Prática de Shadowing: 8 Essential English Phrases for Conversation - Improve Conversation Skills - Aprenda a falar inglês com o YouTube

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Hi I'm Martin.
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Welcome to Oxford Online English.
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In this lesson, you can learn some essential phrases to help you understand native speakers and sound more natural when you speak English.
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When you’re talking to a native English speaker, do you sometimes find they use phrases and questions which you haven’t heard before?
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If you’ve learned English in classrooms, there are probably many simple but important phrases that you aren’t familiar with.
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We’ll show you a few of these useful phrases to help you understand and speak to native English speakers.
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Let’s start with a question.
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What have you been up to?
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Have you heard this question before?
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What does it mean?
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How would you answer it?
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I ask students this question all the time, and they never know what it means.
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So how should you answer it?
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What have you been up to? is like asking What have you been doing recently?
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It’s a common question after you say hello to someone, especially if you haven’t seen that person in some time.
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For example: Hey!
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Hi, Martin!
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Long time no see.
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How’s life?
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Good! What about you, what have you been up to?
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Oh, not much, just busy with work and the usual things.
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Here are some other answers you could give.
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Someone asks you What have you been up to? and you could say: I’ve just got back from my holiday.
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I’ve been pretty lazy recently, to be honest.
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I’ve been working so hard I haven’t had much time for anything.
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What about you; what have you been up to?
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Hey Martin, what common phrases do your students need?
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Actually, I dunno.
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I’d have to think about it.
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Have you heard or seen the word dunno before?
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It’s a short form of don’t know.
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I dunno means I don’t know.
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But actually, English has lots of these, like gonna for going to, wanna for want to, and so on.
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However, words like gonna are generally used in a sentence.
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That makes it easier to work out the meaning.
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Dunno can be used as a one-word answer.
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In my experience, this can be confusing for many non-native speakers!
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For example: Is he coming to the wedding?
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Dunno. What time is it?
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Dunno. What does hold on mean?
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Dunno. Really?
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Okay, well Martin can’t help me.
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What about you?
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What does hold on mean?
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Have you heard this before?
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Actually, I do know!
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Hold on means wait.
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You might hear it on the phone.
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You call a company to ask a question, and you might hear: Can you hold on for a moment, please?
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This is like saying can you wait for a moment?
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It’s also common during conversation.
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If the person you’re talking to says something you don’t understand, or that you don’t agree with, you can say hold on to show this.
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For example: So, you start by multiplying the matrices together to get your vectors… Hold on, what does any of that mean?
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Anyway, I told them that we’d be there on Saturday morning… Hold on, I thought we said we were going on Sunday!
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You can see that you can use hold on to interrupt someone else if they say something you don’t understand, or that you don’t agree with.
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It’s a very useful and common phrase!
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All this teaching’s making me thirsty.
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Want a cup of tea?
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Yeah, might as well.
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If you ask someone a question, and they answer might as well, what are they saying to you?
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Might as well means there’s no reason to say no.
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So, it’s like saying yes, or why not?
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It can also be used to say yes to something when you don’t feel enthusiastic.
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For example, imagine you miss a train.
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You have to wait five hours for the next one.
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Your friend asks if you want to go to the cinema.
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You don’t like the film which your friend suggested, and you don’t want to watch it.
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But, you have five hours until your train, and there’s nothing else to do, so you say, yeah, might as well.
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Might as well isn’t always negative like this, though.
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It can be used to say yes to something you actually want to do.
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For example, imagine you’re waiting for a bus.
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Your friend says, Why don’t we walk?
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You think about it.
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It’s not far.
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You don’t know when the bus will come, and it’s a beautiful, sunny day.
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So, why not?
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You say, Yeah, might as well!
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I’m getting kind of tired.
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We should take a five-minute break.
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What do you reckon?
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We’re only halfway!
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We can take a break later.
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What do you reckon? can have more than one meaning.
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Like all of these phrases, it’s very common in spoken English!
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First, it can mean do you agree?
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For example: Our plane’s at six.
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We need to be at the airport at 4.30, so we should leave here at two.
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What do you reckon?
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Here, I make a suggestion—we need to leave at two—and I’m asking you if you agree with my suggestion or not.
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You can also use what do you reckon to ask what’s your opinion?
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For example: Maybe I should quit and look for a new job, but I’m not sure.
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What do you reckon?
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Here, I’m asking what you think: should I quit and look for a new job, or should I stay where I am?
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I want to know what you think.
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What do you reckon is almost always used as a fixed phrase.
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Generally, you don’t add anything after it.
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Can we have that break now?
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In a bit! You’re at work.
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You ask your colleague to send you something.
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She says, Yeah, I’ll get it to you in a bit.
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What does she mean?
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In a bit means a short time later.
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In our example, your colleague is saying she’ll send you what you need a short time later.
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So, she’s saying that she’ll do it, but not right now.
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You might also hear in a little bit.
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Where else could you use this phrase?
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Let’s see some more examples: When will my computer be fixed?
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We’re working on it now.
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It should be done in a bit.
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Can you come back in half an hour?
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Want to go for dinner?
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I’m not hungry right now, but we can go in a bit.
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So, that’s fixed, we’ll meet at six?
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Yup, see you in a bit!
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You can also use the phrase see you in a bit to say goodbye to someone if you know you’re going to see them in the near future.
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Bad news, Martin.
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Oh, what’s that?
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I don’t think we’ll have time for that break.
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How come? Martin just asked me a question.
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Do you remember what he said?
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He asked how come?
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What is this, and how can you answer it?
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Asking how come is like asking why?
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The meaning is the same.
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However, you can’t use it in every situation.
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You can use how come to ask why if someone tells you something surprising, disappointing or annoying.
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Did you hear?
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They cancelled the wedding.
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No way! How come?
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He didn’t get me anything for my birthday.
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Really? How come?
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I have to leave three hours early today.
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That’s not easy.
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How come? Well, we have one more useful phrase to look at.
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You’ve finished most of the lesson.
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How did you find it?
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This is another very common question which is often misunderstood!
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How did you find it means what did you think?
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It’s like asking did you like it?
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You can use this question to ask about many different things.
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For example: How did you find the film?
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I heard you’ve started aikido lessons.
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How are you finding it?
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How have you found the course so far?
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You can see that you can use this question in different times and verb tenses.
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So, how can you answer?
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How did you find the film?
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It was kind of boring, actually.
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I heard you’ve started aikido lessons.
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How are you finding it?
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Really interesting!
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I was never interested in martial arts, but it’s actually very fun.
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How have you found the course so far?
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It’s challenging, but very useful.
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So, how did you find this lesson?
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If you want more practice with these phrases make sure you check out the full version of this lesson on our website: Oxford Online English.com.
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You can find a quiz to help you practice these phrases as well as many other free English lessons.
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Thanks for watching!
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See you next time!

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Por que praticar a fala com este vídeo?

Praticar a conversa em inglês é essencial para quem deseja se tornar fluente no idioma. Este vídeo apresenta frases essenciais que ajudam a entender melhor os nativos e a soar mais natural em suas interações. Ao assisti-lo, você terá a oportunidade de ouvir diálogos autênticos e aprender a responder a perguntas comuns, como "What have you been up to?". Essa pergunta é uma excelente maneira de iniciar uma conversa e, ao aprender como responder, você ganha confiança na prática de conversação em inglês. Ao se expor a essas expressões, você não apenas melhora sua compreensão, mas também se aproxima da forma como os nativos falam, facilitando a comunicação. Portanto, mergulhar no aprender inglês com youtube é uma estratégia eficaz para praticar seu inglês falado.

Gramática & Expressões no Contexto

O vídeo traz à tona algumas estruturas e expressões que são fundamentais para uma boa comunicação. Vamos analisar algumas delas:

  • What have you been up to? - Essa pergunta é muito usada para saber o que alguém tem feito recentemente. Substitui a simples pergunta "o que você tem feito?", adicionando um toque mais informal e amigável.
  • Dunno - Uma forma coloquial de dizer "don't know". Essa expressão é muito utilizada em conversas informais, mas pode confundir aprendizes de inglês. Saber usá-la corretamente ajudará você a se sentir mais à vontade em diálogos cotidianos.
  • Hold on - Essa expressão significa "aguarde" e é frequentemente usada em situações telefônicas. Aprender a entender e usar expressões como essa é crucial para sua fluência, especialmente em ambientes onde a comunicação rápida é necessária.

Armadilhas Comuns de Pronúncia

A pronúncia de certas palavras em inglês pode ser desafiadora, especialmente para falantes não nativos. No vídeo, termos como dunno e hold on podem ser difíceis de entender se não forem praticados corretamente. É importante prestar atenção a como os nativos articulam essas expressões. Utilize técnicas como shadowspeak para melhorar sua pronúncia, repetindo após o falante no vídeo. Isso não só aprimora sua articulação, mas também ajuda a internalizar as expressões que você deve usar em conversas reais. Este método de prática é eficaz para superar as barreiras de pronúncia e para desenvolver habilidades de prática de conversação em inglês.

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.

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