Prática de Shadowing: American English Connected Reading 美式英语连读（下）｜TV（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 intonation and pitch changes in the lian du video, Describe a TV program that you didn't like.
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Let's take a look.
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Honestly, I don't watch a lot of TV.
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Honestly, honestly, I don't watch a lot of TV.
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A lot of TV.
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A lot of TV.
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And I actually can't remember the name of this particular show.
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This particular show.
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So here we can have this particular show kind of going up and down.
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Or we could go very flat, of this particular show, this particular show.
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Both ways are okay.
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Honestly, I don't watch a lot of TV, and I actually can't remember the name of this particular show.
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But I do remember, but I do remember, we stress do here to show that we are contrasting with the previous point.
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And we go up on remember to show that we're going to continue the sentence.
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But I do remember that, now because we went up on remember, we go way down on that.
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That I do remember that, I do remember that a few years ago,
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that a few years ago, I was watching TV.
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A few years ago, I was watching TV.
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Here, ago also rises to show that we're continuing the rest of the sentence.
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A few years ago, I was watching TV.
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I was watching TV.
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I was low, watching, high, TV, falling.
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I was watching TV with my friend.
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Again, we rise to show that we're continuing the sentence.
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and we came across a new show, and we came across a new show, a new show that both of us,
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both of us, both of us just hated.
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Now we're stressing both and hated, so we use falling tones here.
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Both of us just hated.
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It was a cartoon.
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It was a cartoon about a family.
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It was a cartoon about a family.
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Car-toon.
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Not cartoon.
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It was a cartoon.
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It was a cartoon about a family in the 1970s.
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So here, tune, family, 70s.
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Those syllables have the stress in this first half of the sentence, and they're kind of even.
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It was a cartoon about a family in the 1970s.
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It kind of evenly spaces the stress around the sentence.
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And I think the dad might have been a factory worker.
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Here I'm going up with the tone of my voice so that I can show that I'm not sure about it.
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This is a little bit informal of a way of speaking, but it's still really commonly used.
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And I think the dad might have been a factory worker,
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might have been a factory worker, might have been a.. all of those are spoken quickly with a low
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or medium low tone.
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Might have been a factory worker, might have been a factory worker.
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I don't remember much of the plot, much of the plot.
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We rise here to show that we're continuing the rest of the sentence.
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But I do remember, same thing, stress on do remember, and go up to continue the sentence.
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But I do remember that none of the characters, that none of the characters,
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that none of the characters were interesting at all.
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Interesting at all.
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We go low, then we rise and fall again.
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Interesting at all.
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None of the characters were interesting at all.
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And none of the jokes, and none of the jokes really landed.
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And none of the jokes really landed.
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Really landed.
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We rise and fall toward the end there.
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Really landed.
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We sat through a few episodes.
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We sat through kind of a high and even tone.
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We sat through a few episodes.
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Episodes.
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Rising to show that we're continuing our idea.
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We sat through a few episodes to see if it would get better.
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So, episodes, better, those show that I'm continuing the sentence and I'm definitely going to go down later.
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And instead, it just got worse.
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We sat through a few episodes to see if it would get better, and instead it just got worse.
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So we fall on that low tone at the end.
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Just got worse.
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It just got worse.
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Honestly, I don't watch a lot of TV, and I actually can't remember the name of this particular show.
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But I do remember that a few years ago, I was watching TV with my friend, and we came across a new show that both of us just hated.
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It was a cartoon about a family in the 1970s, and I think the dad might have been a factory worker.
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I don't remember much of the plot, but I do remember that none of the characters were interesting at all, and none of the jokes really landed.
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We sat through a few episodes to see if it would get better, and instead, it just got worse.

Contexto e Antecedentes

No vídeo "American English Connected Reading 美式英语连读（下）", o apresentador Alex discute a entonação e as mudanças de tom em frases em inglês falado, utilizando como exemplo uma descrição de um programa de TV que não gostou. Esse tipo de análise é fundamental para entender como a entonação pode alterar o significado e a ênfase em uma conversa diária. Para os aprendizes de inglês, dominar essas nuances ajuda a aprimorar a pronúncia e a fluência, especialmente em situações informais.

Top 5 Frases para Comunicação Diária

  • “Honestly, I don’t watch a lot of TV.” – Uma declaração comum que pode expressar preferências pessoais.
  • “I actually can’t remember the name of this particular show.” – Útil para mostrar que você não se lembra de algo específico.
  • “But I do remember that...” – Uma transição eficaz para trazer à tona recordações.
  • “A few years ago, I was watching TV.” – Uma boa forma de introduzir uma história passada.
  • “Both of us just hated.” – Para expressar opiniões compartilhadas sobre algo de maneira enfática.

Guia Passo a Passo para Shadowing

Praticar a técnica de shadow speech com este vídeo pode ser uma ótima maneira de melhorar a pronúncia em inglês. Siga estas etapas:

  1. Escute Atentamente: Ouça o vídeo algumas vezes para se familiarizar com a entonação e o ritmo.
  2. Identifique Palavras-Chave: Preste atenção nas palavras que recebem ênfase, como "do" e "remember". Anote-as.
  3. Repita em Voz Alta: Use a técnica de shadowspeak. Tente repetir as frases logo após ouvi-las, imitando a entonação e o tempo de fala do Alex.
  4. Grave Sua Voz: Grave sua prática para comparar sua pronúncia com a do falante nativo. Isso ajudará a identificar áreas a melhorar.
  5. Revise e Pratique: Faça isso várias vezes, focando na fluência e na naturalidade do seu discurso. Quanto mais você praticar, melhor será sua capacidade de melhorar a pronúncia em inglês.

Com a prática regular de shadow speak e a incorporação de frases do dia a dia, você se sentirá mais confiante e confortável ao falar inglês. Utilize esses recursos para expandir seu aprendizado e alcançar novos níveis de fluência.

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.