Pratica di Shadowing: The Environment | English Conversation - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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How's your new place, Julie?
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It's really nice.
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I finally finished unpacking, so now I feel more settled.
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Have you met your neighbors yet?
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Yes.
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I met them yesterday.
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They're really friendly.
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But they're a bit too passionate about protecting the environment.
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They're really keen on renewable energy.
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You know, like using solar or wind energy.
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They took great pride in showing me the mini wind turbine in their garden and the solar panels on their roof.
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They're also fanatical about recycling.
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They gave me a tour of their bins.
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They have five different bins, all with different types of rubbish.
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And it's all neatly sorted and divided.
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They sound like model members of the community.
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I don't know why you are complaining.
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Anyway, isn't it a good thing to be environmentally conscious?
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Well, yes, but I couldn't get away once they started talking about it.
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They kept talking to me for nearly two hours.
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I was almost late for work.
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What kind of things did they talk about?
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Oh, so much.
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They started off by talking about how our dependence on fossil fuels is causing a buildup of CO2 in the atmosphere,
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which is damaging the ozone layer.
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and how this would inevitably lead to increasing temperatures and rising sea levels all around the world.
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Well, they're not wrong.
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I know, but this was the first time I'd ever met them.
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They went on to talk extensively about the problems brought about by deforestation.
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Like habitat loss?
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Yes, and other things, like how the trees can help to soak up CO2 from the atmosphere and offset the damage by fossil fuel use.
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Oh, really?
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That's interesting.
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I didn't know that.
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In that case, I'll have to introduce you to them, then.
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They are thinking about launching a new community campaign to convince more people to recycle.
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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 “The Environment”. Questo video contiene 37 frasi e 309 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 2:37. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 118 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 80% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo. 6 delle sue 37 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| recycle verbo | /ɹəˈsaɪkəl/ | riciclare |
| fossil sostantivo | /ˈfɑsl̩/ | fossile |
| bin sostantivo | /ˈbɪn/ | bidone |
| deforestation sostantivo | /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/ | deforestazione |
| environmentally avverbio | ambientalmente | |
| fanatical aggettivo | /fəˈnætɪkəl/ | fanatico |
| unpack verbo | /ʌnˈpæk/ | sballare, disimballare |
| soak verbo | /soʊk/ | inzupparsi, imbeversi |
| turbine sostantivo | /ˈtɜː.baɪn/ | turbina, rotore |
| dependence sostantivo | /dɪˈpɛndəns/ | dipendenza |
| rubbish sostantivo | /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/ | corbelleria, cretinata |
| extensively avverbio | /ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv.li/ | estensivamente |
| inevitably avverbio | /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/ | inevitabilmente |
| renewable aggettivo | /ɹɪˈnu.ə.bl̩/ | rinnovabile |
| offset sostantivo | /ˈɔf.sɛt/ | contropartita |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| get away verbo | allontanarsi |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- How's your new place, Julie?
- Have you met your neighbors yet?
- I don't know why you are complaining.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — i verbi seguiti dalla forma in -ing | finished unpacking · started talking · kept talking |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | are complaining · is causing · is damaging |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 11 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come they're, couldn't, didn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: deforestation /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/, rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/, passionate /ˈpæʃənɪt/, conscious /ˈkɑn.ʃəs/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: deforestation /dɪˌfɒɹɪsˈteɪʃən/, fanatical /fəˈnætɪkəl/, extensively /ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv.li/, inevitably /ɪˈnɛvɪtəbli/
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 recycle, fossil, bin.
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.