Pratica di Shadowing: Unit 5 New York SkyscraperReading Explorer 1 3rd Ed Video - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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New York City is home to over 6,000 high-rise buildings.
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It's an amazing sight.
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But have you ever wondered what it's like to build a high-rise in one of the most crowded places in the world?
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Let's find out from the people working on One Bryant Park.
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There are several factors that make this work challenging, especially on the corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue.
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This location is one of the busiest places in the whole city.
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The first challenge was digging the building's foundation.
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It took an entire year for workers to remove 198,000 cubic meters of earth.
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After the foundation was finished, workers could begin bringing in building materials.
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Thousands of kilograms are received at the site each day.
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There is very little room here in the middle of Manhattan, so there is only one option for getting the materials to the workers.
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Everything has to be lifted up into the tower.
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About 200 meters above ground, the workers are hard at work.
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This crane operator is so high up that he can't see what he's lifting.
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Workers far below him provide careful instructions on what to do.
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The potential for mistakes is high, so there is no room for error.
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The biggest job is lifting these huge beams that to form the structure of the building.
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But first, the beams have to make it there.
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Getting access to the site is not so easy.
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Driving a truck this size through city traffic can be a challenge.
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Trucks start coming in at 5 a.m.
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And as the day continues, the traffic only gets worse.
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After the beams arrive, the men work quickly.
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With a building this size, everything is big.
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And that always presents a challenge.
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This is one of five water tanks that will hold the total of 260,000 liters of water.
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Its size makes it difficult to place.
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But if you think this looks hard, the greatest challenge is yet to come, the spire.
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It's so large that it comes in 70 separate pieces.
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Going into New York City, you basically lose two days.
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It is true what they say, this is a city that never sleeps and there's always traffic out there to deal with.
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It gets a little hairy at times, you know, but you have an escort behind you and he kind of blocks it off a little bit.
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Even though New York is a really big city, the streets aren't the biggest.
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Each piece must be lifted and put together nearly 300 meters above ground.
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With its spire, One Bryant Park stands 366 meters high,
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making it one of New York's tallest buildings.
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It attracts residents and tourists alike, and forms an important part of the New York City skyline.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B1 si basa sul video “Unit 5 New York SkyscraperReading Explorer 1 3rd Ed Video”. Le parole che ritornano più spesso: workers, meters, challenge, beams, traffic. Questo video contiene 37 frasi e 454 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 4:23. Chi parla lo fa lentamente, circa 103 parole al minuto, quindi c’è tempo per imitare ogni suono. Il 88% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è facile da seguire.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
Le 13 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| meter sostantivo | /ˈmitəɹ/ | metro, contatore |
| beam sostantivo | /ˈbiːm/ | trave, asse |
| kilogram sostantivo | /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/ | chilogrammo, chilo |
| skyline sostantivo | /ˈskaɪˌlaɪn/ | skyline, orizzonte urbano |
| cubic aggettivo | /ˈkju.bɪk/ | cubo |
| hairy aggettivo | /ˈhɛɹ.i/ | peloso |
| crane sostantivo | /kɹeɪn/ | gru |
| escort sostantivo | /ˈɛs.kɔɹt/ | scorta |
| alike aggettivo | /əˈlaɪk/ | simile |
| instruction sostantivo | /ɪnˈstɹʌkʃən/ | istruzione, addestramento |
| attract verbo | /əˈtɹækt/ | attirare |
| dig verbo | /dɪɡ/ | scavare |
| operator sostantivo | /ˈɑpəˌɹeɪtɚ/ | operatore |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| put together verbo | assemblare, montare |
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | was finished · are received · be lifted |
| Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppo | the most crowded · the busiest · The biggest |
| Obbligo: must / have to / need to dire che qualcosa è necessario | has to be · have to make |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:
- Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: cubic /ˈkju.bɪk/, escort /ˈɛs.kɔɹt/, alike /əˈlaɪk/, attract /əˈtɹækt/, dig /dɪɡ/
- /æ/ — più aperta della “e”: kilogram /ˈkɪləɡɹæm/, attract /əˈtɹækt/
Come esercitarsi con questo video
- Ascolta tutto il video una volta senza parlare e annota le parole che non conosci.
- Fai shadowing frase per frase a velocità normale, ripetendo ognuna finché il tuo ritmo coincide con quello di chi parla.
- Registrati e confronta con l’originale, facendo attenzione a parole come meter, beam, kilogram.
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.