Prática de Shadowing: Finding Love and Belonging in Unexpected Places - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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God, I’ve got no idea why we’re here.
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It’s a joy not knowing why we’re here, and it’s also terrifying.
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This little blue and green spaceship moving through this vast endless expanse.
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I mean how is that not terrifying, and also amazing?
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But also completely and utterly terrifying.
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What is this?
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Where am I?
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Why am I here?
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So I’ll never know the answers.
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And again, that’s what’s terrifying about it all.
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I’ll never know the answers.
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I’ll have glimpses of truth - that’s all that I can hope for.
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Even just to receive one glimpse of truth in my lifetime is more than I could ever ask for.
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It’s like having an experience of looking into God’s mind - just one small part of it.
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As you can see, I’m a deep thinker and I think a lot.
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And the more I think about it, the more I think I should stop thinking about it.
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You know, I’ve got two kids - I’m a dad.
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And I wonder what message I could be giving them to help them see the world in a different way so that they don’t have to go through some of the toils that I went through growing up.
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And it’s hard because so much of what I believed growing up is hardwired in there.
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But that’s the human journey.
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We’ve got to struggle to find what’s authentic for ourselves, and what feels good.
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And to support our family and others in finding a way to be more authentic in the world.
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But the words are one thing.
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It’s almost like I need to be living it as well.
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I’m not just wanting to say the right things to them.
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That’s the easy part.
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But how can I be living these virtues that I hold so dearly?
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We’re not here to save our children from being impacted from life and failing.
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But what we can do is to create a container for them that can hold all of these experiences in a way that allows them to go through them fully but doesn’t let any one of them define them.
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And that what they’re going through has its place and is a part, fully a part of this human journey.
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I was always looking for the perfect one out there to complete me, that would make me feel like I belong, I guess.
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It became quite obsessive...
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looking for love, looking for this idea of being in love.
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And really expecting these women, who most of them I’ve never met before, to fulfil this desire in some way.
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And it was tiring, absolutely tiring living life in this way.
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And I believe that a lot of men live life in this way.
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When I look around and I see how men look at women, there is such a compulsion there.
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And it took up so much of my thinking.
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And what happened is I had this dream where I met this woman.
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And I realised that we’ve been together forever.
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And I realised that the one I’ve been looking for out there the whole time, has been with me the whole time.
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All of that obsession dissipated just like that, in an instant.
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The idea of ‘you need to love yourself’, we keep getting told...
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I really love myself because I love this one who is in me.
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I’m in love with myself, deeply.
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And yet it is me, she’s a part of me.
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And yet she’s also not a part of me.
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But she’s definitely not out there.
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I’ve been so numb throughout my life.
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Feelings haven’t had a place.
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And as I’m opening myself up more and more, I’m feeling more and more.
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For someone who struggled a lot of his life with not feeling, it’s such a gift and a blessing to feel.
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Without those feelings it’s like living a half lived life.
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I think it’s really important to let my kids know, and let my family know, and let myself know, that it’s cool to be vulnerable, and real, and broken.
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And that all of these feelings have a place here, just like everything else.
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I’ve got such a deep love for this place.
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It’s astounding.
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We do our best to describe all of this in words but it’s just... pheww.
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I mean how is any of this even possible and happening?
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How are any of us even here right now?
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Many animals come here with the knowing that they belong.
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And they fit in here really beautifully.
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And humans, we’re an unusual animal.
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And we’ve come here where...
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like I was my young seven year old...
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and I felt belonging, and I felt place, and I felt connection, and I had relationships with more than I could see.
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And then I went through a forgetting.
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We’re living in a time where people have lost appreciation and connection with this wild place that we’re in, to the degree that we avoid it, we’re scared of it.
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It’s like we’re brought up to completely take it for granted, completely take it for granted.
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Telling my kids how they belong to this incredible place that we live in.
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And that this place is alive and sees us.
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And we’re not alone here as people, amongst other species, other animals, other beings.
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I see so much heartbreak in this world.
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There are so many people who have so little, who are struggling so much, who have inherited hard lives.
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And I don’t know what I’ve done in this life to inherit what I’ve got.
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I don’t know how this is my constellation, this is my portion.
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And it’s hard to accept that.
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And it means I’ve got a responsibility to live my life in a way that changes things in some way for the better.
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In this world there is beauty, and there’s heartbreak, and there’s trauma, and there’s devastation.
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And there is a whole myriad and complexity of ways of seeing and being in this place.
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And amidst all of that there’s me.
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And I choose to believe I have something to offer.
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I want to know that I did everything I could in this life to live a worthwhile life.
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And when I find myself at a crossroad I want to know that I did everything that I could, so I choose that path.
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And if it works out, great.
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And if it doesn’t work out, I know that I chose the path where I tried.
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I want to live a full life. I want to live a meaningful life.
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And the more I can keep returning, and returning, and returning, and returning, until the day I die will give me, I imagine, quite a rich and meaningful life.

Por que praticar a fala com este vídeo?

O vídeo "Finding Love and Belonging in Unexpected Places" oferece um contexto rico e emocional que é ideal para a prática de conversação em inglês. Através dos pensamentos profundos do palestrante, você pode explorar temas como identidade, autovalorização e a busca por conexão, que são experiências universais. Ao se engajar com essas ideias, você não apenas amplia seu vocabulário, mas também melhora sua capacidade de expressar emoções e reflexões em inglês. Essa prática não é apenas sobre repetir frases; é sobre incorporar os sentimentos e significados por trás das palavras. O shadowing em inglês, uma técnica que envolve imitar a fala do palestrante, pode ser extremamente eficaz aqui, permitindo que você melhore sua fluência e pronúncia enquanto se conecta com o conteúdo.

Gramática & Expressões em Contexto

No discurso apresentado, várias estruturas gramaticais e expressões são utilizadas que podem ser bastante úteis para os aprendizes de inglês:

  • "I’ll never know the answers." - Aqui, a construção com "will" indica ação no futuro, uma estrutura fundamental para expressar incertezas.
  • "How can I be living these virtues that I hold so dearly?" - O uso do presente contínuo ("can I be living") demonstra a busca ativa por um estilo de vida que reflete valores pessoais.
  • "I was always looking for the perfect one out there." - A forma perfeita contínua ("was looking") é excelente para descrever ações habituais no passado.
  • "It’s almost like... just one small part of it." - O uso da expressão "almost like" é uma boa maneira de introduzir comparações em conversas.

Essas estruturas não apenas ajudam na formação de frases mais complexas, mas também são essenciais para expressar nuances de pensamento e emoção.

Traps de Pronúncia Comuns

Ao praticar com o vídeo, é importante focar em algumas palavras e expressões que podem ser desafiadoras na pronúncia:

  • "tiring" - A pronúncia do "t" e do "r" pode ser difícil, especialmente para falantes de português. É útil escutar atentamente e repetir várias vezes.
  • "obsessive" - Esta palavra pode ser tricky devido ao som dos dois "s". Tente praticar em sequência, focando nas consoantes.
  • "authentic" - A dificuldade aqui está na combinação dos sons "th" e "c". Pratique sua articulação lentamente antes de acelerá-la para se acostumar com a pronúncia.

Usar técnicas de shadowspeak ou shadowspeaks, onde você imita o que ouve, pode ser uma maneira eficaz de superar essas armadilhas de pronúncia. Escute atentamente e tente replicar os sons da maneira mais próxima possível.

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.