Prática de Shadowing: PET 3 Listening Part 2 Test 2 (Transcript + Key) - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Now turn to part 2, questions 8 to 13.
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You will hear part of a local radio program in which someone is talking about a shopping center.
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For each question, put a tick in the correct box.
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You now have 45 seconds to look at the questions for part 2.
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Thank you.
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Now we are ready to start.
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Listen carefully.
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You will hear the recording twice.
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In today's programme, David Green has come along to tell us all about Waterside Shopping Centre near Northport.
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Good morning, David.
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Good morning.
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Well, I visited Waterside last week, and I think it has something for everyone, and I would recommend it for a day out.
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It's taken three years to build, and finally opened three weeks ago, two months later than planned.
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Firstly, getting there.
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There are organised coach trips from most towns in the area, but they leave early and come home very late, so I drove.
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There are 12,000 free parking spaces, so parking is no problem.
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You can also get there by train, but the station is 15 minutes from Waterside by bus, and the buses are really crowded,
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so you sometimes have a long wait.
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And what about opening times?
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Well, one thing to remember is that the shops don't open till ten in the morning, except on Saturday when they open at nine.
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So, don't get there too early on a weekday.
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They close at eight o'clock every day, except Friday, when they're open until nine p.m.
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Can you tell us some more about the facilities at the shopping centre?
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Yes, it's arranged on three levels.
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You'll find all your favourites here.
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In fact, if you want to buy a pair of shoes, there are fifteen different shops to choose from on levels one and two.
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When you run out of money, there are seven different banks, but collect your money before you get to the third level, as there aren't any banks up there.
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On that level, however, there are several restaurants, as well as a cinema with seven screens.
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and don't get lost like I did.
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Go to the information desk on the first level and get a map.
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What else can you do at Waterside?
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Before you go back to your car or the bus, and in fact it might be better to do this before you go shopping and have too much to carry, go and see the lake.
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Take a walk or have a go at fishing, sailing or windsurfing if you have time time,
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or you can rest your tired feet and watch the birds and ducks, but you are asked not to feed them.
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Was there anything you didn't like about the shopping centre?
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Oh, well, although I had a good day, I would complain about one thing, but not the usual thing.
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The service in the shops was good, and I had an excellent lunch in a cafe.
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No, the silly thing was that everywhere was quite clean, but people were dropping their sweet papers and empty drink cans on the ground
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because there wasn't anywhere else to throw them apart from
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that i would recommend it and so that's all for today's program now listen again
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in today's program david green has come along to tell us all about waterside shopping center
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near north port good morning david good morning well i visited waterside last week
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and i think it has something for everyone
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and i would recommend it for a day out it's taken three years to build
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and finally opened three weeks ago two months later than planned
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firstly getting there there are organized coach trips from most towns in the area
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but they leave early and come home very late So I drove.
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There are 12,000 free parking spaces, so parking is no problem.
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You can also get there by train, but the station is 15 minutes from Waterside by bus, and the buses are really crowded,
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so you sometimes have a long wait.
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And what about opening times?
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Well, one thing to remember is that the shops don't open till 10 in the morning, except on Saturday when they open at 9.
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So don't get there too early on a weekday.
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They close at 8 o'clock every day, except Friday, when they're open until nine p.m.
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Can you tell us some more about the facilities at the shopping centre?
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Yes, it's arranged on three levels.
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You'll find all your favourites here.
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In fact, if you want to buy a pair of shoes, there are fifteen different shops to choose from on levels one and two.
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When you run out of money, there are seven different banks, but collect your money before you get to the third level, as there aren't any banks up there.
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On that level, however, there are several restaurants, as well as a cinema with seven screens.
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And don't get lost like I did.
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Go to the information desk on the first level and get a map.
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What else can you do at Waterside?
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Before you go back to your car or the bus, and in fact it might be better to do this before you go shopping and have too much to carry, go and see the lake.
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Take a walk or have a go at fishing, sailing or windsurfing if you have time.
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Or you can rest your tired feet and watch the birds and ducks, but you are asked not to feed them.
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Was there anything you didn't like about the shopping centre?
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Oh, well, although I had a good day, I would complain about one thing, but not the usual thing.
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The service in the shops was good, and I had an excellent lunch in a cafe.
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No, the silly thing was that everywhere was quite clean, but people were dropping their sweet papers and empty drink cans on the ground,
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because there wasn't anywhere else to throw them.
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Apart from that, I would recommend it.
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And so that's all for today's programme.
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That is the end of part two.

Por que praticar fala com esse vídeo?

Aprender inglês com YouTube é uma maneira divertida e eficaz de se aprofundar na língua, e esse vídeo sobre o Waterside Shopping Centre é perfeito para isso! Ele oferece um contexto real de conversa, com um diálogo natural sobre um shopping, o que ajuda a treinar a compreensão e a pronúncia. Além disso, é ideal para o método de shadowing em inglês: você pode repetir frases em tempo real, imitando a entonação e o ritmo do locutor. Isso melhora sua fluência e confiança, especialmente se você usar um shadowing site para auxiliar no processo. O tema é familiar, o que torna o aprendizado mais fácil, e as informações práticas (como horários, como chegar e o que fazer) são úteis para situações reais.

Gramática e expressões no contexto

Vamos analisar algumas estruturas chave do vídeo que você pode usar no seu dia a dia:

  • "It's taken three years to build": A estrutura "it takes + tempo + to + verbo" é usada para falar de duração de ações. Perceba o uso do present perfect ("has taken") para indicar que a construção terminou recentemente.
  • "You are asked not to feed them": A voz passiva ("are asked") é comum em avisos ou regras. Aprender a usá-la ajuda a se comunicar de forma mais formal ou impessoal.
  • "I would recommend it for a day out": "Would recommend" é uma forma educada de sugerir algo. Essa expressão é essencial para dar dicas ou opiniões.
  • "except on Saturday when they open at nine": "Except" é usado para excluir algo de uma regra geral. É útil para especificar horários, preços ou condições.

Armadilhas de pronúncia comuns

Algumas palavras no vídeo podem ser difíceis de pronunciar. Vamos destacar:

  • "Waterside": A pronúncia correta é /ˈwɔːtəsaɪd/ (ou "wô-tuh-saíd" em português). Cuidado com o "t" no meio, que é suave, e o "side", que não é "sai-de" mas sim "saíd".
  • "coach trips": "Coach" é pronunciado /kəʊtʃ/ (semelhante a "kóch"), e "trips" é /trɪps/ ("trips"). Não confunda "coach" com "couch" (/kaʊtʃ/), que significa sofá.
  • "windsurfing": A palavra é composta por "wind" (/wɪnd/) e "surfing" (/ˈsɜːfɪŋ/), então fica /ˈwɪndsɜːfɪŋ/ ("wín-dsur-fing"). Cuidado com o "d" entre as duas sílabas, que é pronunciado rapidamente.

Lembre-se: o shadow speech (ou shadowspeaks) é uma ótima forma de superar essas armadilhas. Repita as frases do vídeo várias vezes, tentando imitar exatamente o som e o ritmo do locutor. Com prática, você vai notar uma grande melhoria na sua pronúncia!

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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