Prática de Shadowing: A2 T1 TEST1 PART2 - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Questions 8 to 13 You will hear Joel Jones,
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an actor, being interviewed about a cartoon film called Basil the Bee,
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which he wrote and helped to make.
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For each question, choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
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You now have 45 seconds to look at the questions for part 2.
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Now we are ready to start.
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listen carefully you will hear the recording twice how did you feel
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when you first started working on basil the bee well at the start i thought it wouldn't take much time
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because it was a cartoon yeah but i suppose
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that even a simple story is a bit of a challenge i mean
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when you're trying to decide what's going to happen in it
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you spend longer than you realize Is the character you give a voice to, Basil the Bee, like you in any way?
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I think maybe in appearance.
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He does look like me, I suppose, although his head is rounder than mine.
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But he wasn't supposed to look like me.
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That wasn't the plan.
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The team of artists just designed a face that we all enjoyed looking at.
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We felt that he was cute and a bit funny.
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How did your family feel about hearing your voice in a cartoon?
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I'm not exactly sure about my children.
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The little one doesn't recognise it as me, but she loves bees.
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She always insists on seeing the DVD of Basil before she goes off to bed at night.
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Did you expect it to be so popular with children?
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Well, during the time we were making it,
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I occasionally showed my children and some of their friends little parts of it on the computer.
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They'd go crazy and watch it over and over again.
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It's so funny.
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There's nothing more fun than entertaining children, but I never intended it as a movie specially aimed at them or teenagers.
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I just wanted to make it as funny as I could.
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Why do you think that so many people see bees as good bugs?
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I think they have a complicated society, which is very scientific, and the organisation to produce honey,
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which of course is the whole idea, like what their life is for, is about making honey.
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So, we see them as almost human in their behaviour Doing a job,
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getting on with life, and so on And you yourself, do you feel you care more about bees than you used to?
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Bees are the bugs I've always preferred Apart from that,
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I'm not a great fan of bugs on the whole With bees,
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they live like we might do one day They fly around so fast, each with his or her own little flying machine.
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They visit flowers which are beautiful and they create something delicious.
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Somehow, I feel they're a quite different creature from other bugs.
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Now listen again.
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how did you feel
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when you first started working on basil the bee well at the start i thought it wouldn't take much time
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because it was a cartoon yeah but i suppose
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that even a simple story is a bit of a challenge i mean
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when you're trying to decide what's going to happen in it
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you spend longer than you realize is the character you give
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a voice to basil the bee like you in any way I think maybe in appearance.
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He does look like me, I suppose, although his head is rounder than mine.
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But he wasn't supposed to look like me.
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That wasn't the plan.
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The team of artists just designed a face that we all enjoyed looking at.
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We felt that he was cute and a bit funny.
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How did your family feel about hearing your voice in a cartoon?
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I'm not exactly sure about my children.
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The little one doesn't recognise it as me, but she loves bees.
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She always insists on seeing the DVD of Basil before she goes off to bed at night.
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Did you expect it to be so popular with children?
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Well, during the time we were making it, I occasionally showed my children and some of their friends little parts of it on the computer.
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They'd go crazy and watch it over and over again.
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It's so funny.
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There's nothing more fun than entertaining children, but I never intended it as a movie specially aimed at them or teenagers.
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I just wanted to make it as funny as I could.
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Why do you think that so many people see bees as good bugs?
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I think they have a complicated society, which is very scientific, and the organisation to produce honey,
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which of course is the whole idea, like what their life is for, is about making honey.
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So we see them as almost human in their behaviour, doing a job, getting on with life, and so on.
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And you yourself, do you feel you care more about bees than you used to?
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Bees are the bugs I've always preferred.
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Apart from that, I'm not a great fan of bugs on the whole.
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With bees, they live like we might do one day.
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They fly around so fast, each with his or her own little flying machine.
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They visit flowers which are beautiful, and they create something delicious.
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Somehow, I feel they're a quite different creature from other bugs.
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That is the end of part two.

Por que esse vídeo é ótimo para praticar fala em inglês?

O diálogo entre o entrevistador e Joel Jones, o ator e criador de Basil the Bee, é um material perfeito para quem quer melhorar a pronúncia em inglês e a fluência. A linguagem é coloquial, com frases curtas e expressões naturais, como "I suppose" e "I mean", que refletem como os nativos falam no cotidiano. Além disso, a variedade de tópicos — desde a criação de um personagem até a percepção de abelhas — oferece contextos reais, o que ajuda a fixar vocabulário de forma significativa. Essas características tornam o vídeo ideal para técnicas como o shadowing em inglês, que envolve repetir frases imediatamente após ouvi-las, imitando a entonação e o ritmo.

Analisando frases naturais do vídeo

Vamos decompor três trechos que mostram como a língua inglesa é usada de forma autêntica:

  • "Well at the start I thought it wouldn't take much time because it was a cartoon": A expressão "Well" é usada para começar uma resposta de forma informal, comum em conversas. A contração "wouldn't" e o uso de "because" para explicar uma ideia tornam a frase fluida e não forçada.
  • "He does look like me, I suppose, although his head is rounder than mine": "I suppose" demonstra incerteza leve, uma nuance que os nativos usam constantemente. A estrutura "although" para contrastar ideias é essencial para conectar frases de forma natural.
  • "She always insists on seeing the DVD of Basil before she goes off to bed at night": A expressão "insists on" (insiste em) e o phrasal verb "goes off to bed" (vai dormir) são exemplos de vocabulário coloquial que evita termos formais, tornando a fala mais realista.

Rotina de prática com shadowing: como fazer

O shadow speak (ou shadowing) é uma técnica comprovada para melhorar a pronúncia e o ritmo. Siga esse passo a passo com o vídeo:

  1. Ouça uma frase por vez: Pause o vídeo após cada frase e repita-a imediatamente, tentando copiar a entonação e a velocidade de Joel. Isso ajuda a treinar o cérebro a processar e reproduzir a fala em tempo real.
  2. Grave sua voz: Compare sua gravação com a do vídeo. Observe se você está acentuando as sílabas certas (como em "challenge" ou "occasionally") e se a entonação soa natural.
  3. Aumente a complexidade: Depois de dominar frases curtas, tente repetir parágrafos inteiros. Isso fortalece a memória muscular e a fluência. Pratique diariamente por 10-15 minutos — o shadow speech é mais eficaz quando feito de forma consistente.

Com essa rotina, você não apenas aprende frases úteis, mas também internaliza o ritmo e a musicalidade do inglês, tornando sua fala mais nativa. E lembre: o objetivo é imitar, não perfeito — cada repetição ajuda a melhorar a pronúncia em inglês.

Gramática neste vídeo

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

EstruturaNo vídeo
Orações relativas who / which + oração — informação extra sobre uma pessoa ou coisasociety, which is · flowers which are
Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agoraI've always preferred
Comparativos -er than / more … than — comparar duas coisaslonger than · rounder than · more fun than
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos da forma em -ingstarted working · enjoyed looking

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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