Pratica di Shadowing: The Science Of Being Funny - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Some people are what you would describe as funny, humorous, or overall completely stupid.
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But why is it that things like naive stupidity, over-exaggeration, and unexpected twists give you a mini-seizure?
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Why does it happen anytime Theo van communicates, and how can you make it happen to other people?
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Well, there are four big things.
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Step one, know what's funny.
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At the humor research lab, a few dudes came up with something called the benign violation theory.
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This theory states that humor occurs when and only when three things happen.
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There is a violation, the situation is benign, and both these things happen at the same time.
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Thank you, Eminem.
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Also, what sort of posh language is benign, and is it German?
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No, it's Latin.
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That means kind or not harmful.
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Cool.
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So if something is funny, it is an unharmful or benign violation.
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What is a violation?
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In this context, it's anything that threatens the way you believe the world should be, or threatens the norm.
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Violations have many fonts, including physical, identity, cultural, communication, logical, and moral.
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Let me give you an example.
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If I were to come up to you on the street and start punching you in the stomach, you probably won't laugh and may even be upset.
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This is a pure physical violation.
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If I instead were to start tickling you, that would be even weirder and still a pure violation because you don't know me.
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But if a friend tries to tickle you, odds are you're gonna slip a giggle.
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Even if me and your friend have the same exact tickling technique, you almost certainly won't find mine amusing.
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But with your friend, you know you are safe and the environment is benign, and therefore, you squeal like a little girl.
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Other things that may also make you squeal in excitement is the new War Thunder update.
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For those of you who live under a rock, War Thunder is an insanely epic, free-to-play military combat game available on PC, Mac, Xbox, and PlayStation.
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War Thunder completely immerses you into intense battles.
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The sheer amount of iconic, old, and new tanks, planes, helicopters, and ships is just madness.
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The detail on each element of the equipment, both visually and in gameplay, will simply blow the shocks off of all of you fans of military vehicles.
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Want to demolish your foes on the front line in a tank? you add air support from a chopper
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or even dogfight your enemies in the clouds.
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But wait, the best part?
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These different types of equipment fight together on the same map.
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War Thunder also offers tons of customization so you can add new modules to your vehicle and make it unique.
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Oh, and forget those unimmersive health bars.
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In War Thunder, every hit actually affects the enemy's vehicles like in real life.
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With the new update Alpha Strike, Hungarian Aviation is now available along with tons of new equipment.
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Visuals are better, the gameplay has been refined, and there's a sick new map.
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War Thunder for free with the link in the description.
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All new players
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and people who haven't played for at least 6 months will get special bonuses including 3 premium vehicles for free
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and a free week of a premium account.
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And you might want to do this, like, ASAP because the American vehicle bonus season is going to end soon.
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So again, download War Thunder for free, link in the description.
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Anyways, back to business.
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It's almost never as obvious on whether a violation is benign like the example I gave.
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So how can you make a violation benign in a joke, for example? ways to not be strongly committed to the violated norm.
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This is a slippery slope, and can be overdone.
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For example, if I were to say, wouldn't it be funny if, before every joke, everything would be too benign and the jokes wouldn't be as funny because the threat is an absolute zero.
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A better method is subtle sarcasm.
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You can tell the violation isn't gonna happen, but also no one ever outright said it wouldn't.
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Another method is to make the violation psychologically distant.
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So jokes about the Titanic today could be funny because the tragedy is very, very distant, and also because there was definitely room on that door.
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This is why people might say I can joke about it now a
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while after some bad incident like a breakup because while the violation obviously still happened, it was a while ago and it doesn't feel as real.
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You can also apply this to things
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that are going to happen in the future or things that are happening now on other parts of the world.
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And the final method to make a violation benign is if there's some alternative explanation that somehow makes the violation okay.
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This explains tickling because it's a mock attack.
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Still an attack, but not a dangerous one.
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Benign violation.
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Step two, know your victim.
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You may be thinking, bro, you're talking about humor like it's the same every time, but the jokes I make with the boys won't work on my mom.
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And that's true.
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Humor is subjective.
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This is because everyone has different perspectives or opinions on what is benign and what is a violation.
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So before you try that orphan joke on Beatrice, feel it out.
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Get to know her first.
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She seems like the type, give it a shot.
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And when the joke flops, run to your room, slam the door and play some War Thunder.
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Step three, good joke qualities.
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If you ask a comedian what makes a joke good, they're likely going to tell you three things.
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Brevity is the soul of wit.
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AKA, get to the point, no one wants to hear you ramble, everyone wants to hear the punchline.
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Second, be specific.
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Saying, so I told the old grandma, dot, dot, dot, isn't as funny as saying, so I told Beatrice, dot, dot, dot.
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Notice too how the specific one took up less words.
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You don't have to sacrifice brevity for specificity.
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Get creative.
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Third, the rule of three.
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If you're listing things with the plan to list something drastically different at the end to be funny, list three of them.
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Two normal ones to make a pattern and one at the end to break it.
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You're establishing what's benign yourself and then making the violation.
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Step four, make bad jokes.
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If your goal is to become a more funny person, this is the most important step of the whole video and you will 100% fail without it.
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Let's talk about neuroplasticity.
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When you're learning pretty much anything, there are two results, failure and success.
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In order for neuroplasticity to activate in your brain, it needs to have a reason.
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This is why ultimately making bad jokes will make you funnier.
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It's because you failed, and because of that failure, your brain is really open to making new neural connections, releasing a few specific neural chemicals, or in other words, increasing plasticity.
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So when you're with your friends and you throw out five bad jokes before one lands, Because you previously threw out the five bad jokes,
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your brain is incredibly keen on subconsciously noting what worked with your success and what didn't with your failures.
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Then, technically, the actual improvement happens later during sleep.
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If you just make a good joke at the start, your brain doesn't note anything.
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It doesn't particularly take into account what just worked.
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Those neural chemicals aren't released with that joke, meaning your brain is not in a state of plasticity.
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After all, it has no reason to be.
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That's why making bad jokes is vital.
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And with that said, allow me to hit you with a banger.
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What did Beatrice say to her grandson?
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Download War Thunder.
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Link in the description.
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Also, since you're funny now, you gotta pay me, so that's gonna cost you one subscribe, and the screen should ask you some questions, so...
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Yeah.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “The Science Of Being Funny”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: violation, joke, benign, funny, Thunder. Questo video contiene 104 frasi e 1339 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 6:12. Chi parla va veloce, circa 216 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. Solo il 80% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| violation sostantivo | /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ | violazione |
| tickle verbo | /ˈtɪkl̩/ | solleticare, titillare |
| humour sostantivo | /ˈhjuːmɚ/ | humour, umorismo |
| neural aggettivo | /ˈnʊɹəl/ | neurale |
| brevity sostantivo | /ˈbɹɛvɪti/ | brevità |
| neuroplasticity sostantivo | neuroplasticità | |
| plasticity sostantivo | /ˌplæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/ | plasticità |
| squeal verbo | /skwil/ | strillare, urlare |
| norm sostantivo | /nɔːm/ | norma |
| threaten verbo | /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/ | minacciare, impaurire |
| gameplay sostantivo | /ˈɡeɪmˌpleɪ/ | giocabilità |
| banger sostantivo | /ˈbæŋ.ə/ | petardo |
| customization sostantivo | customizzazione | |
| demolish verbo | /dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/ | demolire |
| dogfight sostantivo | /ˈdɒɡ.faɪt/ | combattimento aereo |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| throw out verbo | /ˈθɹəʊ ˌaʊt/ | buttare via, rigettare |
| come up with verbo | ideare, escogitare | |
| take up verbo | sollevare, prendere |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Frasi condizionali if + frase, will/would + verbo — una condizione e il suo risultato | if I were to say, wouldn't it |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | has been refined · haven't played |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | has been refined · aren't released |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 28 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, doesn't, gonna. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: violation /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, demolish /dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, seizure /ˈsi.ʒɚ/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: violation /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, plasticity /ˌplæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, specificity /spɛsɪˈfɪsɪti/, stupidity /stuˈpɪdɪti/
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- /h/ — va soffiata, non è muta: humour /ˈhjuːmɚ/, humorous /ˈhjuːməɹəs/, harmful /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/, helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: distant /ˈdɪstənt/, demolish /dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/, dogfight /ˈdɒɡ.faɪt/, immerse /ɪˈmɜɹs/, flop /flɑp/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: plasticity /ˌplæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/, banger /ˈbæŋ.ə/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, ramble /ˈɹæmbəl/, sarcasm /ˈsɑːɹˌkæzəm/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come violation, tickle, humour.
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.