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Landscape with the Fall of Icarus is a large painting from the 1560s that hangs in Belgium's largest museum, the Musée des Beaux -Arts,
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and is held to be a meticulous copy of an original work now lost by the Flemish artist
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Peter Bruegel the Elder.
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The painting shows a superficially bucolic scene.
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Ships are taking sail, a shepherd is tending to his flock, distant cities look prosperous and ordered.
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But in the bottom right -hand corner of the canvas, a tragedy is unfolding, all but unheeded.
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Reckless Icarus, the legendary figure from classical mythology, is in the final stages of one of the ancient world's most famous aeronautical disasters.
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Together with his father Daedalus, the young man had made himself a pair of wings glued together with wax.
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Daedalus had warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, in case its heat were to melt the structure,
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but the impetuous boy soared too high anyway and, in the painting, has just tumbled down into the waves to his death.
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Icarus' end is deliberately not the central focus of the painting.
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The eye is drawn instead to the glittering cities and smart ships in the distance.
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As if to emphasise the point, the ploughman at the centre of the painting references a popular proverb, no plough stops for the dying man.
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This neglect of Icarus' tragedy is at one level terrifying and sad.
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We read into it how little the world cares about our own pains.
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And yet, from another perspective, this neglect is deeply gratifying and importantly redemptive.
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It is one of the central sources of our unhappiness
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that we spend so much of our lives fearing for our reputations
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and wondering what others will think of us when we fail, as we inevitably will at points.
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The slightest change in our image in the eyes of others can obsess us.
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We lie awake at night wondering how we could cope without the approval of people we don't even like very much.
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We surrender our freedom to the verdicts of strangers.
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But the painter's stroke of consoling genius is here to show us how, when we really mess up,
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almost no one will be looking or caring very much.
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The farmer is too busy ploughing, the shepherd is too taken up with thinking about the weather, someone else is overwhelmingly intent on fishing.
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Our tragedies don't occupy society the way we fear they will.
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A few people might notice for a moment, then swiftly move on to the next thing.
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We are at the centre of the galaxy, only in our own tortured minds.
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The world is still filled with humans who haven't heard of us and never will.
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Those who might be angry or disappointed with you now will have forgotten all about you soon enough.
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Your disgrace will, in time, be subsumed within the larger amnesia of a consolingly indifferent world.
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It isn't just Icarus who is being swallowed up and obscured by the waves, some of the same obscurity awaits our greatest errors and embarrassments.
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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição
Esta aula de conversação usa o vídeo “A Reason Not to Worry What Others Think”. Este vídeo tem 32 frases e 513 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 3:11. O falante fala em ritmo natural, cerca de 161 palavras por minuto, próximo de uma conversa do dia a dia. Apenas 77% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês, por isso o vocabulário é exigente.
Vocabulário principal deste vídeo
15 palavras do vídeo que vale a pena aprender, com pronúncia e significado:
| Palavra | Pronúncia | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| tragedy substantivo | /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/ | tragédia |
| shepherd substantivo | /ˈʃɛpəɹd/ | pastor, pegureiro |
| neglect verbo | /nɪˈɡlɛkt/ | negligenciar, descurar |
| reputation substantivo | /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ | reputação, fama |
| deeply advérbio | /ˈdi(ː)pli/ | profundamente |
| disappointed adjetivo | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ | decepcionado, desapontado |
| disaster substantivo | /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/ | desastre |
| landscape substantivo | /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/ | paisagem, panorama |
| genius substantivo | /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/ | génio, gênio |
| galaxy substantivo | /ˈɡæl.ək.si/ | galáxia |
| intent substantivo | /ɪnˈtɛnt/ | intenção |
| stranger substantivo | /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | estranho, estranha |
| legendary adjetivo | /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/ | lendário, legendário |
| slight adjetivo | /slaɪt/ | insignificante, ligeiro |
| farmer substantivo | /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ | agricultor, fazendeiro |
Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir
| Palavra | Significado |
|---|---|
| mess up verbo | desarrumar, bagunçar |
Gramática neste vídeo
As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:
| Estrutura | No vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz | is held · is drawn · is still filled |
| Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora | has just tumbled · haven't heard |
Pronúncia para ficar de olho
O falante usa 4 contrações e formas reduzidas, como don't, haven't, isn't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.
- Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: shepherd /ˈʃɛpəɹd/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, amnesia /ˌæmˈniʒə/
- Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, legendary /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, deliberately /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/
Sons difíceis para falantes de português:
- Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: shepherd /ˈʃɛpəɹd/, neglect /nɪˈɡlɛkt/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, landscape /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/, intent /ɪnˈtɛnt/
- /l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: classical /ˈklæs.ɪ.k(ə)l/, console /ˈkɑn.soʊl/, sail /seɪl/
- s + consoante no início — sem um “i” antes: stranger /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/, slight /slaɪt/, swallow /ˈswɑ.loʊ/, swiftly /ˈswɪftli/
Como praticar com este vídeo
- Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
- Comece na velocidade 0,75×, faça shadowing frase por frase e volte à velocidade normal quando ficar fácil.
- Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como tragedy, shepherd, neglect.
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.