Pratica di Shadowing: The Devil Wears Prada - all scenes with Emily 2/4 (4K) - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

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I mean, you get coffee.
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- and you run errands, yet I'm in charge of her schedule, her appointments and her expenses, and, um...
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- Thank you.
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Most importantly, I get to go with her to Paris for Fashion Week in the fall.
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I get to wear couture.
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I go to all the shows and all the parties.
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I meet all of the designers.
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It's divine.
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Okay, now stay here.
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I'm going to the art department to give them the book.
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No. This is the book.
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Now, it is a mock -up.
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of everything in the current issue.
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- Mm -hmm.
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- And we deliver it to Miranda's apartment every night.
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And she returns.. don't touch it.
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She returns it to us in the morning with the Her notes.
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Yeah.
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The second assistant is supposed to do this, but Miranda is very private, and she does not like strangers in her house.
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So until she decides that you're not a total psycho, I get the lovely task of waiting around for the book.
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Oh, Emily, what do I do?
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- Deal with it.
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- - Leave it.
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I have Miranda Priestly calling.
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I have Patrick!
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Thank you.
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All right.
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- No, she called me in there and she asked me about Pier 59.
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And there was something about Simone, Frankie, someone else and she needs skirts.
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I'm Calvin Klein.
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And, uh, there was something about a pony.
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Did she say witch skirts?
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- No. Did you say what kind?
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- No. I tried to ask her.
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You never ask Miranda anything right.
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I will deal with all of this.
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And you will go to Kelvin Klein.
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Me?
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Oh, I'm sorry, do you have some prior commitment?
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Some hideous skirt convention you have to go to?
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Okay!
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Cassidy forgot to have her look at Dalton.
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Pick that up.
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Oh yeah, and Miranda went out to meet with Mizell, and she will want more Starbucks when she gets back.
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Hot Starbucks.
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Oh my god.
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What took you so long?
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I have to pee!
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You haven't peed since I left?
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No, I haven't been manning the desks, haven't I?
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Bursting.
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You do code.
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Do the code.
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OK.
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Now, be prepared.
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The run -through is at 12 :30, and people are panicking.
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So the phone is going to be ringing off the hook.
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The run -through.
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Right.
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Yes, editors bring in options for the shoot and Miranda chooses.
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She chooses every single thing in every single issue.
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Run -throughs are a huge deal.
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I don't know why you don't know that, Andrea.
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Okay, you ready?
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Oh, hi hi Right well after the loo Serena and I are going to lunch.
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This is this is her the new me.
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Hi told you So you're kidding you know quite serious.
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Yeah, I get 20 minutes for lunch and you get 15 when I come back you can go I Okay.
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What exactly is she wearing?
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Her grandmother's skirt.
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And then Cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different designers.
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And then it filtered down through the department stores and then trickled on down into some tragic
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Casual corner where you no doubt fished it out of some...
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clearance bin.
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However, that blue represents millions of people.
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The twins also need flip flops.
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Thank God it's Friday, right?
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At least Miranda will be in Miami, so we don't have to be on call this weekend.
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You know, my dad's coming in from Ohio.
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Yeah, we're gonna go out to dinner and maybe see Chicago.
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You doing anything fun this weekend?
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Thank you.
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Yes.
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Thank you.
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Excuse me, where do you think you're going?
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No idea why Miranda hired her.
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Me neither.
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The other day we were in the beauty department and she held up the swimwear eyelash curler and said, what is this?
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From the moment I saw her, she was going to be a complete and utter disaster.
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We're at a prison office.
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No, actually she's not available, but I'll leave work.
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Okay, thanks.
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Bye.
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Thank you.
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Are you wearing the Chanel boots?
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Yeah, I am.
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You look good.
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- Thank you.
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What?
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Oh, shut up, Serena.
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Emily?
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- Guard this with your life.
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- Of course.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “The Devil Wears Prada - all scenes with Emily 2/4”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: Miranda, skirt, department. Questo video contiene 103 frasi e 685 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:36. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 149 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. 18 delle sue 103 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 14 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
skirt sostantivo/skɚt/gonna
errand sostantivo/ˈɛɹənd/incarico
eyelash sostantivo/ˈaɪlæʃ/ciglio
hideous aggettivo/ˈhɪd.i.əs/orribile, orrendo
trickle verbo/ˈtɹɪkəl/gocciolare, sgocciolare
flop verbo/flɑp/crollare
pony sostantivo/ˈpoʊni/pony
utter verbo/ˈʌtəɹ/articolare, biascicare
mock verbo/mɑk/parodiare, imitare
clearance sostantivo/ˈklɪɚ.əns/sgombero, repulisti
tragic aggettivo/ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/tragico
burst verbo/bɜːst/scoppiare, esplodere
boot sostantivo/but/stivale, scarpone
flip verbo/flɪp/capovolgere, spadellare

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
come back verbotornare
hold up verboritardare, rallentare
shut up/ʃʌt ʌp/chiudi la bocca, stai zitto

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • Did you say what kind?
  • Some hideous skirt convention you have to go to?
  • You haven't peed since I left?
  • No, I haven't been manning the desks, haven't I?
  • Excuse me, where do you think you're going?

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 18 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I'm, haven't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: skirt /skɚt/, errand /ˈɛɹənd/, eyelash /ˈaɪlæʃ/, hideous /ˈhɪd.i.əs/, flop /flɑp/
  • /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: eyelash /ˈaɪlæʃ/, tragic /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪk/

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 skirt, errand, eyelash.

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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