Prática de Shadowing: American English Connected Reading ｜IELTS Speaking: Describe a trip you took by public transport - 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 I want to talk about a sample answer to the IELTS question Describe a trip you took by public transport.
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In this sample answer, we'll see a way to answer
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when you can't really think of anything in your own experience that answers the question.
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Let's have a look.
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To be honest, I almost never take public transport.
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to be honest to be we link those two sounds together not to be
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but to be honest to be honest I almost never almost
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never the T in almost disappears almost never take public transport the k sounds at the end of take
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and public disappear they turn into glottal stops take public transport.
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I almost never take public transport.
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We can also make the last T in transport into a glottal stop.
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I almost never take public transport.
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I have my own car, so I just drive wherever I need to go.
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So I.. we want to link those together.
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So I just.. so I just drive.
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Now, just drive just ends with t, and drive begins with d, so we link those together.
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I just drive.
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I just drive wherever I need to go.
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Same thing with need to, need to go, need to go.
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But recently I saw a report online about a British guy.
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But recently, the t in but turns into a glottal stop.
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I saw a report.
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I saw a report.
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Saw a.
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Those are two slightly different vowels.
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Saw.
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Saw a report.
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It almost sounds like I'm making the vowel in saw particularly long.
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Saw, saw, saw a report.
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I saw a report online.
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Report online.
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That T in report turns into a tap.
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Report on, report online.
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It links up with the A in online.
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About a British guy, about a, again we have another tap, about a British guy who challenged himself to see how far
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he could travel by city bus in 24 hours challenged himself the h in himself disappears
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to see to turns into to it gets very heavily reduced
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how far he could travel we make the h in he disappear
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and we link could travel how far he could travel by city bus it's not city it's city City.
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This is the American pronunciation.
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In the United Kingdom, it's city.
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But in the U.S., we weaken that to a little tap.
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City.
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City bus.
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He carefully planned everything out beforehand.
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Planned everything.
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We link those sounds together.
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And then the T in out turns into a glottal stop.
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everything out beforehand.
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Then he left at three in the morning to take the first bus out of London.
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Then he disappears.
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Left at three.
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The t in at turns into a glottal stop.
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Left at three.
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Three in the morning.
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Kind of link in the together and link it to three.
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Three in the.
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three in the morning to take to take turns into to
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take to take the first bus out of London here first bus turns into first bus the T completely disappears
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and of could turn into a we could also keep it as a small
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and weak of first bus out of London first bus out
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of London both are fine I don't know how many times he had to transfer, but he eventually made it all the way up to some city in the north.
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I don't know.
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We won't change this to don't know, I don't know.
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We'll say I don't know, don't know, I don't know, I don't know.
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I don't know how many times he had to transfer.
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He had to, he had to, we weaken had and to, he had to, he had to transfer.
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But he eventually, But he turns into buddy.
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That's another tap of the T.
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Eventually.
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He eventually.
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We add a yuh sound.
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He eventually made it all the way up to some city in the north.
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Made it all.
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Made it all.
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The d and t here get reduced.
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Made it all.
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Made it all the way up to some.
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Up to.
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Up to.
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Those consonants get kind of blended together.
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Up to.
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Up to.
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All the way up to some city in the north.
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In the connects together as well. In the. In the.
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Some city in the north without ever taking a long-distance bus.
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Without ever.
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Again, we tap that T.
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Without ever.
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Out ever.
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Without ever.
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Without ever taking a long-distance bus.
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I'd love to try a crazy travel challenge like that someday.
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I'd love.
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D-l.
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D-l.
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We link those sounds together.
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I'd love to.
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I'd love to try.
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To try turns into to try.
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I'd love to try a crazy travel challenge like that someday.
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Before the S, the T turns into a glottal stop.
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Like that.
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Like that someday.
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To be honest, I almost never take public transport.
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I have my own car, so I just drive wherever I need to go. But recently, I saw a report online about a British guy who challenged
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himself to see how far he could travel by city bus in 24 hours.
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He carefully planned everything out beforehand, then he left at 3 in the morning to take the first bus out of London.
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I don't know how many times he had to transfer, but he eventually made it all the way up to some city in the north without ever taking a long-distance bus.
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I'd love to try a crazy travel challenge like that someday.

Contexto & Antecedentes

No vídeo apresentado por Alex, ele discute uma resposta exemplificada para uma pergunta do IELTS que pede para descrever uma viagem realizada utilizando transporte público. Através de um diálogo informal, Alex oferece dicas sobre como conectar palavras e frases, melhorando a fluidez na fala. Este tipo de prática é essencial para quem deseja aprimorar sua pronúncia em inglês e se preparar para exames de proficiência. Um dos principais focos da apresentação é a ligação entre sons e a redução de sílabas, características cruciais do inglês falado, especialmente na variante americana.

As 5 Principais Frases para Comunicação Diária

  • “To be honest” - Uma expressão útil para iniciar uma declaração sincera.
  • “I almost never take public transport” - Uma forma de desviá-se de uma experiência, caso não tenha muitas opções.
  • “I just drive” - Um modo direto de expressar preferências pessoais.
  • “But recently” - Excelente para introduzir novidades ou histórias que se relacionam ao contexto atual.
  • “Challenged himself to see” - Útil para descrever desafios pessoais e experiências únicas.

Guia Passo a Passo para Praticar Shadowing

Para quem deseja melhorar a pronúncia em inglês e se beneficiar da técnica de shadowing em inglês, siga este guia prático baseado no vídeo:

  1. Escolha um trecho: Selecione uma parte do vídeo que contenha as frases mencionadas, pois serão utilizadas para a prática de shadow speech.
  2. Ouça atentamente: Preste atenção na dicção e nas ligações entre as palavras. Note como Alex faz a ligação entre “take” e “public transport”.
  3. Repita em voz alta: Comece a repetir as frases, tentando imitar a entonação e o ritmo de Alex. Essa técnica é o que chamamos de shadowspeak.
  4. Grave sua voz: Escute a gravação e compare com a original. Isso ajudará na identificação de áreas a serem melhoradas.
  5. Pratique regularmente: Incorpore essa prática ao seu cotidiano, repetindo novas frases e expressões para aprimorar sua fluência e desenvolver um estilo de fala mais natural.

Ao adotar essas técnicas de shadowing, você não somente vai ganhar confiança na sua fala, mas também se sentirá mais à vontade para participar de conversas em inglês, tornando-se um falante mais natural e fluente.

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.