Pratica di Shadowing: Walk & Talk in the English Countryside | Comprehensible Input - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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I've just left home, grabbed my airpods and I'm off for a relaxing walk around my town.
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So relax, watch and listen while I describe what I can see and what I do,
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providing you with English listening practice through comprehensible input.
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First of all, I'm walking down this really steep hill.
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As you can see, it's very steep.
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The inclination is very high.
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Luckily I'm walking downhill and not uphill because walking up this steep hill would be exhausting.
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On this corner you can see that this house is being renovated and this what you can see here is scaffolding.
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Now let's turn to the right and go along this public footpath.
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This is what the footpath looks like and it's a nice rural way of disconnecting from work.
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Because working from home, working remotely, teaching all of my classes inside my own house means that I really need to get out of the house.
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So staying at my parents house is lovely Because look,
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we live in the countryside surrounded by lots of hills, trees and fields.
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You can tell that summer is coming to an end
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because we have lots of leaves that have fallen to the ground
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and many of them are brown which means autumn is coming then winter is coming.
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If there are any Game of Thrones fans let me know in the comments.
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In front of me you can see there are some blackberries growing
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and I'm gonna pick this one because it looks ripe and well let's try it let's see what it tastes like.
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Quite sweet, quite tasty, yeah thumbs up.
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But careful not all of them are ripe.
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The red ones are a bit unripe so they wouldn't be very juicy and they wouldn't be very tasty either.
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But look, there's so many of them.
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You see, I could make a lovely blackberry pie.
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And watch out, look out, because there's another thing you need to be careful of.
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This part here, it is barbed wire.
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The purpose of barbed wire is to prevent people or animals getting on to private property.
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Do you have any idea what this green stuff is called?
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Well, this is called moss.
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Oh hey, now I'm gonna open the gate and close it.
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Down here there are plenty of logs of wood to start a fire
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but as you can see from these fields a lot of the grass is very dry.
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It is parched and that's because of the heat wave and the drought that we've had in England this summer.
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So a lot of farmers are praying that it's going to rain soon.
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Fingers crossed!
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Here we have another plant that people need to be careful with.
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They are nettles.
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And if you touch nettles, well the nettles sting you and and then, ah, it really hurts.
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But wherever you have nettles, there are always dock leaves.
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And they are the natural antidote to nettle stings.
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So if you ever get stung by nettles, look for a dock leaf and rub it on the sting, and it will alleviate the pain.
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It will relieve a little bit of the pain.
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There you have some more dock leaves.
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This is almost like Bear Grylls, isn't it?
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I'm teaching you how to survive in the British countryside.
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This is a dandelion seed head and when I was a child I used to always blow these.
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So let's take a trip down memory lane and blow it!
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Now I'm walking through a really pretty village, a really pretty town just next to my house,
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and I'm gonna walk down to a stream and then onto the canal.
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This here is a wheelie bin
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and in front me you have a lovely little courtyard in this house the milkman has been to deliver fresh milk
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and we have more wheelie bins and even more so many wheelie bins there you can see a trampoline
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and there we have a wheelbarrow
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and in front of me you have a little plastic goal where kids can train their football skills.
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Yorkshire is just so picturesque, isn't it?
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It's beautiful here in the countryside, so I am definitely grateful for where I was brought up, where I grew up as a child
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because since I've been alive I've always been wandering around these little footpaths
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and getting my steps in because I like to take care of myself
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and look after myself and I try to make sure
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that every single day I do at least 10 kilometers between running and walking.
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And today helping myself to lots of blackberries.
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Along this wall we have a lot more barbed wire.
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So yeah this one looks even more dangerous than the last bit.
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I suppose this sign explains why there's so much barbed wire
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because it is private land there is no public right of way
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but not to worry because i'm going to continue on the public footpath
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and i'm going to go downhill again
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and in order to continue i'm going to cross this footbridge this bridge
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that is only designed for people who are walking underneath the bridge you have a little stream
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that is flowing a stream is essentially a very very very small river
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and on these paths sometimes i need to jump up and over a little wall
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In order to reach all of these beautiful, scenic, rural paths where the water is crystal clear.
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It's transparent.
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That being said, I still wouldn't drink it because I don't want to get an upset tummy.
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Your tummy or your belly is your stomach.
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and an upset tummy is when you have pain in your stomach
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and you probably need to go to the toilet quite a lot.
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The less said about that the better.
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Look at how pretty these little blue flowers are.
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I believe they're called bluebells.
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This is where it seems the stream gets really really muddy.
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so that reinforces why you shouldn't drink it.
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Then it leads to a private pond.
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Let me show you what it looks like.
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Behind me you can see the private pond and it seems like the water is quite stagnant.
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It's not flowing but if you ask me it's still quite a pretty pond
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and if you live in one of these houses it's lovely to look out to.
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There's also a bin in case you need to throw away any of your rubbish.
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Now I've just come across a group of rowdy kids and can you guess what they told me?
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They looked at the t-shirt I was wearing and pointed to the Leeds badge.
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One of them said come on Leeds
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but another one said oh I don't like Leeds and he said he was a Man United fan So I chuckled,
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I laughed a little bit, and I said, ha, good luck mate.
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Now this part of the path is a little bit overgrown.
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It's difficult to get past because all of these plants and trees have grown too much.
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It is overgrown.
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You see, I can barely get past.
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I can hardly get past.
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And as I warned you, You have to be careful of the nettles.
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And you also have to be careful because here there is a little bit of a cliff.
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There is a drop.
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So if you're walking along here, be careful not to slip and fall into the stream.
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It seems like this path is a little bit treacherous.
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A treacherous path is a dangerous path.
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that is full of obstacles but despite
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that despite the challenges I've made it I'm out
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and behind me you can see some lovely green meadows
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and it's a bit of a cloudy day now let's keep going
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and let's make it to the canal to the Leeds Liverpool canal so let's follow
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the public footpath go through the gate over these stones
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and keep going I'm gonna cross another footbridge like the one
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you can see behind me let's go go go go go go go go go
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warning these horses may kick and bite which horses you may ask it sounds a little bit scary
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These horses may kick and bite.
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Please do not feed the horses.
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These horses are on a special diet.
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Your kindness may kill.
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I'm biting my nails.
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I'm nervous.
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I'm a kind person.
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Are the horses going to kill me?
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There you can see the horses.
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There are two of them.
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And they're all covered up.
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They don't look so scary.
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but hey, I better not feed them or anything like that because I don't want them to kill me, do I?
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And in English there is actually a phrasal verb with horse.
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It is to horse around.
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And if you are horsing around it means you're joking, you're messing around, you know,
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you're pulling someone's leg so I'm just horsing around.
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Now I'm going to walk up these steps and onto the canal.
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That is a really common sign that you'll see all over the country.
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This house is for sale and look it's a beautiful house as well literally right on the canal.
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Now I'm walking along the canal in the middle of it because this canal goes from Leeds to Liverpool.
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And look, look at this cutie.
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This dog is lying down having a little bit of a rest.
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And along the canal is usually the place where I come
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when I want to go for a run because it's all flat.
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There are no hills at all.
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But right now I'm just gonna walk, just gonna stroll along the canal because this morning I've already been for a run.
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Unfortunately, unlike the stream, the canal isn't crystal clear.
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It's a little bit dirty it seems.
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Above me you have some more berries but I don't think these are edible or at least I've never eaten them before.
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If something is edible it means you can eat it and the opposite is inedible.
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In front of me there is a feather on the floor, so I've just picked it up.
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This is a feather.
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Now, I don't want to keep it, so I'm going to drop it.
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Look what's across the canal.
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If I zoom in, you can see the Union Jack, a British flag, and a pirate flag.
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And there you have lots of greenhouses
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and huts sheds where people grow their plants herbs
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and lots of other things this place is called an allotment now the path has got a little bit busier
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and there are more pedestrians walking or cycling along this canal path
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and it's funny because in small towns around the uk
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when you see a complete stranger even if you don't know them well
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that is a complete stranger you always do this action
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and you say all right all right or if not
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that you might say hiya hiya you're right so
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if you see someone in a small town in the UK just nod and say all right or hiya.
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There you can see some geese.
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This is an irregular plural.
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It is one goose and many geese.
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And now there are lots of narrow boats.
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This is the name of these canal boats and every narrow boat has its own name.
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Straight and narrow, Ain't no Russian, At Last, Bonnie Mary, and lots more geese.
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And obviously, this is a common place to come and walk your dog.
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Most people who walk their dog walk it on a lead.
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In American English, they say a leash.
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And this sign, no fouling, means don't leave your dog poo on the street.
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How about a bit more wildlife?
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In front of me, flying away, you have a common pigeon.
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As I said, this is the Leeds-Liverpool Canal.
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So from Leeds all the way to Liverpool, people will travel along the canal, cycle along it, walk along it.
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And it was really, really useful during the Industrial Revolution to transport goods from one city to another.
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and it also crosses through Manchester in the middle.
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But if that's the case, what happens when these narrowboats need to go upstream?
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You know, up a hill but along the canal.
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The canal is always flat.
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Always.
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So they came up with a solution.
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And it was to make locks.
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This is just one example of many.
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The Bingley Five Rise Locks on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal.
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cared for by us made possible by you now i'm walking
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down the hill right next to the five rise locks
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but don't worry i'm gonna walk back up
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and show you it properly this is the view from the bottom
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and the narrowboat will enter one of these locks when
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that happens he will close the door and the water will start to fill up.
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Then the boat will start to rise with the water and you repeat the process five times.
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Now I'm walking up the locks and this is what it looks like on the inside as this starts to fill up.
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You see the lock that is just above it is already full
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and this is starting to empty and the water will go down into the next lock.
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It's quite impressive engineering isn't it?
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But you can tell you're from a small town when this is probably the most famous thing about Bingley, my hometown.
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The Five Rise Locks.
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Fascinating isn't it?
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Now I'm going to start walking back up the hill and home to prepare for my evening classes.
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But this is a closer look at what an allotment looks like.
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You know, the place where people come to grow their own plants and stuff like that.
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Down here someone's even growing their own pumpkins.
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So I think that's enough for this walk and talk.
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I hope you liked it.
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If so, leave a like and I'll see you next time.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questo video contiene 204 frasi e 2328 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 16:58. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 137 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Il 82% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| canal sostantivo | /kəˈnæl/ | canale |
| wire sostantivo | /ˈwaɪɚ/ | filo, filo metallico |
| goose sostantivo | /ɡus/ | oca, papero |
| sting verbo | /ˈstɪŋ/ | pungere |
| narrow aggettivo | /ˈnæɹəʊ/ | stretto, angusto |
| bite verbo | /baɪt/ | mordere |
| dock sostantivo | /dɑk/ | molo |
| steep aggettivo | /stiːp/ | scosceso, ripido |
| pond sostantivo | /pɑnd/ | stagno |
| countryside sostantivo | /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/ | campagna |
| blackberry sostantivo | /ˈblækbɛɹi/ | rovo |
| gate sostantivo | /ˈɡeɪ̯t/ | cancello |
| stomach sostantivo | /ˈstʌmək/ | stomaco |
| crystal sostantivo | /ˈkɹɪstəl/ | cristallo |
| scary aggettivo | /ˈskɛə.ɹi/ | pauroso |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Significato |
|---|---|
| fill up verbo | riempire |
| bring up verbo | menzionare, nominare |
| come across verbo | dare l'impressione, avere l'aria |
| come up with verbo | ideare, escogitare |
| cover up verbo | insabbiare, occultare |
| go through verbo | attraversare |
| grow up verbo | crescere |
| look out verbo | fare attenzione, stare attento |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 70 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come I'm, don't, I've. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: feather /ˈfɛðə/, underneath /ˌʌndɚˈniθ/, thumb /ˈθʌm/, footpath /ˈfʊtˌpæθ/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/, inclination /ˌɪn.klɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, leash /liːʃ/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, irregular /ɪˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ/, alleviate /əˈli.vi.eɪt/, comprehensible /kɒmpɹəˈhɛnsɪbəl/, dandelion /ˈdæn.dəˌlaɪ.ən/
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 canal, wire, goose.
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | I've just left · have fallen · we've had |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | being renovated · is barbed · is called |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | brown which means · people who are · people who walk |
| Possibilità con “might / may” might/may + verbo — qualcosa di possibile ma non certo | may kick · may kill · might say |
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.