Pratica di Shadowing: Yes, Prime Minister - The need to know - Impara a parlare inglese con i video
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Hello.
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So, I gather you denied that Mr. Halifax's phone had been bugged.
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Well, obviously.
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It was the one question today to which I could give a clear, simple, straightforward, honest answer.
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Yes.
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Unfortunately, although the answer was indeed clear, simple and straightforward, there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning to it the fourth of the epithets you applied to the statement,
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inasmuch as the precise correlation between the information you communicated And the facts, insofar as they can be determined and demonstrated,
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is such as to cause epistemological problems
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of sufficient magnitude as to lay upon the logical and semantic resources of the English language
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a heavier burden than they can reasonably be expected to bear.
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Epistemological?
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What are you talking about?
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You told a lie.
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A lie?
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A lie.
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What do you mean, a lie?
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I mean you.. lied.
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Yes, I know this is a difficult concept to get across to a politician.
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You were...
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I'm sorry.
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Ah, yes, you did love to tell the truth.
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You mean, we are bugging you Halifax's telephone?
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We were.
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We were?
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When did we stop?
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Um, 17 minutes ago.
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Well, you can't call that lying.
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What would you call the opposite of telling the truth?
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Well, I mean, there was no intent.
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I didn't mean to deceive them.
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I'd never knowingly mislead the house.
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Nonetheless, you have done so.
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Well, it wasn't my fault.
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I didn't know he was being bugged.
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Mr. You are deemed to have known you are ultimately responsible.
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Why wasn't I told?
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The Home Secretary might not have felt the need to inform you.
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Why?
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Perhaps he didn't know either.
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Or perhaps he'd been advised that you did not need to know.
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Well, I did need to know.
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Apparently the fact that you needed to know was not known at the time
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that the now known need to know was known.
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And therefore those that needed to advise and inform the Home Secretary perhaps felt
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that the information
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that he needed as to whether to inform the highest authority the highest authority of the known information was not yet known.
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And therefore there was no authority for the authority to be informed
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because the need to know was not at that time known or needed.
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What?
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We did not know that you would deny it in the House.
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Well, obviously I would if I didn't know and I were asked.
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We did not know that you would be asked when you didn't know.
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There's bound to be asked when I didn't know if I didn't know.
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What?
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It was thought that it was better not to inform you.
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You see, Hugh Halifax is one of your government team and as such, it was thought that it was better not to create distrust.
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We only tell you when you should be aware.
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When's that?
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You should now be aware because you've just denied it.
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Well, it would be rather more helpful if I'd been aware before I denied it.
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On the contrary, Prime Minister, if you had been aware before you denied it, you wouldn't have denied it.
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But I needed to know.
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We do not always tell you about bugging when you need to know.
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You see, at times, Prime Minister, we need you not to know.
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Why did you decide that I didn't need to know?
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I didn't.
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Well, who did?
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Nobody.
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It was just that nobody decided to tell you.
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Well, it's the same thing.
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On the contrary, Prime Minister, to decide to conceal information from you is a heavy burden for any official to shoulder,
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but to decide not to reveal information to you is routine procedure.
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Humphrey, I need to know everything.
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Everything?
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Everything.
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Very well.
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Stationary deliveries this week to the Commonwealth system.
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Four dozen brackets of size two-paces.
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Humphrey, don't be silly.
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I mean important things.
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Who should decide what is important?
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Humphrey, how can you possibly defend this cock-up?
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Well, as you said in the House, we got it wrong.
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You got it wrong?
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I, Prime Minister, I am merely a humble servant, a lowly official.
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The Home Secretary made the decision.
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Can you think of any reason why I shouldn't ask him to resign?
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With respect, Prime Minister, you should only ask him to resign
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when he has made a mistake which could have been seen at the time and not with the benefit of hindsight.
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But you see, the trouble today has arisen because of your own error of judgment in making this denial.
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What?
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You should not have denied something about which you did not know.
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That was your fault.
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You've just admitted keeping secrets from the Prime Minister.
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Not at all, Prime Minister.
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The system works perfectly well as long as the Prime Minister tells the civil service everything
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that he's going to say before he says it.
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But if precipitately he says something without first clearing it with his officials, he has only himself to blame, you must not say anything in public without first clearing it.
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With respect, Prime Minister, you must learn discretion.
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I didn't know there was anything to be discreet about.
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In government, there's always something to be discreet about.
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Contesto e sfondo
Il video presenta un dialogo tra personaggi politici britannici, ricco di ironia e linguaggio raffinato. Le frasi sono dense e spesso ricche di circonlocuzioni, il che lo rende perfetto per esercitarsi con l'inglese formale e la comprensione di conversazioni complesse. Questo tipo di contesto è ottimo per imparare l'inglese con i video, poiché mette a fuoco non solo il vocabolario, ma anche la logica e l'intonazione tipiche di situazioni professionali.
Top 5 frasi per la comunicazione quotidiana
- "I gather you denied..." (Credo che tu abbia negato...): Utile per esprimere una supposizione basata su informazioni ricevute.
- "there is some difficulty in justifiably assigning..." (C'è una certa difficoltà a assegnare giustificatamente...): Perfetta per spiegare complicazioni in modo formale.
- "I didn't mean to deceive them" (Non ho voluto ingannarli): Frase essenziale per correggere un malinteso nella conversazione.
- "you are deemed to have known" (Sei considerato come se lo sapessi): Utilizzata per sottolineare una responsabilità implicita.
- "the need to know was not at that time known or needed" (La necessità di sapere non era allora nota o necessaria): Esempio di circonlocuzione tipica in contesti burocratici, utile per ampliare la propria flessibilità linguistica.
Guida passo passo per lo shadowing
Lo shadowing in inglese è una tecnica efficace per migliorare la pronuncia e la fluidità. Ecco come applicarla a questo video:
- Ascolta il video una volta per capire il contesto generale, senza preoccuparti di capire ogni parola.
- Seleziona un frammento di 10-15 secondi (es. la parte dove si discute della "necessità di sapere"). Ripetilo più volte finché non riconosci tutte le parole.
- Imita la pronuncia e l'intonazione immediatamente dopo l'audio, cercando di corrispondere al ritmo e alla enfasi. Questo aiuta a migliorare la pronuncia inglese e la capacità di rispondere velocemente.
- Analizza le frasi complesse: Scomponi le circonlocuzioni (es. "the need to know was not yet known") in parti più semplici per capire la struttura logica. Questo rafforza la pratica di conversazione in inglese in contesti formali.
- Ripeti con frasi più lunghe man mano che la confidenza cresce. Usa questo video come shadowing site per esercitarti quotidianamente, concentrandoti su frasi che ti sembrano difficili.
Con questa tecnica, trasformi un dialogo complesso in un tool pratico per rafforzare le tue abilità linguistiche. Ricorda: la chiave è la costanza!
La grammatica di questo video
Le strutture che chi parla usa di più, con le parole esatte del video:
| Struttura | Nel video |
|---|---|
| Forma passiva be + participio passato — conta ciò che accade, non chi lo fa | had been bugged · be expected · being bugged |
| Present perfect have/has + participio passato — un’azione passata che conta ancora adesso | have done · you've just denied · has made |
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.