Prática de Shadowing: How I Cleared My Acne - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo
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today i want to tell a story about arguably the worst period of my life a period where severe depression
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and social anxiety controlled me and it was all
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because of a little thing called acne okay
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so let me take you through the journey of how my
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skin went from looking pretty good to it going absolutely out of control
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and what i did to sort that and regain my confidence again
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And the best way to tell this story is to go from the very start
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So growing up my skin was always on
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and off in general it wasn't great But it was never that bad where I'd think about it much.
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I didn't really care now about a year ago My skin was looking pretty decent still the odd spot here
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and there But it looked good at this point in my life.
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I was the best looking i'd ever been and my confidence levels were really high
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uh and this is where things went downhill at the start of july 2022 i got
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so obsessive with how i looked i was
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so addicted to trying to be more attractive and i don't know
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if this was the reason or the blazing hot heat
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that summer but my skin started to flare up a bit the acne was getting a little worse
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and i couldn't stand this even though the acne genuinely wasn't
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that bad because i was
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so obsessed with how i looked i would go to any lengths to fix this
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so i went online
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and tried to find the the most powerful the most extreme acne cure there is
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and many options came up skin care routines acidic products medication there was tons to choose from
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but one one product stood out from the rest this was the product it's a drug called isotretinoin
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or better known by the public as accutane last september a
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new drug was released for use in the united states it's one of the most effective medications for acne
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but there are some risks after taking the medication he took
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his own life he hung himself the drug is called accutane
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this is one of the most controversial drugs to date the
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side effects on this are endless dry lips dry skin joint pain nose bleeds
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but the more serious one accutane is linked to severe depression
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many people have taken their lives on this drug suicidal thoughts are common and
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while this is a very controversial topic one thing is for
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certain my acne was no way near extreme enough to even consider this
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but as i said earlier i was
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so obsessive with how i looked i didn't listen to any of this
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and got myself prescribed on it okay here we go my accutane journey starts
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today little did i know things were about to get much worse
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as the weeks went on i noticed the classic dry lips dry skin
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but there was one side effect
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which was really getting to me i've been on accutane for
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three weeks i think my skin has broken out a bit
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uh that's normal apparently this is called the purging stage it's where your skin gets worse before it gets better
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and this really affected me as the weeks were going on my skin was getting worse
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and worse i had never in my life seen it this bad
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and it really started affecting my mental health today's the 5th of august
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and today's been one of the worst days of my life
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thing is i've never had mental health problems ever in my
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life i've always been a happy full of life guy
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so this this was a weird feeling for me this fucking fucking hate how i look
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this video i took here captioned it's time to end this nightmare was taken on the 18th of august
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so it'd been about two months since i first took
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that accutane pill at this point my acne was out control my mental health was on the rocks
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so i made the decision to quit accutane this made me
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feel a sense of relief i felt happier again maybe my
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skin would go back to just being like kind of crap
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and i could deal with
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that i was excited for the future i was excited to end this nightmare as i said
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and go back to being happy but unfortunately
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that didn't go to plan in fact the complete opposite happened
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after i came off ancutane my skin just got even worse
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cystic acne started forming on my neck big spots on my face
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and my mental health was still in the gutter
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so i had a decision to make i could carry on waiting out
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and just hope things got better over time
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or i could use the drug
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which started this nightmare in the first place a drug which potentially was my only option to end the nightmare.
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I chose the latter.
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I just said to myself it can't get any worse than this so fk it.
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So on the 7th of October 2022 I restarted my Accutane it's 7th of october 2022
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i hope that i can watch this video next year
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and i won't have horrible skin
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which destroys all self -confidence the starting point wasn't great
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but i was ready i was ready for the next six
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seven months to be tough i was not going to enjoy it
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but i knew
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if i committed then i'd hopefully get my confidence back one
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week on accutane every week i would take progress videos of
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my acne two weeks of agitating three weeks four weeks five
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weeks six weeks seven weeks eight nine weeks finally as time was going on my acne was actually improving
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and i want to update you i feel fucking awesome i'll be honest my skin isn't fully cleared
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but the fact
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that it's getting better it's just the best feeling in the
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world my general mood my life my outlook on the days were improving i started feeling happier again
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and it was simply
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because i felt more confident again 19 weeks of acutane 20
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weeks 21 weeks 22 weeks 24 25 weeks 26 weeks my
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skin was genuinely becoming clear again it was the best it had ever looked
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and after 33 weeks on this drug my skin completely transformed
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and i'm happy to say i'm now acne free today's the 5th of august
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and today's been one of the worst days of my life
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I'm a lot happier now I'll be completely honest I still have a bit of the odd scarring
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but I am so much more confident I'm enjoying life again it was a very tough journey
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but I'm glad I went through it and the question
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which I'm sure a lot of you are wondering is do
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I recommend Accutane you know it took me through some of the worst
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and the best times of my life
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so I have very mixed opinions on it i personally am very happy
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that i did it in the end
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but i'm really not qualified enough to give my opinion on
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such a controversial drug speak to your dermatologist get their opinions
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and if they give you the green light then i'd say do it but with caution
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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição
Este vídeo tem 102 frases e 1221 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 6:56. O falante fala em ritmo natural, cerca de 176 palavras por minuto, próximo de uma conversa do dia a dia. 83% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.
Vocabulário principal deste vídeo
15 palavras do vídeo que vale a pena aprender, com pronúncia e significado:
| Palavra | Pronúncia | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| acne substantivo | /ˈækni/ | acne |
| nightmare substantivo | /ˈnaɪt.mɛɚ/ | pesadelo |
| controversial adjetivo | /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/ | polémico, polêmico |
| medication substantivo | /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/ | medicamento, medicação |
| lip substantivo | /lɪp/ | lábio, beiço |
| topic substantivo | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | tópico, assunto |
| anxiety substantivo | /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ | angústia, ansiedade |
| horrible adjetivo | /ˈhɔɹ.ɪ.bəl/ | horrível |
| mood substantivo | /muːd/ | humor, mau humor |
| decent adjetivo | /ˈdiː.sənt/ | digno |
| potentially advérbio | /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/ | potencialmente |
| routine substantivo | /ɹuˈtin/ | rotina |
| cure verbo | /kjɔː/ | curar, sanar |
| ton substantivo | /tʌn/ | tonelada |
| endless adjetivo | /ˈɛndlɪs/ | infinito, infindável |
Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir
| Palavra | Significado |
|---|---|
| grow up verbo | crescer |
Pronúncia para ficar de olho
O falante usa 28 contrações e formas reduzidas, como I'm, I'd, didn't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.
- Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, caution /ˈkɔːʃ(ə)n/, caption /ˈkæp.ʃən/
- Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: controversial /ˌkɑn.tɹəˈvɝ.ʃəl/, medication /mɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, genuinely /ˈd͡ʒɛn.ju.ɪn.li/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/
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 acne, nightmare, controversial.
Gramática neste vídeo
As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:
| Estrutura | No vídeo |
|---|---|
| Frases condicionais if + oração, will/would + verbo — uma condição e seu resultado | if i committed then i'd hopefully |
| Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz | was released · is called · is linked |
| Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora | have taken · i've been · has broken |
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.