Pratica di Shadowing: Thanksgiving at My House - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Creazione lezione...
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Hello, good morning.
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This is the day I look forward to Thanksgiving.
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Thanksgiving is my favorite time of year because it's the only time
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when I can really see my family because everyone's so busy and I get to cook for them.
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All right, I'm going to bring you along with me, but before that, I'm actually going to show you how I...
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threw myself together to look decent for this vlog.
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I'm going to start off with my routine using a peeling gel.
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And a peeling gel gently exfoliates all the dead skin layer, so once I wipe this off, my skin feels super smooth and polished.
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And it's ready for the next step, which mainly consists of deep hydration and treatment.
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And on days where I don't want to use foundation or even a skin tint, I'll just use this eye cream that's also a lavender tone -up.
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My secret weapon is this powder.
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Portrait Mode by M.
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I made this powder for people like myself who have textured skin
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and I want it to look as if I have a real -life beauty filter on.
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Then I'll fill in my brows very lightly Tight lining my eyes keeping it really light.
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This is Phantom Blur.
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It's kind of like portrait mode, but for the lips, except it's a lip stain.
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So now that I'm ready, I'm gonna go ahead and head over to the kitchen
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and begin the first course.
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It's become family tradition where my sister and I, we both cook Thanksgiving.
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She cooks it over at her place, I cook it here.
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She's in charge of the turkey, I'm in charge of the sides.
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Okay, so I'm gonna go ahead and check the fridge.
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I'm gonna start first with the chicken.
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Okay, now we're gonna begin. with the chicken.
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I'm gonna be making this chicken Not as the main course, but this is actually going to go into the stuffing, but I'm going to be using the drippings from this chicken.
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and it's going to go into the gravy.
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And that's the secret sauce.
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It's all about the drippings.
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Okay, this feels hot enough.
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First, spin down.
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Smells so good already.
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So I need cooking wine to be able to deglaze The drippings.
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But I don't have it.
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I have...
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I don't even know what this is.
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It's product of France.
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Hopefully it works.
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Whoa.
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OK.
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Whoa.
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Let's hear the beauty of this.
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It's interesting 'cause I think the champagne has fruit notes in it.
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Thanksgiving is really mostly about sides.
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Like I know everyone obsesses over the turkey, but I feel like the MVP of Thanksgiving dinner are the sides.
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And this is why I am focusing on the sides.
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I've been cooking for a few hours.
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Not bad.
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I'm not as oily.
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My portrait mode is so good, y 'all.
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It is a real -life beauty filter.
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and a compact.
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My lip stain is still good.
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Nice.
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Thank you.
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I don't know why I'm obsessed with this drink.
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I don't even know what it's called, it's Chinese.
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Ever since I've been in China, I can't stop drinking this.
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If you wanna make your mushrooms more savory, add soy sauce and let it marinate.
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into the mushrooms.
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And let that soak in.
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Alright, now go ahead and add the mushrooms.
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And I'm gonna let that simmer in and melt and it's just gonna become so gorgeous.
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While that's cooking, let's take a look at our gizzard.
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How has this guy been?
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So I'm gonna throw in a little bit of fish sauce, to the gizzard to give it some flavor.
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Get some umami flavor.
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Pepper it.
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Lots of pepper.
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Because this is going to go into the stuffing.
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So, I am cooking two things at once right now.
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Got these amazing long chopsticks.
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- It's probably one of the best green bean casseroles I've ever made.
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Do you see how brown this is?
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This is the beauty of the soy sauce.
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I think it tastes so much better than plain, normal, traditional, green bean casserole.
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Go ahead and put in the rest of the green beans.
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Look who just arrived!
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It's me!
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Alright, we're gonna just go continue cooking.
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This is kind of like the last three hours.
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Alright, this is the Christine technique.
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What is it again?
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You put, you massage like butter under the skin and you just massage the turkey.
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Wow.
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So you massaged? all I'm getting there.
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I have two more two more trays.
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But yeah, you just wanna get it until it feels more like tender, you know?
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Hi!
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Thank you.
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Hey.
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Wait, this looks like a...
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Hi, Mommy!
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Oh my gosh, my mom just came!
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Hi, Mommy!
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Oh my gosh, look who's there!
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Hi baby, look at you.
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Oh wow, you got double sword.
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Hey, you look nice.
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She's been squatting there for the past 30 minutes.
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It was slightly.
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I know baby.
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I'm gonna make your steak later.
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I know, look at that.
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Make it or break it.
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This is the only meat.
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This is the only way for you?
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This is the only meat.
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If I mess up the meat, we don't have anything else, you know?
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I think it's okay, it's not end of the world.
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Thank you.
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- Tenji out.
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- Aww, Tenji, do you remember me?
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Ooh!
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Tenji.
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I like it.
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I love it.
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I love it.
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- I'm going to go.
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- I'm going to go.
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It's not a big thing.
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You're such a good boy.
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- It's a beautiful color.
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- It's a beautiful color.
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- You know, you know it.
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- It's beautiful.
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- It's beautiful.
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Of course, it's like he's looking at me.
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I don't understand why.
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Couple days ago.
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I miss my dad and my mom very much.
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Really?
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Yeah, I cry.
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What made you think of them?
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I still remember them.
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She's so serious about this.
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Her face.
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Yeah, she's so close.
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Like you're - Literally the money shot.
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What do you think, baby?
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Oh my gosh.
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This is the first batch.
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The thighs.
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It looks...
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So good, dude.
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It looks juicy, well -seasoned.
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I can't wait to taste it.
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I don't know how people get that like burnt golden look.
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I don't know if it's just because it's dry.
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It's the basting.
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That's what they're doing.
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You're basically painting it.
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Yeah, but I know.
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But they do it a lot.
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It just looks like dehydrated and dry, but it's like that golden.
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But I think, is that what I really want?
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I don't know.
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I mean, this is looking spectacular.
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Like, I know this is flavorful, What do you think baby?
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What do you think?
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Hey, what do you think?
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Okay Bye.
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So we're in the last 10 -15 minutes.
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Time is wandering down.
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Everyone's hungry, everyone's getting anxious.
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Fluff it.
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I'm gonna add some of the meats that we made.
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This was the gizzards, the innards, the Yummy delicious Chicken.
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I'm also gonna add a little bit more butter - Can't go around with butter.
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- Can't go around with butter.
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- Nope, can't, I'm gonna turn it up even higher.
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- No mama fun, don't be eating too much of this.
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The two hand mix technique.
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I haven't seen this done before.
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I know.
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This is the first of its kind, even for me.
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I didn't even know this existed.
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That's some hand -eye coordination.
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That's what happens here in Chef's kitchen.
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Yep.
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Everything is done. So.
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This is actually my video because um Everyone serves themself and so by the time I'm here You can see the aftermath,
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but everyone is super happy.
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My mom, she's clicking.
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Look at my mom, she's cleaning.
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Mommy, mommy, angri.
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Okay, Christine knows my favorite part.
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I'm a flapper girl.
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I love a good flapper.
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And this is going to be
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My dish.
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This is Crystal's love favorite.
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It's basically Disney's side.
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Yeah it is.

Perché praticare il parlato con questo video?

Questo video "Thanksgiving at My House" offre un'opportunità unica per migliorare la pronuncia inglese mentre ci immergiamo nell'atmosfera della festività del Ringraziamento. Ascoltando come il narratore condivide esperienze personali di riunioni familiari e cucina, potrai apprendere espressioni comuni e costruzioni grammaticali usate nel contesto quotidiano. Utilizzando un approccio di shadowspeak, puoi direttamente imitare l'intonazione e il ritmo del parlato, permettendo una più facile assimilazione delle frasi e delle emozioni espresse.

Grammatica ed espressioni nel contesto

Nel video, vengono utilizzate diverse strutture grammaticali che possono rivelarsi utili per i parlanti in erba:

  • Present Continuous: "I am going to bring you along with me" - Questo tempo verbale è utilizzato per descrivere azioni in corso o piani definiti nel presente.
  • Future Simple: "I will just use this eye cream" - Per esprimere decisioni istantanee o piani futuri, è utile conoscere questa forma verbale.
  • Comparatives: "the MVP of Thanksgiving dinner are the sides" - Comprendere come utilizzare i comparativi può aiutarti a fare confronti nella conversazione.
  • Phrasal Verbs: "throw myself together" - L'uso di phrasal verbs arricchisce il tuo vocabolario e la tua capacità di esprimerti più naturalmente.
  • Imperatives: "check the fridge" - Le istruzioni dirette sono comuni in contesti pratici e possono rendere il tuo parlato più incisivo.

Trappole comuni di pronuncia

Quando si ascolta il narratore, alcune parole possono risultare difficili da pronunciare correttamente. Ecco alcune trappole di pronuncia da tenere d'occhio:

  • Thanksgiving - Ricorda di accentuare la prima sillaba "Thanks-" per una pronuncia più fedele.
  • Gizzards - La "gz" può essere complicata; assicurati di combinare le consonanti senza pause.
  • Drippings - Il suono finale "-ings" è spesso trascurato; prova a enfatizzarlo per migliorare la chiarezza.
  • Marinate - Fai attenzione alla pronuncia della "ai", che dovrebbe suonare come in "air".

Applicando semplici tecniche di shadow speech, puoi praticare queste parole difficili e migliorare la tua fluidità. Ricorda, la ripetizione è chiave nel processo di migliorare la pronuncia 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.