Pratica di Shadowing: The piano man Chapter 4 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Chapter 4 The Music How can I play music without leader?
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Music was my life.
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Now it is my death.
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The sound of one note on the piano goes through me like a knife.
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Oh, why did I swim to land?
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Why didn't the sea take me down, down, down, to sleep the long sleep?
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The next morning, Avril took her patient into the sitting room.
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He sat at the piano, but he did not touch the keys.
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His face was closed.
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His eyes saw nothing.
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You're a long way away, Mr. Piano Man, Avril said to him smiling.
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Where are you now?
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Are you thinking about your home, about your family?
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No answer.
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Avril took some photographs out of her bag.
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Would you like to see some photos of my family, Mr. Piano Man?
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She said.
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Look, here's my husband, Jerry.
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I told you about him yesterday.
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And this is my son, Ryan.
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He's 16 now.
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He's a big boy, taller than me.
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He loves playing football.
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And this is my daughter, Mary.
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She's 14.
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She loves music.
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She listens to it all the time.
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One by one, she gave the photos to the piano man.
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He looked at them, and then gave them back to her.
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Oh, here is one to show you.
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This is Mary when she was little.
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About eight, I think.
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She's having a piano lesson.
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But she stopped lessons after two years. So sad.
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I love listening to piano music.
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The piano man held the photo of Mary and looked at it for a long minute.
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His face did not change, but suddenly he put the photo down,
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turned round to the piano, and began to play.
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It was a happy piece of music, light and easy.
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Avril laughed.
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Oh, how wonderful.
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I know that.
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My Mary played that piece.
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Well, she didn't really play it, but she tried to learn it.
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You play it so well.
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The piano man stopped playing.
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Avril watched him.
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Can you play some more music for us? she asked.
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She looked round the sitting room.
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There was another patient, sitting at the back of the room.
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This was Doris, a very old lady.
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Sometimes Doris remembered things, sometimes she didn't.
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I think Doris is enjoying your music, Avril said.
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The piano man looked round.
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Doris nodded and smiled at him.
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The piano man turned back to the piano and began to play.
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This was a very different piece of music, fast and exciting, full of color and life.
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The piano man's eyes were closed.
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His body moved to the music, and his fingers danced over the keys.
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Avril watched his hands.
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You're a musician, aren't you?
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She said.
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A pianist.
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All that day, the piano man was in and out of the sitting room.
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Sometimes he just sat at the piano.
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Sometimes he played fast, exciting music, slow, sad music.
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Then he went back to his room and lay on his bed, with his hands over his head.
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Then back to the piano again.
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dr. Sansom came to listen to him you're right Avril he
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said he's a wonderful musician the music is talking through him there's a change coming leave him alone and wait
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late in the afternoon the piano man went to the piano again and began to play a new piece of music
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It was slow, very beautiful music, like a song.
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Avril sat with him for a time, then stood up.
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Don't stop, she whispered.
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I must see another patient for a few minutes, back soon.
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She went quietly out of the room.
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Doris was still in her usual chair at the back of the room, smiling and nodding to the music.
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Avril was with the other patient for ten minutes, then went back to the sitting room.
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She heard Doris's voice.
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Nurse?
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Nurse?
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Come quick!
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What is it, Doris?
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What's the matter?
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Look, said Doris.
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He's crying, poor boy.
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The piano man sat at the piano, with his face in his hands.
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Tears ran between his fingers and down the backs of his hands.
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Poor boy, said Doris.
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Poor boy.
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Poor boy.
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Yes, all right, Doris, Avril said.
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I'm here now.
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She put her hand very gently on the piano man's arm.
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He wants a cup of tea, said Doris loudly.
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Poor boy.
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Yes, you're right, Avril said.
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She went quickly to the nurse's kitchen and came back with a large, hot mug of tea.
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Gently, she took the piano man's hands away from his face and gave him the mug of tea.
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There, she said, drink some tea.
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Tea always helps.
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The piano man's hands closed around the hot mug.
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He looked up into Avril's face.
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Spasiba, he whispered.
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Before she went home, Avril went to the computer in the nurse's room.
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Now, what was that word?
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She thought.
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Spas something.
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Spasi.
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She tried the spelling, spas-see-ba, and Google found the word for her at once.
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Spas-eba was thank you in Russian.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Per chi è questo video?
Questo video è perfetto per gli studenti di inglese a livello intermedio che vogliono migliorare la comprensione orale e la pronuncia, oltre a esercitarsi nella pratica di conversazione in inglese attraverso scenari realistici. Ideale per chi ama i racconti con emozione e vuole lavorare sulla fluidità: le scene semplici ma intense aiutano a internalizzare il tono e le pause, fondamentali per un discorso naturale.
Parole e modi di dire da non perdere
Nel dialogo, trovi espressioni che aggiungono profondità al linguaggio:
- "a long way away": non solo "lontano", ma "mentre la mente è altrove" (es. "You're a long way away" = "Stai mentrendo altrove").
- "light and easy": per descrivere la musica, significa "leggera e fluida" (utile anche per parlare di atmosfere o compiti).
- "the sound... goes through me like a knife": metafora per un dolore intenso ("il suono mi trapassa come un coltello").
Come migliorare l'accento con questo video
Il segreto è il shadowing in inglese (o "shadow speak"): ascolta una frase, pausa e ripeterla immediatamente, imitando il tono, l'intonazione e le pause del speaker. Nel video, la voce di Avril è calma e chiara, perfetta per esercitarti:
- Focus sulla pronuncia di "piano man" (attenzione alla "a" in "piano", non come nel italiano!)
- Imita la pausa dopo "Oh, how wonderful" per trasmettere l'emozione.
- Presta attenzione a "He's taller than me": la "er" in "taller" è dolce, non pronunciata a lungo.
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.