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Oxford Read and Discover Level 3 Festivals Around the World by Richard Northcott
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Oxford Read and Discover Level 3 Festivals Around the World by Richard Northcott
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Read by Wayne Forrester Published and Copyright Oxford University Press 2011 Introduction
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This is New Year in China.
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New Year is a big festival for Chinese people in China and all around the world.
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People walk in the streets,
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watch dances and have fun.
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What festivals are there in your country? When are these festivals?
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What do people do on these days?
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Discover!
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Now read and discover more about festivals around the world.
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Chapter 1.
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In the streets.
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Come to the carnival.
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The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is one of the biggest festivals in the world.
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It's always in February or March.
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There's a parade with big floats.
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There's music in the streets.
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People wear colourful costumes.
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They dance and have fun.
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Discover!
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The carnival in Rio de Janeiro is all day and all night.
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Many people don't go to bed that night.
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On the same day, there's a carnival in Venice in Italy.
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At this time of year it's summer in Brazil,
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but it's winter in Italy.
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The weather in Italy is colder than in Brazil.
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At the Venice Carnival, some people wear long dresses or cloaks.
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They want to have fun,
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but they don't want to be cold.
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The day after the carnival,
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Christians start the time of Lent.
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Number 2.
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Lights.
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For many festivals, people decorate their homes.
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In India, people put lots of pretty lamps in their homes for the festival of Diwali.
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They look at the lamps and think about their family and other people in the world.
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Diwali is usually in October or November.
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It's a very big festival for Hindu people in India and for Hindus all around the world.
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At the Jewish festival of Hanukkah,
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people light candles on eight nights.
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One night they light one candle.
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The next night they light two candles.
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On the last night of Hanukkah,
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they light all the candles.
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Hanukkah is usually in December.
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Children have presents.
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Many families eat pancakes made with potatoes.
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They sometimes eat doughnuts too.
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Chapter 3.
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Families and Friends Eid is the Arabic word for festival.
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Eid is a big Muslim festival.
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At Eid, people give presents to children and friends.
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Eid presents are usually money or things like toys, candy and new clothes.
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At Eid, Muslims think about other people in the world.
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They give food and money to hungry people and sick people.
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People wear new clothes at Eid.
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In the morning, they get up,
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wash and put on their new clothes.
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They eat dates and cookies for breakfast.
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Then they go to pray at the mosque.
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Lots of people hug their friends.
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Later, they eat with their family.
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They also visit their grandparents and say, Happy Eid.
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Chapter 4 Three Kings In the story of Jesus Christ,
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three good people visited Jesus when he was a baby.
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They gave him presents.
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Later, Christians called these people the Three Kings.
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In January, Christians have a festival called Twelfth Night.
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It's called Twelfth Night because it's twelve nights after Christmas.
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At this time, Christians think about the Three Kings who visited Jesus with their presents.
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In some countries, people eat a big cake.
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Twelfth Night is a big festival in Spain.
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There are lots of parades with people in costumes.
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People throw candy to children in the streets.
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Discover!
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On Twelfth Night, Spanish children put their shoes under the Christmas tree.
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In the morning, they find presents in their shoes.
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Chapter 5.
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Spring Spring is a very pretty season.
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Maybe it's the prettiest season of all.
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It's usually sunny and there are lots of flowers.
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In Japan, people love cherry blossom.
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These pink flowers open in spring, between January and April.
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People have picnics under the cherry trees.
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They sit and eat, and they look at the cherry blossom.
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In Ghana, the rainy season starts in May.
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This is a good time for farmers,
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so they have a big festival called Hamouou.
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There are parades in the streets with music and dancing.
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Vila Franca do Lima is in Portugal.
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In May, there's a festival here with lots of flowers.
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Girls carry flowers on their head.
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The flowers are heavy.
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Chapter 6 Thank you Fall is a season of festivals all around the world.
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It's the season of the harvest.
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Farmers cut the crops and pick the fruit.
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After the harvest, people want to say thank you for the good things in the world.
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In South Korea, there's a big festival called Chuseok in September or October.
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Families eat traditional food like rice cakes.
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Sometimes people also dance.
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In the USA, the festival of Thanksgiving is in November.
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In Canada, it's in October.
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People have dinner with their family.
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They eat turkey and pumpkin pie.
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In Europe, there are lots of festivals after the harvest.
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In Poland, girls wear crowns made of flowers.
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They dance and sing songs.
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In Italy, people wear traditional costumes and they dance with wreaths.
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The wreaths are made of wheat.
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Chapter 7 Birthdays Christmas is the birthday of Jesus Christ,
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and it's a big festival for Christians.
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Many people have a Christmas tree in their homes,
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and there are pretty decorations in the streets.
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All around the world, Sikhs have a festival for Guru Nanak's birthday in November.
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Guru Nanak was a great teacher.
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Some Sikhs go to the Golden Temple in India.
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On Guru Nanak's birthday, there are thousands of lamps at this temple.
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Visak Day is sometimes called Buddha's birthday.
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On this day, Buddhists think about Gautama Buddha.
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He was a great teacher in India.
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They decorate statues of Gautama Buddha.
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Visak Day is usually in May.
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On Visak Day in Indonesia,
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thousands of birds fly into the sky.
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Chapter 8 Midsummer In June, it's summer in Europe.
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It's usually warm.
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The nights are short and the days are long.
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The longest day in the year is June the 21st. It's called Midsummer.
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At this time there are many festivals in Europe.
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People make big bonfires.
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Discover!
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In Finland and other countries near the Arctic,
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it doesn't get dark at Midsummer.
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There's no night.
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In Russia at Midsummer, people sing and dance all night.
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Girls pick flowers and make pretty crowns.
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They throw the crowns into a lake or a river.
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Midsummer is one of the biggest festivals in Sweden.
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People decorate their homes with leaves.
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They make a big pole with flowers and leaves.
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They dance around the pole and sing songs.
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They wear traditional Swedish costumes.
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Girls make pretty crowns with flowers.
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Chapter 9.
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Halloween October the 31st is Halloween.
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Children wear costumes.
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In the evening, they knock on doors and people give them candy.
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At Halloween, some people buy a pumpkin.
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They cut holes in the pumpkin to make eyes,
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a nose and a mouth.
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They put a candle in the pumpkin to make a lantern.
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A lantern and a scary face.
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Stores sell Halloween toys, like skeletons and spiders.
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People aren't really scared at Halloween.
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It's fun.
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The day after Halloween is a Christian festival called All Saints Day.
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This is a very big festival in Mexico.
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People think about their families and visit the cemetery.
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It's not a sad festival.
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People have fun.
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Children have candy and they play with their brothers and sisters.
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Discover!
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Discover!
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In Guatemala on All Saints Day,
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people fly really big kites.
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Chapter 10 New Year All around the world there are big festivals for New Year.
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People in different countries do different things.
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In Spain and Portugal, people eat 12 grapes at midnight on December 31st. In Japan,
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people like laughing at midnight.
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They say, start the year with a laugh,
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then all the year is happy.
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In Thailand, people throw water in the streets.
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They have water all over them,
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but it's not a problem.
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The weather in Thailand is always hot at New Year.
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At New Year, many people watch fireworks.
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Little children sit on their mother's or father's shoulders so that they can see the fireworks.
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The fireworks go up and all the people say, Happy New Year!
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Discover!
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In Sydney, in Australia, there are usually more than 80,000 fireworks at New Year.
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Nesta aula, você vai explorar os festivais ao redor do mundo, aprendendo sobre diferentes celebrações, suas tradições e a cultura associada a elas. Através do vídeo "Oxford Read and Discover Level 3 – Festivals Around the World", você vai praticar a leitura e a pronúncia, além de expandir seu vocabulário em inglês. Este material é ideal para aqueles que desejam aprender inglês com youtube e enxergar a diversidade cultural que existe nas festividades globais.

Vocabulário e Frases Chave

  • Carnival - carnaval
  • Festival - festival
  • Decorate - decorar
  • Lamps - lâmpadas
  • Costumes - fantasias
  • Family - família
  • Tradition - tradição
  • Celebration - celebração

Dicas de Prática

Para melhorar sua pronúncia e compreensão auditiva enquanto aprende, recomendamos a técnica de shadow speech, onde você repetirá automaticamente o que ouve no vídeo. O ritmo e a entonação dos falantes são fundamentais para dominar o idioma. Este vídeo possui um ritmo moderado, facilitando a prática de shadowing em inglês. Escute uma frase, pause e repita. Foque na pronúncia das palavras destacadas no texto, como "carnival" e "decorating", para aprimorar sua eloquência.

Experimente descrever os festivais mencionados no vídeo com suas próprias palavras, utilizando o novo vocabulário aprendido. Além disso, você pode tentar explicar a importância desses festivais para diferentes culturas, o que ajudará você a assimilar o vocabulário de forma prática. Lembre-se de que a prática consistente é a chave para o sucesso, então considere visitar um shadowing site que ofereça mais recursos e vídeos interativos.

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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