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The Gingerbread Man
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An old lady and an old man lived in a little house by themselves.
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They had no children, and they felt very lonely and sad at times.
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It gets so boring with just the two of us.
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You are always out in the garden, and I have nothing to do after I finish my cooking and cleaning.
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Well, I'm sure you can find some other ways to keep yourself occupied.
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Hmm, I think I will bake something today.
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I haven't done that in a long time.
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That's a good idea.
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Go ahead and do that.
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Make something interesting for dinner tonight.
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Now I have to head out to the garden again as there are still some more weeds to be pulled out.
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The old lady decided she would make some gingerbread.
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She got out all of the ingredients she needed and kneaded the dough for the gingerbread.
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Softly humming to herself, suddenly she had an idea.
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Let me do something fun.
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I will make the gingerbread in the shape of a man man!
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A gingerbread man!
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My husband will be very amused, I'm sure.
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So the old lady rolled out the dough and cut it out in the shape of a man.
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Let me see now.
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One little ball to be shaped into a mouth, two little chocolate chips for eyes, and these pretty red cherries for buttons.
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Oh, that's one handsome gingerbread man.
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I'm sure he'll taste as good as he looks.
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Now into the oven.
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The old lady went and sat on her rocking chair, knitting away while waiting for the gingerbread man to bake.
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Mmm.
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I'm starting to get the lovely smell of gingerbread.
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Must be done by now.
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Let me go and check.
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The old lady put on her oven gloves and went to open the oven door.
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But as she did, the gingerbread man got up from the baking tray and jumped out of the oven.
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Good heavens, what was that?
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Before she realized what was happening, the gingerbread man ran to the open window, jumped out, and in a second was running down the garden and out into the street.
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Hey!
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Hey!
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Where do you think you're going?
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Come right back here.
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We are supposed to be having you for dinner.
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Oh, no, no. I am not your dinner.
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For you can't lay your hands on me.
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Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man.
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The old lady's husband looked in surprise at his wife running after a gingerbread man.
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What's happening?
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Stop staring and run and catch that robe.
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I had baked him for our dinner.
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But how did he run out?
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I will tell you all that later.
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Quick, catch him before he vanishes.
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The old man starts running after the gingerbread man, shouting at him to stop.
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The old lady cannot catch me.
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Neither can you.
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Run, run, as fast as you can.
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You can't catch me.
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I'm the gingerbread man.
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Down the road ran the gingerbread man with the old man and the lady running behind him.
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A cow sitting beside the road saw the gingerbread man and said, You look so tasty.
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I want to eat you.
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The old lady and old man cannot catch me.
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See if you can catch me, you fat thing.
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Fat thing, you cheeky fellow, just you wait till I catch you.
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The cow started running after the gingerbread man along with the old man and the old lady.
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Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me and the gingerbread man.
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Along the road they ran, with all the passerbys looking at them in surprise.
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A little way ahead, a horse that was trotting along the road stopped to see what was happening.
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That sure looks like a tasty meal.
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Everyone out of my way!
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I'm going to catch that fellow and have him for dinner instead of hay!
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Oh-ho!
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So you also want to eat me?
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Come on, you can also try.
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But you will have to start galloping instead of trotting.
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Believe me, you will be having your hay only for dinner after all.
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So the horse also joined the old lady, old man, and the cow to try and catch the gingerbread man.
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The gingerbread man was having a lot of fun seeing all of them trying to catch him.
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A little way ahead, he stood by the roadside.
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Don't you think you should give up?
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Let me tell you again.
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Run, run, as fast as you can, you can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man.
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Once again, the Gingerbread Man started running, looking back at all those chasing him with a big grin on his face.
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A little way ahead was a big fat pig walking along with its piglets.
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When it saw the Gingerbread Man, it said, That guy sure smells good.
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Should be a good treat for my little piggies.
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Wait, wait, I want to have a word with you.
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No you don't.
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You want to make a meal of me.
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That is not going to happen, you stinking thing.
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What?
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How dare you, you rude fellow.
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I will show you.
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Come on, piggies, let's catch him and eat him.
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And so the pig and piglets also joined the rest to try and catch the gingerbread man.
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Up ahead there was a farm and near the fence was a big brown hen.
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When she saw the gingerbread man, she said, You look so yummy!
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May I have a nibble?
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May I have a nibble?
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No, you may not.
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But you can always try.
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Come, join the merry procession.
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Run, run, as fast as you can.
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You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread man.
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Oh, what a sight it was!
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There was the old man and the old lady trundling along, the cow and the pig waddling along,
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the horse galloping along, and the hen running and flapping her wings with a loud sound.
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I think I've had enough fun.
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No way are those slow coaches going to catch up with me.
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So I'll just look around for some place to rest.
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Phew, all that running has really tired me out.
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A little farther away there was a river flowing gently.
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The gingerbread man wanted to go across to the other side, but if he fell in the water he would become all soggy.
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As he was thinking of what to do, he heard a voice.
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Want me to take you across?
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The gingerbread man looked around and saw a fox sitting against a rock.
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You think I'm a fool?
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You also want to eat me like the rest of them.
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Eat you?
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A measly looking fellow like you?
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You are not even enough as a starter.
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Forget a whole meal.
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The fox was a very, very wily fellow.
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He knew the gingerbread man could run very fast, and he was too lazy to run after him.
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Then why would you want to be so good to me?
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I am not being good to you.
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I was going to cross the river anyway, so I thought you could hop on my back and I would take you across.
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Ehhhh...
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Decide fast.
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I don't have the whole day.
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Okay.
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What would you want in exchange?
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I'll tell you that when we cross over.
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Come on, on my back.
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When they were halfway across, the fox told the gingerbread man...
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I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable.
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I think it would be better if you perch yourself on my neck.
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the gingerbread man crawled onto the fox's neck.
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Ah, that's better.
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After a while, the fox started moving its neck and told him, Ooh, my neck has started paining.
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I think it would be better if you sit on my snout.
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The gingerbread man thought he was very smart, but he couldn't guess what was going on in the cunning fox's mind.
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As before, it did what the fox told him to.
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There.
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Are you okay now?
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This was the chance the fox had been waiting for.
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As soon as the gingerbread man sat on its snout, the fox quickly tossed him up and caught him in his mouth as he fell.
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And there ended the tale of the gingerbread man.
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Ha!
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Thought he was smarter than me!
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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.