʊ.njəl/	coloniale
excitement sostantivo	/ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/	eccitamento, orgasmo
swim verbo	/swɪm/	nuotare, natare
rude aggettivo	/ɹuːd/	rude, maleducato
dictation sostantivo	/dɪkˈteɪʃən/	dettatura, dettato
nightlife sostantivo	/ˈnaɪtˌlaɪf/	vita notturna

I phrasal verb che sentirai

Parola	Significato
look forward to verbo	non vedere l'ora
figure out verbo	scoprire, rendersi conto
get up to verbo	commettere

Frasi da ripetere

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

Why don't you go skiing?
Any ideas about where we should go for vacation?
Did you do a lot of fun stuff?
Who are you going with?
Didn't you go on vacation last month?

La grammatica di questo video

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

Struttura	Nel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso	I've been · I've never been · You've never been
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa	were taken · is planned
Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppo	the most of · the best
Consigli con “should” should + verbo — dire che cosa è meglio fare	should do · should go · should take

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 82 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni “sh” e “zh”: graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, dictation /dɪkˈteɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, reservation /ˌɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, excite /ɪkˈsaɪt/, surf /sɝf/, excitement /ɪkˈsaɪtmənt/, rude /ɹuːd/
/æ/ — più aperta della “e”: relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, cafe /ˌkæˈfeɪ/, fascinate /ˈfæsɪneɪt/, outback /ˈaʊtbæk/

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 excite, backpacker, snorkel.

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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Tactics for Listening Third Edition Developing Unit 19 Touring a City

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Developing Unit 21 Hotels

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Basic Unit 10 The family

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Developing Unit 16 Movies

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Basic Unit 11 Entertainment

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Expanding Unit 15 Favorites

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Basic Unit 14 Small Talk

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Basic Unit 9 Locations

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Basic Unit 4 Routines

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Expanding Unit 17 Past Events

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Basic Unit 12 Prices

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Developing Unit 15 Hotel Services

Tactics for Listening Third Edition Developing Unit 18 Phone Messages

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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

I phrasal verb che sentirai

Frasi da ripetere

La grammatica di questo video

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Come esercitarsi con questo video

Cos'è la tecnica dello Shadowing?