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Learn English through stories with shadowing and conversation.
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In a small district in New York, many artists lived in a building.
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Two young women, Sue and Johnsy, shared a studio on the top floor.
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They had come from different places, but they both loved art and food, so they became great friends.
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In November, a cold and invisible visitor arrived in the city, pneumonia.
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It struck many people and poor Johnsy became very ill.
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She lay in her bed, barely moving, and looked through the small window at the brick wall of the house next door.
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One morning, the doctor spoke to Sue in the hallway.
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She has one chance in ten, he said.
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But that chance depends on her desire to live.
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Your friend has decided that she is not going to get better.
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Is she worrying about something?
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She wanted to paint the Bay of Naples one day, Sue said.
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but she has nothing else on her mind.
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Does she have anything worth living for?
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the doctor asked.
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A man, perhaps?
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A man?
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Sue said, sounding annoyed.
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Is a man worth more than the sun?
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No, doctor, there is nothing like that.
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After the doctor left, Sue went into the room with her drawing board.
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She was whistling, trying to be cheerful.
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Suddenly she heard a low sound johnsy was whispering.
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She counted backwards.
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Eleven, ten, nine.
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Sue looked out of the window.
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She saw an old ivy vine climbing the brick wall.
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The cold autumn wind had blown almost all the leaves away.
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What is it, dear?
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Sue asked.
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Six, Johnsy said, her voice weak.
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They are falling faster now.
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Three days ago there were almost a hundred.
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It makes my head ache to count them.
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But now it's easy.
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There goes another one.
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Only five left now.
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Five what, sweetheart?
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Leaves on the ivy vine.
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When the last one falls, I must go too.
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I've known it for three days.
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Oh, what a load of rubbish, Sue said, trying to sound firm.
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The doctor said you have a good chance of getting better.
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Try to eat some soup.
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There goes another one, Johnsy said.
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No, I don't want any soup.
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Only four left now.
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I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark.
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Then I'll go too.
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Sue went downstairs to visit Mr. Bearman, an old painter who lived on the ground floor.
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He was a fierce-looking little man who was a failure in art.
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For 40 years he had talked about painting a masterpiece, but he had never started it.
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Sue told him about Johnsy's silly idea.
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Behrman shouted, Are you mad?
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Is it possible that anyone could be so stupid as to die because leaves fall from a vine?
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I will not paint.
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I am going up to see Johnsy.
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They went upstairs.
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Johnsy was sleeping.
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They went into the other room and looked out of the window at the ivy vine.
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They looked at each other for a moment without speaking.
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A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow.
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Behrman sat down and started to paint.
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The next morning, Johnsy woke up and immediately asked Sue to pull up the curtain.
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Sue was afraid, but she did it.
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The ivy vine was still there and look.
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On the wall against the brick there was still one leaf.
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It was the last one.
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It was still dark green near the stem but its edges were yellow.
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It hung bravely from a branch, twenty feet above the ground.
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It is the last one, said Johnsy.
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I thought it would fall during the night.
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I heard the wind.
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But the day passed and even through the night the wind blew but the leaf stayed.
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The next morning, Johnsy looked out again.
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The leaf was still there.
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She called Sue to her side.
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I've been a bad girl, Sue, Johnsy whispered.
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Something made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked it was to want to die.
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It is a sin to want to die.
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Please, bring me some soup.
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An hour later, the doctor arrived.
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You are doing well, he said.
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In a few days, you will be out of danger.
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Later that day, Sue went to see Behrman.
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He was in his room, very sick.
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He only had pneumonia for two days.
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The janitor found him in his room, helpless and in pain.
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His shoes and clothes were soaking wet and cold.
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They couldn't understand where he had been on such a terrible night.
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Then they found a lantern that was still lit A ladder
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that had been moved And some brushes with green and yellow paint on them Look out of the window,
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dear, Sue said to Johnsy Look at that ivy leaf on the wall
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Didn't you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew?
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Oh, darling, it is Behrman's masterpiece.
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He painted it there the night the last leaf fell.
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District In the story, Sue and Johnsy lived in a small district of New York.
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A district is an area or neighbourhood within a city.
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Different districts often have different characteristics.
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This particular district was known for artists and small studios.
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They lived in a quiet district where many painters and writers worked.
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What a load of rubbish!
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When Sue says, what a load of rubbish, she doesn't mean actual rubbish or garbage.
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means that's nonsense don't be silly it's a very common British expression used
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when you strongly disagree with what someone has said example I'm
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going to fail the exam what a load of rubbish you've studied really hard.
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Fierce looking.
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The story describes Behrman as a fierce-looking old man.
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Fierce looking means someone looks tough, strict or a little frightening.
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However, it describes appearance, not personality.
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In many stories, a fierce-looking character turns out to be kind-hearted.
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The old man looked fierce-looking with his thick beard and serious face, but he was very kind to the children.
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In this story, Behrman looked rough and intimidating, but inside he was caring, brave and generous.
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O. Henry was an American short story writer famous for his emotional stories and surprising endings.
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His real name was William Sidney Porter.
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The Last Leaf is one of his most famous works and is still loved by readers around the world.
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And that brings us to the end of The Last Leaf by O.
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Henry.
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This touching story reminds us that hope can appear in the darkest moments
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and that even a small act of kindness can change someone's life forever.
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Thank you for listening and I'll see you in the next story.
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Goodbye for now.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questo video contiene 123 frasi e 1113 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 10:23. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 107 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Solo il 81% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| leaf sostantivo | /lif/ | foglia |
| fierce aggettivo | /fɪɹs/ | feroce |
| rubbish sostantivo | /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/ | corbelleria, cretinata |
| vine sostantivo | /ˈvaɪ̯n/ | rampicante |
| brick sostantivo | /ˈbɹɪk/ | mattone, laterizio |
| soup sostantivo | /sup/ | minestra, brodo |
| silly aggettivo | /ˈsɪl.i/ | sciocco |
| arrive verbo | /əˈɹaɪv/ | arrivare, giungere |
| painter sostantivo | /ˈpeɪntɚ/ | pittore, pittrice |
| masterpiece sostantivo | /ˈmæstɚˌpis/ | capolavoro, capodopera |
| pneumonia sostantivo | /njuˈməʊniə/ | polmonite |
| strongly avverbio | /ˈstɹɔŋli/ | fortemente, fermamente |
| thick aggettivo | /θɪk/ | spesso |
| shadow sostantivo | /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ | ombra |
| remind verbo | /ɹəˈmaɪnd/ | ricordare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| look out verbo | fare attenzione, stare attento | |
| sit down verbo | sedersi, accomodarsi | |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | svegliarsi |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | has decided · I've known · I've been |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was still lit · had been moved · was known |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passato | was whistling · was whispering · was sleeping |
| Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppo | his most famous · the darkest |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 11 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, I'll, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: thick /θɪk/, cloth /klɒθ/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/, brush /bɹʌʃ/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, intimidate /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/
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 leaf, fierce, rubbish.
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.