Prática de Shadowing: How to Survive the Jurassic Period - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Time travel has just been invented. And congratulations!
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You're being sent 200 million years back to the Jurassic period.
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After hurling through time and space, you wake up to chirping birds and lush trees as far as the eye can see.
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The air is warm and moist, and the stresses of your modern life are beginning to melt away.
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That's when you hear leaves crunching behind you.
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Your skin starts to crawl, and you can tell you're being watched.
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A Tyrannosaurus Rex is deciding whether to have you for lunch, so you had better think quick.
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This is How to Survive the Jurassic Period.
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The Jurassic period is the second of three periods in the Mesozoic era, also known as the Age of Dinosaurs.
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It began right after one of the largest mass extinctions on Earth and lasted around 56 million years.
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So if traveling back home is out of your hands, you're settling in here for the long haul.
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During this time, the supercontinent known as Pangaea split apart because of all the tectonic plate movement at the Earth's crust.
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The rifting created new continents, as well as the Central Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
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These conditions allowed for marine organisms to diversify.
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And on land, plants and dinosaurs began to thrive.
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But living alongside dinos wouldn't exactly be a walk in the park.
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What would you do for shelter?
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How would you find food to eat?
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And could you defend yourself from some of the largest creatures to ever roam the planet?
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Step 1.
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Find shelter.
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Finding a safe place to rest your head for the night won't be an easy task.
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Many dinosaurs have strong nocturnal vision, making them highly capable night hunters.
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And others have a keen sense of smell, so hiding isn't an option either.
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Your best bet is to set up camp in a faraway cave.
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Just make sure it's not already occupied.
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Step 2.
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Become a Vegetarian.
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Realistically, a human wouldn't be able to single-handedly hunt and kill a dinosaur.
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And even if you could, the massive amount of meat left behind would attract too many other predators.
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Another option would be to steal dinosaur eggs for a protein boost.
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But only go for the nest if you're ready to face off with a protective mama dino.
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The safest route is to stick to eating the surrounding vegetation.
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Flowering plants haven't evolved yet, so you won't get any tasty fruits.
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Hopefully, you like seaweed and mushrooms.
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Step 3.
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Defend yourself from predators.
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The Jurassic period was full of extremely dangerous predators.
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This one is 15 meters long and can swim.
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This one hunts in packs.
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And this one's bite is three times stronger than that of a great white shark.
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Since you won't be able to out-muscle these massive creatures, try outsmarting them instead.
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Memorize their patterns of behavior to stay one strategic step ahead in your newfound existence.
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Research suggests that a human couldn't throw a spear hard enough to pierce a dinosaur's skin, so devising slingshots and traps might be a better use of your time.
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Step 4.
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Adjust to the climate.
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Lucky for you, the Jurassic era is believed to have had a favorable tropical climate, much like today's Central America.
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Global temperatures then were a few degrees Celsius hotter than modern day, because volcanic activity released extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
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But hot and humid weather is manageable to withstand, as long as you stay hydrated.
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Until we figure out how to go back in time, the chances of you walking with the dinosaurs are slim.
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When technology finally catches up, though, you'll be ready.
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And if time traveling makes you nervous, don't worry.
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We have a video for that, too, on another How to Survive.

Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Este vídeo tem 53 frases e 625 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 4:17. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 146 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. Apenas 78% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês, por isso o vocabulário é exigente.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

15 palavras menos comuns do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:

  • dinosaur /ˈdaɪnəsoɹ/ (substantivo) — dinossauro. Those animals of the clade Dinosauria that existed during the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are now extinct.
  • predator /ˈpɹɛd.ə.tɚ/ (substantivo) — predador. Any animal or other organism that hunts and kills other nonplant organisms (their prey), primarily for food.
  • defend /dɪˈfɪnd/ (verbo) — defender, proteger. To ward off attacks against (something or someone).
  • shelter /ˈʃɛltə/ (substantivo) — refúgio, abrigo. A place where a person or animal may find protection from the elements (especially rain, storms, or cold) sometimes as a place to sleep (such as a cave).
  • atmosphere /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ (substantivo) — atmosfera. The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
  • egg /ɛɡ/ (substantivo) — ovo. An approximately spherical or ellipsoidal body produced by birds, insects, reptiles, and other animals, often housing an embryo within a membrane or shell…
  • alongside /əˌlɔŋˈsaɪd/ — junto a, juntamente com. Side by side with.
  • muscle /ˈmʌs.əl/ (substantivo) — músculo. A contractile form of tissue which animals use to effect movement.
  • strategic /stɹəˈti.dʒɪk/ (adjetivo) — estratégico. Of or pertaining to strategy.
  • flower /ˈfloʊɚ/ (substantivo) — flor. A colorful, conspicuous structure associated with angiosperms, frequently scented and attracting various insects, and which may or may not be used for sexual…
  • boost /buːst/ (verbo) — impulsionar. To lift or push from behind (one who is endeavoring to climb); to push up.
  • steal /stiːl/ (verbo) — roubar, furtar. To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
  • congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ — parabéns, congratulações. Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
  • hunter /ˈhʌntɚ/ (substantivo) — cão de caça, sabujo. One who hunts game for sport or for food; a huntsman or huntswoman.
  • settle /ˈsɛtəl/ (verbo) — resolver. To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

  • figure out (verbo) — descobrir, deduzir. To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce.
  • go for (verbo) — tentar. To try for, to attempt to reach.
  • set up /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ (verbo) — preparar. To make ready for use.

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 14 contrações e formas reduzidas, como you're, won't, wouldn't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

  • Os sons de “th”: thrive /θɹajv/, withstand /wɪðˈstænd/
  • Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: shelter /ˈʃɛltə/, congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, extinction /ɪkˈstɪŋkʃən/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/
  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: congratulations /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, vegetation /ˌvɛd͡ʒəˈteɪʃən/, organism /ˈɔɹ.ɡəˌnɪz.əm/, favourable /ˈfeɪv(ə)ɹəbəl/, diversify /daɪˈvɝ.sə.faɪ/

Como praticar com este vídeo

  1. Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
  2. Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
  3. Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como dinosaur, predator, defend.

Gramática neste vídeo

As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:

EstruturaNo vídeo
Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem fazbeen invented · being sent · being watched
Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agorahas just been invented · haven't evolved

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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