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Honey, child, more than words you can say. If I didn't care...
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Mr. Dufresne, describe the confrontation you had with your wife.. the night that she was murdered.
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It was very bitter.
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She said she was glad I knew...
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that she hated all the sneaking around.
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She said she wanted a divorce in Reno.
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What was your response?
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I told her I would not grant one.
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I'll see you in hell before I see you in Reno.
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Those were the words you used, Mr. Dufresne, according to the testimony of your neighbors. If they say so.
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I really don't remember if I was upset.
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What happened after you argued with your wife?
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She packed a bag.
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She packed a bag to go and stay with me and stay with Mr. Quentin.
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Glenn Quentin, the golf pro at the Snowden Hills Country Club.
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The man you had recently discovered was your wife's lover. Did you follow her?
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Went to a few bars first.
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Later I drove to his house to confront them.
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They weren't home, so I parked in the turnout and waited.
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With what intention?
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I'm not sure.
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I was confused and drunk.
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I think mostly I wanted to scare them.
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When they arrived, you went up to the house and murdered them.
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No. I was sobering up.
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I got back in the car and I drove home to sleep it off.
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Along the way, I stopped and I threw my gun into the Royal River.
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I feel I've been very clear on this point.
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Well, where I get hazy is where the cleaning woman shows up the following morning
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and finds your wife in bed with her lover riddled with .38 caliber bullets.
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Now, does that strike you as a fantastic coincidence, Mr. Defrainer?
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Mr. Dufrain, or is it just me?
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Yes, it does.
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Yet you still maintain that you threw your gun into the river before the murders took place.
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That's very convenient.
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It's the truth.
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The police dragged that river for three days, and nary a gun was found.
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So there could be no comparison made between your gun...
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and the bullets taken from the blood-stained corpses of the victims. And that also...
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is very convenient, isn't it, Mr. Dufresne?
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Since I am innocent of this crime, sir, I find it decidedly inconvenient.. that the gun was never found.
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And would I be sure that this is love beyond compare?
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Ladies and gentlemen, you've heard all the evidence.
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You know all the facts.
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We have the accused at the scene of the crime.
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We have footprints, tire tracks.
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We have bullets strewn on the ground which bear his fingerprints.
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The broken bourbon bottle, likewise with fingerprints.
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Likewise, with fingerprints, and most of all, we have a beautiful young woman and her lover lying dead in each other's arms.
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They had sinned.
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But was their crime so great as to merit a death sentence?
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Now, while you think about that, think about this.
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A revolver holds six bullets, not eight.
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I submit that this was not a hot-blooded crime of passion.
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That at least could be understood, if not condoned.
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No. This was revenge of a much more brutal and cold-blooded nature.
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Consider this, four bullets per victim.
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Not six shots fired, but eight.
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That means that he fired the gun empty and then stopped to reload so that he could shoot each of them again.
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An extra bullet per lover.
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Right in the head.
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You strike me as a particularly icy and remorseless man, Mr. Dufresne.
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Mr. Dufresne, it chills my blood just to look at you.
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By the power vested in me by the state of Maine, I hereby order you to serve two life sentences back to back, one for each of your victims.
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So be it.
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Oh, my God.

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Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 15 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
fingerprint sostantivo/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/impronta digitale
likewise avverbio/ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz/ugualmente, similarmente
convenient aggettivo/kənˈviː.niənt/conveniente, comodo
inconvenient aggettivo/ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/sconveniente
reload verbo/ɹiːˈləʊd/ricaricare
revolver sostantivo/ɹɪˈvɒl.vɚ/rivoltella, revorbaro
riddle sostantivo/ˈɹɪdəl/enigma, indovinello
footprint sostantivo/ˈfʊtpɹɪnt/orma, impronta
hereby avverbio/hɪɹˈbaɪ/per questo, dunque
caliber sostantivo/ˈkæl.ə.bɚ/calibro
turnout sostantivo/ˈtɜː(ɹ)naʊt/affluenza, partecipazione
stain sostantivo/steɪn/macchia, chiazza
accuse verbo/əˈkjuz/accusare
confrontation sostantivo/ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/confronto
vest sostantivo/vɛst/panciotto, gilè

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • What was your response?
  • I really don't remember if I was upset.
  • What happened after you argued with your wife?
  • Did you follow her?
  • Dufrain, or is it just me?

La grammatica di questo video

Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:

StrutturaNel video
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fawas murdered · was found · was never found
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessoI've been · you've heard

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 8 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come didn't, don't, I'll. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: decidedly /dɪˈsaɪdɪdli/, inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, confrontation /ˌkɑn.fɹənˈteɪ.ʃən/, coincidence /kəʊˈɪnsɪdəns/, testimony /ˈtɛstɪmoʊni/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: fingerprint /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/, likewise /ˈlaɪkˌwaɪz/, convenient /kənˈviː.niənt/, inconvenient /ˌɪn.kənˈviːni.ənt/, reload /ɹiːˈləʊd/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come fingerprint, likewise, convenient.

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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