Prática de Shadowing: Bilingual Brains are Better - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

Escolha um modo de prática

Cada modo abre uma sala de prática em tela cheia.

69 frases

Se as frases estiverem muito curtas ou longas, clique em Edit para ajustá-las.

Are you bilingual?

Trilingual?

You might have a better brain than me, and you might live longer.

Hola hombres, esta tres.

That doesn't work.

That's my name is the number three.

Thanks, mom and dad.

What was I in Spanish class?

Manuel, I think?

Hola, me amo Manuel.

I don't like that either.

I think I'm just going to stick to English for now.

Thanks for tuning in to DNews, everybody it looks like bilingualism isn't just useful when you're traveling,

or when you're trying to order food at your favorite restaurant,

or if you're trying to figure out what those girls on the train are talking about across from you, and if it's your shoes.

No, it also could help you live longer.

They know this because when they tested English -speaking seniors, the ones that were bilingual answered quicker.

Without getting too deep into the technical and medical details, bilingual brains are better at switching between major tasks,

like languages, and simultaneously filtering out superfluous information.

Obviously, this is really beneficial throughout people's lives, but if you enroll children in a bilingual school, it will not only help them learn to learn,

but keep their brain agile throughout their life.

It's not the only way.

You can also exercise, do stimulating tasks, or even do the crosswords.

And they've all been shown to keep your brain spry.

Although this is the most fun, unless you want to know what 77 down is vacation destination for sandwich lovers.

Ooh, Delhi!

Ha!

You know, India, Delhi.

Now that you're all jazzed to learn Cantonese or whatever, let's have science stomp on your bilingual dreams for a minute.

After about 12 months, you begin to filter out sounds that aren't found in your language,

which is why my German friend Nina can't really do the sound very well, and I can't do the, you know, the U with the dots.

I can't do that.

They're just not part of our learning.

That being said, it is of course possible to learn new languages, but it's better to be exposed early, like before you're four years old.

If living longer isn't a good enough reason for you to learn a new language, then perhaps this will help.

Look, we're about to get real deep.

Words are just an outward expression of emotions and thoughts.

They don't really mean anything on their own unless we assign them meaning.

Design student Pei Ying Lin created this infographic of untranslatable emotions.

My favorite shortcoming in the English language is that chasm that exists between liking someone and loving someone.

You might really like them or whatever, you might adore them, but that's a little trite.

The infographic shows that Italian and Korean have a word for love that's specifically for friends, family, inanimate objects, and pets.

We have to use the same word to express romantic love to our wife

or our husband as we would express to our mom or our dog or a really nice painting.

That is insane.

Here are some other words that we don't have that show up in other cultures.

I'll probably pronounce some of them really badly.

In Japan they have a really weird one, bakushan, which has to do with a beautiful girl but only when viewed from behind.

This one is really good.

It's Filipino and it has to do with seeing something cute and wanting to pinch or squeeze it.

And it's called giggle.

In Mexican Spanish they have a word for when you feel embarrassed for watching someone else's humiliation.

That's pena ajena.

You get the picture.

So there are a lot of words that English just doesn't have that express these emotions.

So not only can you learn another language, maybe you can just learn these and that'll help you live longer.

I mean, probably not a lot longer, like a few hours.

But hey, at least you can express yourself better.

Have you ever made up a word?

I'm sure you have.

I know I do it all the time.

Leave your made up word down in the comments

and give a definition so that we can all start using your fake words and maybe they'll become real words.

So thanks for watching and ti voglio bene,

which is the Italian word for I really care about you but I don't love you like a romantic partner.

So it would be nice if we had a word in between like and love.

Thanks for watching.

I'm Trace.

See you later.

Baixar aplicativo

Tudo o que você precisa para falar fluentemente

Pronúncia com IANota em cada frase

Prática de IPADomine cada som

VocabulárioMonte seu banco de palavras

Jogo de vocabulárioAprenda brincando

Escaneie o QR

Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play

FOR YOU

Vídeo recomendado

238 frases

Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Esta aula de conversação usa o vídeo “Bilingual Brains are Better”. As palavras que mais se repetem: word, learn, language, bilingual, longer. Este vídeo tem 69 frases e 756 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 3:59. O falante fala rápido, cerca de 190 palavras por minuto, então espere sons ligados e reduzidos. 83% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

15 palavras do vídeo que vale a pena aprender, com pronúncia e significado:

Palavra	Pronúncia	Significado
bilingual adjetivo	/baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/	bilíngue, bilingue
emotion substantivo	/ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/	emoção
romantic adjetivo	/ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/	romântico
filter substantivo	/ˈfɪltɚ/	filtro, crivo
pet substantivo	/pɛt/	animal de estimação, animal de companhia
badly advérbio	/ˈbæd.li/	mal
insane adjetivo	/ɪnˈseɪn/	insano, doido
vacation substantivo	/veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/	férias, vacação
jazz substantivo	/d͡ʒæz/	jazz
tune substantivo	/tjuːn/	melodia
lover substantivo	/ˈlʌvɚ/	amante
destination substantivo	/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/	destino
shoe substantivo	/ˈʃu/	calçado, sapato
simultaneously advérbio	/ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/	simultaneamente
beneficial adjetivo	/ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/	benéfico

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

Palavra	Pronúncia	Significado
make up verbo	/ˌmeɪk ˈʌp/	compensar
figure out verbo		descobrir, deduzir

Frases que vale a pena repetir

Frases curtas e completas do vídeo que você pode usar na conversa do dia a dia:

That's my name is the number three.
I don't like that either.
They're just not part of our learning.
Look, we're about to get real deep.
Have you ever made up a word?

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 26 contrações e formas reduzidas, como you're, don't, can't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: emotion /ɪˈməʊ.ʃən/, vacation /veɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, simultaneously /ˌsaɪmlˈteɪnɪəsli/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, humiliation /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/, inanimate /ɪnˈænɪmət/

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: romantic /ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/, pet /pɛt/, dot /dɑt/, embarrassed /ɪmˈbæɹ.əst/, stimulate /ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt/
/l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: bilingual /baɪˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, beneficial /ˌbɛn.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/, agile /ˈæd͡ʒ.aɪl/, enroll /ɪnˈɹəʊl/, trilingual /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/
s + consoante no início — sem um “i” antes: squeeze /skwiːz/, stimulate /ˈstɪm.jəˌleɪt/, spry /spɹaɪ/, stomp /stɑmp/

Como praticar com este vídeo

Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
Comece na velocidade 0,75×, faça shadowing frase por frase e volte à velocidade normal quando ficar fácil.
Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como bilingual, emotion, romantic.

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.

Técnica de shadowing: leia o guia completo passo a passo →

Prática de Shadowing: Bilingual Brains are Better - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

Escolha um modo de prática

Baixar aplicativo

Learn a second language. It will change your brain.

What Happens If a Child Never Hears Language?

DUMBEST Bilingual Problems

Bài 12 - Não Bộ Của Nam Và Nữ

Can We Stop the Extinction?

Your Brain Peaked at Birth

Apprendre une langue, c’est s’y habituer

Why You Always Forget English Words (Science Explains)

Cómo cambia tu cerebro al hablar varios idiomas | BBC Mundo

Hobbies That Make You Smarter AND More Attractive

if you wanna learn a language in 2026, start these habits now.

7 Benefits of Learning English