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The Werewolf, the Alpha's tribe.
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Lucas and Simone were far from the memories of the village.
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The harsh glances, the betrayal, the curses that once ruled their hearts and minds.
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Show off.
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Best kitchen knife I've ever had.
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Here in this deep sanctuary, they were just Lucas and Simone.
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Two soulmates, soon to be parents.
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Handy!
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I have my moments.
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She's got your rhythm, strong and steady.
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Will you teach her to transform?
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I'll teach her to choose.
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That's all any parent can do.
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Ha ha!
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Let's hope our child inherits your charisma.
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Or better yet, your hope. And your loyalty.
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As Simone's pregnancy progressed, strange occurrences started to surface.
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A week ago, the forest animals had begun vanishing.
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Have you seen any sign of the deer?
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The rabbits?
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Did you forget to hang garlic at the door again?
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If I had, we'd be dealing with bandits, not vanishing animals.
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This is strange for sure.
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I suspect old magic, Simone.
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Honey, if you start howling at the moon without warning, I demand at least a dance first.
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Deal.
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Though tonight I'd rather not find out what's prowling in the dark with us.
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At nightfall, Lucas heard whispers in his sleep, not from memories, but from something far more inexplicable.
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A singular voice, dark, wary and hungry.
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I'd say you look surprised, Lucas, but I'd be more shocked if you greeted me with warm soup.
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Last time you showed up, I grew fangs in places I didn't know existed.
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Yet you still have a knack for landing on your feet.
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Typical wolf.
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I wouldn't be here if I didn't have to.
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You have ten seconds, witch.
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Talk, or I'll show you pregnancy mood swings combined with a pan.
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Simone!
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Good to see you, too.
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Go on then, what is it?
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I hate giving good people bad news.
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Morven of the Mount Charles has returned.
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The real owner of the curse, Morven the Warlock, has awakened.
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I fear for your unborn child.
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The dark magic I borrowed to curse you, Lucas, was his.
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He wants what grows inside you, Simone.
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He'll remake the world in shadow and use your baby as the vessel.
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You should both lay low.
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Lay low?
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Let him try touching my wife and child.
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All those lifetimes cowering.
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Look at you now.
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But pride's a sweet seasoning for fear, Lucas.
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We have to warn the village.
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This sounds alarming.
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Nebula came to warn Lucas, but she knew well enough that he would always stand up and fight for his beloved.
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Jeffro, Marcus's great-grandson, brimming with self-righteous anger, was rallying frightened villagers.
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You see the clouds?
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The ruined crops?
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The missing cattle?
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It's Lucas's wolfish stink, his curse that brings this darkness.
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We've tolerated his monstrosity for ages, and see what it's brought again?
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But Lucas has been at peace for years.
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Peace for a beast!
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He only waits until our backs are turned.
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Funny, you're quick to judge, Jeffro, given your great-grandfather's friendship with fear.
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When men are afraid, they find monsters in the innocent.
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Well, well, well.
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Speak of the devil.
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And what are you carrying, Simone?
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A miracle or another curse?
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A child who will be neither, and who will be better than all your generations of hate.
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Let's go, Simone.
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We don't belong here.
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We came here to warn you that something is coming.
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But I guess you're on your own now.
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That's right, Lucas.
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You don't belong here.
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The forest is that way.
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I'd rather be hated for what I am than lie about who I have become.
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They never do that during the day.
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They've come for me, but these wolves are not enemies.
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They are kin.
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The wolves had sensed it first.
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They had begun circling Lucas in Simone's hut to protect them from Morven's incoming threat.
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Their leader, a massive silver-gray wolf, communicated with Lucas telepathically.
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Brother, it's coming here tonight.
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I know, old friend.
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How many?
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He is alone.
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But he is power.
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He tastes of the void itself.
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For years, I was their brother.
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Their mistake.
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Their myth.
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Now I'm their alpha.
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It feels less like a crown, more like finding my other heart.
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Just so long as your other heart remembers, I like breakfast in bed.
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Tonight, you fight not for me, but for hope, for the child who will be born.
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Another thing, if Morven doesn't come here, we will go to Mount Charles, where he isn't expecting us.
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I can't let you do this alone, Lucas.
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I'm coming too.
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If she is coming, we are coming too.
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No, Simone, it's dangerous.
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That is why you are going to need all the help you can get.
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We will face Morvan together.
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Tonight, we end this curse.
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The werewolf and his witch of a wife have brought darkness to our farms.
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But Jeffro, what if we are wrong?
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You coward fool!
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We must act while he preys on our cattle!
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Should we wait till our children start to disappear too?
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No more!
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Morvan, show yourself!
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You want my child?
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Here I am!
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The temperature suddenly dropped.
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The trees swayed violently in the wind.
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Frost spread across a nearby lake and instantly froze it.
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Foolish she-wolf.
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You cannot bargain with forces beyond your comprehension.
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Can't I?
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You're just another bully hiding behind dark magic.
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I've seen worse.
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I'm intrigued by your audacity.
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Your child will make a perfect vessel.
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Forever young like Lucas, malleable like this world, eternal like me, and brave like you.
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She's already perfect.
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And she's already protected.
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Protected?
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Hahahaha!
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One by one, wolves emerged from the shadows.
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They were encircling Morven as Simone baited him out.
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Ah!
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Filthy dogs!
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I will not be intimidated by your petty pets and your pregnant cries.
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Tell me, Lucas, where are you hiding?
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Lucas was disguised as his wolf form, and he moved with Alpha authority among his pack.
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Brothers, sisters, for your Alpha, for our child.
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Come out, Lucas.
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Are you on the leash now?
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Too cowardly to face me.
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He's closer than you think.
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There!
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On Mount Charles!
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The witch is summoning her demon baby!
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You cannot stop me, Lucas.
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You're not even a real wolf.
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You're right.
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I'm something you'll never be loved.
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And then Lucas tilted his head back and released a primal howl.
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Not of pain or rage, but of an alpha.
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Every wolf joined in the chorus like family.
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It was a sound older than kingdoms, older than curses, older than man, and older than darkness itself.
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It was the sound of a family taking a stand.
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Morvan staggered, his composure cracked as the collective howl overwhelmed his dark magic.
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Impossible!
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I am eternal!
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I am!
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You are finished.
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True love and family is the one magic you will never understand.
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Go back to the void!
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The plan was perfect.
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Bait, setup, and the surprise trap.
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Morvan's otherworldly screams echoed across Mountain Charles as he was getting sucked back into the ancient bottle.
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What on earth is that?!
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Jeffro and the villagers witness as Morvan is pulled into the bottle.
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And Lucas, still among his wolf pack, protecting Simone.
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Lucas isn't the monster, Jeffro.
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He never was was!
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The threat has ended.
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Your animals and children are safe.
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We only want peace for ourselves, for our child.
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You.. you saved us.
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He's been saving you all along.
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We were just too afraid to see it.
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Sometimes, redemption comes not from changing who you are, but from others finally seeing who you've always been.
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Wolfina is going to be strong.
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Wolfina will be loved.
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That's stronger.
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And so, Lucas the werewolf found what every cursed soul seeks.
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Acceptance, belonging, and love.
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Papa!
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The best stories don't end with, and they lived happily ever after, but with, and they lived,
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fully, completely, without shame or shadow, they lived.

Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questo video contiene 184 frasi e 1308 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 11:29. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 114 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 75% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

15 parole meno comuni del video, con pronuncia e significato:

  • wolf /wʊlf/ (sostantivo) — donnaiolo. Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
  • curse /kɝs/ (sostantivo) — maledizione, maleficio. A supernatural detriment or hindrance; a bane.
  • alpha /ˈæl.fə/ (sostantivo) — alfa. The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A.
  • shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ (sostantivo) — ombra. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
  • darkness /ˈdɑɹk.nɪs/ (sostantivo) — buio, oscurità. The state of being dark; lack of light; the absolute or comparative absence of light.
  • warn /woɹn/ (verbo) — avvertire, avvisare. To make (someone) aware of impending danger, evil, etc.
  • pregnancy /ˈpɹɛɡnənsi/ (sostantivo) — gravidanza. The condition of being pregnant; an instance of this.
  • vessel /ˈvɛsəl/ (sostantivo) — vascello, imbarcazione. Any craft designed for transportation on or in water, such as a ship, boat, or submarine.
  • cow /kaʊ/ (sostantivo) — vacca, mucca. An adult female of the species Bos taurus, especially one that has calved.
  • eternal /ɪˈtɝ.nl̩/ (aggettivo) — eterno. Lasting forever; unending.
  • void /vɔɪd/ (aggettivo) — vuoto. Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.
  • bait /beɪt/ (sostantivo) — esca. Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
  • cloud /ˈklaʊ̯d/ (sostantivo) — nuvola, nube. A visible mass of water droplets suspended in the air.
  • shock /ʃɔk/ (sostantivo) — trauma, trauma emotivo. A sudden, heavy impact.
  • gray /ɡɹeɪ/ (aggettivo) — grigio. Of a color between black and white, having neutral hue and intermediate brightness.

I phrasal verb che sentirai

  • deal with (verbo) — fare i conti. To handle verbally or in some form of artistic expression; to address or discuss as a subject.
  • find out (verbo) — scoprire. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
  • go on /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ (verbo) — continuare. To continue in extent.
  • look at (verbo) — guardare. To observe or watch.
  • show off (verbo) — vantare, vantarsi. To exhibit the best attributes of something.
  • stand up (verbo) — alzarsi in piedi. To rise from a lying or sitting position.

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 34 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come you're, I'd, I'm. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • I suoni “th”: myth /mɪθ/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, filthy /ˈfɪlθi/, otherworldly /ˌʌðəɹˈwɜɹl(d)li/
  • I suoni “sh” e “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, shock /ʃɔk/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/, harsh /ˈhɑɹʃ/, foolish /ˈfuː.lɪʃ/
  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: communicate /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/, sanctuary /ˈsæŋkt͡ʃuˌɛɹi/, violently /ˈvaɪ(ə)ləntli/, audacity /ɔˈdæ.sɪ.ti/, inexplicable /ˌɪn.ɪkˈsplɪ.kə.bl̩/

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 wolf, curse, alpha.

La grammatica di questo video

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

StrutturaNel video
Frasi condizionali if + frase, will/would + verbo — una condizione e il suo risultatoIf I had, we'd be · if Morven doesn't come here, we will go
Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adessohas returned · has awakened · We've tolerated
Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo faare turned · be hated · will be born

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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