Prática de Shadowing: Learning to Speak ... Again - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo
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It's well known that between the ages of approximately one and five, the offspring of Homo sapiens, slowly and at times lopsidedly,
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do something called learn to speak.
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They acquire some key words, lunch, cat, mummy, fart, assemble some basic grammar and are, by the time they're the size of a chair,
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well on the way to one of the key markers of human competence.
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Except for one thing, shortly after they learn to speak, children also learn, as it were, not to speak.
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At first, they aren't very good at not speaking, which is why, for a precious time, they're very funny indeed, as well as occasionally rather excruciating.
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They use their newfound linguistic skill to come out with utterances like, Granny smells under her legs, Jane looks a bit like a giraffe,
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and can you put a poo back in your bottom once it's come out?
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Then, sure enough, to the mixed relief of the adults around, children learn not to speak.
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They become careful custodians of their more charged insights.
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Out go the large questions, rude observations and naked confessions.
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By eight, they know how to say, I'm very well, thank you, how are you?
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By eleven, they might tell you, I don't mind that my parents are getting divorced, I get to go to Disneyland.
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And by seventeen, pretty much all of the wonder
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and pain of being alive has ceased to make it out of their lips.
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Something evidently goes astray, so much so that we might posit
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that becoming a true adult might rely on going in the opposite direction, on a process of remembering how to speak once again,
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in emotional rather than grammatical terms.
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We accede to genuine maturity
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when we can dare to once again take people into the phenomenal mystery and agony of being ourselves,
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with all the fear, joy, questions and doubts implied.
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It can take a while to realise just how much we've grown used to not saying.
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Silence on the key areas tends to become our second nature.
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It isn't just that we're deceiving others, we've lost the thread even within ourselves, omitting so much as to notice all the anger,
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terror or joy coursing through us at subterranean levels.
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Imagine therefore a somewhat bold experiment, in its way as challenging and rewarding as taking up a new sport or mastering a new recipe.
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Imagine if we attempted to undo three
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or five decades of experience to travel back to the raw state we knew in our original home.
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We would of course have to take some precautions
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but it's part of the incoherence of adult social life to picture ourselves unable to do so.
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We don't in reality face such a stark choice between honesty and ostracism.
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There are well-worn ways of being at once true and kind, honest and unfrightening.
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We can wrap our moments of candor in levity and good sense.
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Imagine if we said, for example, forgive me but as much as I want to be kind here there's something I might be a bit furious about, which is obviously crazy, but bear with me.
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Or, it's not that I don't like you, I'm scared that you're going to reject me, which probably explains why I've been behaving like a bit of a weirdo these past days.
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Or, I'm not just gazing out of the window, I'm actually worrying that you're going to find me bad in bed later.
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Or, I'm not really grumpy, I'm actually going out of my mind with anxiety.
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We've picked up the message that such truths are extremely dangerous to share.
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no one could get a view of our actual levels of pain, worry, desire and still be on our side.
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But that's to forget a bedrock fact that we're all beneath a layer of social subterfuge, longing for reassurance that there are echoes of our intimate,
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bewildering experiences in the minds of others.
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We're all mad, sick with worry, entirely lost and desperately anxious about our appearance, achievements and likability.
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We become more charming when we speak up because
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so much of what makes us unpleasant is related in the end to our unwitting deceitfulness.
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Not only don't we want to have lunch, we see no option but to pretend that we would like to.
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Not only do we leave relationships, we can't bear to own up to our wish to do so and therefore come across as sentimental and confusing.
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How much better if we have the confidence that we, like small children except more so because we have greater self-control and tact,
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are at our most beguiling when we can stick as close as possible to how things actually are.
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When we can say, this is lovely but I don't want to take it any further, I'm so sorry.
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Or I'm really furious, there's a part of me that wants to scream and sob on the floor.
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Or I make no assumptions at all but I really do find you attractive, I hope it's okay to tell you.
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Or I'm so worried that I failed in your eyes, I do apologise.
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We'll learn to properly live when we stop being so morbidly embarrassed of our reality.
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No one asked us to be alive, no one asks us to suffer as we do, we're not responsible for how peculiar it is to be ourselves.
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What is in our power is to be unfrightened by the contents of our minds
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and to use our artfulness and intelligence to share as much of it as possible with those we come across.
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We will, in the process, reassure them of their normality, deepen our friendships and feel less peculiar about our natures,
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we'll get a little closer to experiencing life as it actually is.
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Contexto e Antecedentes
No vídeo “Aprendendo a Falar... Novamente”, o falante faz uma reflexão profunda sobre o desenvolvimento da fala nas crianças e como, à medida que crescem, elas tendem a silenciar suas emoções e pensamentos mais genuínos. Através de exemplos engraçados e revelações sinceras, o discurso destaca a importância de recuperarmos a capacidade de expressar nossos sentimentos de maneira verdadeira. Esse aprendizado não se limita apenas a adultos, mas também enriquece a jornada de quem está aprendendo inglês com YouTube, utilizando técnicas como o shadowspeak para melhorar a pronúncia e a comunicação.
Top 5 Frases para Comunicação Diária
- “Desculpe, mas há algo que me deixa um pouco furioso.”
- “Não é que eu não goste de você, estou apenas com medo de ser rejeitado.”
- “Estou realmente preocupado que você pense que sou ruim na cama.”
- “Na verdade, estou desesperado por ansiedade.”
- “Isto é adorável, mas não quero levar adiante.”
Essas frases, que podem parecer simples, são repletas de significados e sentimentos. Elas estão incluidas de maneira expressiva nas conversas e são ótimas para praticar no shadowspeak, permitindo que os aprendizes se familiarizem com as nuances emocionais do inglês.
Guia Passo a Passo para o Shadowspeak
Para abordar a complexidade deste vídeo e aprimorar sua fala, siga este guia de shadow speak:
- Escute Atentamente: Ouça o vídeo algumas vezes, prestando atenção nas emoções e na entonação do falante. Isso ajudará a compreender o contexto emocional e social das frases.
- Repita Frases: Selecione as frases listadas e repita à medida que ouve. Tente imitar a entonação e o ritmo do falante.
- Grave Sua Voz: Utilize um gravador ou seu celular para gravar suas repetições. Ouça-as para identificar áreas de melhoria na sua pronúncia e fluência.
- Pratique com um Parceiro: Se possível, encontre um colega ou amigo que esteja aprendendo inglês. Pratiquem juntos, trocando opiniões sobre as emoções por trás das frases.
- Reflexão: Após a prática, pense sobre como você pode aplicar essas expressões em suas interações diárias. A prática de usar o inglês de forma autêntica é essencial para o seu desenvolvimento.
Seguindo essas etapas, você não apenas melhorará sua pronúncia em inglês, mas se tornará mais confortável em expressar emoções genuínas, um aspecto crucial na fluência do idioma.
Gramática neste vídeo
As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:
| Estrutura | No vídeo |
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| Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora | has ceased · we've grown · we've lost |
| Orações relativas who / which + oração — informação extra sobre uma pessoa ou coisa | speaking, which is · about, which is |
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.