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Have you ever had a very busy day, but still felt like you did nothing important?
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You wake up early.
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You check your phone.
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You go to work or school.
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You answer messages.
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You finish one task and start another.
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Then you come home tired.
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You look at the clock and think, where did the day go?
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Your schedule was full, but somehow your day felt empty.
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This may sound strange.
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If you are busy all day, how can your life feel empty?
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The answer is simple.
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A busy life and a meaningful life are not always the same thing.
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You can have many things to do and still have very little time for the things you really care about.
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In this A2 English shadowing practice, we will look at why being busy does not always make us happy,
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what we may lose when every minute is full, and how small changes can help us enjoy our lives again.
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Imagine a person named Anna.
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Anna works from Monday to Friday.
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Every morning, she gets up at She gets ready quickly and goes to work.
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At work, she has many things to do.
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She answers emails.
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She goes to meetings.
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She talks to customers.
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She checks her phone many times.
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When work ends, Anna does not really stop.
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She goes to the gym.
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Then she goes to the supermarket it.
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Then she goes home and makes dinner.
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After dinner, she watches some videos and checks her phone again.
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Before she goes to bed, she thinks about tomorrow.
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There is another list of things to do.
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Anna is busy.
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Very busy.
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But one evening, she asks herself a simple question.
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When was the last time I really enjoyed my day?
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She cannot remember.
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This is the problem with a very full schedule.
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When every minute has a job, we may forget to make time for things that make us feel good.
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A schedule can tell you what you have to do, but it cannot tell you what is important to you.
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You may have 10 tasks on your list.
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You may finish all 10, but that does not always mean you had a good day.
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Maybe you wanted to call your mother.
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Maybe you wanted to sit outside and enjoy the evening.
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Maybe you wanted to read a book.
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Maybe you simply wanted to have dinner with your family without looking at your phone.
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These things may not feel important when you look at a busy schedule, but they can be very important in life.
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And here is the strange part.
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Sometimes we are not busy because everything is important.
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Sometimes we are busy because we never stop to ask what really matters.
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Being busy can feel good at first.
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When you have many things to do, you may feel useful.
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You may feel that you are doing something important.
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You may even feel proud when you tell people, I am so busy these days.
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But being busy can become a habit.
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You finish one thing and quickly look for the next thing.
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You eat lunch while looking at your phone.
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You watch TV while answering messages.
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You talk to a friend while thinking about tomorrow's work.
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Your body is in one place, but your mind is somewhere else.
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Little by little, you stop enjoying simple moments.
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Think about eating your favorite food.
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You have been waiting for it all day.
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You sit down to eat, but your phone is next to you.
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A message comes.
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You read it.
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Then another message comes.
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You answer it.
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Soon your meal is finished.
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You ate the food.
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But did you really enjoy it?
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The same thing can happen with people.
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A friend asks you to meet for coffee.
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You say, I am too busy this week.
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Then next week you say the same thing Then another week passes
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You may still care about your friend
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But your busy schedule keeps taking your time This is how
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a full schedule can slowly become a full life with very little space for happiness
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Being busy is not bad Work is important
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School is important Taking care of your home is important There will always be busy days.
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The problem starts when being busy leaves no space for anything else.
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You need time to work, but you also need time to live.
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And sometimes the things that make life feel good are very small.
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A slow breakfast, a short walk, a good conversation, music in your room,
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playing with your child, calling someone you love.
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These moments may not make your schedule look better, but they may make your day feel better.
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So, here is an important question.
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What is your busy life actually giving you?
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Imagine that you have a calendar with every hour planned.
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Monday is full.
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Tuesday is full.
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Wednesday is full.
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You are always moving.
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But if someone asks you, what did you enjoy this week?
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You need a long time to think.
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Maybe the problem is not that you have too much to do.
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Maybe the problem is that there is not enough space for the things you love.
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This can happen very easily.
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We make time for work.
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We make time for school.
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We make time for meetings.
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We make time for other people's needs.
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but we may not make time for ourselves.
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And no, this does not mean you need to take a whole day off.
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You do not need a perfect life.
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You can start with 10 minutes.
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10 quiet minutes in the morning.
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10 minutes to walk outside.
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10 minutes to call a friend.
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10 minutes to read.
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10 minutes without your phone.
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Small moments matter.
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You can also ask yourself three simple questions.
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What is important to me?
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What gives me energy?
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What do I want to have more time for?
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Maybe your answer is family.
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Maybe it is friends.
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Maybe it is health.
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Maybe it is learning something new.
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Maybe you simply want more quiet time.
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Once you know what matters, look at your schedule again.
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Is there any space for these things?
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If there is no space, something may need to change.
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You may need to say no to some things.
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You may need to stop doing things that are not really important.
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You may need to use your phone less.
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You may need to leave some time with no plan at all.
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At first, this may feel strange.
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We often think that an empty hour is a wasted hour.
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But an empty hour is not always wasted.
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Sometimes it is where life happens.
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You do not need to remove everything from your schedule.
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You simply need to leave some room for the things that matter.
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Try something simple this week.
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Choose one small part of your day.
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Maybe it is breakfast
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Maybe it is your evening Maybe it is the time before bed
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During that time Do only one thing If you are eating, eat If you are talking to someone, listen.
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If you are walking, look around you.
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If you are resting, let yourself rest.
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You may be surprised by how different a simple moment can feel when you are really there.
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You can also choose one thing that you want to do every week.
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Call a family member.
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Meet a friend.
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Go for a walk.
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Cook something you enjoy.
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Read a few pages of a book.
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It does not have to be big.
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It just needs to be something that makes you feel connected to your life.
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And there is one more thing to remember.
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You do not have to be productive all the time.
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You are not a machine.
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You do not need to finish something every minute to have a good day.
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Sometimes sitting with someone you love is enough.
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Sometimes watching the sunset is enough.
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Sometimes doing nothing for a few minutes is exactly what you need.
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A full schedule can make you look successful, but a good life is not measured by how many things you finish.
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It is also measured by how many moments you actually experience.
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So, the next time you look at your busy calendar, do not only ask, what else do I need to do?
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Ask, where is my life in all of this?
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Because your schedule is only a plan for your time.
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It is not your life.
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Your life is the people you love, the moments you enjoy, the things you care about,
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and the small moments you almost miss when you are always in a hurry.
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You do not need a completely empty schedule.
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You just need enough space to feel that you are living, not only doing.
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Your life does not become better just because your schedule becomes fuller.
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Work matters.
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Responsibilities matter.
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But so do the people you love, the moments you enjoy, and the time you give yourself.
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So, this week, look at your schedule and make a little room for life.
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You do not have to do more.
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Sometimes, you simply need to slow down and enjoy what is already there.
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Great job completing this A2 English shadowing practice.
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Keep listening and speaking just behind the narrator.
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Focus on clear pronunciation, natural rhythm, and the meaning of each sentence.
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Small practice every day can make a big difference.

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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Esta aula de conversação de nível A2 usa o vídeo “A Full Schedule Can Still Lead to an Empty Life”. As palavras que mais se repetem: busy, schedule, enjoy, moment, simple. Este vídeo tem 177 frases e 1543 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 11:16. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 137 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. 94% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês, por isso o vocabulário é fácil de acompanhar.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

15 palavras do vídeo que vale a pena aprender, com pronúncia e significado:

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
shadow substantivo/ˈʃædəʊ̯/sombra
calendar substantivo/ˈkæl.ən.də/calendário
meal substantivo/ˈmiːl/refeição
happiness substantivo/ˈhæpinɪs/felicidade, alegria
clock substantivo/klɑk/velocímetro
connect verbo/kəˈnɛkt/conectar
habit substantivo/ˈhæb.ɪt/hábito, costume
leaf substantivo/lif/folha
productive adjetivo/pɹəˈdʌk.tɪv/produtivo
hurry verbo/ˈhʌ.ɹi/apressar
meaningful adjetivo/ˈmiː.nɪŋ.fl̩/significativo
rhythm substantivo/ˈɹɪð.əm/ritmo
sunset substantivo/ˈsʌnˌsɛt/crepúsculo, pôr-do-sol
narrator substantivo/ˈnæˌɹeɪ.təɹ/narrador
supermarket substantivo/ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/supermercado

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
slow down verbodesacelerar
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/acordar, despertar

Frases que vale a pena repetir

Frases curtas e completas do vídeo que você pode usar na conversa do dia a dia:

  • You look at the clock and think, where did the day go?
  • What is your busy life actually giving you?
  • What is important to me?
  • What do I want to have more time for?
  • Ask, where is my life in all of this?

Gramática neste vídeo

As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:

EstruturaNo vídeo
Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem fazis not always wasted · is not measured · is also measured
Possibilidade com “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo possível, mas não certomay sound · may lose · may forget
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos da forma em -ingstop enjoying · keeps taking · stop doing
Obrigação: must / have to / need to dizer que algo é necessáriohave to do · need to take · need to say

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

  • Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

  • Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: clock /klɑk/, connect /kəˈnɛkt/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, sunset /ˈsʌnˌsɛt/, supermarket /ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkət/
  • /h/ — um sopro suave, diferente do “r”: happiness /ˈhæpinɪs/, habit /ˈhæb.ɪt/, hurry /ˈhʌ.ɹi/

Como praticar com este vídeo

  1. Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
  2. Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
  3. Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como shadow, calendar, meal.

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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