Prática de Shadowing: How the world learned to love fast food ⏲️ 6 Minute English - Aprenda a falar inglês com o YouTube

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This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Phil.
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And I'm Beth.
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Love it or hate it, there's no doubt fast food is popular.
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Are you a fast food fan, Beth?
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Erm, not really, no. I think sometimes it can be quite convenient, obviously because it's quick, but not really.
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Well, whatever you think about them, fast food brands like KFC, Domino's and of course the big one, McDonald's, are incredibly successful.
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In this programme we'll be discussing the global spread of fast food from its beginnings in 1950s America.
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As usual, we'll be learning some useful new words and phrases.
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But first, I have a question for you Beth.
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Roughly how many fast food restaurants are there in the UK?
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Is it a 4,000 b 42,000 or c 4 million?
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I'm going to go for b 42,000.
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OK, well later on we'll find out the answer.
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In the United States, cheap and easy food like hamburgers, french fries and milkshakes have been popular since the 1950s.
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Listen as Adam Chandler, author of the book Drive-Thru Dreams, which traces the history of american fast food tells bbc world service program the food chain how it all got started
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At the heart of the story of fast food is a very anyone-can-do-this sense.
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A lot of the company founders didn't have a college degree, who didn't have a high school degree in a lot of instances, didn't come for money, were oftentimes just people who were ready to plug themselves into a system that would work for them.
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And it did.
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it made opportunity very, very easy in a time when that was a new part of the American experience.
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So it was the American dream in a very small way that became the American dream in a very big way.
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The rise of fast food reflected the rise of American economic power after the Second World War.
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When Adam says that this lies at the heart of the story, he means it's the most important part of the story.
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In the 1950s, when the famous brands we know today were just beginning, anyone with a can-do attitude could sell fast food.
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A can-do attitude describes someone who is confident and determined to fix problems and achieve results.
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Which is exactly what happened at successful restaurants like Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald's.
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For many, these fast food brands symbolised the American Dream, The idea that anyone in the United States can achieve success through hard work and determination.
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The success of KFC, McDonald's, and the rest wasn't limited to America.
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Nowadays you can visit two McDonald's on opposite sides of the planet and eat exactly the same meal.
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But not every country opened its arms in Welcome, the tiny island of Iceland for one.
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Andy Sophia Fontaine, who used to work in McDonald's, now edits the Iceland Review.
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she tells BBC World Service programme The Food Chain how McDonald's got a frosty reception when it started selling burgers in Iceland's capital, Reykjavik.
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There's been a long-standing burger culture in Iceland.
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They have their own take on the hamburger, wherein they'll use lettuce and raw cucumbers and a type of fry sauce.
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That's called a the Schallpulbúrgari or shop burger and that's been around for ages.
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Yeah, so McDonald's, they struggled to try to maintain a market.
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The final nail in the coffin was the global financial crisis in 2008-2009.
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Iceland already had a long-standing tradition of eating burgers, a tradition that had existed for a long time.
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For example, the Schallpull Bulgari, or shop burger, was a take on, or variation of, the American hamburger.
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McDonald's weren't as successful in Iceland as they'd been elsewhere, and the global financial crash of 2008 was the final nail in the coffin, an event which caused the failure of something that had already started to go wrong.
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To this day, there are no McDonald's in Iceland, unlike Britain, which reminds me of your question, Phil.
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Yes, I asked you how many fast food restaurants there are in Britain.
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I asked you if there were 4,000, 42,000 or 4 million, and of course the answer is 42,000, so you were right.
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Well done.
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary we've learnt, starting with at the heart of, meaning the most important part or the cause of something.
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If you say that someone has a can-do attitude, you mean they are confident to take action, fix problems and deal with new challenges.
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The American dream is the belief that everyone in the USA has the opportunity to be successful and happy if they work hard.
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The adjective long-standing means having existed for a long time.
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A take on something means a variation or new way of presenting it.
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And finally, the idiom the final nail in the coffin refers to an event that causes the final end of something that had already started to fail.
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Once again, our six minutes are up.
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But why not head over to the BBC Learning English website where you'll find a worksheet and quiz, especially for this programme.
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See you there soon!
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Goodbye!

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Sobre Esta Lição

Nesta lição, você praticará seu inglês enquanto explora o fenômeno do fast food e sua evolução a partir dos anos 1950. Com insights sobre a influência cultural e econômica do fast food, você estará exposto a novas palavras e expressões que enriquecerão seu vocabulário. O objetivo é aprimorar sua compreensão auditiva e suas habilidades de fala. A prática de shadowing, ou 'sombra', será fundamental para replicar a entonação e o ritmo dos falantes nativos, ajudando a consolidar sua aprendizagem e fluência na língua.

Vocabulário e Frases Chave

  • At the heart of - o mais importante ou a causa de algo.
  • Can-do attitude - uma atitude confiante e determinada para resolver problemas.
  • The American Dream - a crença de que todos nos EUA podem alcançar sucesso e felicidade através do trabalho duro.
  • Long-standing - algo que existe há muito tempo.
  • A take on something - uma variação ou nova forma de apresentar algo.
  • Frosty reception - uma recepção negativa ou hostil.
  • Nail in the coffin - um evento final que leva ao fracasso de algo.
  • Fast food - comida rápida, que é preparada e servida rapidamente.

Dicas de Prática

Para aproveitar ao máximo sua prática de shadowing com o vídeo, siga estas dicas:

  • Ouça atentamente: Comece ouvindo o áudio para se familiarizar com o conteúdo e a pronúncia. Tente entender as ideias principais e as expressões usadas.
  • Repita em tempo real: Quando estiver pronto, comece a praticar shadow speak, imitando os falantes imediatamente após ouvi-los. Tente replicar seu ritmo e entonação, mesmo que seja difícil no começo.
  • Pausas estratégicas: Use as pausas naturais no áudio para repetir o que foi dito. Isso ajudará a melhorar sua fluência e a familiaridade com a estrutura da frase.
  • Grave-se: Faça gravações de sua prática para ouvir como você soa em comparação com os falantes nativos. Isso ajudará a identificar áreas que precisam de melhorias.
  • Revise e repita: Não hesite em voltar ao vídeo várias vezes. A repetição é uma parte crucial do processo de aprendizagem ao usar técnicas de shadowing em inglês.

Utilize essas dicas enquanto faz shadowing em inglês e aproveite a experiência de aprender inglês com YouTube para expandir suas habilidades de fala e compreensão!

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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