Pratica di Shadowing: Why These Nuns Cut off Their Noses and Lips - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Dark clouds descend upon your abbey, as thunder makes the ground quake.
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A fellow nun cries out, The Vikings are coming!
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Their torches burn like dragonfire, ready to scorch the place to the ground.
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Those who try to run will get their throats cut or be taken away in chains.
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Your father, King Alfred of Wessex, thought you'd be safe here.
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But now, all you can do is pray.
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Dear God, please send the mightiest Viking under our way.
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Surround it.
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It's the late 9th century, a terrible time to live on the British coast, especially in a convent.
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For decades, the Vikings have come here to loot, and chapels full of golden crosses are a welcome bounty.
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Some nuns try to fight back by going full barbarian.
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In one nunnery, sisters cut off their noses and upper lips to scare the Vikings off.
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But they keep coming back.
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King Alfred has spent years fighting the Vikings.
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Since taking the throne in 871, he's watched them conquer kingdom after kingdom until nearly half of England lies under their control.
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He won't be able to keep his young nun daughter Æthelgifu safe from the Vikings for long.
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His older daughter Æthelflet marries the lord of the neighboring kingdom of Mercia
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and joins the battle the princess may not have been raised to fight vikings
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but she's about to become their worst nightmare bet these vikings
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to first take care of some viking hunting at first ethel fled's husband leads the fight but when he falls around 902,
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Mercia suddenly finds itself ruled by a woman.
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A lady leading a kingdom is unusual, but with her land and younger sister still living in the shadow of Viking raids,
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she's determined to strike back by bringing out the heavy artillery.
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When the Vikings gather around the city of Chester in 907,
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Aethelflaed soldiers greet them by pouring boiling water over them to burn their flesh and bones.
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As the invaders scream and stumble back, legend has it that Mercia's soldiers hurl beehives at them to secure the kill.
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While Ethelfledd crushes the raiders in the north, her brother Edward, now King of Wessex, is clearing the south.
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They're the ultimate Viking hunting team, so when their enemies start creeping close to their sister's abbey, they know exactly what to do.
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None shall pass.
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Years of poor health have left Ethelgifu in no condition to run.
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So her siblings decide to send their forces to meet the Vikings.
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Their armies catch up with them near Tessenhall.
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The Viking hunter siblings split their formation to enclose the Norsemen, cutting off any hope of escape.
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All the raiders can do is form a shield wall, but Ethelflaed's troops are relentless.
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They keep on pounding their exposed heads until their skulls crack.
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Even the Nordic kings riding with the formation aren't spared.
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When the dust settles, one of the strongest Viking armies in England is gone.
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Not long after the battle, Æthelflaed's husband, the Lord of Mercia, dies.
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But that's okay.
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By now, everyone knows who's really leading the fight.
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Ring of Fire To stop the invaders from pushing farther south and reaching her sister's abbey, Æthelflaed builds fortified towns at strategic locations,
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drawing a ring around Mercia that no raider can break.
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For the next seven years, Æthelflaed rules with an iron fist.
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When she's not commanding soldiers or fortresses, she's securing alliances with the Irish and Welsh to finish off her enemies.
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By 918, the Vikings know it's time to jump ship.
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Some raiders who have occupied York for nearly half a century swear allegiance to her, even willing to fight against her last enemies and form part of her government.
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But before she can finish the conquest, her heart of steel finally gives out.
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While her daughter is chosen as the next Lady of Mercia, Æthelflaed's brother is done sharing his power with a woman and takes away his niece's crown.
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Some say she then spent the rest of her days as a nun.
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The king may be trying to erase Æthelflaed's legacy,
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but monasteries see her as a martyr and immortalize her story in the Mercian Register.
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The mighty Viking Hunter, who devoted her life to keeping bloodthirsty raiders away from their chapels.
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Vocabolario e note di pronuncia per questa lezione
Questo video contiene 79 frasi e 1065 parole da ripetere con lo shadowing. Il parlato dura 7:49. Chi parla mantiene un ritmo costante di circa 136 parole al minuto, comodo per lo shadowing. Solo il 78% delle parole rientra nelle 3.000 più comuni dell’inglese, quindi il lessico è impegnativo.
Vocaboli chiave di questo video
15 parole del video che vale la pena imparare, con pronuncia e significato:
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| thunder sostantivo | /ˈθʌndɚ/ | tuono |
| abbey sostantivo | /ˈæbi/ | abbazia |
| bonus sostantivo | /ˈbəʊ.nəs/ | bonus, extra |
| hunter sostantivo | /ˈhʌntɚ/ | cane da caccia |
| pin sostantivo | /pɪn/ | spillo |
| realistic aggettivo | /ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/ | realistico |
| hurry verbo | /ˈhʌ.ɹi/ | affrettarsi, precipitarsi |
| mighty aggettivo | /ˈmaɪti/ | potente, possente |
| chapel sostantivo | /ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/ | cappella, chiesetta |
| sibling sostantivo | /ˈsɪb.lɪŋ/ | fratello, sorella |
| bone sostantivo | /boʊn/ | osso |
| cloud sostantivo | /ˈklaʊ̯d/ | nuvola, nube |
| unusual aggettivo | /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/ | insolito, particolare |
| legend sostantivo | /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/ | leggenda, favola |
| lieutenant sostantivo | /l(j)uˈtɛn.ənt/ | tenente |
I phrasal verb che sentirai
| Parola | Pronuncia | Significato |
|---|---|---|
| come back verbo | tornare | |
| fight back verbo | /faɪt bæk/ | difendersi, contrastare |
| finish off verbo | terminare, rifinire | |
| take away verbo | /ˌteɪk əˈweɪ/ | togliere |
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 | have come · has spent · have never seen |
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | are based · be taken · have been raised |
| Frasi relative who / which + frase — un’informazione in più su una persona o una cosa | Those who try · those who haven |
Pronuncia a cui fare attenzione
Chi parla usa 9 contrazioni e forme ridotte, come haven't, aren't, I'll. Pronunciale nella forma breve, così come le senti.
- I suoni “th”: thunder /ˈθʌndɚ/, throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, gather /ˈɡæðɚ/, throne /θɹəʊ̯n/, authentic /ɔˈθɛn.tɪk/
- I suoni “sh” e “zh”: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, impression /ɪmˈpɹɛʃn̩/, shield /ˈʃild/, flesh /flɛʃ/
- Parole lunghe — attenzione all’accento: unusual /ʌnˈjuːʒ(u)əl/, incredibly /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbli/, comprehensive /ˌkɑm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/, helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/, artillery /ɑɹˈtɪləɹi/
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 thunder, abbey, bonus.
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.