Prática de Shadowing: RE2 Unit 8A - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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The Polos, Marco, his father Niccolo,
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and his uncle Maffeo had been traveling for three and a half years when they finally achieved their objective,
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a long -awaited meeting with the powerful Mongol leader Kublai Khan.
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The historic event took place in 1275 at the Khan's luxurious summer capital in Chengdu,
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in what is now northern China.
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Kublai Khan was surprisingly informal as he greeted his tired guests.
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Welcome, gentlemen.
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Please stand up.
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How have you been?
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How was the trip?
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Marco Polo's trip had, in fact, started more than 9 ,000 kilometers away in Venice when he was just a teenager.
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His father and uncle already knew Kublai Khan from a previous visit nine years earlier, when they had spent a short time in Chengdu.
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On this second trip, the Polos stayed for 17 years before they returned home.
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They made themselves useful to the Khan and undertook various missions and tasks for him.
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It is likely that the Khan considered it an honor that these Europeans, who were rare in China,
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had made this extremely difficult journey and he took the opportunity to make good use of their skills and knowledge.
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While he was in the service of Kublai Khan, the most powerful man in people and in lands and in treasure that ever was in the world,
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Marco Polo was able to learn and experience many things that were new to Europeans.
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In his travel journal, he wrote that Kublai Khan's palace was the greatest he had ever seen.
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He admired the Khan's recently completed new capital, Dadu, whose streets were so straight and so broad.
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The city was located in what is now the center of Beijing, and Kublai Khan's city planning can still be perceived in the straight,
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broad streets of China's modern capital.
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We learn from Marco Polo that, in the administration of his empire, Kublai Khan made use of a fast and simple message system.
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Horse riders, spaced every 40 kilometers, allowed messages to cover 500 kilometers a day.
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As soon as one horse had run 40 kilometers, the next horse would run the next 40 kilometers, and so on.
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Marco also learned the secret of asbestos cloth, which is made from a mineral and doesn't catch fire.
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Paper money also took him by surprise, since it was not yet used in the West at that time.
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Homes were heated with black stones which burn like logs.
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These stones were coal, unknown in most of Europe, and were so plentiful that many people had a hot bath three times a week.
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Although the Khan did not want his visitors to leave, the Polos finally received permission to return home in 1292.
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Marco continued his observations while on the ocean voyage by way of Sumatra and India.
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After he returned home, Marco completed a book about his trip, full of details about his amazing cultural experiences.
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It was probably the single greatest contribution to geographical knowledge ever made to the West about the East.

Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

As palavras que mais se repetem: Khan, Kublai, Marco, Polo, kilometers. Este vídeo tem 33 frases e 491 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 3:30. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 140 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. Apenas 80% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês, por isso o vocabulário é exigente.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

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

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
uncle substantivo/ˈʌŋ.kl̩/tio
palace substantivo/ˈpælɪs/palácio
bath substantivo/bɑːθ/banheira
skill substantivo/skɪl/habilidade, talento
log substantivo/lɔɡ/tora
objective substantivo/ɒbˈd͡ʒɛk.tɪv/objetivo
contribution substantivo/ˌkɑntɹɪˈbjuʃən/contribuição
treasure substantivo/ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/tesouro
gentleman substantivo/ˈd͡ʒɛn.təl.mən/senhor, cavalheiro
observation substantivo/ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/observação
surprisingly advérbio/səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/surpreendentemente
teenager substantivo/ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/adolescente
cloth substantivo/klɒθ/pano, tecido
mineral substantivo/ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/mineral
rider substantivo/ˈɹaɪ̯.dəː/cavaleiro

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

PalavraSignificado
stand up verbolevantar

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

  • Os sons de “th”: bath /bɑːθ/, cloth /klɒθ/
  • Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: contribution /ˌkɑntɹɪˈbjuʃən/, treasure /ˈtɹɛʒəɹ/, observation /ˌɑbzɚˈveɪʃn̩/, luxurious /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/
  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: contribution /ˌkɑntɹɪˈbjuʃən/, surprisingly /səˈpɹaɪzɪŋli/, luxurious /lʌɡˈʒʊəɹi.əs/

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

  • Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: log /lɔɡ/, locate /ˈloʊˌkeɪt/, greet /ɡɹiːt/, undertake /ˌʌndəˈteɪk/, await /əˈweɪt/
  • /l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: skill /skɪl/, mineral /ˈmɪn.ə.ɹəl/, informal /ɪnˈfɔɹ.m(ə)l/

Como praticar com este vídeo

  1. Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
  2. Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
  3. Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como uncle, palace, bath.

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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