Prática de Shadowing: Children's Engineering Workshops ielts listening - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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The test is in four parts.
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At the end of the test, you will be given 10 minutes to transfer your answers to the answer sheet.
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Now turn to part one.
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Part 1.
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You will hear a man phoning to find out about some children's engineering workshops.
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First, You have some time to look at questions 1 to 3.
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Now listen carefully and answer questions 1 to 3.
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Hello, children's engineering workshops.
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Oh, hello.
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I wanted some information about the workshops in the school holidays.
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Sure.
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I have two daughters who are interested.
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The younger one's Lydia.
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She's four.
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Do you take children as young as that?
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Yes.
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Our tiny engineer's workshop is for four to five year olds.
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What sorts of activities do they do?
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All sorts.
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For example, they work together to design a special cover
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that goes round an egg so that when it's inside they can drop it from a height and it doesn't break.
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Well, sometimes it does break, but that's part of the fun.
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Right.
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And Lydia loves building things.
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Is there any opportunity for her to do that?
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Well, they have a competition to see who can make the highest tower.
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You'd be amazed how high they can go.
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Right.
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But they're learning all the time as well as having fun.
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For example, one thing they do is to design and build a car that's attached to a balloon,
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and the force of the air in that actually powers the car and makes it move along.
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They go really fast too.
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OK, well, all this sounds perfect.
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Before you hear the rest of the conversation, you have some time to look at questions 4 to 10.
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Now listen and answer questions 4 to 10.
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Now, Carly, that's my older daughter, has just had her seventh birthday.
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So presumably she'd be in a different group?
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Yes, she'd be in the Junior Engineers.
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That's for children from six to eight.
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And do they do the same sorts of activities?
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Some are the same, but a bit more advanced.
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So they work out how to build model vehicles, things like cars and trucks,
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but also how to construct animals using the same sorts of material and technique.
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and then they learn how they can program them
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and make them move so they learn a bit of coding they do they pick it up really quickly
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We're there to help if they need it, but they learn from one another too.
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Right.
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And do they have competitions too?
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Yes.
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With the junior engineers it's to use recycled materials like card and wood to build a bridge.
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And the longest one gets a prize.
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That sounds fun.
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I wouldn't mind doing that myself.
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Then they have something a bit different, which is to think up an idea for a five -minute movie and then film it,
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using special animation software.
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You'd be amazed what they come up with!
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And of course that's something they can put on their phone and take home to show all their friends!
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Exactly!
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And then they also build a robot in the shape of a human
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and they decorate it and program it so that it can move its arms and legs.
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Perfect.
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So is it the same price as the tiny engineers?
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It's just a bit more.
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Fifty pounds for the five weeks.
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And are the classes on a Monday too?
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days.
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The classes are held in the morning from 10 to 11.
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OK.
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That's better for me, actually.
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And what about the location?
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Where exactly are the workshops held?
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They're in building 10A.
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There's a big sign on the door, you can't miss it, and that's in Fradston Industrial Estate.
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Sorry.
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Fredston.
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That's F.
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R A D S.
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tea, O -N -E.
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And that's in Grassford, isn't it?
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Yes, up past the station.
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And will I have any parking problems there?
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No, there's always plenty available.
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So, would you like to enrol Lydia and Carly now?
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OK.
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So, can I have your full name and...
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That is the end of part one.
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You now have half a minute to check your answers to part one.

Contexto e Fundo

O vídeo apresenta um diálogo entre um pai e um funcionário de oficinas de engenharia para crianças, durante as férias escolares. A conversa foca em duas categorias: "Tiny Engineers" (4 a 5 anos) e "Junior Engineers" (6 a 8 anos), com atividades como projetar carros com balões, construir torres e até programar animais. Essa situação real é perfeita para praticar listening e aprender termos úteis sobre educação e lazer infantil em inglês.

5 Frases Essenciais para Comunicação Diária

  • "Do you take children as young as that?" - Útil para perguntar sobre idades permitidas em atividades.
  • "They work together to design a special cover" - Aprenda a falar sobre projetos em equipe.
  • "They learn from one another too" - Expressão natural para falar sobre aprendizado colaborativo.
  • "Use recycled materials like card and wood" - Importante para falar de sustentabilidade em projetos.
  • "They pick it up really quickly" - Diga que alguém aprende rápido de forma coloquial.

Guia Passo a Passo para Shadowing

O shadowing (ou "shadowspeaks") é uma técnica poderosa para melhorar a pronúncia e a fluência. Siga esses passos com o vídeo:

  1. Ouça o diálogo uma vez para entender o contexto geral. Não se preocupe com detalhes.
  2. Repita frases curtas imediatamente após o falante, focando na entonação e ritmo. Por exemplo, "That's part of the fun" – tente copiar a mesma energia.
  3. Isole palavras difíceis, como "recycled" ou "coding", e pratique pronunciá-las devagar. Use a técnica "shadow speak" para sincronizar sua voz com a do vídeo.
  4. Grave sua voz e compare com o original. Note as diferenças e ajuste. Isso ajuda a melhorar a pronúncia em inglês de forma eficaz.
  5. Prática diária: Dedique 10 minutos por dia a esse exercício. Com o tempo, você notará que sua conversação em inglês flui mais naturalmente.

Aprender inglês com YouTube é uma maneira divertida e acessível. Essas oficinas de engenharia não só ensinam ciência, mas também oferecem um conteúdo rico para sua prática de listening e speaking. Continue praticando e veja seus progressos!

Gramática neste vídeo

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

EstruturaNo vídeo
Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem fazwill be given · be amazed · are held
Superlativos the -est / the most … — o maior ou o menor de um grupothe highest · the longest
Futuro com “will” will + verbo — uma decisão, promessa ou previsãowill be · will hear · will I

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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