Prática de Shadowing: Cambridge 16 Test 1 Section 2 LIstening - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Part 2.
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You will hear the managing director of a company called Stevenson's welcoming a group of work experience students.
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First you have some time to look at questions 11 to 14.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 11 to 14.
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Good morning everyone and welcome to Stevenson's, one of the country's major manufacturers of metal goods.
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Thank you for choosing us for your two weeks of work experience.
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My name is Julia Simmons and since the beginning of this year I've been the managing director.
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Stephenson's is quite an old company.
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Like me, the founder, Ronald Stephenson, went into the steel industry when he left school.
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That was in 1923.
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He set up this company when he finished his apprenticeship in 1926.
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although he actually started making plans two years earlier in 1924.
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He was a very determined young man.
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Stevenson's long-term plan was to manufacture components for the machine tools industry,
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although in fact that never came about and for the automotive industry
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that is cars and lorries however there was a delay of five years before that happened
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because shortly before the company went into production Stevenson was given the opportunity to make goods for hospitals
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and other players in the healthcare industry so that's what we did for the first five years.
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Over the years we've expanded the premises considerably.
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We were lucky that the site is big enough, so moving to a new location has never been necessary.
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However, the layout is far from ideal for modern machinery and production methods,
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so we intend to carry out major refurbishment of this site over the next five years.
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I'd better give you some idea of what you'll be doing during your two weeks with us
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so you know what to expect.
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Most mornings you'll have a presentation from one of the managers to learn about their department,
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starting this morning with research and development.
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And you'll all spend some time in each department, observing what's going on and talking to people,
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as long you don't stop them from doing their work altogether.
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In the past, a teacher from your school has come in at the end
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of each week to find out how the group were getting on, but your school isn't able to arrange that this year.
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Before you hear the rest of the talk, you have some time to look at questions 15 to 20.
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Thank you.
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20. Now listen and answer questions 15 to 20.
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OK, now I'll briefly help you to orientate yourselves around the site.
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As you can see, we're in the reception area, which we try to make attractive and welcoming to visitors.
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There's a corridor running left from here, and if you go along that, the door facing you at the end is the entrance to the coffee room.
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This looks out onto the main road on one side
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and some trees on the other and that'll be where you meet each morning.
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The factory is the very big room on the far side of the site.
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Next to it is the warehouse
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which can be accessed by lorries going up the road to the turning area at the end.
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You can get to the warehouse by crossing to the far side of the courtyard
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and then the door is on your right.
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Somewhere you'll be keen to find is the staff canteen.
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This is right next to reception.
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I can confidently say that the food's very good, but the view isn't.
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The windows on one side look onto a corridor and courtyard, which aren't very attractive at all,
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and on the other onto the access road, which isn't much better.
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You'll be using the meeting room quite often
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and you'll find it by walking along the corridor to the left of the courtyard and continuing along it to the end.
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The meeting room is the last one on the right and I'm afraid there's no natural daylight in the room.
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Then you'll need to know where some of the offices are.
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The Human Resources Department is at the front of this building,
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so you head to the left along the corridor from reception and it's the second room you come to.
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It looks out onto the main road.
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And finally the boardroom, where you'll be meeting sometimes.
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That has quite a pleasant view as it looks out onto the trees.
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Go along the corridor past the courtyard right to the end.
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The boardroom is on the left next to the factory.
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Okay now, are there any questions before we move...
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That is the end of part two.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers to part two.
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Thank you.

Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Esta aula de conversação de nível B2 usa o vídeo “Cambridge 16 Test 1 Section 2 LIstening”. As palavras que mais se repetem: corridor, onto, questions, courtyard, industry. Este vídeo tem 63 frases e 772 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 6:33. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 118 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. 88% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês, por isso o vocabulário é fácil de acompanhar.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

As 15 palavras mais avançadas do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
corridor substantivo/ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/corredor
courtyard substantivo/ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/pátio
warehouse substantivo/ˈwɛə(ɹ)haʊs/armazém
apprenticeship substantivo/əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/aprendizado
canteen substantivo/kænˈtin/cantil
confidently advérbio/ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/confiantemente, com confiança
premise substantivo/ˈpɹɛm.ɪs/premissa
daylight substantivo/ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/luz do dia/sol
yourselves/jəˈsɛlvz/vós/vocês mesmos, vós/vocês mesmas
automotive adjetivo/ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/automotivo
considerably advérbio/kənˈsɪdəɹəbli/consideravelmente
arrange verbo/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/arranjar, organizar
visitor substantivo/ˈvɪzɪtɚ/visita
machinery substantivo/məˈʃiːnəɹi/maquinaria, maquinário
observe verbo/əbˈzɜːv/seguir, acompanhar

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
carry out verbo/ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/carregar
find out verbodescobrir
go up verbosubir
set up verbo/ˌsɛt ˈʌp/preparar

Gramática neste vídeo

As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:

EstruturaNo vídeo
Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agoraI've been · we've expanded · has never been
Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem fazwas given · can be accessed

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 20 contrações e formas reduzidas, como you'll, isn't, aren't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

  • Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: apprenticeship /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/, machinery /məˈʃiːnəɹi/
  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: apprenticeship /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/, confidently /ˈkɑnfɪdəntli/, orientate /ˈɒɹi.ənteɪt/, automotive /ˌɔtəˈmoʊtɪv/, considerably /kənˈsɪdəɹəbli/

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

  • Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: courtyard /ˈkɔɹt.jɑɹd/, apprenticeship /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/, orientate /ˈɒɹi.ənteɪt/, daylight /ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/, layout /ˈleɪ.aʊt/

Como praticar com este vídeo

  1. Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
  2. Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
  3. Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como corridor, courtyard, warehouse.

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.

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