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Interesting article on the fin this morning.
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What's there?
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Land crisis.
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Article or opinion piece?
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What's the difference?
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Facts.
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Well this bloke's an expert.
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He heads up a housing industry group so he knows what he's talking about.
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Sometimes I can't work you out.
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This is how they operate.
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Opinion, pieces, statements from industry experts, long lunches.
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Can't you see what they're doing?
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Getting the conversation started.
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It's not a conversation, it's a campaign.
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So your golfing buddies can make money from yet another rezoning of yet another poorly resourced housing estate.
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It's a fully integrated stage community.
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More than just an address, it's a complete lifestyle experience.
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They've already got marketing materials.
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It's a mock -up, just for you.
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Me?
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I've skipped a step, haven't I?
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I said you'd head out there.
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- Jim.
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- One visit as a favour.
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-Hah.
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It's a pretty nice spot for a farm.
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It's a 90 minute drive from the city.
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- It didn't take us long.
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- Yeah, that's 'cause we came in that.
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Beautiful spot, isn't it?
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Yeah.
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Can I just ask, where are the lakes?
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What lakes?
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This place is called Crystal Lakes.
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Oh, it's not Highland Meadows?
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No, no, you flew us over the Highland Meadows site.
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- Did I?
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- Oh, I thought that was Willow Ridge.
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Right.
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Oh, my God.
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Okay.
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Yeah, this is the right place.
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We're putting a lake in.
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Lakes?
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Crystal Lakes.
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I'll call them back.
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No, it's fine.
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It's fine.
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So we're talking what couple of thousand houses four to six.
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Thought it was two.
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Initially, We have to get the rezoning sorted first.
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Without that, this place is just going to...
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Stay like it is.
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Exactly.
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Can I ask you about infrastructure?
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Absolutely.
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And can I ask about the lake?
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One?
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Just for a tweet.
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Yeah, hang on.
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What sort of facilities are we thinking of?
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Oh, this is a fully integrated stage community. So, schools?
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Well, down the track.
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Medical facilities.
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- Further down the track?
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- Transport.
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Definitely.
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- Public transport?
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- Down the track.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione

Questa lezione di conversazione di livello B2 si basa sul video “When Property Developers Want To Build”. Questo video contiene 69 frasi e 334 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 1:48. Chi parla va veloce, circa 186 parole al minuto: aspettati suoni legati e ridotti. Il 82% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese; conviene studiare le altre prima di iniziare. 19 delle sue 69 frasi sono domande: un buon esercizio per l’intonazione interrogativa e le risposte brevi.

Vocaboli chiave di questo video

Le 14 parole più avanzate del video, con pronuncia e significato:

ParolaPronunciaSignificato
integrate verbo/ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/completare, integrare
infrastructure sostantivo/ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/infrastruttura
buddy/ˈbʌdi/amico, compagno
resource sostantivo/ɹɪˈzɔːs/risorsa
lifestyle sostantivo/ˈlaɪfˌstaɪl/stile di vita
skip verbo/skɪp/balzare, saltellare
mock verbo/mɑk/parodiare, imitare
transport sostantivo/ˈtɹæns.pɔɹt/trasporto, porto
facility sostantivo/fəˈsɪlɪti/struttura, mezzo
expert sostantivo/ˈɛk.spɜːt/esperto
lunch sostantivo/lʌnt͡ʃ/pranzo, seconda colazione
crisis sostantivo/ˈkɹaɪsɪs/crisi
golf sostantivo/ɡɑlf/golf
operate verbo/ˈɑpəɹeɪt/operare, lavorare

Frasi da ripetere

Frasi brevi e complete del video che puoi riutilizzare nella conversazione di tutti i giorni:

  • Can't you see what they're doing?
  • I've skipped a step, haven't I?
  • Can I just ask, where are the lakes?
  • Can I ask you about infrastructure?
  • What sort of facilities are we thinking of?

Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione

Chi parla usa 12 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come can't, we're, didn't. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.

  • Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: infrastructure /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/, facility /fəˈsɪlɪti/, initially /ɪˈnɪʃəli/

I suoni difficili per chi parla italiano:

  • Consonante finale — senza aggiungere una vocale dopo: integrate /ˈɪn.tɪ.ɡɹeɪt/, resource /ɹɪˈzɔːs/, skip /skɪp/, tweet /ˈtwiːt/, mock /mɑk/

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 integrate, infrastructure, buddy.

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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