Prática de Shadowing: American English Connected Reading 美式英语连读（下）｜Describe a Journey（part two) - 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 we're going to look at the sentence rhythm and intonation in my sample answer for the IELTS question, Describe a Journey You Remember Well.
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Let's take a look.
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When I was 15, when I was 15, 15, I went with my family,
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I went with my family.
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kind of go down on family, but keep went with my at a higher tone.
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I went with my family on a long trip.
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Long trip.
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So we don't go all the way down on trip.
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It's not long trip.
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Long trip.
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Just a little bit down.
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Long trip around a.. long trip around a bunch of national parks in the western United States.
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A bunch of National Parks in the Western United States.
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Western U.
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Western United States.
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We have to go low on U in United so that we can make a rhythm for the sentence.
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Western United States.
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I can't really remember.
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I can't really remember.
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Can't really.
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We keep that at an even tone.
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I can't really remember how much time we spent at each one.
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We spent.. we spent at each one.
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How much time we spent at each one?
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We.
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We goes lower, again to break up the rhythm of the high tone sentence.
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How much time we spent at each one?
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But the whole trip took about three weeks in total.
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But the whole trip took about three weeks in total.
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So three weeks.
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We go down a little bit on three weeks, but we don't go all the way down.
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It's not three weeks in total.
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Three weeks in total.
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Three weeks in total.
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At that time, at that time, at that time, I was just beginning.
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I was.
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So I was goes lower here, even though we rose on time.
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At that time I was just beginning.
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So just is quite high.
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I was just beginning to take pictures as a hobby.
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Take pictures, take pictures as a hobby.
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Take pictures as a hobby.
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So I love seeing all the different landscapes.
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So I, so I goes very low at the beginning of this sentence.
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So I love seeing all the different landscapes.
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Landscapes.
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We go much lower to finish that sentence.
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Landscapes.
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All the different landscapes.
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That was also, that was also when I first got to practice,
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first got to practice, got to, got to practice, got to practice,
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first got to practice driving a car.
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That was also when I first got to practice driving a car.
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My parents let me try driving, My parents let me try driving for a few minutes.
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My parents let me try driving for a few minutes.
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My.
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Let me.
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Furrah.
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All of those are low to break up the rhythm of the sentence.
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My parents let me try driving.
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Driving for a few minutes.
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For a few minutes.
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Out on a really lonely road in a desert.
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Out on a really lonely road in a desert.
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Really lonely road in a desert.
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In a desert.
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So we have three kind of high tones, but we don't go all the way low yet.
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Until in a.
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Really lonely road in a desert.
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Really lonely road in a desert.
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Where it was safe.
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Where it was.
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Now those three words are connected together, and they're spoken in a low tone, where it was safe.
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Where it was safe.
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It's been a long time.
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It's been a long time since I've been to parks like that, and I'd definitely like to see them again.
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It's...
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We start that sentence with a low tone.
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It's been a long time.
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It's been a long time since I've been to parks like that.
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Been to parks.
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T is unstressed, and so it goes with a low tone.
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Since I've been to parks like that, and I'd definitely like to see them again.
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That takes a falling then rising tone.
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Parks like that, that, parks like that, and I definitely like to see them again.
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And I, and it takes a low tone, and I definitely like to see them again.
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So I'm stressing definitely in my answer, definitely like to see them again.
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Like to, like to.
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It's not like to, definitely like to.
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It's not like that, it's definitely like to.
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Definitely like to see them again.
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So we kind of go up and down very quickly in this sentence. When I was 15,
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I went with my family on a long trip around a bunch of national parks in the western United States.
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I can't really remember how much time we spent at each one, but the whole trip took about three weeks in total.
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At that time, I was just beginning to take pictures as a hobby, so I loved seeing all the different landscapes.
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That was also when I first got to practice driving a car.
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My parents let me try driving for a few minutes out
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on a really lonely road in a desert where it was safe.
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It's been a long time since I've been to parks like that, and I'd definitely like to see them again.

Contexto & Antecedentes

No vídeo de hoje, o apresentador, Alex, compartilha sua experiência de viagem em família quando tinha 15 anos, focando na importância da entonação e ritmo ao falar inglês. Ele utiliza a pergunta do IELTS "Descreva uma viagem que você se lembra bem" como um exemplo prático. A forma como Alex articula suas frases, variando a entonação e mantendo um ritmo claro, serve como um modelo valioso para os estudantes que desejam aprender inglês com youtube e aprimorar suas habilidades de prática de conversação em inglês.

Top 5 Frases para Comunicação Diária

  • Quando eu tinha 15 anos, eu fui com minha família.
  • Fizemos uma longa viagem.
  • Não consigo me lembrar de quanto tempo passamos em cada um.
  • A viagem durou cerca de três semanas no total.
  • Eu estava apenas começando a tirar fotos como hobby.

Essas frases são exemplos de como o ritmo e a entonação podem mudar a percepção de quem ouve. Praticar essas expressões ajudará os estudantes a utilizar shadow speak de maneira eficaz em situações cotidianas.

Guia Passo a Passo de Shadowing

Para abordar a dificuldade apresentada neste vídeo, siga este guia de shadow speech:

  1. Escute atentamente: Ouça a parte em que Alex fala sobre sua viagem, focando na entonação e no ritmo.
  2. Repita em voz alta: Tente imitar a forma como ele articula as palavras. Concentre-se no tom alto e baixo para entender a musicalidade do inglês.
  3. Grave-se: Grave sua própria voz enquanto você faz o shadowing. Isso permitirá que você ouça seu progresso.
  4. Compare: Escute sua gravação e compare com a do Alex. Identifique áreas onde você pode melhorar.
  5. Pratique regularmente: Faça deste exercício uma prática contínua. Isso ajudará a solidificar as estruturas e a entonação aprendidas.

Usar a técnica de shadowspeak não apenas facilita a aquisição de vocabulário, mas também treina a fluência na conversação. Portanto, dedique tempo a esta prática para melhorar suas habilidades e alcançar um nível mais avançado na língua inglesa.

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.