Prática de Shadowing: 22.9 Traffic - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo
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1. Are you going to take the bus downtown, or are you going to take your bike?
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I think there's too much traffic on the road today to go by bike.
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It's not safe to ride in traffic.
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I guess there's so much traffic because of the big football game.
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Well, look, I'm driving downtown.
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Can I give you a ride?
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Hey, thanks.
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So, do you use your bike very often?
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Not during the week, but I ride it pretty often on the weekend.
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2. How are you going to get downtown?
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Are you going to drive?
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I don't think so.
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I just heard the traffic report on the radio.
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It seems there is a traffic jam on the freeway.
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They said a couple of buses have broken down.
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I guess it will be quicker to take the subway.
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Absolutely.
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3. Gosh, I wonder how much longer we'll have to wait for a bus.
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We've waited half an hour already.
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Do you think we should go back and get the car?
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Oh, no. I hate driving at night.
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Let's take a taxi.
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I don't want to be late for the movie.
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Good idea.
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I'll call for one on my cell phone.
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They usually come pretty quickly.
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Four.
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How are you going to get home from the restaurant on Sunday, Harry?
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Oh, I can just take a bus or a taxi.
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There are usually plenty of taxis around that area at night.
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Yes, but not on a Sunday night.
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You might wait for a long time.
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Why don't you ask Kevin to drive you home?
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He's having dinner with us, and he lives near you.
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That's right.
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I'll ask him.
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5. What's the traffic like downtown today?
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It's pretty bad.
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One of the traffic lights is broken, so all the traffic is backing up.
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Oh, how should I get to my doctor's appointment?
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Drive?
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Take a taxi?
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A taxi won't be any faster than driving.
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Well then, I'll probably take the subway to the station and then walk from there.
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Yeah, today I think that's the fastest way.
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Six.
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How do you plan to get to your friend's house?
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Do you need a ride?
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How's the weather?
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It's really nice out.
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Oh, thanks anyway, but I'll ride my bike.
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I was going to take the bus, but I need to get some exercise.
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All right, but be careful of the traffic.
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1. In my town, public transportation was never very good.
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You had to drive everywhere, so there was always traffic.
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The government wanted to make public transportation easier than driving cars.
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They bought some nice new buses, for example, and they added air conditioning to the ones we already had.
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They also began offering lower bus fares on the weekends, so more people would be encouraged to try the new buses They raised taxi fares,
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too I guess they figure that if taxis cost more,
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people might think about using buses more often Two Well,
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the problem was that thousands of people drove into the city centre every day
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And there weren't enough parking spaces So the government wanted to make parking easier But they didn't build more parking garages.
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Instead, they tried to keep cars out of the city centre.
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Recently, they started making people who drive their cars downtown pay a daily fee.
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You have to pay $10 if you want to drive your car into the centre between 8am and 6pm.
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At the same time, they have raised the parking lot rates, so people think twice before they drive their car into the city.
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3. Traffic was a real problem around here.
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It moved so slowly.
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Last year, the government turned a bunch of streets downtown into one -way streets.
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This helped the traffic move more quickly.
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Special lanes on roads just for buses were built at the same time.
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If you're caught driving your car in a bus lane, you have to pay a fine.
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And it's a really high fine.
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Also, they passed a law last year that says you can only drive your car downtown three days a week.
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You have to display a special pass in your car that says which days you're allowed to drive downtown.
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4. Air pollution in our city was a huge problem, and we really needed to lower it.
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I guess that's why the government started putting special bicycle lanes on the streets downtown.
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That way, people can ride their bikes to work instead of using their stinky cars they also made a rule
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that says there must be at least two people in your car if you want to drive downtown during the week
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they also ordered these amazing new pollution -free buses they use electricity so they don't put anything bad into the air
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Para quem é este vídeo?
Este vídeo é ideal para aprendizes de inglês intermediários que querem melhorar a conversação cotidiana, especialmente sobre temas de transporte e tráfego. Se seu objetivo é se comunicar de forma natural em situações do dia a dia, como escolher o melhor meio de transporte ou comentar sobre congestionamentos, essa aula é perfeita. É também ótimo para quem pratica shadowing em inglês, pois os diálogos são curtos, rápidos e cheios de expressões reais.
Palavras e expressões para usar no dia a dia
O vídeo traz várias frases e termos essenciais para conversas sobre tráfego e transporte. Confira os destaques:
- Traffic jam: Congestionamento de tráfego. Exemplo: "There's a traffic jam on the freeway" (Há um congestionamento na rodovia).
- Backing up: Atrasar ou acumular. No contexto de tráfego: "All the traffic is backing up" (Todo o tráfego está se acumulando).
- Give you a ride: Oferecer uma carona. Exemplo: "Can I give you a ride?" (Posso te dar uma carona?)
- Traffic report: Relatório de tráfego. "I heard the traffic report on the radio" (Ouvi o relatório de tráfego no rádio).
- Plenty of: Muitos/muitas. "There are plenty of taxis" (Há muitos táxis).
Dicas para falar com acento natural
Para imitar a pronúncia do vídeo, preste atenção em dois pontos-chave:
- Intonação nas perguntas: As perguntas no inglês cotidiano costumam subir a voz no final. Por exemplo, "Are you going to take the bus downtown?" (Você vai pegar o ônibus para o centro?) – a última sílaba de "downtown" soa mais alta.
- Redução de palavras: Falantes nativos frequentemente reduzem palavras. Ouça como "I'm" (eu estou) é pronunciado como "aim" e "don't" (não) como "dount". Pratique essas reduções para soar mais natural, especialmente no shadowing.
- Stress em sílabas: Palavras como "traffic" (tráfego) têm o stress na primeira sílaba ("TRA-ffic"), e "downtown" (centro) na segunda ("down-TOWN"). Isso ajuda a ser mais compreensível.
Se você quer praticar essas dicas, use um shadowing site para repetir os diálogos imediatamente após o vídeo. Isso ajuda a treinar a pronúncia e a fluência de forma eficaz.
O que é a Técnica de Shadowing?
Shadowing é uma técnica de aprendizado de idiomas com base científica, originalmente desenvolvida para o treinamento de intérpretes profissionais. O método é simples, mas poderoso: você ouve áudio em inglês nativo e repete imediatamente em voz alta — como uma sombra seguindo o falante com 1-2 segundos de atraso. Pesquisas mostram melhora significativa na precisão da pronúncia, entonação, ritmo, sons conectados, compreensão auditiva e fluência na fala.