Prática de Shadowing: How Are Genetic Tests Changing Families? - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo
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At home genetic tests can uncover connections you never knew existed.
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Revelations like these can upend families with upsetting findings or enrich them with incredible discoveries.
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That's what happened to Edric McNary of Chicago in 2017.
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So it's interesting, so I am adopted, and so it's always been a curiosity of mine for most of my adult life.
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I decided to try this Ancestry DNA kit to try to see if I could find my parents that way.
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And then about a month after we sent in the results, we got our information back.
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Genetic test companies start by reading the sequence of the three billion letters in your genetic code.
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All variations in the code serve as markers that make your genes unique.
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Algorithms identify those who share many of these markers, making them very likely to be close relatives.
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In McNary's case, the test revealed a life-altering surprise.
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It mentioned that there was someone else that had a very similar parent-child relationship genetically.
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And so I reached out and was like, hey, I'm looking for a mother.
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Did you live in Indiana?
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Like, you know, in the 70s, you know, and actually the response I got back was actually, this is, um, this is for my daughter.
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I'm actually looking for her father.
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Well, obviously, I think the first thing was just like, there's no way.
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You know, it's just kind of like how, I mean, obviously we know how that's possible.
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And, you know, if I had awareness of that, I would have, you know, done the right thing by, you know, taking care of the mother and getting married and all that fun stuff.
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So after some conversation, we kind of realized that she absolutely is my daughter.
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Spitting image.
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You cannot deny it.
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It turned out that 17 years before, when McNary's daughter was conceived, her mother couldn't reach him.
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When I first moved to Chicago, I had aspirations to be in the entertainment industry.
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That being said, I was broke a lot.
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So my cell phone was shut off a lot.
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And so, you know, her mother and I were, you know, we had gone out and dated a little bit in our own separate ways.
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We actually went to Michigan to meet with them.
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My oldest daughter now, they're like peas in a pod.
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They text each other, they talk to each other.
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She comes and visits all the time.
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She'll be here next week.
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We get along great.
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She's my homie.
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She really is.
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When she comes into town, we go for a pool.
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She has been wanting to find her dad for her entire life, but now she has it, and she feels complete.
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I actually turned on my GPS tracking on my phone, so she knows where I'm at all the time.
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Maybe extreme, but I just want to just reinforce that point
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that you will always know where I'm at before the rest of your life.
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I love her.
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I'm not going anywhere.
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I'm here for good.
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It's a message a genetic test allowed this father to send.
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Kat Sandoval, Newsy.
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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição
Esta aula de conversação de nível B2 usa o vídeo “How Are Genetic Tests Changing Families?”. As palavras que mais se repetem: genetic, daughter, test, mother. Este vídeo tem 44 frases e 522 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 3:06. O falante fala em ritmo natural, cerca de 168 palavras por minuto, próximo de uma conversa do dia a dia. 84% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.
Vocabulário principal deste vídeo
As 14 palavras mais avançadas do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:
| Palavra | Pronúncia | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| marker substantivo | /ˈmɑː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)/ | marcador |
| aspiration substantivo | /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/ | aspiração |
| conceive verbo | /kənˈsiːv/ | conceber |
| enrich verbo | /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ | enriquecer |
| pea substantivo | /piː/ | ervilha |
| genetically advérbio | /d͡ʒəˈneɾɪkli/ | geneticamente |
| reinforce verbo | /ˌɹiː.ɪnˈfɔːs/ | reforçar |
| spit verbo | /spɪt/ | cuspir |
| revelation substantivo | /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ | revelação |
| curiosity substantivo | /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/ | curiosidade |
| algorithm substantivo | /ˈælɡəɹɪðm̩/ | algoritmo |
| alter verbo | /ˈɔl.təɹ/ | alterar, mudar |
| variation substantivo | /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/ | variação |
| adopt verbo | /əˈdɑpt/ | adotar |
Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir
| Palavra | Significado |
|---|---|
| get along verbo | dar-se bem, dar-se |
| go out verbo | sair |
| reach out verbo | estender a mão, esticar a mão |
| turn out verbo | terminar |
Pronúncia para ficar de olho
O falante usa 9 contrações e formas reduzidas, como I'm, couldn't, she'll. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.
- Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, variation /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/
- Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, genetically /d͡ʒəˈneɾɪkli/, revelation /ˌɹɛv.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, curiosity /ˌkjʊɹ.iˈɑ.sə.ti/
Sons difíceis para falantes de português:
- Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: spit /spɪt/, adopt /əˈdɑpt/
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 marker, aspiration, conceive.
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.