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Six dollars for a coffee? Are you serious?
6 dollari per un caffè? Sul serio?
2
Ha! Welcome to the real world, kiddo.
Ah! Benvenuta nel mondo reale, piccola.
3
Ugh, it was four fifty last year, Grandpa!
Uffa, l'anno scorso costava 4,50, nonno!
4
Well, prices don't stay the same forever.
Beh, i prezzi non restano uguali per sempre.
5
And look at this bread. It's gone up again!
E guarda questo pane. È aumentato di nuovo!
6
That's inflation. Prices slowly rise over time.
Questa è l'inflazione. I prezzi salgono piano piano nel tempo.
7
Oh no. So my money just buys less?
Oh no. Quindi con i miei soldi compro di meno?
8
Exactly. Ten dollars gets you a little less every year.
Esatto. Con 10 dollari compri un po' meno ogni anno.
9
When I was your age, a loaf of bread was thirty-five cents.
Quando avevo la tua età, una pagnotta costava 35 centesimi.
10
Thirty-five cents? No way!
35 centesimi? Ma dai!
11
Ha, but I earned less than three dollars an hour!
Ah, ma io guadagnavo meno di 3 dollari l'ora!
12
Oh... so pay went up too?
Oh... quindi anche gli stipendi sono aumentati?
13
Usually, yes. Just not always as fast as prices.
Di solito sì. Solo che non sempre veloci quanto i prezzi.
14
But why does it happen? Who decides?
Ma perché succede? Chi lo decide?
15
Nobody really decides. Think of it like this.
In realtà non lo decide nessuno. Pensala così.
16
When everyone wants something that's hard to get, sellers ask for more.
Quando tutti vogliono qualcosa di difficile da trovare, i venditori chiedono di più.
17
Oh, like concert tickets for a famous band!
Ah, come i biglietti del concerto di una band famosa!
18
Ha, exactly! And when costs go up, prices follow.
Ah, esatto! E quando i costi salgono, i prezzi seguono.
19
If energy gets more expensive, the bakery pays more too.
Se l'energia costa di più, anche il panificio paga di più.
20
Gas for the ovens, fuel for the trucks... it all adds up.
Il gas per i forni, il carburante per i camion... alla fine si somma tutto.
21
Ugh, and then they pass it on to us!
Uffa, e poi lo fanno pagare a noi!
22
Can't anyone stop it?
Nessuno può fermarla?
23
Central banks try. They raise interest rates.
Le banche centrali ci provano. Alzano i tassi d'interesse.
24
Borrowing costs more, so people spend less and prices slow down.
Prendere in prestito costa di più, quindi la gente spende meno e i prezzi rallentano.
25
Hmm, so a little inflation is normal?
Mmm, quindi un po' di inflazione è normale?
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Yes. Many central banks aim for about two percent a year.
Sì. Molte banche centrali puntano a circa il 2% all'anno.
27
So, my advice? Compare prices before you buy.
Allora, il mio consiglio? Confronta i prezzi prima di comprare.
28
And keep your savings somewhere that pays interest.
E tieni i tuoi risparmi dove ti danno gli interessi.
29
Okay, okay. And maybe make my coffee at home?
Va bene, va bene. E magari farmi il caffè a casa?
30
Now you're thinking like your grandpa!
Adesso sì che ragioni come tuo nonno!
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Why Is Everything So Expensive? Inflation Explained”. This video has 30 sentences and 253 words to shadow. The speech runs for 2:06. The speaker talks at a steady 121 words per minute, a comfortable pace for shadowing. 86% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start. 11 of its 30 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.
Key vocabulary in this video
The 12 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| thirty noun | /ˈθɝti/ | A commercial lasting 30 seconds. |
| inflation noun | /ɪnˈfleɪ.ʃən/ | An act, instance of, or state of expansion or increase in size, especially by injection of a gas or liquid. |
| grandpa noun | /ˈɡɹæm.pɑː/ | grandfather. |
| earn verb | /ɝn/ | To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. |
| fifty noun | /ˈfɪfti/ | A banknote or coin with a denomination of 50. |
| oven noun | /ˈʌ.vn̩/ | A chamber used for baking or heating. |
| seller noun | /ˈsɛlɚ/ | Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk. |
| bind verb | /ˈbaɪ̯nd/ | To tie; to confine by any ligature. |
| borrowing noun | /ˈbɔrəwɪŋ/ | An instance of something being borrowed. |
| bakery noun | /ˈbeɪ.kə.ɹi/ | A place in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold. |
| kiddo noun | /ˈkɪdoʊ/ | A close friend; especially used as a form of address. |
| loaf noun | /loʊf/ | A block of bread after baking. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| go up verb | To move upwards. |
| add up verb | To take the sum of; to total. |
| slow down verb | To decelerate. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 3 contractions and reduced forms, such as can't, don't, you're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like thirty, inflation, grandpa.
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.