Prática de Shadowing: Marriage proposal - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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So, Sarah, do you like this place?
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Is the food good?
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It's really wonderful, Alex.
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The quiet atmosphere, the food, everything is perfect.
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But honestly, I've been wondering all evening, why did you take me to such an expensive restaurant tonight?
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It's not my birthday, and our anniversary isn't until next month.
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Do I really need a special reason to take you somewhere nice?
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Just seeing you smile here makes everything worth it.
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But actually, tonight is a very special night.
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Really?
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What do you mean?
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What day is today?
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Today is the day I ask you to spend the rest of your life with me.
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Alex!
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Sarah, look at us.
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We've been together since our poor university days, eating cheap street food and dreaming about the future.
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After graduation, when life was hard and I struggled to build my career, you never left my side.
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I know I'm not rich, I'm not perfect, and I still make many mistakes.
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But you always believe in me, love me, and give me a warm home to return to.
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Having you in my life is the greatest luck I could ever have.
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I don't just want you as my girlfriend anymore, Sarah.
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I want you to be my family.
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Will you marry me?
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Look, this ring is the newest design, and it has the biggest diamond in the store.
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Oh, Alex, I'm so touched.
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My heart is beating so fast.
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This diamond is huge and so shiny.
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Wait, which store did you buy it from?
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I bought it at P &J.
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It is the most famous and trusted store in our country, right?
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I spent two months of my salary picking it out for you.
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Wait, what?
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P &J?
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Are you serious right now?
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Yeah.
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Why do you look so shocked?
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Did I do something wrong?
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Alex, haven't you checked the news on Facebook recently?
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There's a massive scandal right now.
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People found out that some P &J branches were selling fake diamonds.
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Everyone is running back to the stores to check their rings.
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What?
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Fake diamonds at a huge brand like P &J?
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No way.
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I paid a fortune for this.
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It even came with a fancy certificate.
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Certificates can be fake too, Alex.
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The news said they mixed real diamonds with cheap, shiny stones.
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Look at how big this diamond is.
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It looks almost too clean.
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Are you sure it's not a piece of expensive glass?
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Oh my god, I don't know anymore.
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The sales lady was so nice.
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She swore to me it was a top quality natural stone.
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Did I just buy a fake diamond to propose to the love of my life?
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I can't stop laughing.
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This was supposed to be the most romantic proposal in the world, and now we are sitting in a candlelit restaurant crying over a fake P &J diamond.
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Don't laugh, Sarah.
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I want to cry.
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I saved money for months.
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I practiced my proposal speech in front of the mirror 50 times.
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And now I ruined our most precious moment with a fake ring?
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Hey, look at me, Alex.
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Put the ring box down and take my hands.
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You didn't ruin anything.
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But Sarah, you deserve a real diamond.
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Listen to me.
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When you talked about our past, about our hard days after university, my eyes were full of tears.
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That is what matters to me.
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Your love for me is real, your care for me is real, and the life we built together is 100 % real.
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A fake stone from PMJ cannot change the real feelings in your heart.
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You really mean that?
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You're not mad at me?
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I'm not mad at all.
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It actually makes our proposal unforgettable.
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Who else gets proposed to with a fake diamond from a famous store?
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We will have a great story to tell our children later.
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you are the most amazing woman in the world sarah
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but i swear tomorrow morning at 8 a .m we are standing in front of
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that pnj store
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if this diamond is fake i will fight them until they
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give me a real one for you deal we will fight them together tomorrow
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but right now put this suspicious ring on my finger fake
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or real my answer is yes thank you my love i promise i will check the next diamond under a microscope myself.

Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Este vídeo tem 84 frases e 726 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 4:12. O falante fala em ritmo natural, cerca de 173 palavras por minuto, próximo de uma conversa do dia a dia. 83% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

15 palavras do vídeo que vale a pena aprender, com pronúncia e significado:

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
diamond substantivo/ˈdaɪ.ə.mənd/diamante
proposal substantivo/pɹəˈpoʊzəl/proposta
ruin substantivo/ˈɹuː.ɪn/ruína
certificate substantivo/səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/certificado
propose verbo/pɹəˈpəʊz/propor
finger substantivo/ˈfɪŋɡɚ/dedo (da mão)
mirror substantivo/ˈmiɹɚ/espelho
atmosphere substantivo/ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/atmosfera
shock substantivo/ʃɔk/choque
romantic adjetivo/ɹoʊˈmæn(t)ɪk/romântico
marry verbo/ˈmæɹi/casar
salary substantivo/ˈsæləɹi/salário
fancy substantivo/ˈfæn.si/fantasia
tear verbo/tɛɹ/rasgar
fortune substantivo/ˈfɔːtjuːn/destino, fortuna

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

PalavraSignificado
find out verbodescobrir

Gramática neste vídeo

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

EstruturaNo vídeo
Superlativos the -est / the most … — o maior ou o menor de um grupothe greatest · the newest · the most famous
Futuro com “will” will + verbo — uma decisão, promessa ou previsãoWill you · will have · will fight
Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — algo que está acontecendo agora ou nestes diasis beating · is running · are sitting

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 14 contrações e formas reduzidas, como I'm, don't, can't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

  • Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: shock /ʃɔk/, suspicious /səˈspɪʃ.əs/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/
  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: certificate /səˈtɪf.ɪ.kɪt/, graduation /ˌɡɹæd͡ʒuˈeɪʃən/, unforgettable /ˌʌnfə(ɹ)ˈɡɛtəbəl/

Como praticar com este vídeo

  1. Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
  2. Comece na velocidade 0,75×, faça shadowing frase por frase e volte à velocidade normal quando ficar fácil.
  3. Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como diamond, proposal, ruin.

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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