Pratica di Shadowing: The UK in Spring | Slow British English Vlog - Impara a parlare inglese con i video

Scegli una modalità di pratica

Ogni modalità apre una sala di pratica a schermo intero.

197 frasi
Se le frasi sono troppo corte o troppo lunghe, clicca su Edit per modificarle.
1
My name is Evie and this is a video in slow English to help you practice your listening comprehension.
2
Today, we are in a car park.
3
We are in.
4
a car park.
5
I am at...
6
Curries.
7
Which is basically like.. it's this shop right here.
8
So, Curry's in the UK is a tech
9
shop so they tell they sell technology um and i just bought a new camera
10
and a new microphone because I think If anybody has seen my old videos,
11
My audio is kind of bad.
12
It's disgusting.
13
I also...
14
was filming a lot on my phone.
15
And this means that my phone would die really quickly and sometimes I would run.
16
Anyway, sometimes I would run out of storage So I bought a camera and it's so cute.
17
It's this.
18
It's the...
19
DJI Osmo Pocket 3 and it's so small.
20
I also have Wilson with me.
21
I have Wilson.
22
Today in the village, it is the spring show.
23
So the plan is to go to the spring show, which I will show you later.
24
So, yeah, let's...
25
Let's spend the day together and I will show you the UK in springtime.
26
I'll show you the UK in the spring.
27
I now need to drive home.
28
Bye.
29
I'm going to listen to the new Harry Styles album Oh Wilson's hot.
30
I'm going to listen to the new Harry Styles album "Kiss all the time, disco occasionally." I love it.
31
And my favourite song on the album...
32
Oh my god, he's so hot.
33
My favorite song on the album is Taste Back.
34
SO, I THINK IT'S A GOOD if you want music recommendations.
35
I really like TasteBak.
36
by Harry Styles.
37
Anyway, let's go.
38
Oh my god, that's so cute.
39
They're like tiny little ponies.
40
That was all I just wanted to grab.
41
We just arrived.
42
I need to put on Wilson's harness. And...
43
I'm going to get a coffee and we're gonna head for a walk Thank you he's seen a dog, he's gonna go crazy.
44
Bye.
45
No.
46
Before we go for a walk We're going to head to the cafe
47
and I'm going to just sit and enjoy the sunshine a little bit.
48
So this way too.
49
the cafe Thank you.
50
Me and Wilson are
51
on a walk, we just had a coffee,
52
and I wanted to explain about the spring in the British countryside.
53
So we do not have like a particular celebration.
54
We do have an Easter egg hunt.
55
on Easter Sunday with children.
56
So if you are a child in the UK, at Easter.
57
on Easter Sunday.
58
the Easter rabbit I just watched this clip and I called it the Easter rabbit.
59
It is literally not called the Easter Rabbit.
60
It's called the Easter Bunny.
61
The Easter Rabbit, which is a mythical figure, a made -up figure. will come Thank you. and
62
hide chocolate eggs in your garden
63
and children will have an Easter egg hunt where they go around their garden and find these chocolate eggs.
64
Children will do Easter egg hunts.
65
But for adults, Unless you are a Christian, There is no particular special event at Easter.
66
Um...
67
This spring is more a time where everyone is happy because we have nice weather like we have today.
68
So this is one of the nicest days we've had all year in terms of weather.
69
Go, Hussain.
70
There's a really cute cottage. with a thatched roof.
71
Really cute.
72
Thank you.
73
Thank you.
74
Thank you.
75
Thank you.
76
Thank you.
77
Thank you.
78
Thank you.
79
Thank you.
80
- Thank you.
81
Thank you.
82
Thank you.
83
Wilson.
84
Wilson loves being in the long grass.
85
Thank you.
86
I have had this phone.. no, fuck!
87
I have had this camera and this new microphone for about Two hours.
88
Thank you.
89
And already I have lost the clip.
90
So the microphone has a magnet It has a magnet on the back to put it on your clothing - Thank you.
91
And I've lost it.
92
I have literally used this camera for Like...
93
Five? in minutes?
94
What am I like?
95
oh well we're now going to walk down this path But-- I wanted to show you as well more trees.
96
So we had a really big storm a few weeks ago and lots of trees fell down.
97
So you can see here Thank you.
98
Thank you.
99
These are the roots of the tree.
100
We also have lots of these old walls in the UK, so this is a wall.
101
It's made of stones, it's man -made.
102
So it's made by people.
103
and it's covered in green moss Can you see all of the moss?
104
It's a very old wall. and trees.
105
are growing out of the top.
106
Mm -hmm.
107
Wilson gets really excited when he is in A forest?
108
because he loves to chase squirrels He loves to chase squirrels.
109
Can you see he's trying to find squirrels right now?
110
I think as well, "squirrel" is one of the most difficult words for non -native English speakers.
111
They find the word "squirrel" really difficult to say. So...
112
Maybe see if you can pronounce squirrel correctly.
113
I think Americans say like squirrel Squirrel or squirrel.
114
if you prefer British English.
115
It's a water trough. for farm animals. to drink.
116
- you Thank you.
117
Where I live in the UK is the countryside.
118
And in some places, like where I live, We celebrate the spring with a spring show.
119
And these spring shows will happen in various villages.
120
where people will bring in like flowers that they have grown in their garden,
121
or cakes that they have baked or jam that they have made.
122
and they will have a competition.
123
in the village to see who has the best spring produce.
124
So it might be who has the best eggs or who bakes the best cake and it's really cute.
125
So later this afternoon there is a spring show in a nearby village.
126
So I'm going to go to that.
127
So we have just got back from our walk.
128
I'm going to drop Wilson home, I'm going to take Wilson back to the house,
129
and then it's time to head to the spring show and I can show you
130
a little bit what a spring show is.
131
looks like.
132
The spring show is held in the village hall which is basically a public building in the heart of the village.
133
It's a public building in the centre of the village.
134
And as you can tell from the clips, it was very busy.
135
There were lots and lots of people at the show.
136
and I was a little bit hesitant to film.
137
I was a bit hesitant to, oops, sorry.
138
I was a bit hesitant to film people because obviously I do not know if they want to be in the video.
139
So I wanted to explain a little bit what is happening in these video clips, what is actually going on.
140
the produce and entries of the spring show.
141
So many people submit these yellow flowers called daffodils,
142
which are a symbol of spring in the UK.
143
And basically there is a competition to see which daffodil is the best.
144
People also enter things like cakes or jam and other baked goods,
145
and there is a competition for children as well.
146
So children will create...
147
tiny little fairy gardens and chocolate cakes.
148
They also decorate eggs.
149
Eggs are a symbol of spring in the UK because eggs represent new life and rebirth.
150
So eggs were painted by children as well.
151
It's all very cute.
152
And if you win, you get a small amount of prize money, only a couple quid, like a couple British pounds.
153
It's not a lot of money.
154
People mostly just enter the competition to be a part of the community.
155
There is also a prize giving.
156
So if you win lots of different categories,
157
you can win a trophy. that as well.
158
There is a speech before the trophies are given out.
159
and I will include a small extract of that here as well.
160
The speech is at native speed and I am going to include a small extract
161
so you can see if you can understand any of it.
162
Welcome to the annual...
163
- Spring Flower Show.
164
It's lovely to see so many people and wonderful exhibits here today.
165
It's a huge credit to everyone involved, past and present.
166
that the village has both the spring and autumn shows, still running.
167
As many other villages have lost theirs, so congratulations to everyone for just keeping this going, it's amazing.
168
After the speech and the award ceremony, there was a raffle.
169
A raffle is basically a fundraising competition where you buy a row of numbers
170
and then they pull numbers out of a basket and if they call your number then you win.
171
So I bought four rows of tickets, and to win one of the prizes at the raffle,
172
I needed the right color ticket, and the right number.
173
So I needed ticket 210 to be called in the colour that I had on my raffle ticket.
174
29. It was an early one.
175
29. I didn't get it on camera but I actually won the raffle.
176
So here is me post whim, post glory with my new prize.
177
We're just now leaving the raffle.
178
They pulled my ticket so I won.
179
- Yeah.
180
I wanted a bottle of Shiraz.
181
There was a bottle of red wine, which I wanted, but the person before me took the wine.
182
So I have an Easter egg instead.
183
This was the prize that I chose for my winning ticket.
184
And I have been speaking about Easter eggs this whole video.
185
So I thought I could show you.
186
I figured I could show you like what an Easter egg is.
187
Okay, so this is the Easter egg.
188
and I'm going to open the box and with an easter egg you normally get one large chocolate egg
189
So this is the Easter egg and then you get some extra chocolates underneath.
190
So this is a celebrations egg.
191
So I have a box of celebrations.
192
underneath.
193
And The egg itself is not solid, so it's hollow.
194
Can you hear?
195
It's hollow.
196
So when I do This, the chocolate has Brokane.
197
And then you have some chocolate.

Scarica l'app

Tutto ciò che serve per parlare fluentemente

Pronuncia con IAVoto per ogni frase
Pratica IPAPadroneggia ogni suono
VocabolarioCostruisci il tuo lessico
Gioco di vocabolarioImpara giocando

Stesso Canale

FOR YOU

Video consigliato

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “The UK in Spring”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: egg, easter, spring, squirrel, village. Questo video contiene 197 frasi e 1709 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 17:09. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 100 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 83% 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:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
squirrel sostantivo/ˈskwɪ.ɹ(ə)l/scoiattolo
raffle sostantivo/ˈɹæfl̩/estrazione, estrazione a premi
rabbit sostantivo/ˈɹæbɪt/coniglio
hesitant aggettivo/ˈhɛzɪtənt/esitante, titubante
microphone sostantivo/ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/microfono
bake verbo/beɪk/cuocere (al forno), infornare
celebration sostantivo/ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/celebrazione, ricorrenza
café sostantivo/ˌkæˈfeɪ/caffè, caffetteria
daffodil sostantivo/ˈdæfəˌdɪl/narciso
magnet sostantivo/ˈmæɡ.nɪt/magnete, calamita
moss sostantivo/mɔs/muschio, musco
countryside sostantivo/ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/campagna
hollow aggettivo/ˈhɑloʊ/cavo
extract sostantivo/ˈɛkstɹækt/estratto
trophy sostantivo/ˈtɹoʊfi/trofeo

I phrasal verb che sentirai

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
fall down verbo/fɔl ˈdaʊn/cadere
make up verbo/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/comporsi

Frasi da ripetere

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

  • What am I like?
  • Can you see he's trying to find squirrels right now?
  • We're just now leaving the raffle.

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohas seen · we've had · have had
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fais held · were painted · are given
Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosaRabbit, which is · hall which is
Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppothe nicest · the most difficult · the best

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 19 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, we're, gonna. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, mythical /ˈmɪθɪkəl/, rebirth /ɹiːˈbɜːθ/, thatch /θæt͡ʃ/, trough /tɹɔθ/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, sunshine /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: celebration /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, recommendation /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/

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 squirrel, raffle, rabbit.

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.

Tecnica dello shadowing: leggi la guida completa passo dopo passo →