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6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Pippa.
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In this episode we're discussing poetry.
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For some, poetry is what you study at school,
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then forget, while for others it becomes an important part of their life.
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Have you ever read or written any poetry, Neil?
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Well, I haven't written any poetry since I was at school.
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I would love to read more poetry,
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but I just don't get it really.
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I find it difficult to understand.
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A good place to hear poetry is an open mic night,
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a live event where anyone is allowed to stand up on stage to sing or recite poems.
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Here, BBC reporter Maria recites her open mic poem about a
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friend who suffered a stroke for BBC World Service programme People Fixing the World.
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This first poem, I wrote it about a friend who I love dearly.
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It's called Stroke.
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You're awake and trying to grasp who it is.
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I pull my mask past my lips and you study my face.
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Eyes wide.
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I've enough stuff to tell you,
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I say, sinking into a chair.
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I stare.
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Sometimes if you go to an open mic night,
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people can really touch your soul with what they're saying.
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And even if you're having a bad day,
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life can feel so much better after going to an open mic night.
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For Maria, poetry has the power to heal emotions and touch your soul,
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meaning to affect you deeply on an emotional or spiritual level.
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In this episode, we'll hear more about the positive power of poetry and,
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as usual, we'll learn some useful new words and phrases.
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And remember, you'll find all the vocabulary,
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plus a quiz and worksheet, on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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But first, I have a question for you, Pippa.
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Just now, you used the phrase,
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positive power of poetry, repeating the same initial p sound across a string of words.
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Doing this is a common feature of poetry, but what's it called?
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Is it a assonance, b alliteration, or c simile?
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Hmm, finally my English degree might come in handy,
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and I'm going to say b alliteration.
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Well, we'll find out at the end,
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and I hope you don't get embarrassed, Pippa.
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Now, poetry helped Maria overcome sadness,
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but could its power to heal work in other areas too?
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Hot Poets is a group helping people understand the science behind global issues like climate change.
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They go to meetings, like the UN Climate Conference,
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and listen to scientific papers being presented.
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Then they write a poem about it all,
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and perform that back to the audience.
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Here's hot poet Liv Talk reciting her poem to BBC World Service's People Fixing the World.
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It starts with an adventure at sea.
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A big blue murder mystery where the killer is not the whale,
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but an epic humanity fail of overfishing and polluting at unimaginable scale.
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Liv's poem is based on a study into biodiversity.
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It's a complex research project that many find hard to understand.
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Here, Liv discusses this with Myra Anubi for BBC World Service programme People Fixing the World.
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And Liv, I mean, so what you've identified is that there is an issue around the communication of science.
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Yes, a lot of this jargon is really hard to understand
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or a lot of the science is quite impenetrable to normal people,
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so it's instantly a turn off.
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Science uses lots of jargon,
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specialist or technical vocabulary, which is quite different from everyday language.
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For example, a scientist might use the word precipitation,
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while in everyday English we would say rain.
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Jargon can make scientific papers impenetrable,
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an adjective meaning impossible to understand and worse,
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it makes science a turn-off,
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something that people dislike or find uninteresting.
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Hot poets try to change all of that by making complex environmental ideas easy to understand through poetry.
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And it works, says Cat Bruce,
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the environmental scientist whose study Liv based her poem on,
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talking here with Myra Anubi for BBC World Service's People Fixing the World.
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What did it mean for you,
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Cat, hearing the poem, having actually experienced everything It still gives me goosebumps when I hear it now.
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I think it's everything that I wish I could say and put into words myself.
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I feel like Liv just has done that.
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Liv's poem gave Kat goosebumps,
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meaning she was so emotionally affected that the hairs on her skin stood up, making tiny bumps.
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Maybe poetry can't fix everything,
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but for Kat it's making an impact for good.
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Now, what was the answer to your question, Neil?
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Well, you seemed very clear,
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Pippa, that when you use a string of words beginning with the same sound, it's called alliteration.
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And you're absolutely right.
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Phew.
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt,
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starting with open mic night,
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a live event where anyone is allowed to perform poems or music on stage.
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If something touches your soul,
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it affects you deeply on an emotional or spiritual level.
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Jargon means special words and phrases that are used in a particular profession or subject.
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The adjective impenetrable means impossible to understand.
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A turn-off is something that people dislike or find uninteresting.
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And finally, if you get goosebumps,
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the hairs on your skin stand up because you're cold,
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emotionally affected or afraid.
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Once again, our six minutes are up,
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but remember you'll find lots more episodes as well as a quiz and worksheet for this one on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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See you again soon, but for now it's goodbye!
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Goodbye!

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Contesto & Background

In questo episodio di 6 Minute English della BBC, Neil e Pippa esplorano il potere della poesia e la sua influenza sulla vita quotidiana. Mentre alcuni vedono la poesia come un argomento scolastico da dimenticare, per altri rappresenta una componente fondamentale della propria esistenza. Il racconto di Maria, una reporter della BBC, illustra come la poesia possa toccare le anime delle persone e curare emozioni profonde. Questo episodio incoraggia gli ascoltatori a considerare come la poesia possa influenzare i sentimenti e il modo in cui ci relazioniamo con il mondo.

Le 5 frasi principali per la comunicazione quotidiana

  • “A good place to hear poetry is an open mic night.” - Un ottimo posto per ascoltare poesia è una serata open mic.
  • “Sometimes if you go to an open mic night, life can feel so much better.” - A volte, se vai a una serata open mic, la vita può sembrare molto migliore.
  • “Poetry has the power to heal emotions and touch your soul.” - La poesia ha il potere di curare le emozioni e toccare la tua anima.
  • “It’s called Stroke.” - Si intitola ‘Stroke’.
  • “I hope you don’t get embarrassed.” - Spero che tu non ti senta imbarazzata.

Guida passo-passo al shadowing

Per migliorare la tua pronuncia inglese utilizzando questo video, puoi seguire la tecnica del shadow speak. Ecco una guida passo-passo su come procedere:

  1. Ascolto attento: Inizia ascoltando l'intera discussione senza interruzioni. Presta particolare attenzione alla pronuncia e al ritmo delle parole.
  2. Ripetizione: Dopo aver ascoltato, prova a ripetere a voce alta quello che hai sentito, imitando la cadenza e l’enfasi dei relatori. Usa la tecnica di shadowspeaks per seguirli parola per parola.
  3. Pause strategiche: Fai delle pause dopo ogni frase per ripetere e assimilare il contenuto. Questo ti aiuterà a sentirti più sicuro e a migliorare la pronuncia nel tempo.
  4. Analisi delle frasi: Scegli alcune delle frasi chiave che hai trovato interessanti e analizzale. Scrivi le parole nuove e loro significato.
  5. Pratica regolare: Dedica del tempo ogni giorno a esercitarti seguendo il video. Puoi utilizzare anche altri video simili su un shadowing site dedicato per una pratica ancora più approfondita.

Utilizzare la tecnica di shadowing non solo migliorerà la tua pronuncia, ma ti aiuterà anche a rendere il tuo inglese più naturale. Ricorda che la pratica costante è la chiave per il successo nell'apprendimento di una nuova lingua!

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.

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