Shadowing Practice: Eu to indo para a Copa do Mundo 🇧🇷 - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Hello guys!
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We are going to the game for the Coletiva.
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It's a game very important for us.
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Three points where we can win playing at home with our team.
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It's a number of people.
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We are going to the Corinthians, and we are playing in São Paulo.
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That's it.
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Let's go.
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Good day, good day, good day.
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Where do I go, you're all together, Neymar?
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Everyone wants to go to the sea.
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The team in Brazil needs you, there's no way.
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I'm going to be happy, waiting for the motivation.
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Everyone wants to get the little bit of the idol.
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It's a very beautiful image.
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You saw all the love of Neymar.
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It's been the name of the people.
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The game starts with Neymar's play.
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The touch of Neymar was measured.
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The árbitro missed the ball the ball is to go back
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to scobar the santos trying to reduce the penalty Gustavinho cross
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the first to go back to Neymar not entered the ball
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is to go to the laser for three finalizations Neymar in
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the levantment good ball ball ball for inside Neymar the guy
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with the marker Gabigol comes well the Santos pancata to the
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left side went to the left side by the middle of the team the ball is to the ball
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He's got a little bit on the neckline of Neymar.
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He just climbed the plate number 10.
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What?
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What situation is it?
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The fourth player lost the plate.
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Wow!
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What a love.
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Look at the paper, look at the paper, number 31.
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And Neymar is insolvable.
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I was being attended by the camp.
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Then the player says: "You have to go outside the camp because you're being attended." Yes.
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Then I go out.
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Then Cesar gives the paper 31 in place of 7.
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The guy who is behind him says 10 in place of 7.
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Then the guy gets 10 in place and enters.
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The guy who took me out of the game was the one who took me out of the game.
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The guy who took me out of the game was the one who took me out of the game.
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Then the guy said: "It's already out !" You understand?
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I feel very good.
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I'm better at every game.
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I'm happy for my success, for everything I've done to do.
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And tomorrow, whatever God wants, regardless of what happens, I'm sure we'll take it.
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to be the best in this war.
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My dream, I always told you, I always wanted to make it clear, since I was in the World Cup.
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So I worked for it.
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This jacket was a present from my friend, Romeo Bekna.
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I told him I would use it.
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So it's all for us.
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But it wasn't for us to send messages.
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I think it's a climate where everyone Everyone is waiting for the invitation tomorrow.
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Why not use it?
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Obviously I want to be there, and if I don't have it, I'm a team that will win for Brazil.
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I'm not a fan of the fans, but I'm starting to think about it.
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And regardless of what happened, Obviously I will be very happy.
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I will conclude everything I wanted.
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And if you're not, I'm just one of you, another team that I'll support our team and I'll give you a chance to do it.
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And the pain was because I got to get to the game today.
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I'm feeling good, and better.
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came there with with the and the moments I've been through.
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That's why it was a show.
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Hey guys!
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Today is the invitation of the Brazilian team.
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I saw some of the important people here, of surprise.
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My friends came here to be able to join us.
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The other one was obviously cold in the stomach, but I confess that it's different from everything.
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I'm a little anxious now because I'm at the Pérez, but I'm still feeling very calm from everything I've been here.
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I'm happy to see how I've arrived, and now I'm waiting for the team to be on the list.
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My stomach is like the final championship, right?
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but at the same time trying to emanate all the positive possible.
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I live like this, and I think positive all the time.
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So that everything can be done.
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But now it's just waiting for this clock to pass.
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We were playing the final, that pre -season.
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But today you can't do anything.
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I'm with a theory that if he didn't call me until now...
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No, the opposite.
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I think he would call.
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I'm even scared of getting on the phone.
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I'm in the hands of the world.
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I'm in awe.
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I'm in awe.
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I'm not a fan of the show, not.
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I'm sure I'll be the last one in any way.
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Nice.
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Undy. or not.
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So that's why the anxiety It's big.
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I think it was the most important thing in my surgery. and PDTG.
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He's strong, he's fast, he's physically.
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It was very difficult.
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It was very painful.
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I was injured again, I had to re -refer again.
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So many times it was like this.
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I had these moments of lesion.
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of pain, I'll give a look at the top.
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It's a pain again, pain, it's a turn.
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But it was done.
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I'm happy.
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I'm proud of everyone here too.
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So I'm happy to have I did a great job.
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of being able to be called I'm going to wait.
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I'm waiting for you to go.
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Good afternoon.
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Welcome to...
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to this event, which is an important event with the plan It was very difficult I should go there,
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it's just 26 I adore this, because...
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A concurrence in this country is very, very high.
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has to win the World's Team resilient.
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Atacantes!
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In alphabetical order, Mr. Tavans.
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My name is Henry Leono.
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Gabriel Martinelli, Arsenal.
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- Igor Diago, Frankfurt.
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Thank you.
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Luis Enrique Zanet.
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Mateos Cunha Manchester United.
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- The book went in the same way?
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- The book went in the same way.
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- My best song.
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- Neymar Jr. Sando.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Ah!
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Thank you.
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- Pah, man!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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- Pah!
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because of the great political party what is the reality of the world.
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- Oh, that's a good idea!
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Oh, that's a good show!
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- *MORE
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CHANGING * Now you're going to win the World Cup!
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It's going to make a lot of noise!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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Let's go!
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- What's up?
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- I'm sorry.
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- I'm sorry.
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- I'm sorry.
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- My God, I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm sorry.
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- Oh, that's what I'm saying.
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- That's it, that's it!
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I love you, I'm very happy, I'm very happy.
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I'm so happy.
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Bye, Dad, I'll give you a hug.
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It's hard to not be emotional.
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With everything we've been through, with everything they've seen me pass.
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And I got to get to win another World Cup.
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It's incredible.
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It's a joy of a lot of happiness.
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I want to thank all the Brazilians who supported us, who supported us in the team.
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It was really nice to see this love.
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- And that's it.
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Now we're all one.
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We have another cup of the world to compete.
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We will give life to bring...
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I'm in the cup of Brazil.
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And I'm very happy.
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I'm very happy.
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We hope to close the cup.
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the key to win.
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Hi guys!
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Today is a day of happiness.
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I managed to get my goal, which was to return to the Brazilian team, to be in the World Cup.
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You followed me, and I'm very happy to have you with me.
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And now we are going to push for Brazil, for EXA, for us, so that we can go together in search for EXA.
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Thank you and see you next time.

Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This B1 speaking lesson is built on the video “Eu to indo para a Copa do Mundo 🇧🇷”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: pah, Neymar, ball, cup, waiting. This video has 192 sentences and 1298 words to shadow. The speech runs for 15:18. The speaker talks slowly, about 85 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. 83% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
invitation noun/ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
alphabetical adjective/ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
concurrence noun/kənˈkɝ.əns/Agreement; concurring.
emanate verb/ˈɛm.əˌneɪt/To come from a source; issue from.
injure verb/ˈɪn.d͡ʒɚ/To wound or cause physical harm to a living creature.
insolvable adjective/ɪnˈsɒlvəbəl/Impossible to solve; insoluble.
lesion noun/ˈliːʒən/A wound or injury.
neckline noun/ˈnɛkˌlaɪn/The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.
resilient adjective/ɹɪˈzɪl.jənt/Returning quickly to original shape after force is applied; elastic. (of objects or substances)
adore verb/əˈdoɹ/To worship.
confess verb/kənˈfɛs/To admit to the truth, particularly in the context of sins or crimes committed.
marker noun/ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/A felt-tipped pen, a marker pen.
conclude verb/kənˈkluːd/To end; to come to an end.
idol noun/ˈaɪ.dl̩/A graven image or representation of anything that is revered, or believed to convey spiritual power.
scare verb/skɛɚ/To frighten, terrify, startle, especially in a minor way.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
go back verbTo return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
go back to verbTo stem from; to originate in.
go out verbTo leave, especially a building.

Sentences worth repeating

Short, complete lines from the video that you can reuse in everyday conversation:

  • It's a game very important for us.
  • I'm going to be happy, waiting for the motivation.
  • I'm better at every game.
  • I'm feeling good, and better.
  • I'm even scared of getting on the phone.

Grammar in this video

The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

StructureIn the video
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does itwas measured · being attended · can be done
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters nowI've done · I've been · I've arrived
Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thingguy who is · guy who took · event, which is
Past continuous was/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the pastwas being · were playing

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 61 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, I'll, I've. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

  • The “sh” and “zh” sounds: invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, lesion /ˈliːʒən/, anxious /ˈæŋkʃəs/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/
  • Long words — get the stress right: invitation /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/, alphabetical /ˌæl.fəˈbɛt.ɪ.kəl/, insolvable /ɪnˈsɒlvəbəl/, motivation /ˈmoʊ.tə.veɪ.ʃən/

How to practise with this video

  1. Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
  2. Shadow it sentence by sentence at normal speed, repeating each one until your rhythm matches the speaker.
  3. Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like invitation, alphabetical, concurrence.

What is the Shadowing Technique?

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