Pratica di Shadowing: Zuckerberg and Senator Hawley clash in fiery child safety hearing - Impara a parlare inglese con YouTube

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Mr Zuckerberg, let me start with you.
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Mr Zuckerberg, let me start with you.
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Did I hear you say in your opening statement that there's no link between mental health and social media use?
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Senator, what I said is I think it's important to look at the science.
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I know it's People widely talk about this as if that is something that's already been proven.
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And I think that the bulk of the scientific evidence does not support that.
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Well, really, let me just remind you of some of the science from your own company.
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Instagram studied the effect of of your platform on teenagers.
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Let me just read you some quotes from the Wall Street Journal's report on this company researchers found that Instagram is harmful.
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for a sizable percentage of teenagers, most notably teenage girls.
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Here's a quote from your own study quote.
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We make body image issues worse for one in three.
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teen girls.
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Here's another quote teams blamed Instagram.
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This is your study for increases in the rate of anxiety and depression.
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This reaction was unprompted and consistent across all groups.
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That's your study.
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Senator, we try to understand the the feedback and how people feel about the services.
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We can improve what a minute your own dad your own study says that you make
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Life worse for one in three teenage girls.
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You increase anxiety and depression.
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That's what it says.
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And you're here testifying to us in public that there's no link.
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You've been doing this for years.
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For years, you've been coming in public and testifying under oath that there's absolutely no link.
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Your product is wonderful.
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The science is nascent full speed ahead while internally, you know, full well, your product is a disaster. for teenagers.
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And yet you keep right on doing what you're doing.
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Right.
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That's not true.
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Let me let me let me show you some other facts I know that you're familiar with.
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Wait a minute.
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Wait a minute.
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That's not a question.
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That's not a question.
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Those are facts.
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Mr. Zuckerberg.
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That's not a question.
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That's bizarre.
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Let me show you some more facts.
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Here are some here's some information from a whistleblower who came before the Senate testified under oath in public.
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He worked for you to senior executive.
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Here's what he showed he found when he studied your products.
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So, for example, this is girls between the ages of 13 and 15 years old, 37 percent of them.
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reported.
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They had been exposed to nudity on the platform unwanted in the last seven days.
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24 % said that the people who are not going to be but they had experienced unwanted sexual advances.
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They've been propositioned in the last seven days 17 % said they had encountered self harm content pushed at them.
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In the last seven days.
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Now I know you're familiar with these stats because he sent you an email where he lined it all out.
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I mean, we've got a copy of it.
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right here.
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My question is, who did you fire for this?
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Who got fired because of that?
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Senator, we study all this because it's important.
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We want to improve our service.
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Well, you just told me saying that you studied it be that there was no linkage.
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Who did you fire?
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I said you mischaracterized 37 % of teenage girls between 13
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and 15 were exposed to unwanted nudity in a week on Instagram.
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You knew about it.
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Who did you fire?
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Senator.
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This is why we're building all who did you fire rules.
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Senator, I don't think that that's-- Who did you fire?
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I'm not going to answer that.
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Because you didn't fire anybody, right?
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You didn't take any significant action.
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It's appropriate to talk about-- It's not appropriate.
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Do you know who's sitting behind you?
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You've got families from across the nation whose children are either severely harmed or gone,
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and you don't think it's appropriate to talk about steps that you took?
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The fact that you didn't fire a single person?
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Let me ask you this.
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Have you compensated any of the victims?
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Sorry, have you compensated any of the victims?
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These girls, have you compensated them?
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I don't believe so.
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Why not?
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Don't you think they deserve some compensation for what your platform has done?
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Help with counseling services, help with
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dealing with the issues that your your services cause our our job is to make sure
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that we build tools to help keep people safe are you going to compensate them?
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Senator, our job and what we take seriously is making sure that we build
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Industry living tools to find harmful to make money, take it off the services to make money and to build tools that empower parents.
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So you didn't take any action.
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You didn't take any action.
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You didn't fire anybody.
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You haven't compensated a single victim.
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Let me ask you this.
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Let me ask you this.
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There's families of victims here today.
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Have you apologized to the victims?
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I've, Would you like to do so now?
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Well, they're here.
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You're on national television.
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Would you like now to apologize to the victims who have been harmed by your product?
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Show them the pictures.
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Would you like to apologize for what you've done to these good people?
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I-- I'm sorry, but everything that we have all ..
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It's why we invested so much, and everyone's going to continue doing these three big efforts.
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to make sure that No one has to go.
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- There's a type of thing.
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members.
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You know?
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Why Mr Zuckerberg, why should your company not be sued for this?
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Why is it that you can claim you hide behind a liability shield?
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You can't be held accountable.
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Shouldn't you be held accountable personally?
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Will you take personal responsibility?
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Senator, I think I've already answered this.
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I mean, this is - Well try us again.
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Will you take personal responsibility?
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Senator, I view my job and the job of our company is building the best tools that we can
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to keep our community safe.
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Well, you're failing at that.
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Well, Senator, we're doing an industry leading effort.
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We build AI tools that-- Your product is killing people.
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Will you personally commit to compensating the victims?
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You're a billionaire.
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Will you commit to compensating the victims?
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Will you set up a compensation fund with your money?
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These are-- With your money.
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Senator, these are complicated.
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Yes.
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No, that's not a complicated question, though.
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That's a yes or no. Will you set up a victim's compensation fund with your money, the money you made on these families sitting behind you?
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Yes or no?
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Senator I don't think that that's my job is sounds like a no good tools.
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My job is to make sure that your job is to be responsible for what your company has done.
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You've made billions of dollars on the people sitting behind them.
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Are you here?
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You've done nothing to help them.
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You've done nothing to compensate them.
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You've done nothing to put it right.
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You could do so here today and you should.
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You should Mr Zuckerberg.

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Contesto & Sfondo

Nel video di oggi, assistiamo a una discussione accesa tra il CEO di una nota piattaforma di social media, Mark Zuckerberg, e il senatore Hawley. Il dialogo si concentra sulle preoccupazioni relative alla salute mentale dei giovani in relazione all'uso dei social media. Questa conversazione offre un'importante opportunità per imparare l'inglese con youtube, poiché affronta temi attuali e linguaggio complesso che è utile conoscere. In particolare, le dichiarazioni di Zuckerberg forniscono spunti su come formulare argomentazioni e rispondere a critiche, elementi fondamentali per migliorare le proprie capacità comunicative in inglese.

Le 5 Frasi Chiave per la Comunicazione Quotidiana

  • "Did I hear you say..." - Usato per chiedere conferme su ciò che è stato appena detto.
  • "It's important to look at the science." - Per enfatizzare l'importanza dei dati e delle prove scientifiche.
  • "Let me remind you of some of the science..." - Una frase utile per richiamare fatti o dati importanti già discussi.
  • "That's what it says." - Utilizzata per ribadire un punto e sottolineare la validità di un'affermazione.
  • "Your own study says..." - Una strategia per citare prove interne e rafforzare l'argomentazione.

Guida Passo dopo Passo per il Shadowing

Per affrontare la difficoltà di questo video e migliorare la pronuncia inglese, ti consigliamo di seguire questo metodo di shadowing in inglese. Il shadow speak è una tecnica in cui ascolti attentamente e ripeti immediatamente ciò che senti, aiutandoti a migliorare la tua fluidità e pronuncia.

  1. Ascolta attentamente: Guarda il video una prima volta senza eseguire il shadowing per comprendere il contesto e il tono della discussione.
  2. Dividi il video in segmenti: Tieni a mente le frasi chiave e ascolta brevi sezioni del dialogo, fermandoti spesso per ripetere ciò che hai appena sentito.
  3. Fai attenzione alla pronuncia: Presta attenzione ai modelli di intonazione e pronuncia. Usa le frasi chiave elencate sopra come base per il tuo shadow speech.
  4. Pratica regolarmente: Ripeti questa esercitazione più volte durante la settimana. La costanza è essenziale per vedere miglioramenti significativi.
  5. Rivedi le tue registrazioni: Se possibile, registra le tue ripetizioni e ascolta i tuoi progressi per identificare aree di miglioramento.

Utilizzando questi suggerimenti, potrai efficacemente migliorare la tua pronuncia inglese e acquisire maggiore sicurezza nelle conversazioni quotidiane. Buon apprendimento!

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.