Pratica di Shadowing: When to use 'do' and 'make' | The Coffee Break English Show 1.01 - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Welcome to the Coffee Break English Show.
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I'm Mark.
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And I'm Josie.
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Josie, what topic are we looking at today?
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Well, Mark, today we're talking about when to use the verb Do.
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And when to use the verb 'make'.
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That sounds great.
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Shall we get started?
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Let's go.
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Okay, Josie, is there a rule that we can follow?
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about when we use make and when we use do.
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Well, the difficult thing about make and do is that there aren't really many rules.
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But there are two rules.
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Two rules is good.
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Two rules is enough.
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First of all, We use make when we are creating or producing something.
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Okay, can you give us an example of what that would be?
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Yeah, so for example, we make dinner, We make breakfast, we make lunch, we make a coffee.
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Okay, so tell me, what are you making for dinner this evening?
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Hmm, good question.
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I don't have any plans.
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I think I'm going to make pasta for dinner this evening.
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Nice.
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I made a salad for my lunch today.
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Oh, good.
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Delicious.
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So 'make' is then used when we're talking about creating something.
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Perhaps food.
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Exactly.
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So usually we can see the thing that we have created or eat it in the case of food.
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Okay, so what other things can we make, Josie?
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Well, if you're a very creative person, maybe you make your own clothes.
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I'm not very creative, so I don't make my own clothes.
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Me neither.
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I would love to, but I've never made any clothes.
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I do like DIY.
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Okay, so have you ever made any furniture?
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Yes, I made this table. Did you?
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Well done.
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I bought this table from Ikea, then I made it, I built it.
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Okay, I think that still counts.
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Good.
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So anything else we need to know about to make?
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That's the only rule really, for make.
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So we're something that we can see.
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Okay, so is there a rule for "do"?
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Yeah, so usually we use 'do' when we're talking about actions.
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you For example, we do homework and we do housework.
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Do you like doing housework?
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Does anyone like doing housework?
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I don't think so.
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No. Just to remind our listeners, housework is work that you do in your house when you clean.
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So for example, you do the laundry.
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or you do the dishies.
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Yes.
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What other uses are there of 'do'?
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When do we use 'do'?
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Well, we use 'do' when we're talking about an action that is not specific.
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So we often use 'do' with the words 'something' and 'something' anything and nothing.
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Okay.
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So did you do anything last night Josie?
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Yes, I did something last night.
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Are you going to tell us what it was?
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And then obviously I should tell you.
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I can say, yes, I went for dinner.
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Okay.
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I did the dishes and did more housework last night.
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Fun.
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So are there any other rules for do and make?
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Unfortunately, not really.
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So the best way to learn when to use these words is to learn the fixed expressions,
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which include do and make.
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Josie, would it be a good idea to look at 10 examples, 10 phrases?
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which use do or make Definitely.
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I think it's a good way to get them in your head.
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Okay, let's look at five examples of 'to make' and then five examples of 'to do'.
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So number one.
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Number one: we make a mistake.
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So when you're learning a language, you often make a mistake, but that's the best way to learn.
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And we make friends.
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When you're learning a language, you often make friends who speak that language.
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Good.
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We make a decision.
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Thank you.
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So yesterday I made a decision to do the housework last night.
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Good.
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We also make plans.
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Because I did the housework last night, I'm making plans to go out for dinner tonight.
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Good for you.
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Finally, for make, we make a mess.
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So if you spill some food in the kitchen, you make a mess.
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You don't do a mess.
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Absolutely.
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Good.
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So let's now look at do, examples with do.
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Yeah, so we do our hair or our makeup.
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I do my hair and makeup every morning.
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We do an exam.
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So when it comes to the end of a course, you do an exam to test what you've learned.
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Good.
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We do exercise.
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It's very important to do exercise every day.
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Good.
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And on that note, we also do sport.
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So those two are connected.
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We also do the shopping.
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I do the shopping regularly on a Saturday morning.
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Good.
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So you do the shopping, you go to the supermarket.
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Exactly.
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Good.
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Is that ten?
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We've got one more.
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I think we also do research.
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Yeah.
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So it's interesting to do research on a topic that interests you.
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Excellent.
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Okay, so today we have looked at the verbs make and do.
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We have seen that with make...
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we use make when we create something.
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That's right.
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And we use do In particular situations when there is something or nothing or anything to do,
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Yes, and when we're talking about an action.
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An action.
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Yeah.
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Okay.
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And then we also looked at 10 different examples where we either use 'make' or 'do'.
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Of course there are many more fixed expressions with 'make' and 'do', so it's a good idea to do some research.
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And that's how you make progress.
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Absolutely.
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We really hope you enjoyed this lesson.
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Perché praticare il parlato con questo video?
Imparare l'inglese con YouTube è una scelta geniale, soprattutto se vuoi migliorare la conversazione. Questo video su "do" e "make" è perfetto per la pratica di conversazione in inglese: il dialogo tra Mark e Josie è naturale, con esempi del quotidiano, e ti aiuta a capire come usare questi verbi nella vita reale. Grazie alla tecnica del shadowspeak (o shadow speak), puoi ripetere le frasi immediatamente dopo i parlanti, migliorando intonazione e pronuncia senza sforzo. È come avere un tutor privato che parla contigo!
Grammatica e espressioni nel contesto
Analizziamo alcuni punti chiave del video:
- "We use make when we are creating or producing something": La regola per "make" è semplice: si usa per creare o produrre qualcosa di tangibile (es. "make dinner", "make a coffee"). Questo aiuta a differenziarlo da "do", che si usa per azioni generiche.
- "I made this table. I bought it from Ikea, then I made it": Qui "made" significa "costruito", mostrando che il verbo non si limita solo alla cucina, ma anche a progetti fai-da-te.
- "We use do when we're talking about actions": La regola per "do" è più ampia: si usa per azioni non specifiche (es. "do homework", "do sports"). Il video ci ricorda che non ci sono regole rigide, ma questi esempi rendono tutto più chiaro.
Trappole di pronuncia comuni
Nell'audio, attenzione a:
- "Make": La pronuncia corretta è /meɪk/, con la "a" lunga. Non confonderla con "mike" (/maɪk/), che significa "microfono".
- "Do": Si dice /duː/, non /doʊ/. Molti studenti sbagliano l'accento, ma ascoltando il video ripetutamente con il shadowing, lo imparerai a dire bene.
- "Furniture": La "u" è silenziosa, quindi si pronuncia /ˈfɜːrnɪtʃər/. È facile sbagliare, ma la ripetizione con il shadowspeak ti aiuterà a memorizzarla.
Un buon shadowing site può rafforzare queste abilità, ma con questo video hai già tutto il materiale per iniziare. Impara l'inglese con YouTube e trasformi la tua pratica in un'attività divertente!
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
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| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | have created · I've never made · you've learned |
| Superlativi the -est / the most … — il massimo o il minimo di un gruppo | the best |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — qualcosa che succede adesso o in questo periodo | we're helping · you're watching · we're talking |
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.