Prática de Shadowing: FCE1 TEST1 PART4 - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Now turn to part four.
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You'll hear an interview with Trina Travos, a pop singer who is only 15.
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For questions 24 to 30, choose the best answer A, B or C.
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You now have one minute in which to look at part four.
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Thank you.
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Thank you.
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Marina, you're 15 and you've just come back from America where you've been making records.
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What was it like?
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It was wonderful.
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I had the six-week school summer holidays and, you know, went over there for a month and then started school again.
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What did your classmates at school think?
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I just told close friends what I was doing in the States and I thought, well, if the records were successful then I'd tell everyone.
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And they were successful.
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Right.
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And my friends were very good about it, not envious or anything.
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Did you like being in the USA?
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Oh, yes.
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Most of the time it was great.
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The people are so friendly.
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Did you manage to write any songs there?
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Well, yeah, I did.
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Most of the stuff I'd done in England had been about the people closest to me.
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You know, Mum, Dad, my sister.
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They weren't with me in the States.
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And although I miss them, and silly things like the rain in England and fish and chips, being surrounded with new faces gave me lots of material for my songs.
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Now, your home in England is a long way from London.
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Yes, about as far as you can get.
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So, is it easy to get into the music business if you live that far away?
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Don't you have to be in London, or near a big city at least?
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No, no. We did play in London once.
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We were actually approached at a local concert, so I don't think it's impossible to get noticed anywhere.
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There are lots of record companies looking for bands, and they do go quite a long way from the cities to find them.
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I was lucky with my band, and there have been other bands like us that have been lucky as well, so you don't have to come from a huge city to be discovered.
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Now, in the USA you did a song with someone who was a star when I was your age, David Pearson, and you hadn't any idea who he was.
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No, it was embarrassing actually, but he was a really pleasant guy.
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Yeah?
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He was recording an album in the same studio and he had this song that he needed someone to sing with him.
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And he asked me and I was only too delighted to do it.
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But that wasn't the only famous star you worked with in the States, was it?
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No, there was Lance Lakatov.
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But you had heard of him?
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Yes, he's a bit of a hero of mine, in fact.
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And you were in his TV series?
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Yes.
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And what was that like?
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It was a really good experience.
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I hadn't done anything like that before.
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And they filmed us for three or four days, you know, and that was the end of it.
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Oh, so I thought, but they'd made some mistakes, which was such a shame, because I had to go back to the USA.
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Oh!
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I came home to England, and then they phoned up and said they had some bad camera work, etc., and had to fly all the way back and do it again.
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Actually, in the USA, your record did well, but not here in England.
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Why is that?
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Because you've never been able to get it over here in Britain.
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The record company's never had any arrangements to sell their records in Britain, so it's always just been the USA, which is nice, in a way.
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Why do you say that?
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Well, it's good to come home and get away from it.
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But is it that the company don't think your style will appeal over here?
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No, it's purely the fact they don't operate over here.
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But the company's just been sold, and the new company does operate over here.
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So maybe they will release the record.
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So, where do you see your career going?
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Will you go back to the States?
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Well, not for a while, I shouldn't think, as I have another two years at school here in England.
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I know my school friends are thinking of college, but I'm not sure that's for me, even to do music.
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Then, my agent has been trying to persuade me to do it full time, and my parents say it's up to me, but I'm happy to wait a while before that happens.
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I can still write, after all.
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In fact, one of my songs is in the American charts at the moment, but sung by someone else.
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Well, the best of luck, Trina.
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Now you'll hear part four again.
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Trina, you're 15 and you've just come back from America where you've been making records.
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What was it like?
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It was wonderful.
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I had the six-week school summer holidays and, you know, went over there for a month and then started school again.
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What did your classmates at school think?
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I just told close friends what I was doing in the States.
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and I thought, well, if the records were successful, then I'd tell everyone.
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And they were successful.
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Right.
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And my friends were very good about it.
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Not envious or anything.
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Did you like being in the USA?
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Oh, yes.
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Most of the time it was great.
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The people are so friendly.
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Did you manage to write any songs there?
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Well, yeah, I did.
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Most of the stuff I'd done in England had been about the people closest to me.
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You know, mum, dad, my sister.
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They weren't with me in the States.
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And although I miss them, and silly things like the rain in England and fish and chips, being surrounded with new faces gave me lots of material for my songs.
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Now, your home in England is a long way from London.
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Yes, about as far as you can get.
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So, is it easy to get into the music business if you live that far away?
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Don't you have to be in London, or near a big city at least?
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No, no. We did play in London once.
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We were actually approached at a local concert, so I don't think it's impossible to get noticed anywhere.
98
There are lots of record companies looking for bands, and they do go quite a long way from the cities to find them.
99
I was lucky with my band, and there have been other bands like us that have been lucky as well, so you don't have to come from a huge city to be discovered.
100
Now, in the USA you did a song with someone who was a star when I was your age, David Pearson, and you hadn't any idea who he was.
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No, it was embarrassing actually, but he was a really pleasant guy.
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Yeah?
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He was recording an album in the same studio, and he had this song that he needed someone to sing with him, with him and he asked me and I was only too delighted to do it.
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But that wasn't the only famous star you worked with in the States, was it?
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No, there was Lance Lakatov.
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But you had heard of him?
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Yes, he's a bit of a hero of mine, in fact.
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And you were in his TV series?
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Yes.
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And what was that like?
111
It was a really good experience.
112
I hadn't done anything like that before and they filmed us for three or four days, you know, and that was the end of it.
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Or so I thought.
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But they'd made some mistakes, which was such a shame because I had to go back to the USA.
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Oh!
116
I came home to England, and then they phoned up and said they had some bad camera work, etc. and had to fly all the way back and do it again.
117
Actually, in the USA, your record did well, but not here in England.
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Why is that?
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Because you've never been able to get it over here in Britain.
120
The record company's never had any arrangements to sell their records in Britain, so it's always just been the USA, which is nice in a way.
121
Why do you say that?
122
Well, it's good to come home and get away from it.
123
But is it that the company don't think your style will appeal over here?
124
No, it's purely the fact they don't operate over here.
125
But the company's just been sold, and the new company does operate over here, so maybe they will release the record.
126
So, where do you see your career going?
127
Will you go back to the States?
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Well, not for a while, I shouldn't think, as I have another two years at school here in England.
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I know my school friends are thinking of college, but I'm not sure that's for me, even to do music.
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Then, my agent has been trying to persuade me to do it full-time, and my parents say it's up to me, but I'm happy to wait a while before that happens.
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I can still write, after all.
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In fact, one of my songs is in the American charts at the moment, but sung by someone else.
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Well, the best of luck, Trina.
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That's the end of Part 4.
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There'll now be a pause of five minutes for you to copy your answers onto the separate answer sheet.
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Be sure to follow the numbering of all the questions.
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I'll remind you when there is one minute left so that you're sure to finish in time.
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That's the end of the test.
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Please stop now.
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Your supervisor will now collect all the question papers and answer sheets.

Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Esta aula de conversação de nível B2 usa o vídeo “FCE1 TEST1 PART4”. As palavras que mais se repetem: record, England, Usa, song. Este vídeo tem 140 frases e 1645 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 9:13. O falante fala em ritmo natural, cerca de 178 palavras por minuto, próximo de uma conversa do dia a dia. 91% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês, por isso o vocabulário é fácil de acompanhar. 32 das 140 frases são perguntas, por isso é um bom treino para a entonação de perguntas e respostas curtas.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

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

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
chart substantivo/t͡ʃɑɹt/carta náutica
sheet substantivo/ʃit/folha
discover verbo/dɪˈskʌvə/descobrir
silly adjetivo/ˈsɪl.i/bobo, tolo
chip substantivo/t͡ʃɪp/lasca, fragmento
arrangement substantivo/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/arranjo
pleasant adjetivo/ˈplɛz.ənt/agradável
delight substantivo/dəˈlaɪt/deleite
persuade verbo/pə(ɹ)ˈsweɪd/persuadir
surround verbo/səˈɹaʊnd/contornar, cercar
collect verbo/ˈkɑlɪkt/juntar, reunir
remind verbo/ɹəˈmaɪnd/lembrar, recordar
pause substantivo/pɔːz/pausa
supervisor substantivo/ˈsupɚˌvaɪzɚ/supervisor
marina substantivo/məˈɹinə/marina

Frases que vale a pena repetir

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

  • What did your classmates at school think?
  • Did you manage to write any songs there?
  • I hadn't done anything like that before.
  • Why do you say that?

Gramática neste vídeo

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

EstruturaNo vídeo
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — uma ação que começou antes e continuayou've been making · has been trying
Frases condicionais if + oração, will/would + verbo — uma condição e seu resultadoif the records were successful then I'd tell · if the records were successful, then I'd tell
Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem fazbeing surrounded · were actually approached · be discovered
Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agorayou've just come · have been · you've never been

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 43 contrações e formas reduzidas, como don't, you've, hadn't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

  • Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: chart /t͡ʃɑɹt/, sheet /ʃit/, chip /t͡ʃɪp/, arrangement /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒmənt/, pleasant /ˈplɛz.ənt/

Como praticar com este vídeo

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

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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