Pratica di Shadowing: Tatterhood and the Troll King - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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The End The End The End Long,
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long ago, in a land of jagged mountains and mirror-still fjords, there stood a castle carved from ancient pine and whispered secrets.
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It was a place where the wind sang through dragon-scale shingles, and the mist rose like ghosts from the icy water.
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And on this night, the castle held its breath, for two very different souls were about to enter the world.
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My heart, it beats two different rhythms tonight, my king.
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One wild as a storm, one gentle as a still pond.
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They will balance each other like the sun and the moon.
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Breathe, my love.
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And so, by the flicker of candlelight and the whisper of the midnight moon, the kingdom received its greatest treasure.
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Not one princess, but two.
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Two.
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Whee!
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Faster, Bannister!
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I am the queen of the whole wide slide! And Tatterhood?
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She was the chaos.
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You are so proper, Princess Lillia.
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A true image of royalty.
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Someone must keep the peace, while my sister keeps the chaos.
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Order is a kind of armor, is it not?
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Look, Lillia!
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I caught him by the moat!
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His name is Sir Croax-a-Lot!
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You are impossible, Tatterhood, and you are covered in mud.
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That's because Sir Croax-a-Lot put up a fight!
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Not the flour!
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My sourdough starter!
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Little cards!
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Chaaaaa!
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Ha ha!
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Look at her!
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She has the spirit of a warrior!
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She will be a legend!
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I fear that spirit will call the shadows.
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They are watching.
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Grandma said the spoon held old magic.
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I just thought it was for soup.
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The spoon knew it had been waiting for her all along.
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But magic, like moonlight, casts both light and shadow.
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And deep within the black waters of the fjord, something ancient stirred.
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Trolls, lumpy, grumpy, and hungry for trouble, rose from the deep.
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Their eyes glowed like sickly green fire, and their hearts beat only for mischief.
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They had smelled something sweet upon the night air and they were coming to take it.
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Dithycay!
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Tatterhorn, help!
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Nobody hears you, little flower.
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She heard and she was coming.
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Put my sister down, you lumpy boulder!
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Ow!
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It burns!
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It burns like hot porridge!
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Turns out, porridge wasn't the only thing that burned.
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Come get them, Scruffy, if you dare!
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No, no!
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Tatter!
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And with a thunderous splash, the Troll King vanished beneath the dark water.
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I'm coming, Lilia.
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I'm coming, Kek.
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No troll takes my family.
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Tatterhood, please, it's too dangerous.
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You are just a child.
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I am the child with the spoon and I am going I will bring her back And so alone
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but not broken Tatterhood stepped into the waiting dark behind her the castle's warm glow flickered like a fading memory
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Ahead lay the ancient whispering forest.
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You know the way old friend Let's go Yuck!
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Sticky thorns!
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Let go of my hair, you overgrown toothpicks!
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Back off!
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Oh, come on!
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A broken bridge?
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That's just rude!
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Who breaks a bridge and doesn't fix it?
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Grandma always said if you can't go over it, swing under it.
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Wee, Wainer!
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This is terrifyingly fun!
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One down, a thousand trolls to go.
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And now, a vacation home for monsters.
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Great, just great.
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The one who wields the kitchen weapon shall break the stone crown.
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Well, that's oddly specific.
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I thought it was just for soup.
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Whoa!
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It's a.. it's a map!
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The ancient stones spoke to her, not in words, but in warm golden light.
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The painted map glowed like a heartbeat, showing a path that twisted through mountains and mist, ending at a terrible place.
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There you are, you ugly rock pile.
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I'm coming for my sister.
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Alright, messy hair.
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Time to make some noise.
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I will stew that goat and wear that flower in my crown.
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My sister is coming, and she has a very big spoon.
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A spoon!
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Pots and pans.
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Grandma's story said trolls hate loud noise.
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Let's make a symphony.
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Behold!
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The Noisemaker of Doom!
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I should have tied them on tighter.
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Wake up, ugly!
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Bang, bang, bang!
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Tatterhood!
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I knew you'd come!
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I knew it!
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I'd cross a thousand ravine things for you, and a hundred troll kitchens.
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Wait, we're floating!
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Tatterhood, we're floating!
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Trust the spoon!
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See?
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I told you the spoon was good for soup and rescue.
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You are impossible, completely, utterly impossible.
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Bah.
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Morning came, soft and golden, as if the sky itself was sighing with relief.
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The fjord shimmered with the colours of hope And the castle, though scarred, stood tall against the dawn They're alive!
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The princesses are alive!
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We made it!
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Told you!
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My brave girls, my wild one, my gentle one I thought I'd lost you both!
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We're both a little bit of both, Mama We just took the long way home And so the old spoon found its resting place upon a sunlit sill.
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Its runes had faded, its magic spent, but not wasted.
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It had carried a brave little girl across the world and back again.
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You know, you're still a mess.
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And you're still too neat.
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Balance, sister, that's what we are.
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Tatterhood, use a fork!
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My friends, my family, to my daughter, Tatterhood, who taught us all that a true warrior doesn't need a sword.
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She just needs a brave heart and a good kitchen spoon.
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I can't believe he said that.
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I can.
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It's true.
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I couldn't have done it without you to rescue.
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And I couldn't have done it without you to rescue me.
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And so, dear listener, if you ever feel too messy, remember the little girl with tangled hair and a wooden spoon.
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Remember that bravery doesn't ask for permission.
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The greatest heroes are the ones who are just impossibly themselves.
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So, remember kids, you don't have to be perfect to be a hero.
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You don't need a sword or a crown or a fancy plan.
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You just need to be brave enough to be perfectly you.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questo video contiene 136 frasi e 997 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 8:50. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 113 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 73% 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:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
spoon sostantivo/spuːn/cucchiaio
brave aggettivo/bɹeɪv/coraggioso, ardito
rescue verbo/ˈɹɛs.kjuː/salvare
castle sostantivo/ˈkɑːsəl/castello
bang sostantivo/ˈbæŋ/botto, fragore
soup sostantivo/sup/minestra, brodo
glow verbo/ɡloʊ/brillare
shadow sostantivo/ˈʃædəʊ̯/ombra
flower sostantivo/ˈfloʊɚ/fiore
ugly aggettivo/ˈʌɡli/brutto, laido
sword sostantivo/soɹd/spada, brando
chaos sostantivo/ˈkeɪˌɑs/caos
breathe verbo/bɹiːð/respirare
gentle aggettivo/ˈd͡ʒɛntl̩/gentile
warrior sostantivo/ˈwɔɹi.ɚ/guerriero, guerriera

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
put up verbocollocare
turn out verborisultare
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/svegliarsi

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 22 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come doesn't, I'm, we're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: breathe /bɹiːð/, beneath /bɪˈniːθ/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, thorn /θoɹn/, thunderous /ˈθʌn.də.ɹəs/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, splash /splæʃ/, shimmer /ˈʃɪm.ɚ/

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 spoon, brave, rescue.

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosaone who wields · ones who are
Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passatowere coming · was coming · was sighing
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodoare watching · I'm coming · am going
Futuro con “will” will + verbo — una decisione, una promessa o una previsionewill balance · will be · will call

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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