Prática de Shadowing: RE3 Unit 5B - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Track 10, Reading 5B, The Perfect Beach.
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In pursuit of the perfect beach, travel writer Stanley Stewart heads to Brazil, where he discovers some of the world's most beautiful sandy escapes.
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I'm standing on Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana Beach, one of Brazil's and the world's most famous stretches of sand.
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As I watch life go by here in all its varied forms, I've come to realize that any understanding of Brazil really begins on its beaches.
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In this vibrant, multicultural country, the beach is not just a place, it's a state of mind, a way of thinking and living.
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Rio alone, I'm told, has over 70 beaches, each with its own community.
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Some are for bodybuilders, others are for senior citizens.
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Still others are popular with parents and children.
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But Rio's beaches are just the starting point for my exploration of Brazil's Atlantic coastline,
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which, at more than 8 ,000 kilometers and with more than 2 ,000 beaches, is the longest in the world.
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Every Brazilian has his or her own ideas of the perfect beach and is eager to tell you where to find it.
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I'm happy to take people's advice, but my ultimate goal is to find my own dream beach.
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I head to a place said to have some of Brazil's best coastline, the state of Bahia in the northeast.
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Portuguese settlers established themselves at Bahia's present -day capital, Salvador de Bahia, in 1549.
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Over the centuries, people of many races have arrived and intermarried here.
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creating a distinctive cultural mix.
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This mix influences Bahia's language, religion, cuisine, music and dance.
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I've been told that one of Bahia's best beaches, Praina, lies just south of Salvador, near the town of Itacare.
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On arriving at Praina's beach, I discover its golden sand lined by a row of perfect palm trees moving softly in the ocean breeze.
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Under the moon, silver waves roll onto the sand.
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As I enter the water, I have the feeling of swimming through moonlight.
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Priner's beauty is magnificent.
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Its perfect curves and graceful lines are like something you might see in a postcard.
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But for me, it's a little too perfect.
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The beach I'm searching for needs to be a little wilder.
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I continue my search heading north to one of Brazil's legendary beaches, Jericoacoara.
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Twenty years ago, only a handful of people were living in Jeri, as it's nicknamed.
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Today, it's an international destination, considered one of the best beach hangouts in the world, especially if you like windsurfing.
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It attracts visitors from Tokyo to Toronto and has grown from a small village into a lively little town.
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Despite the changes, Jerry hasn't been spoiled by tourists, mostly because of its isolated location.
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It's at least five hours from any airport.
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Everyone in Jerry rents a beach buggy, which comes with a driver.
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I tell my driver to take me as far along the coast as he can.
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We drive for three hours, finally arriving at Maseo, a fisherman's beach.
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Boats lie on their sides while nets hang out to dry on lines between fishermen's houses.
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We eat on the beach and later rest in hammocks near the table.
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It's a great day on an amazing beach.
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How can it possibly get any better, I wonder?
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But I have one final place to visit.
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Of the many beach destinations in this country, there is one that all Brazilians hold in high regard.
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The islands of Fernando de Noronha.
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More than a dozen beautiful beaches ring the island of Fernando alone, three of which rank among the top ten in Brazil.
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The islands of Fernando de Noronha lie a few hundred kilometers out in the Atlantic.
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For years, people were prohibited from visiting these islands because they were used as a prison and later by the army.
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Today, the islands are a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site rich with bird and sea life.
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I visit a number of beaches on Fernando, but I leave the best one for last.
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The beach at Praia de Leo is the perfect balance of sand, sea, and sky.
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The water is pale blue and warm, alive with colourful fish, turtles, and other marine life.
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The sand is the colour of honey, and in the rock formations and strong winds that occasionally come in from the Atlantic,
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there is that hint of wildness I was seeking.
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Finally, I found the beach of my dreams.
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I dig my toes in the sand deeply and imagine I can hold on to this place forever.

Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

As palavras que mais se repetem: beach, beaches, perfect, sand, island. Este vídeo tem 52 frases e 748 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 5:34. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 134 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. Apenas 76% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês, por isso o vocabulário é exigente.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

As 15 palavras mais avançadas do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
coastline substantivolinha costeira
destination substantivo/dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/destino
bodybuilder substantivo/ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dəɹ/fisiculturista, culturista
graceful adjetivo/ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/gracioso
hammock substantivo/ˈhæmək/rede, rede de dormir
multicultural adjetivo/ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/multicultural
postcard substantivo/ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/cartão-postal, postal
settler substantivo/ˈsɛt.lɚ/colono, colona
wildness substantivo/ˈwaɪld.nəs/feridade, fereza
prohibit verbo/pɹəˈhɪbɪt/proibir
isolate verbo/ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/isolar
moonlight substantivo/ˈmunˌlaɪt/luar
softly advérbio/ˈsɔftli/suavemente
spoil substantivo/spɔɪl/pilhagem, saque
cuisine substantivo/kwɪˈziːn/cozinha, culinária

Gramática neste vídeo

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

EstruturaNo vídeo
Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agoraI've come · have arrived · I've been told
Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem fazI've been told · been spoiled · were prohibited
Superlativos the -est / the most … — o maior ou o menor de um grupothe longest · the best
Past continuous was/were + -ing — uma ação em andamento em um momento do passadowere living · was seeking

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 7 contrações e formas reduzidas, como I'm, I've, hasn't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

  • Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, exploration /ˌɛkspləˈɹeɪʃən/
  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: destination /dɛstɪˈneɪʃən/, bodybuilder /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dəɹ/, intermarry /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈmæɹi/, multicultural /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/, magnificent /mæɡˈnɪfəsənt/

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

  • Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: hammock /ˈhæmək/, postcard /ˈpoʊstˌkɑɹd/, prohibit /pɹəˈhɪbɪt/, isolate /ˈaɪ.sə.leɪt/, moonlight /ˈmunˌlaɪt/
  • /l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: graceful /ˈɡɹeɪsfʊl/, multicultural /ˌmʌltiˈkʌlt͡ʃəɹəl/, spoil /spɔɪl/, pale /peɪl/, handful /ˈhæn(d)fʊl/
  • /h/ — um sopro suave, diferente do “r”: hammock /ˈhæmək/, prohibit /pɹəˈhɪbɪt/, hint /hɪnt/, handful /ˈhæn(d)fʊl/

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 coastline, destination, bodybuilder.

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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