Prática de Shadowing: Life Lessons From 100-Year-Olds - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo
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I think
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I've done all that I wanted to do.
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As long as I can be helpful and keep going, that's the main thing.
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My name is Clifford, but call me Cliff Crozier, and I was born on 6th of September 1915.
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Makes me now 101.
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I was born in Birkenhead, in the Whittle, Cheshire.
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Apart from the war and the time I was at college, I'd been there all my life.
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I've been retired now for 38 years.
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It always pleases me though to keep robbing the government, really, of my pension.
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It's just that you keep going.
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It's only a number.
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101 is only a number.
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And you live for the day.
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A spot of whiskey occasionally helps, although it's not on the national health.
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I have so many fond memories.
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Sometimes I sit down in my chair and I think back
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and I try to sort of reorganize this story about these people
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that I have got in my mind and mix them up together first and then pair them all.
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And I think there are quite a few people out there that would be very, very happy to be together because they are so sovereign people that they are.
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Emilia-Theresa Harper.
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Teresa.
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It's Teresa because it's Czechoslovakian.
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103, my goodness me.
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A three is my lucky number.
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I have always been lucky.
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I've never been unlucky in touchwood.
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There's wood underneath there.
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I was in Czechoslovakia when I was a young girl, and I was living with my grandparents because my father was a prisoner of war.
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We came over to England to be with our father when he was released from the war.
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Everything makes me happy.
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I love talking to people, I like doing things, I like going out shopping.
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Once I go out shopping, I don't want to come back.
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I don't think there is anything that I really need to do,
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because I've done practically everything that I ever wanted to do in the past.
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I've got beautiful memories, you know.
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I can live happily forever after because of my lovely memories. Do you know Selenko?
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I climbed up the tower there, Sirigura, which is 600 feet up to the top.
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I've always been fond of the water and I did a lot of yachting
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when I was young as well another part of my misspent youth.
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My name is John Dennerly.
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I'm 102 and a half.
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I was born at an early age, before World War I, in Denton, Manchester.
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I've had a relatively easy life, even with the RAF, five years of war.
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It was an adventure more than a penalty, even amongst the bombs.
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But I wasted a lot of time, my childhood, entertainment, that sort of thing.
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and staying up till sometimes right through from midnight right through to breakfast time
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and mother would come down in the morning and say, haven't you been to bed, John?
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And I'd say, no, I've been listening to the Schenectady, New York on the radio with the jazz band.
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I enjoyed it.
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And then sort of settled down once I became a pharmacist.
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I don't feel any older than I was, what, 20, 30 years ago.
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Except with my limitations.
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I don't feel 29, but say, 79, 69, 79.
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I'm not going yet.
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I'm still strong.
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I'm very, very strong.
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I've never realised how strong I am.
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It's all the food that my mother cooked and first of all grew in the garden.
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I make my own bread by hand.
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I'll probably be making some today.
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That's my online Tesco's coming tomorrow.
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We always, always had fresh food when we were youngsters.
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Always.
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Straight from the garden, into the pan and onto the place.
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Skimmed milk, kitchen towels.
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Six ounces of flour, two ounces of sugar and six ounces of butter.
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Butter.
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Apples or gooseberries.
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Lots of gooseberries.
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Shepherd's pie.
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I don't have many failures.
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If I'm making a cake and it fails, it becomes a pudding.
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Oh, my marriage was absolutely wonderful, heavenly, heavenly, heavenly.
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I lived with him from the age of 16 until he died at, I think it was over 70.
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I wanted to marry a handsome man and a man with good manners, and I had both.
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We did have problems, but we got through them.
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And I think nowadays people give up too easily.
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I'm always optimistic and she was always pessimistic, so we got on very well together.
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Make the most of it because that's the, especially if it's the first love, there's nothing like it.
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When I had my first children, I had twins, but unfortunately I lost the twins.
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And that was the most tragic moment in my life.
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But I had a daughter and I enjoyed her company very much indeed.
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Loved her immensely.
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When I lost my first baby, it was one of the twins who went, I was devastated.
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Eventually, of course, you get used to it because life goes on regardless.
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you get healed, and what you never forget.
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So, you know, it's really wonderful to have something left behind, even if they are no longer here, they're there, they're in your mind,
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they're in your air, all around you.
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It's really a wonderful, wonderful feeling.
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I think a lot of my children, even today, after all these years,
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this year is I can still sit here and I can talk to him and as if they were still alive.
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When people pass this way they hear me talking to myself they think I'm crackers
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but I'm not crackers I'm only just thinking about my my children.
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Any regrets?
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None.
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None whatever.
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I can tell you right from my heart.
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None whatever.
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If I'd have been more attentive at school in my early life,
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I'd have studied more and harder.
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Although I didn't do too bad in the end.
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But I think the sooner you start studying, the better.
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I was ill at college and my father came to collect me and I didn't want to go back with him.
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I wanted to stay at the college with friends for a short time and I always regretted that,
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that my dad had made the journey and I hadn't taken it up.
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His offer to take me back.
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I didn't do the right thing by my father.
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That's the thing.
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Because I admired him very much.
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I never said anything.
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You've got to keep up with the times.
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So what was good in sort of 80, 90 years ago doesn't work these days.
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Communicate, speak with your parents and take their advice too.
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Or at least consider it.
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You don't always have to follow it, but certainly don't throw it out of the window.
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I recommend anybody, if they find the right husband, to marry.
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Not just live together, marry.
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Be closer and closer.
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It seems to me as if you are happy, happily married and happily living,
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that is the finest remedy for all ills because everything is in perfect harmony.
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Time spent on reconnaissance is seldom wasted and be as independent as you can
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but don't be reluctant to ask for help when you think you need it.
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idea is to behave well to other people,
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show them respect and help them as much as you possibly can and it will be repaid hundredfolds.
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My motto for life, there was an old Scottish comedian, Harry Lauder, Sir Harry Lauder,
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who used to sing, keep right on to the end of the road.
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And that's my motto.
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The living hope will be there at the end of the road.
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The longer I stay, the more nauseous I get.
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I'm staying put.
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Thank you.
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Por que praticar fala com esse vídeo?
Aprender inglês com vídeos reais é uma das melhores maneiras de se aprofundar na língua, e esse vídeo com depoimentos de centenários é perfeito para isso! As histórias são cheias de emoção e linguagem cotidiana, o que cria um contexto natural para praticar a fala. Ao imitar as falas (técnica conhecida como shadow speech), você não só melhora a pronúncia em inglês, mas também aprende a expressar sentimentos e experiências de forma autêntica. Além disso, as conversas são lentas e claras, ideal para iniciantes e intermediários que querem se sentir confortáveis ao falar.
Gramática e expressões no contexto
Vamos analisar algumas estruturas chave do vídeo que você pode usar no seu dia a dia:
- "I've done all that I wanted to do": A forma present perfect ("I've done") é usada para falar de ações concluídas que ainda têm impacto no presente. Perfeito para contar suas conquistas!
- "It's only a number": A expressão "it's only a..." é uma maneira simples de minimizar algo, como idade ou problemas. Exemplo: "It's only a small mistake" (É só um pequeno erro).
- "I don't want to come back": A estrutura negativa com "don't want to" é essencial para expressar preferências. Note que o verbo seguinte fica no infinitivo sem "to"? Não, espera: "want to + verbo" é a regra, então aqui está correto: "want to come back".
Armadilhas comuns de pronúncia
Algumas palavras no vídeo podem ser desafiadoras, mas com prática, você consegue! Veja:
- "Birkenhead": Uma cidade na Inglaterra, pronuncia-se /ˈbɜːrkənhed/. Cuidado com o "r" e o "h" no final, que são fracos.
- "Czechoslovakian": A nacionalidade, pronuncia-se /ˌtʃɛkəsloʊˈvækiən/. O "ch" é como em "chave", e o "sl" precisa ser suave.
- "whiskey": A bebida, pronuncia-se /ˈwɪski/. Muitos confundem com "whisky" (sem "e"), mas a pronúncia é a mesma. Lembre-se de não acentuar a última sílaba.
Para treinar essas pronúncias, use um shadowing site que permite repetir as falas em tempo real. Com o shadowspeaks, você pode pausar, repetir e comparar sua voz com a dos falantes, garantindo que cada som seja pronunciado corretamente. Praticar diariamente com esse vídeo vai transformar sua fala em inglês, tornando-a mais fluente e confiante!
Gramática neste vídeo
As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:
| Estrutura | No vídeo |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora | I've done · I've been retired · have always been |
| Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz | was born · I've been retired · was released |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos da forma em -ing | keep robbing · love talking · start studying |
| Superlativos the -est / the most … — o maior ou o menor de um grupo | the most tragic · the finest |
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.