Il vocabolario sull’avventura e sul superare le sfide nel nuovo episodio del nostro podcast: Learn English with Everest.
Vocabolario inglese sull’avventura e sul superare le sfide – Podcast
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Podcast: episodio 1 della nostra nuova stagione
Benvenuto nella nuova serie di podcast di Everest, dove vivremo insieme un po’ degli highs and lows (alti e bassi) e degli ins and outs (i dettagli) della vita. In questi podcast ascolteremo storie vere di persone vere, parleremo di temi interessanti dall’Irlanda e dal resto del mondo e riceveremo consigli, suggerimenti e idee per cambiare il nostro modo di vivere.
Ogni episodio è composto da tre parti e i nostri articoli del blog ti offrono il testo e un glossario per ciascun episodio.
Mentre ascolti l’episodio di questa settimana, fai attenzione al vocabolario sull’avventura e sul superare le sfide. Lo abbiamo evidenziato qui sotto.
Episodio 1 – Le sfide
Nel nostro primo episodio parliamo delle sfide della vita. Ascolteremo una storia personale, il racconto delle difficoltà affrontate da una scrittrice famosa e impareremo a get to grips with (affrontare) una sfida che potresti incontrare mentre impari l’inglese in Irlanda.
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Testo dell’episodio di oggi
Life is full of challenges. Some of these we face on a daily basis . While others make a bigger impact. Whether it’s setting up your own business, learning to swim, moving to a new country, getting the courage to perform in front of a crowd, or scaling a mountain , these moments can shape your life.
On this episode, we are talking challenges.
STORIA 1:
Four years ago, almost to the day, I accepted a challenge. A friend of mine was putting together a small team of people to do something that none of us had done before. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity . Without thinking too much about it, I jumped at the chance . Who doesn’t love a new adventure? In less than a year’s time, I would be packing up, and heading across the world to start a trek through the foothills of the Himalayas, to Everest Base Camp.
The adventure begins in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and known as the City of a thousand temples. The team are tired after the journey, yet giddy with excitement for what lies ahead . From here we take a flight to Lukla, the starting point of the trek. In a plane just big enough to hold 12 of us, we navigate the narrow valleys and land at the world’s most dangerous airport, which boasts a runway of a tiny 527 metres. From here we start walking. You won’t see any traffic anymore, except for yaks, donkeys, locals carrying triple their weight in produce, and lots of fellow trekkers, porters and guides.
It is hard to describe the ever changing landscape as we climb higher, the temperature drops, the smells, the air quality. But one thing is for sure, we have left Ireland behind. We pass imposing gorges , with rivers gushing through them, we cross rope bridges, we pass temples, we walk, and we keep walking, we go up, we go down, and we start to acclimatise. We mostly stay in tea houses along the way, and nothing is more welcomed than some harty grub after a day’s walking. You walk on average 7-8 hours per day.
I’m making it sound easy, but as you climb higher, there is an ever increasing risk of altitude sickness, this affects your sleep, your appetite, your energy and ultimately your breathing.
By the time we will reach Base Camp, our lung capacity will have dropped by 70%, two of our team will have turned back due to altitude sickness, and a further two will be helicoptered out after reaching Base Camp. This leaves just five of us on our descent, throw in a chest infection, and impending tonsillitis, you can see the challenges were far from over, and we were still walking!
It took 7 days to ascend, with 2 days of rest, and three to get back down. And once our feet were firmly back in Kathmandu we were able to celebrate. What an achievement. I had reached my highest point to date, 5545 metres.
STORIA 2:
There are so many challenges that you face when moving to a new country, especially when you are trying to learn a new language. Ireland is famed for the friendliness of its people, and their kindness, but what you might find difficult, is understanding us!
Most of the time, students arriving in Ireland will come with a basic knowledge of English. Maybe you studied it at school, or watched a few English language films. However when you land, the reality is a bit different. The accent is not what you expected, and there are phrases you have never heard before.
But don’t panic. Keep calm. You got this. Here are a few tips to help you get that accent on your ear:
Watch Irish TV Shows and Films: Try to watch them without the subtitles, or at least with subtitles in English first, this will give you two separate routes to understanding – both visual and auditory. And if you watch them over and over , you get more familiar with the accent and understand the phrases. Win. Win.
Listen to local radio: Soon the radio announcer will become clearer, and get easier to understand, or why not follow Irish youtubers? No matter what they are talking about, listen out for new vocab and phrases.
Listen to podcasts: If you are listening to this, well you are already on the right track ! While you are out for a walk why not tune in to an Irish podcast. Listening to audio with an Irish accent, especially those with transcripts, can really enhance your listening skills.
Finally chat away to your neighbours, the man in the local shop, and get practicing!
Need a few phrases to help you out?
What’s the Craic? – This is a direct translation from the Irish language and means fun. We use it to ask you how you are, or what’s happening?
Grand, Delighted or Class – Grand is probably used the most out of all three of those words. It means fine. Delighted is used in a similar way to ‘love to’, for example ‘I would be delighted to go to the concert’, and you use class when something is amazing, ‘that was class’.
Gas – When something is hilarious or funny or just fun – it is gas.
Wrecked – You will hear Irish people say this when they are referring to how tired they are.
Yoke – This is another word for something you don’t know the name of or what to call it, like thingamajig; or that thing, Irish folk will call it a yoke.
Your man/your one – This is not related to your actual man, or your husband or boyfriend. But rather refers to ‘some guy’.
No Bother – This saying is similar to the way some countries would say ‘no worries’. It means something is no trouble at all.
come here to me – When Irish people say “come’ere” they just mean listen, no need to actually “come here”.
Hopefully all of these will all help you overcome the challenges of understanding english in Ireland!
STORIA 3:
We are often faced with rejection. Maybe you didn’t get the job you were hoping for, maybe you didn’t get the promotion at work, or the part in the school show, or picked for the sports team. But it is how you face this rejection that can be the making of you.
Today, muggles of all ages can’t imagine a world without the magic of Harry Potter but, once upon a time, J.K. Rowling wasn’t so sure.
She was faced with lots of adversity and overcame lots of challenges on her way to becoming a multi award winning author.
Soon after she first had the idea for Harry Potter, her mother passed away and she found it hard to write while she was grieving. For a change of scenery she then took a job teaching English in Portugal and set a goal for herself: The first Harry Potter book will be complete by the time she returns from Portugal.
Things however did not go as planned. During this time, her marriage ended and she was now faced with raising a baby daughter alone, and so came back to England. She had no job, no book, and a baby to support. This is when she says she hit rock bottom . She struggled with depression during this time, but nevertheless she followed her dream and started writing again.
When she finally finished the first three chapters, she sent the manuscript off to a publisher – but it was rejected. She then sent it to another, who also passed on the project . Her manuscript was sent to 12 different publishers before Bloomsbury took a chance on Harry Potter, and the rest, as they say, is history.
After 20 years, and 500 million books sold all over the world in 80 languages, the books still have the power to transport us to a whole new world and will continue to do so for generations to come.
Glossario – vocabolario sull’avventura e sul superare le sfide
Questo glossario accompagna l’episodio 1 della serie e ti offre brevi definizioni di parole ed espressioni che hai sentito o letto e che potrebbero esserti nuove o poco familiari. Studiando questo vocabolario sull’avventura e sul superare le sfide potrai capire l’episodio e parlare dei tuoi grandi progetti di viaggio e avventura.
Introduzione:
- Highs and lows – i momenti belli e quelli brutti, gli alti e bassi
- Ins and outs – i piccoli dettagli
- Get to grips with – capire o affrontare qualcosa
Storia 1:
- daily basis – significa ‘ogni giorno’
- scaling a mountain – scalare una montagna
- a once in a lifetime opportunity – un’esperienza che difficilmente capita più di una volta nella vita
- jumped at the chance – accettare subito un’offerta, cogliere al volo l’occasione
- heading across the world – viaggiare dall’altra parte del mondo
- giddy with excitement – così felice o emozionato da non riuscire a pensare o comportarsi normalmente
- what lies ahead – significa ‘ciò che ci aspetta’, il futuro
- imposing – imponente, che suscita ammirazione
- Gushing rivers – fiumi impetuosi
- far from over – c’è ancora molto da fare, tutt’altro che finito
Storia 2:
- over and over – più e più volte
- Win. Win. – vantaggioso per tutti
- on the right track – sulla strada giusta per avere successo
Storia 3:
- be the making of you – se qualcosa è ‘the making of’ una persona, è il motivo per cui quella persona ha successo o diventa migliore di prima.
- passed away – morire, venire a mancare
- hit rock bottom – toccare il fondo: un momento della vita in cui una persona raggiunge il punto più basso e sembra che le cose non possano andare peggio.
- passed on the project – significa che non hanno accettato il progetto
