Prática de Shadowing: American English Connected Reading | Business English: A meeting at a tech company - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Hey, what's up?
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It's Alex.
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Today, let's look at the connected sounds in a short excerpt
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from a meeting at a tech company where somebody is talking about fixing a problem.
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Let's take a look.
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I just wanted to update everyone.
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I just wanted.
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So here, just wanted, that T gets dropped.
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Just wanted.
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I just wanted.
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Now here, wanted, the T in the middle of wanted gets completely removed too.
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wanted wanted to update and this is interesting
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because we could say to update with a wuh sound in the middle
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or we could just relax speak quickly
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and say to update to update I just wanted to update
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I just wanted to update everyone update everyone update everyone that's a very light T at the end
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and it connects to the e in every.
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I just wanted to update everyone about the website issues people were reporting. About the. About the.
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That t at the end of about gets connected to the the in the. About the.
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About the website issues.
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Website issues.
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Now here there's a tap t.
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Website issues.
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Website issues.
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Website issues.
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Website issues.
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People were reporting.
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People were.
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Now that L sound before a W sound gets reduced.
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People were.
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It's not a very strong people were.
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There's not a strong L there.
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People were reporting.
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Now we have two r sounds right next to each other. Were reporting.
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And they just link together.
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People were reporting.
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About the website issue is people were reporting.
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We found the bug yesterday.
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We found the, found the, the D and TH connect together.
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Found the, found the bug yesterday.
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G and Y.
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It doesn't make a new sound, but you can hear it kind of connects.
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G, yesterday, found the bug yesterday.
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G, yesterday, we found the bug yesterday.
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And pushed out a fix.
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And pushed, that D in and gets removed.
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and pushed and pushed out a fix.
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Pushed out a fix.
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The D and the OW sound connect together, and the T and the UH sound connect together.
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Pushed out a fix.
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The D and the OW sound connect together and the T and the UH sound connect together.
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Pushed out a fix.
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Pushed out a fix early this morning.
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Pushed out a fix early this morning.
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So here this gets reduced very heavily.
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Early this, this, this, the vowel and the the sound both get reduced.
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They're spoken very quickly without a really full sound.
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This, this, early this morning.
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It should have only affected.
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It should have.
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So here, it turns into it.
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It should.
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It should.
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It's a glottal stop instead of a T in it.
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It should have only.
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Now here, have, should have turns into should've.
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It should have only affected a handful of users.
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Handful.
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That D in handful is either really, really light or not there at all.
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Handful.
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Handful.
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Both are okay, with or without the D.
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A handful of users.
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And here, of gets reduced.
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You could say handful of users, handful of users, or handful of users.
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Both are okay.
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We can have a v sound or nothing.
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Handful of users.
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Both are okay.
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Handful of users running older browsers.
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We'll keep an eye out.
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We'll keep an eye out.
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That will turns into will.
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The L at the end of will gets reduced and it's not really a full L sound.
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It's more like a vowel.
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Will, will keep.
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Now, this reduction only works in fast speech.
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You've got to say the L if you're speaking slowly and clearly.
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Will keep, will keep an eye out.
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Or, will keep, will keep an eye out.
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Will keep an eye out for any new bug reports.
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Now, two things here.
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With for, we turn for into fur.
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Fur, like there's no vowel at all.
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and then out before an F, before any consonant sound, turns into out with a glottal stop.
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Out for any.
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Out for any.
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We'll keep an eye out for any new bug reports.
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I just wanted to update everyone about the website issues people were reporting.
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We found the bug yesterday and pushed out a fix early this morning.
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It should have only affected a handful of users running older browsers.
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We'll keep an eye out for any new bug reports.

Sobre Esta Aula

Nesta aula, você vai praticar a leitura conectada com trechos de uma reunião em uma empresa de tecnologia. O foco estará na identificação e prática dos sons conectados que ocorrem na fala cotidiana, especialmente em contextos de negócios. Aprender a reconhecer e reproduzir essas conexões vai ajudar a melhorar a pronúncia em inglês e a fluência na conversação. Prepare-se para escutar e repetir um exemplo de diálogo real, concentrando-se em como as palavras se conectam e como os sons mudam quando falados rapidamente.

Vocabulário e Frases-Chave

  • Update: Atualizar
  • Website issues: Problemas no site
  • People were reporting: As pessoas estavam relatando
  • Found the bug: Encontramos o erro
  • Pushed out a fix: Lançamos uma correção
  • About the: Sobre o/a
  • Wanted to: Queria
  • Issues: Questões/Problemas

Dicas de Prática

Para aproveitar ao máximo esta prática, sugerimos que você utilize a técnica de shadow speak ou shadowspeak. Isso significa que você deverá ouvir atentamente o trecho da reunião e repetir logo em seguida, imitando a entonação e o ritmo do falante. Preste atenção ao falar rapidamente, pois as palavras se conectam naturalmente. Por exemplo, a frase "I just wanted to update everyone" pode soar como "I just wan' to update everyone".

Comece devagar. Primeiro ouça e repita cada frase individualmente, e logo depois pratique a conexão entre as palavras. Ao se sentir confortável, comece a aumentar a velocidade até chegar à fluência natural. Isso ajudará você a melhorar a pronúncia em inglês e se preparar para situações reais de prática de conversação em inglês.

Lembre-se de usar a técnica de shadowing em inglês regularmente para consolidar seu aprendizado e aprimorar sua compreensão auditiva. Quanto mais você praticar, mais natural se tornará sua fala.

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.