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Unit 2 Christmas Trees Americans opt to cut their own Christmas trees.
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On a chilly December afternoon, the Sylvester family heads to Snickers Gap Tree Farm, about an hour west of Washington,
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D.C., to choose and cut down the perfect Christmas tree.
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Decorating the Christmas tree, usually a pine decorated with lights and ornaments, ornaments is one of the traditions
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which makes the holiday season special the sylvester spend 45 minutes
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out in the cold wandering among the groves comparing trees
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when they find their favorite a three meter tall beauty as
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wide as daughter elsa's outstretched arms they cut it down themselves
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then they drag it across the snowy field to the cash register where they pay about 100 for the privilege
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It doesn't have to be this way.
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Many roadside lots spring up at this time of year, selling pre-cut trees for half or a third as much.
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Hardware stores and other places sell them too.
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And artificial trees are becoming increasingly popular.
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About 12 million reusable plastic trees were sold last year, up from about 10 million in 2003.
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In an age where cost and convenience drive many purchasing decisions, asking customers to pay more to cut their own Christmas tree seems like a bad business model.
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But choose-and-cut Christmas tree farms remain the most popular place for Americans to buy a tree, accounting for a third of sales.
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Our business is as robust as it can possibly be, says Snickers Gap owner Stephen Wolf.
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I don't see the artificial trees as currently a threat to what we're doing.
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An artificial tree is not what Christmas is about, Elsa says.
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And the family clearly enjoys spending the time together outside.
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They take pictures and play in the snow.
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It's more special, says Elsa, whose family has come to chop down their own tree.
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It's fun.
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Her mom, Amy, agrees.
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It's about memories, good times, she says.
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Wolf's father started the farm in the 1980s.
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My dad always said it was about the experience, not the tree.
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He says, Everyone's so involved with things that don't connect them anymore with nature and the earth.
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And I think this is one thing that people enjoy doing.
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And for many Americans, it's a family experience that makes the extra effort worthwhile.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Le parole che ritornano più spesso: tree, Christmas, cut, artificial, farm. Questo video contiene 30 frasi e 379 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 2:25. Chi parla ha un ritmo naturale di circa 157 parole al minuto, vicino a una conversazione quotidiana. Il 84% 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
artificial aggettivo/ˌɑː.tɪˈfɪʃ.əl/artificiale, artificioso
decorate verbo/ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/decorare
ornament sostantivo/ˈɔɹnəmənt/ornamento
reusable aggettivoriutilizzabile
wander verbo/ˈwɑndɚ/errare, vagare
chili sostantivo/ˈt͡ʃɪli/peperoncino
worthwhile aggettivo/ˌwɜː(ɹ)θˈwaɪl/che vale la pena
metre sostantivo/ˈmiːtəɹ/metro
chop verbo/t͡ʃɑp/tagliare
robust aggettivo/ɹəʊˈbʌst/robusto
grove sostantivo/ɡɹoʊv/boschetto, piantagione
convenience sostantivo/kənˈvinjəns/conveniente
pine sostantivo/paɪn/pino
privilege sostantivo/ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/privilegio, prerogativa
hardware sostantivo/ˈhɑɹdˌwɛɹ/ferramenta

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 4 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come don't, doesn't, we're. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: decorate /ˈdɛkəɹeɪt/, ornament /ˈɔɹnəmənt/, outstretched /aʊtˈstɹɛt͡ʃt/, roadside /ˈɹoʊdsaɪd/, chop /t͡ʃɑp/

Come esercitarsi con questo video

  1. Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
  2. Inizia a velocità 0,75×, fai shadowing frase per frase e torna alla velocità normale quando diventa facile.
  3. Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come artificial, decorate, ornament.

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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