Pratica di Shadowing: Walk and talk and Listen to Native English - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Hello world!
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Today I am walking on the beach.
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Behind me, there is a lush green mountain
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and to my left I can hear the sound of the ocean waves crashing against the shore.
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I can feel the sand beneath my feet.
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Welcome back to Sprout's Bite Size English Podcast for your ears to chew on.
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And today's episode is all about the healing power of walking.
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You can use this podcast to practice your English listening skills, to pick up new vocabulary,
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or you can pause the podcast and practice shadowing me, which is to repeat what I say.
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just after I say it.
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At the end of today's mini -podcast,
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I will be sharing a practical speaking tip that you guys can use while you are walking out and about,
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whether that's on the street, on the beach, or in the forest.
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so recently about three months ago I was admitted to hospital
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which means that I had to stay in hospital overnight
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and my health has really been up
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and down over these past three months it's been like a
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roller coaster it has been a struggle for me mentally
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and physically it's been difficult in my mind and my body to deal with.
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But something has really helped me, and that is simply walking.
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Taking a walk in nature, taking a stroll in nature, which is a gentle walk
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and it's helped my mind feel more relaxed more clear less anxious less stressed
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and less sad about not being in perfect physical health
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and it's helped my body as well as walking is a very gentle way to move it's very calming very relaxing
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we all know that walking is good for us we know it's good for our brains
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and we know it's good for our bodies
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but it's good to remind ourselves of this information right
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so i recently bought a book called How to Walk by Thich Nhat Hanh.
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He is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and in that book he talks a lot about mindful walking.
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Now mindfulness is when our mind is with our actions.
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So I'm walking and i'm thinking about my walking my mind is not sad about the past
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and it's not worried or anxious about the future it's in the moment it's aware that my feet are touching the earth
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and that actually reminds me of one quote that stuck in my head which means i remember it very well.
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And it was, walk as if your feet are kissing the earth.
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Simply practicing walking and breathing and focusing on only those two things has really helped me to feel better.
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Another idea that also has stuck in my head is the idea of finding beauty in the mundane,
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which means to find beauty in the everyday things.
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Oftentimes, we strive, which means we reach for goals.
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We want things to happen for us to be happy.
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But finding beauty in the mundane is simply taking a deep breath
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and realizing that we have everything we need in this moment to be happy.
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I want to leave you guys with a very practical exercise and one that maybe might make you look crazy.
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Cuckoo, cuckoo.
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Now, this exercise you can do while taking a walk in nature or anywhere you like,
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and it is name it, describe it.
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So, I'll show you an example.
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I can see the sand beneath my feet.
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It's slightly damp because it has just been raining.
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to my left I can see the ocean
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and the waves are crashing against the shore in the distance I can see an island
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and it looks slightly hazy because it's a cloudy day it's overcast today so next time you're walking,
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you can start by making simple sentences.
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Look at something, say what it is, and then try to make one or two sentences to describe that thing.
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You can describe how it looks, the color of it.
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You can describe the shape of it.
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You can describe how it sounds.
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And if you don't know the name of the thing, then you can simply make a connection.
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You can say, it looks like something else.
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For example, sand.
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You can say, I'm walking on the beach.
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It looks like salt or flour.
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This will help you in a real conversation when you don't always know the word for something.
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You can always find a way to say what you want to say, to express yourself, by using the words that you do have.
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It's not about having a huge vocabulary,
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but it's about having the flexibility and the agility to use the vocabulary that you do have.
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I've mentioned this name -it -describe -it practice before
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and a few of you in our infinity classes have mentioned that you love to do this.
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Gayatri and Hussain, you guys tell me
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that you love to take walks in nature and also practice your English speaking at the same time.
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It kills two birds with one stone, which is an idiom to say that you can do two things at the same time.
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Now, what if I look crazy?
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What if people think I'm weird talking to myself in nature, talking to myself while I walk on the street?
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That's a very good question and I'm glad you asked.
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Really, you can start this by going somewhere quiet if you feel a bit uncomfortable,
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if it bothers you what people think.
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But you can also take some comfort in knowing that most people are thinking in their own head anyway.
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They won't remember seeing you, they won't remember hearing the person talking to themselves in the street.
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They're more likely concerned with their own problems and their own thoughts.
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Really, it's about realizing that no one else cares and that's a good thing.
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That's quite a liberating thing.
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It's quite freeing.
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Now, this links on to the final word of today, which is unfazed.
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To be unfazed by something means to not let it bother you too much.
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I'm unfazed by talking while I walk.
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It doesn't bother me if people think I look weird.
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I'm okay with it and that's fine.
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Now, for all my lovely Sprout learners out there, I would really encourage you to take the words that you learned in this podcast,
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practice using them with your flashcards
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and then talk about this podcast with J .I to reinforce the words
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and to share your opinions and your thoughts on this idea of walking to improve our mood and to improve our English.
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I hope that the name it, describe it exercise is useful and I hope you have a beautiful day wherever you are in the world.
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Thank you so much for being here and I'll see you very soon.
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Much love.
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Peace guys.
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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.