Prática de Shadowing: Intermediate Listening B1 01 Do for Emphasis - Learning Languages - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Sarah, you've taught in a bunch of different places.
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What countries have you taught again?
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Quite a few.
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I've taught in Korea, Ecuador, Taiwan, Mexico, Japan, and the USA. And China.
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Oh, wow.
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So you're a language teacher.
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You've taught in all these amazing countries.
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So let's talk about the languages.
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First, do you speak Japanese?
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I don't.
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I'm embarrassed.
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I've lived here six years, but I don't.
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How about you?
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Do you speak Japanese?
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I do speak Japanese.
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Oh, you do?
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Yeah, but it's not very good.
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People don't hear me say it that much because it's really bad, but I do speak Japanese.
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But it's bad.
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But what about the other languages?
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You lived in Korea.
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Did you study Korean?
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I did.
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I did study Korean.
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And I did learn to read very well.
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But now I've forgotten, so I can't speak it anymore.
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I heard that it's relatively easy to learn the alphabet in Korea.
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Yes, it is.
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It was invented by a scientist to be simple and easy to learn how to read.
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So it is very easy.
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What about China?
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Did you learn Chinese?
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I didn't.
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I did study a lot, but in the end, I found it too difficult. Do you speak Chinese?
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I don't speak Chinese, but I lived in Thailand for five years, and I do speak Thai.
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And I did study Thai when I was there. So yeah.
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Oh, wow.
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And it's tonal, so it's kind of similar in some ways to Chinese.
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And can you read Thai?
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I can read Thai.
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Oh, wow.
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Yeah, I do read Thai.
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So actually my Thai reading is probably better than my Japanese.
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Oh, wow.
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Yeah.
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But it's hard because in Thai the words kind of stick together.
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Now, you were in Mexico and in Ecuador.
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Yes.
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So do you speak Spanish?
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I do speak Spanish.
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That was one of my goals for moving there was to become fluent.
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And I'm very happy now I can say I do speak Spanish.
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And your husband was with you.
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Does he speak Spanish?
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Yeah, he does speak Spanish.
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He studied a lot and really improved a lot.
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So now he can say the same thing.
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He does speak Spanish.
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And your children?
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They do too.
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They speak Spanish.
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Oh nice.
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And your children are with you now in Japan.
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Do they speak Japanese?
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They don't.
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They're learning very quickly so I think they will improve
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and in a couple of months I can say that they can but right now their Japanese is very low.
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So you were just in Mexico.
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Do you miss Mexico?
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I do I do miss Mexico.
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I miss the food the most.
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I miss the Spanish language and I miss the music.
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How about you?
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Do you miss Thailand?
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I do miss Thailand a little bit, but not too much because I visit there a lot.
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So it's not that big of a deal.
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I go there usually once or twice a year, but when I'm in Japan, I do miss it.
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I miss the food especially.
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Now, we both are outside of the U.S.
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We don't live in the U.S.
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Do you miss living in the U.S.?
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I do miss living in the U.S.
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I often miss that I understand and I know the culture so well.
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Sometimes in Japan, I feel like an outsider.
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And so I do miss being in the USA and being able to blend into the background to be just another person.
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How about you?
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Do you miss the USA?
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I don't.
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You don't?
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I don't miss it at all.
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So I visit it.
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I do miss my family.
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And I do miss some things, especially like the food and the nature, but I don't miss actually living in America.
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Maybe because I go back so often.
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So these days it just doesn't seem like a big deal.
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Now, we are both in Japan.
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Do you plan to teach somewhere else soon?
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I don't.
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I hope to stay in Japan for a couple of years.
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We are relaxed.
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We are settled.
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The children are in school.
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I hope we can stay here.
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How about you?
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Are you going to stay?
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Or do you have plans to go?
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I do have plans to go, actually, and I want your old job.
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Really?
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I want to work for the U.S government and I want to work in a different country.
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You should do it.
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I will.

Para quem é este vídeo?

Este vídeo é ideal para aprendizes de inglês no nível intermediário (B1) que querem melhorar a escuta e a fala, especialmente focando em expressões de ênfase. Se seu objetivo é dominar conversas naturais e usar o idioma de forma mais fluente, ele é perfeito. Além disso, é uma ótima opção para quem pratica shadowing (imitação de fala) e busca diálogos reais para treinar.

Palavras e expressões para usar no dia a dia

No diálogo, há algumas expressões que valem a pena destacar:

  • "a bunch of": Significa "um monte de" ou "vários". Exemplo: "She has a bunch of books" (Ela tem vários livros).
  • "embarrassed": "Embaraçado(a)". Usado quando se sente constrangido por algo. Exemplo: "I'm embarrassed to speak in public" (Estou embaraçado de falar em público).
  • "relatively easy": "Relativamente fácil". Indica que algo não é tão difícil quanto se imagina. Exemplo: "The test was relatively easy" (O teste foi relativamente fácil).

Como melhorar a pronúncia: dicas práticas

Para imitar a pronúncia do falante, preste atenção ao uso do "do" para ênfase, como em "I do speak Japanese". A intonação aqui sobe um pouco no "do", destacando a afirmação. Além disso, pratique o shadow speech: reproduza as frases imediatamente após ouvir, tentando igualar o ritmo e a entonação. Um shadowing site pode ajudar a gravar e comparar sua fala com a original. Outra dica: preste atenção às palavras "thai" e "korean" – a pronúncia correta é "tai" (sem o "h" forte) e "corean" (com o "k" suave). Treinar com vídeos do YouTube, como este, é uma excelente forma de aprender inglês com YouTube de forma prática. Lembre-se: a chave é a consistência, então use ferramentas como o shadowspeaks para manter o hábito.

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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