Pratica di Shadowing: The Passive Voice - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Jerry, this is the third time you've been late this week.
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You were needed in that meeting today.
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Fortunately, the deal was done, but it almost didn't happen.
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I'm really sorry, but I was stuck in traffic.
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My car was sitting in the same spot for 30 minutes.
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If you're getting stuck in traffic every day, then you should leave the house earlier.
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I know, but that isn't the problem.
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Today was the first time that I was stuck in traffic.
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And it wasn't normal rush hour traffic either.
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What do you mean?
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Today, traffic was stopped by a zebra.
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A zebra.
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Yeah, I saw it.
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The zebra walked right in front of my car.
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It was almost hit by another car.
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Other animals were seen on the freeway too.
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It was crazy.
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You expect me to believe that you were delayed by a zebra?
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It's true.
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It was talked about on the radio.
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You should listen to the report.
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It is thought that the animals escaped from the zoo.
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I'm going to have to check out your story.
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I'll give you the benefit of the doubt for now. But what about yesterday?
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You were an hour late.
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Yesterday, I was driving to work when my car was stopped by a policeman.
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I was pulled over and the policeman told me I was under arrest.
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Really?
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Why?
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The policeman said that my car had been seen at the scene of a crime.
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It sounds like you're making up stories. Did that really happen?
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It's all true.
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When I was pulled over, the policeman asked me to get out of the car.
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My hands were handcuffed behind my back.
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He said that my car had been seen on the camera of a gas station that had been robbed.
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Well, you made it to work somehow.
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How did you get away?
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The policeman got a call on his radio saying that the robbers had been caught by another policeman.
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They were being held in custody.
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The policeman let me go, but half an hour had already passed.
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I drove to work as quickly as I could.
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Well, if that's true, then I understand. But what about Monday?
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I remember you coming in late then, too.
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That was because my car was stolen.
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I woke up Monday morning and my car was gone.
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The police were notified immediately.
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I was forced to drive my wife's car and drop her off at her workplace, which took some extra time.
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I see.
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Why didn't you tell me?
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It wasn't a big deal at the time.
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My car was found by the police a few hours later, and I was only 15 minutes late to work.
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Okay, but try to be on time from now on.
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I need to be able to rely on you, especially for meetings like the one we had today.
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I promised to try to be on time, but I need you to understand that none of these things were my fault.
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I mean, I was held up by a zebra.
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How could I have predicted that?
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These things happened to me, and there was nothing I could do to avoid them.
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Yes, I agree, if your stories are true.
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But come on, they're a little unbelievable.
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Well, they're true.
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I hope you won't hold them against me. And this just in.
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The men who had been robbing the gas stations in the area have been arrested by the police.
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They had stolen the car of a local man.
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But they were forced to go on foot once the stolen vehicle was found by the police.
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The robbed cash hasn't been recovered yet.
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The robbers are now being questioned by the police.
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It is hoped that the money will be finally recovered from them.
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More details will be provided soon.
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So his story was true.
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And earlier today, some animals escaped from the zoo.
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One of the animal feeders had a seizure right when they were opening the animal cages.
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And the animals were released from their cages by mistake.
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The animals were recaptured by the zoo, and they were put back into their cages.
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The animal feeder is now being treated in the hospital after collapsing in the zoo.
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I'm going to call him right now.
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Hello?
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Hi, Jerry.
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It's Carlos.
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I'm sorry I didn't believe you.
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I just watched the news.
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They were talking about how a car was stolen and how the animals were accidentally released.
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I want you to know that I trust you and feel like I can rely on you.
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Thanks.
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I appreciate you saying that. And Jerry?
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Yeah?
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In the future, I must be notified immediately when something happens to you.
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Sure, I will notify you immediately from now on.
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We use the passive voice when the action is more important than the person who does it.
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We form the passive voice with the verb to be plus past participle.
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My car was stolen.
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The object of the active sentence becomes the subject in the passive sentence.
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The subject of the active sentence becomes the agent.
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A zebra stopped the traffic.
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The traffic was stopped by a zebra zebra people think
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that the animals escaped from the zoo it is thought
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that the animals escaped from the zoo the doctors are treating
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the animal feeder in the hospital the animal feeder is being
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treated in the hospital the police have arrested the robbers the
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robbers have been arrested by the police we needed you in that meeting today.
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You were needed in that meeting today.
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The police were holding the robbers in custody.
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The robbers were being held in custody by the police.
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He said that the police had seen my car on the camera of a gas station.
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He said that my car had been seen on the camera of a gas station.
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We'll provide more details soon.
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More details will be provided soon.
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You must notify me immediately when something happens to you.
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I must be notified immediately when something happens to 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 Passive Voice”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: animal, zebra, policeman, traffic, robbers. Questo video contiene 108 frasi e 1008 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:47. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 130 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 85% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| robber sostantivo | /ˈɹɑ.bɚ/ | rapinatore, ladro |
| notify verbo | /ˈnoʊtɪfaɪ/ | notificare |
| passive aggettivo | /ˈpæs.ɪv/ | passivo |
| cage sostantivo | /keɪd͡ʒ/ | gabbia |
| custody sostantivo | /ˈkʌstədiː/ | affidamento |
| rely verbo | /ɹɪˈlaɪ/ | fare affidamento, basarsi |
| recover verbo | /ɹɪˈkʌvɚ/ | ritrovare |
| handcuff verbo | /ˈhændˌkʌf/ | ammanettare |
| participle sostantivo | /ˈpɑɹtɪˌsɪpəl/ | participio |
| verb sostantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| fortunately avverbio | /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/ | fortunatamente, per fortuna |
| workplace sostantivo | /ˈwɝkˌpleɪs/ | luogo di lavoro |
| unbelievable aggettivo | /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/ | incredibile |
| predict verbo | /pɹɪˈdɪkt/ | profetizzare |
| collapse verbo | /kəˈlæps/ | collassare, crollare |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| pull over verbo | accostare | |
| check out verbo | investigare | |
| get away verbo | allontanarsi | |
| hold up verbo | ritardare, rallentare | |
| make up verbo | /ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/ | comporsi |
| wake up verbo | /ˌweɪk ˈʌp/ | svegliarsi |
Frasi da ripetere
Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:
- I'm really sorry, but I was stuck in traffic.
- I know, but that isn't the problem.
- How did you get away?
- Why didn't you tell me?
- How could I have predicted that?
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | were needed · was done · was stuck |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | you've been · have predicted · have been arrested |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | men who had · person who does |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — un’azione in corso in un momento del passato | was sitting · was driving · were being |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 19 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, didn't, they're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: participle /ˈpɑɹtɪˌsɪpəl/, fortunately /ˈfɔɹ.t͡ʃə.nɪt.li/, unbelievable /ˌʌnbɪˈliːvəbl̩/, accidentally /ˌæk.sɪˈdɛnt(ə)li/
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 robber, notify, passive.
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.