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Hello!
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Welcome back to the English Film Channel.
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Today we brought a scene of one of the biggest success of DreamWorks, the famous Shrek.
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That's it.
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Let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go,
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let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go,
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let's go, let's go, let's go,
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let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go, let's go.
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You know, grab your torch and pitchforks.
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Doesn't that bother you?
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Nope.
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Really?
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Really, really.
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Oh.
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Man, I like you.
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What's your name?
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Uh...
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Shrek.
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Shrek?
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Now let's see the same scene, but with English legends.
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Listen, little donkey.
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Take a look at me.
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What am I?
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Now let's understand
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They're fala -por -fala.
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Listen, little donkey.
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Listen, little donkey.
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Escute, burrinho.
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A primeira palavra, listen, significa o verbo escutar.
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A segunda palavra, little, significa o adjetivo pequeno.
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E por fim, a palavra donkey significa burro ou asno.
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Na frase little donkey adaptamos para burrinho, Vamos à pronúncia.
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Percebam que pronunciamos sem a letra T, ficando assim.
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Take a look at me.
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What am I?
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Take a look at me.
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What am I?
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Dá uma olhada pra mim.
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O que eu sou?
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O primeiro trecho, take a look, significa a expressão dá uma olhada.
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Por exemplo, take a look at this photo.
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Dá uma olhada nesta foto.
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Take a look around.
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Dá uma olhada em volta. At me.
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Significa em mim ou pra mim.
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Então, quando eu digo take a look at me, estou querendo dizer dá uma olhada pra mim.
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Último trecho da frase, o personagem pergunta
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What am I?
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Significa o que eu sou.
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Lembrando que what significa o que, am significa sou, I significa eu.
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A palavra am vem na frente da palavra I porque é uma pergunta.
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Vamos à pronúncia.
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Take a look at me
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What am I?
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Take a look at me Percebam que a palavra take É
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pronunciada juntamente com a palavra a E também a palavra look É pronunciada juntamente com a palavrinha at Ficando assim
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Take a look at me
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Take a look at me
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What am I?
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Percebam que pronunciamos what Juntamente com am Ficando assim What am?
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What am?
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We also put M with I, saying what am I, what am I, take a look at me,
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what am I, take a look at me, what am I, take a look at me, what am I, take a look at me,
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what am I, take a look at me, what am I, take a look at me, what am I, take a look at me,
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what am I, take a look at me, what am I, really tall, really tall, really tall, really tall, really tall, really tall, really tall,
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really tall, really, but if it was used as a question, it would mean serious or even.
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Tall means the word alto, in the sense of height.
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Let's go to the pronunciation.
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Really tall?
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Really tall?
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Really tall?
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Really tall?
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Really tall?
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No!
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I'm an ogre!
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No!
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I am an ogre!
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No!
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Eu sou um ogro!
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No significa não!
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I am significa eu sou!
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An significa um ou uma!
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Agora eu queria deixar claro uma diferença que temos na palavra an com a palavra a!
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Vejam só!
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A palavrinha an antecede qualquer palavra que comece com uma vogal.
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Já a palavra a antecede qualquer uma que comece com um consoante.
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Por exemplo, I am an engineer.
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Eu sou um engenheiro.
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Percebam que utilizamos an, porque a palavra a seguir, engineer, começa com um som de vogal.
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Agora veja ao lado.
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He is a boy.
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Ele é um garoto.
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Percebam que agora utilizamos a palavra a, pois a palavra que vem adiante,
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boy, se inicia com o som de consoante Continuando Ogre significa ogro Quanto à pronúncia?
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No, I am an ogre
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No, I am an ogre
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As três palavras, I am an, nós pronunciamos elas juntamente, por exemplo I am an.
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I am an.
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No, I am an ogre.
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No, I am an ogre.
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No, I am an ogre.
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No, I am an ogre.
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No, I am an ogre.
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No, I am an ogre.
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You know, grab your torch and pitchforks.
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Você sabe?
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Peguem suas tochas e forquilhas.
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You know significa você sabe.
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Grab significa o verbo agarrar, pegar, apanhar.
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Your significa seu, sua, seus ou suas.
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Torch significa tocha. And significa e.
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Pitchforks significa forquilha.
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Lembrando que também pode significar o termo forcado
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Para quem não sabe, é aquele instrumento utilizado na agricultura e na jardinagem
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Mas que no filme utilizavam para tentar pegar o ogro Shrek Vamos à pronúncia You know, grab your torch and pitchforks
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You know, pronunciamos sem a letra K You know, you know grab your torch,
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grab your torch and pitchforks, a palavra and, não pronunciamos com a letra a e nem com a letra d,
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pronunciamos apenas a letra n, n, n, and pitchforks, and pitchforks,
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you know, grab your torch and pitchforks, you know, grab your torch and pitchforks,
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You know, grab your torch and pitchforks, you know, grab your torch and pitchforks,
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you know, grab your torch and pitchforks, doesn't that bother you?
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Doesn't that bother you?
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Isso não incomoda você?
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Doesn't significa não.
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É uma abreviação do verbo auxiliar does juntamente com a palavra not.
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Utilizamos does ou doesn't somente para sentenças na terceira pessoa do singular.
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Neste caso, a terceira pessoa era a palavra that, que significa, nesse sentido, a palavra isso.
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Bother significa o verbo incomodar.
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E, por fim, you significa você.
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Vamos à pronúncia.
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Doesn't that bother you?
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Doesn't.
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Pronunciamos o T junto com a palavra that.
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Por exemplo, doesn't that?
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Doesn't that? That.
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Não pronunciamos também o T no final.
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Ficando assim, that bother you.
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That bother you.
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Doesn't that bother you?
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Doesn't that bother you?
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Doesn't that bother you?
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Doesn't that bother you?
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Doesn't that bother you?
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Nope.
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Really?
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Really, really.
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Nope.
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Really?
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Really, really.
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No. Mesmo?
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Mesmo, mesmo.
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Nope means the term no. It is used generally in a context more descontraído or in phrases informais.
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The word really, in this sense, means serious or even.
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Quanto a pronunciation?
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Nope.
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Really?
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Really, really.
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The word nope we pronounce without the letter E at the end.
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Nope.
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Really?
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really really nope really really really really really really really really oh man
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i like you what's your name man
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i like you what's your name cara eu gosto de você qual é o seu nome
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Man significa homem, mas nesse sentido significa o termo informal cara.
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I like you significa eu gosto de você.
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What's é uma abreviação de what is, que significa qual é.
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Your name significa seu nome.
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Quanto à pronúncia?
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Man, I like you.
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What's your name?
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A palavra man pronunciamos juntamente com a palavra I A palavra like não pronunciamos a letra E no final Ficando assim
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Man, I like you
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Man, I like you
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What's your name?
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Juntamos what's com your What's your name?
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What's your name?
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Man, I like you
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What's your name?
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Man, I like you
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What's your name?
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Oh, man, I like you
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What's your name?
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Oh, man, I like you.
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What's your name?
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Oh, man, I like you.
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What's your name?
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Uh, Shrek.
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Shrek?
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Now let's watch the whole scene, but without legends.
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See if it will be easier to understand now.
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Listen, little donkey, take a look at me.
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What am I?
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Oh really tall?
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No!
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I'm an ogre.
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You know, grab your torches and pitchforks.
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Doesn't that bother you?
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Nope.
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Really?
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Really, really.
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Oh.
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Man, I like you.
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What's your name?
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Ah...
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Shrek?
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Shrek?

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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson

This speaking lesson is built on the video “Inglês com SHREK - Aula 03”. This video has 206 sentences and 1292 words to shadow. The speech runs for 12:10. The speaker talks slowly, about 106 words per minute, so there is time to copy every sound. Only 50% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding. 55 of its 206 sentences are questions, so it is good practice for question intonation and short answers.

Key vocabulary in this video

15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:

WordPronunciationMeaning
bother verb/ˈbɑðɚ/To annoy, to disturb, to irritate; to be troublesome to, to make trouble for.
torch noun/ˈtɔːtʃ/A stick of wood or plant fibres twisted together, with one end soaked in a flammable substance such as resin or tallow and set on fire, which is held in the…
nope/noʊp/No.
donkey noun/ˈdɑŋ.ki/A domestic animal, Equus asinus asinus, similar to a horse.
para noun/ˈpɑːɹə/A woman who has given birth or brought pregnancies to viable gestational age a certain number of times, indicated by the number prepended to this word.
legend noun/ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənd/The life story of a saint (such stories are often embellished, but any kind is called a legend).
ness noun/nɛs/A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.)
pronunciation noun/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/The formal or informal way in which a word is made to sound when spoken.
phrase noun/ˈfɹeɪ̯z/A short written or spoken expression.
informal adjective/ɪnˈfɔɹ.m(ə)l/Not formal or ceremonious.
singular adjective/ˈsɪŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/Being only one of a larger population; single, individual.
pronounce verb/pɹəˈnaʊns/To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
pitchfork noun/ˈpɪt͡ʃˌfɔɹk/An agricultural hand tool comprising a fork with sparse, light tines, attached to a long handle, used for pitching hay (especially loose hay) high up onto a…
ogre noun/ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/A large, grotesque, brutish humanoid monster, typically marked by great strength and a propensity to kill or devour humans.
pron nounFilter-avoidance spelling of porn.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

WordMeaning
look around verbTo inspect a building or area.

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 18 contractions and reduced forms, such as doesn't, I'm, they're. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

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 bother, torch, nope.

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