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6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Hello, this is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Georgie.
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Neil, have you ever ridden a horse?
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Yes, I have.
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I can't say that I enjoyed it much.
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I was a bit scared, to be honest.
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How about you?
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I used to ride horses a lot, actually.
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My favourite thing was to ride a horse through the countryside.
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I love horses, they're so majestic and lovely.
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The relationship between humans and horses has been close throughout history, but recently this has gone beyond riding horses for fun or using them for work.
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Equine Assisted Services, sometimes called horse therapy, is a health trend where caring and interacting with horses is used to heal physical and mental illness.
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Here's Dachyani Navanayaga, presenter of BBC World Service programme The Conversation, to explain.
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Equine Assisted Services is now an umbrella term which encompasses a whole range of treatments involving activities and interactions with horses to promote better human wellbeing.
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Equine Assisted Services is an umbrella term, a term for a large number of different things which all belong to a single common category.
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So horse therapy includes many activities, from feeling the horse's movement, which can help children with muscle disorders like cerebral palsy, to simply grooming the horse, which can help calm anxiety.
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Grooming a horse means cleaning and brushing the horse's coat of hair.
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Various animals can be used in therapy, but horses are particularly suitable as they're very sensitive to human emotions.
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Being in contact with them affects the limbic area of the brain dealing with stress.
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In this episode, we'll hear more about the horses helping people work through mental, emotional and physical challenges, and as usual, we'll learn some useful new vocabulary.
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And remember, you'll find all the words and phrases from this episode on our website, bbclearningenglish.com.
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But now I have a question for you, Neil.
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We've heard some of the special qualities horses possess, but which of the following about horses is also true?
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Is it a horses always sleep standing up, b horses can make over 100 sounds or c horses have almost 360 degree vision?
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Well, I'm sure I've seen a horse lying down, so I don't know about its vision though, so I'm going to say B.
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A horse can make over a hundred sounds.
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OK, well we'll find out the answer later in the programme.
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Horse therapist Claudia Nicholson first felt the healing power of horses as a child.
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She now runs her own centre for equine-assisted learning in the south of England, where she spoke with BBC World Service programme The Conversation.
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I would spend hours on end sitting in a stable with my pony.
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I was going through puberty, my parents had separated, I had a lot of unanswered questions,
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and I would feel met and safe and held with the connection of the pony.
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As a child, Claudia spent hours on end with her pony.
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Phrases like days or hours on end mean days or hours doing something continuously without stopping.
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Spending time with her pony helped Claudia through puberty, the stage of life when a child grows into an adult because of changes in their body which allow them to have children.
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It was her teenage experiences that led Claudia to start her own horse therapy centre.
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She works a lot with teenage girls and children in care.
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A child in care is a child who's being looked after by the local authorities because they cannot be cared for by their parents or family.
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Here, Claudia talks more about her work with children and horses to BBC World Service's The Conversation.
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It would take maybe a few sessions for a relationship of trust to be formed.
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And it's quite extraordinary to see a child that's experienced a lot of trauma, especially these children in care.
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They can be brushing the pony's body.
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They might want to have a cry which they've been holding on to.
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The horse regulates them.
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Many of the children Claudia works with suffer trauma.
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It takes time for them to build a bond of trust with their horse.
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The phrase bond of trust is a strong feeling of reliance and confidence between two people.
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Horses really are special animals.
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They sense human feelings like fear or sadness through breath, heart rate and movement and respond with gentleness and calm.
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This makes them perfect animal therapists.
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And that's not all, right Georgie?
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Let's find out the answer to your question.
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Yes, Neil.
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Well, I asked you which sentence about horses was true and you said that horses can make over 100 sounds.
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Sadly, that was the wrong answer.
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The correct answer was C.
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Horses have near 360 degree vision, which is surprising.
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Wow, that's amazing!
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt, starting with umbrella term, a term used to describe many different things which all belong to a single common category.
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Grooming an animal, like a horse or a dog, means brushing and cleaning its coat of hair.
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If you do something for hours on end, you do it continuously, without stopping.
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Puberty is the stage of life when a child grows into an adult because of changes in their body which allow them to have children.
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A child who is in care is being looked after by the local authorities because they cannot be cared for by their parents.
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And finally, a bond of trust is a strong feeling of reliance and confidence between two people.
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Once again, our six minutes are up, but remember, you'll find a quiz and worksheet for this episode over on our website bbclearningenglish.com.
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See you there soon, but for now it's goodbye.
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Goodbye.
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Por que praticar a fala com este vídeo?

Praticar a fala com o vídeo "Como os cavalos estão ajudando a curar os humanos?" oferece uma excelente oportunidade para aprimorar suas habilidades de comunicação em inglês. Através da interação com o conteúdo sobre terapia assistida por cavalos, você pode explorar temas emocionais e de bem-estar, muito relevantes no contexto atual. A prática de shadow speak ou shadowspeak permite que você desenvolva sua pronúncia, entonação e fluência ao repetir frases e expressões utilizadas pelo falante.

Além disso, ao discutir a relação entre humanos e cavalos, você ganha vocabulário útil para conversas sobre saúde mental e emocional, áreas que estão ganhando destaque na sociedade. Isso não só enriquece seu repertório linguístico, mas também aumenta sua confiança ao falar sobre tópicos delicados.

Gramática & Expressões em Contexto

No vídeo, várias estruturas gramaticais e expressões são destacadas, que são essenciais para uma compreensão mais profunda do inglês falado. Veja algumas delas:

  • Phrases like "hours on end": Essa expressão refere-se a passar um período prolongado fazendo algo. Pode ser útil para descrever atividades prolongadas.
  • "Experiencing trauma": Essa estrutura é relevante ao falar sobre experiências emocionais, sendo útil para discussões sobre saúde mental.
  • "Formed a relationship of trust": Uma expressão que descreve a construção de vínculos, crucial em contextos de terapia e relacionamentos pessoais.

Utilizar essas estruturas em sua prática de shadow speech pode ajudá-lo a se sentir mais confortável em usar inglês em discussões relevantes.

Traps de Pronúncia Comuns

Consciente dos desafios de pronúncia que podem surgir, alguns palavras e expressões no vídeo podem ser particularmente difíceis. Aqui estão algumas armadilhas de pronúncia:

  • "Equine": A palavra pode ser um pouco complicada, pois a pronúncia correta é "I-kwin". Praticar essa palavra em voz alta pode ajudar a melhorá-la.
  • "Pony": Tenha atenção à pronúncia da vogal, que é mais curta. Tente dizer "pô-ni" com uma entonação suave.
  • "Regulates": É importante enfatizar a sílaba correta, que é "ré-gu-lates". Aqui, o som do "g" pode ser confuso, então pratique-o com clareza.

Incorporar a técnica de shadowing em inglês enquanto ouve o vídeo ajudará a alinhar sua pronúncia em relação aos falantes nativos, facilitando a superação desses desafios.

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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