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Huh.
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Pretty thick book you got there.
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Hey, how long does it usually take you to finish something like that?
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I don't know, like a day or two.
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I just started.
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It's a cool story.
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You read it?
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Oh, yeah, yeah.
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A while ago.
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Food, religion, good soundtrack to the movie, which I saw after I read the book.
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That book literally changed my life.
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After my ex read it, he broke up with me he broke up with me and moved to India.
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And coincidentally, it's based on a true story.
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Oh, why coincidentally?
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Because she actually did those things.
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Well, what's the coincidence?
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Have you seen Elizabeth Gilbert's TED Talk?
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Yeah, that's why I'm reading it. So good.
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Who's Elizabeth Gilbert?
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Well, it's the author, coincidentally.
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Oh, the author of this book.
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Look, Elizabeth Gilbert, yeah, yeah, she's amazing.
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And Julia Roberts plays her really, really well in the movie, which I saw after.

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This video has 23 sentences and 156 words to shadow. The speech runs for 1:03. The speaker talks at a natural 150 words per minute, close to everyday conversation. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

8 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
thick adjective/θɪk/Relatively great in extent from one surface to the opposite in its smallest solid dimension.
coincidence noun/kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/The property of being coincident, occurring at the same time or place.
soundtrack noun/ˈsaʊndˌtɹæk/A narrow strip running down a movie film that carries the recorded sound in synchronization with the pictures.
coincidentally adverbIn a coincidental manner.
author noun/ˈɔ.θɚ/The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition; or, one of the creators of a collaborative work.
finish verb/ˈfɪnɪʃ/To complete (something).
literally adverb/ˈlɪ.tə.ɹə.li/Without overstatement or understatement, or false or misleading words.
religion noun/ɹɪˈlɪd͡ʒ.ən/Belief in a spiritual or metaphysical reality (often including at least one deity), accompanied by practices or rituals pertaining to the belief.

Pronunciation to watch

  • The “th” sounds: thick /θɪk/, author /ˈɔ.θɚ/
  • Long words — get the stress right: coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/, literally /ˈlɪ.tə.ɹə.li/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like thick, coincidence, soundtrack.

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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