Prática de Shadowing: How can we make the web a better place? 6 Minute English - Aprenda a falar inglês com o YouTube

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6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Hello.
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This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Neil.
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And I'm Sam.
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What's the matter, Neil?
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You sound upset.
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Well, I am Sam.
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I just spent an hour working on my computer when it suddenly froze.
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I lost everything and had to start all over again.
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Oh, that's so frustrating.
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Like pop-up internet ads and buffering videos that never play play.
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Modern computers and the internet have revolutionised the way we live today,
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bringing us the world with a click of a button.
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But not everyone feels happy about these technological developments.
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While potentially acting as a force for good and progress,
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the internet also provides a way of spreading hate and misinformation.
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And for some people, the World Wide Web remains a mysterious and confusing place.
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In this programme, we'll hear about a new academic subject called web science.
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Web science studies the technology behind the internet.
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But from the human side,
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it's also interested in how people interact with each other online.
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So we'll be asking whether studying web science could make the internet better for humanity in the future.
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But first, it's time for our quiz question.
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I wonder what the pioneers of the internet would think about how it is used today.
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So the question is, who invented the World Wide Web?
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Was it a Bill Gates,
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B Tim Berners-Lee or C Steve Jobs?
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Well, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs were the brains behind Microsoft and Apple Mac,
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so I'm going to say C, Tim Berners-Lee.
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OK, Sam, we'll find out later.
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Now, because of coronavirus, the annual Web Science Conference was held online this year.
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Its theme was making the web human-centric.
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One of the conference's key speakers and co-founder of the new discipline of web science was Dame Wendy Hall.
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Here she is speaking to the BBC World Service's Digital Planet.
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People think about the web as a technology,
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but actually it's co-created by society.
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We put the content on,
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we interact with the technology,
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with the platforms, with the social media networks to create it.
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What we study is how that works as an ecosystem,
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this coming together of people and technology.
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And it's very interdisciplinary, very socio-technical.
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And of course, these days,
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a lot of it is powered by AI.
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Web science is not only interested in the technology side of the internet.
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As a subject, it's very interdisciplinary,
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involving two or more academic subjects or areas of knowledge.
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Web science combines digital technology with subjects ranging from psychology and robotics to economics and sociology.
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Exchanges between humans and the internet can be seen in social media networks – websites,
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apps and computer programmes like Facebook and Instagram,
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which allow people to use electronic devices to communicate and share information.
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This view of technology sees the internet as an ecosystem,
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a complex pattern of relationships and mutual influences that exists between all living things and their environment.
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One ongoing and topical example of websites helpfully interacting with humans is the Covid contact tracing app.
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You might think the mobile phone app,
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which tracks movements and contact between people to combat coronavirus,
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would be a useful, practical application of internet technology.
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But as Carly Kind, director of the Ada Lovelace Institute in Cambridge,
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explained to the BBC World Service's Digital Planet,
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things are never that straightforward.
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Actually, there's a lot of more fundamental questions that haven't been answered yet,
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such as, is Bluetooth even an adequate mechanism for doing what it says on the tin,
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which is detecting contact between two people?
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The trials so far show that it's not actually that great.
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And so do we know for sure that these apps work and they work in the way we want them to?
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Do we get the public health information that we need?
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Apps like this are designed to support public health,
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services to improve the standard of health of a country's general population.
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But Carly thinks the mechanisms used must be suitable
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and adequate they must actually work or do what it says on the tin.
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An informal idiom meaning work exactly as it is intended to.
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To find this out, trials,
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tests to discover how effective or suitable something is are carried out over a period of time.
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The kind of trials which were carried out during the invention of the internet in the first place, right Neil?
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Ah yes, the invention of the internet,
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or to be more accurate, the World Wide Web.
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In our quiz question, I asked you who invented the World Wide Web.
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What did you say, Sam?
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I said B, Tim Berners-Lee.
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Well, you're a first-class web scientist,
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Sam, because that is the correct answer.
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Ah, great.
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In this programme we've been hearing about web science,
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a new interdisciplinary subject combining several areas of study which investigates the ecosystem of the internet,
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the complex pattern of interconnections between humans and their environment.
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Social media networks, websites and apps like Facebook,
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which let people use electronic devices to communicate on the internet show how humans and technology can successfully interact.
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A new Covid contact tracing app is currently undergoing trials – tests to see if it works effectively.
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This will discover if it does what it says on the tin – works as it's supposed to.
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If successful, by alerting people to coronavirus risks,
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the app will support public health – services aimed at improving the health of the general population.
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And that's all from us for now.
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And we hope you'll join us again soon for more topical English vocabulary here at 6 Minute English.
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Bye for now.
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Bye-bye.

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Por que praticar a conversação com este vídeo?

Praticar a conversação em inglês com vídeos como o "6 Minute English" da BBC é uma excelente forma de aprender inglês com YouTube. Este vídeo, que aborda como podemos tornar a web um lugar melhor, cria um contexto rico para os alunos. Ao ouvir a discussão entre Neil e Sam, você pode entender melhor expressões cotidianas e cenários que muitos enfrentam, como frustrações tecnológicas e o impacto da internet em nossas vidas. Além disso, praticar a prática de conversação em inglês com interações reais permite que você se familiarize com diferentes estilos de fala e entonações, essenciais para melhorar a sua fluência.

Gramática & Expressões em Contexto

No vídeo, várias estruturas gramaticais e expressões são utilizadas que podem ser muito úteis para os aprendizes de inglês. Aqui estão algumas delas:

  • “What’s the matter?” – Uma expressão comum usada para perguntar o que está acontecendo ou o que está errado.
  • “I just spent an hour” – O uso do passado simples para falar sobre ações concluídas é frequente em conversas informais.
  • “Acting as a force for good” – A estrutura "acting as" é interessante para descrever como algo pode funcionar num papel específico.
  • “Very interdisciplinary” – Um termo relevante que mostra a interconexão de várias disciplinas, útil para vocabular em discussões acadêmicas.

Essas estruturas ajudam não apenas na fala, mas também em compreender melhor o discurso no contexto da tecnologia e interação humana.

Armadilhas Comuns de Pronúncia

A pronúncia é um dos aspectos mais desafiadores quando se aprende uma nova língua. No vídeo, algumas palavras podem ser difíceis de pronunciar corretamente:

  • “Technology” – A ênfase na segunda sílaba muitas vezes é confundida; pratique a pronúncia correta.
  • “Misinformation” – A articulação clara das sílabas é importante aqui, especialmente as partes "mis" e "for".
  • “Human-centric” – A junção das palavras pode levar à confusão; tente separá-las durante a prática.

Ao usar técnicas de shadow speak com estas palavras, você pode melhorar a pronúncia em inglês e ganhar mais confiança ao falar. A prática constante e a escuta atenta a falantes nativos são chave para superar esses obstáculos.

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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