Prática de Shadowing: Relationship dilemmas – B2 English Listening Test - Aprenda a falar inglês com o YouTube

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Emma I met Josh at a colleague's birthday party a few weeks ago.
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Emma I met Josh at a colleague's birthday party a few weeks ago.
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I hadn't even planned to stay long,
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but the atmosphere was so relaxed,
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everyone was in such a good mood,
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and I just kind of got swept up in it.
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At first I just thought he was attractive.
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I definitely fancied him, but I didn't expect anything to actually happen.
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And then, he came over and started chatting me up.
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He was confident, but not arrogant, which I really liked.
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We spent most of the evening talking and flirting
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and by the end of the night it honestly felt like we'd really hit it off.
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A few days later we went on a date.
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It was meant to be casual,
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just coffee, but we ended up talking for three hours without even noticing the time.
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Three hours!
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Since then we've seen each other a few more times,
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and I can feel myself starting to fall for him.
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that's the part that makes me nervous.
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I have this tendency to fall head over heels really quickly.
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My friends always say I get carried away too easily,
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especially when I really like someone.
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So I'm trying to slow myself down.
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I keep telling myself not to imagine our entire future together after only a couple of dates.
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It's still early days.
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But when you meet someone you genuinely connect with,
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it's so hard not to get excited.
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Sophia.
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Ashley's my best friend.
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We go back years, all the way to elementary school.
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We grew up in the same neighborhood and,
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um, used to spend almost every afternoon together.
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When we were younger, I really looked up to her.
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She was confident and outspoken,
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and I probably idolized her more than I realized.
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Lately, though, we just don't see eye to eye anymore.
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We disagree about almost everything.
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My job, my partner, even where I choose to live.
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Conversations that used to feel easy now feel tense.
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Sometimes I feel like she has it in for me,
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like she's constantly criticizing my decisions.
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Because of that, I don't open up to her the way I used to.
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About a year ago, her boyfriend of three years dumped her for another woman, and she changed.
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She became more negative and withdrawn.
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Maybe she expected me to be there for her 24-7,
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and I was at first,
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but, um, a lot is going on in my own life,
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and I can't keep that up all the time.
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Part of me wants to talk it through and make up with her,
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because our friendship means a lot to me.
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But another part of me wonders whether we've simply changed too much.
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I don't want us to drift apart,
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but I also don't want to feel judged all the time.
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Daniel I've been seeing my girlfriend Laura for a long time.
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We actually go back almost five years now.
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We met at uni.
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We were in the same seminar group in our first year.
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We've always got along well,
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and we still have a lot in common.
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We're the same age, like the same music and films,
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and we even work in similar fields.
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The trouble is that recently things have felt different.
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Don't get me wrong, there's no drama,
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we never argue, nothing like that.
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It's just that the relationship feels less intense than it used to.
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I know every couple has their ups and downs
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and I'm sensible enough to understand that the excitement of the early days doesn't last forever.
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But sometimes I wonder whether we've started to take each other for granted and are slowly drifting apart.
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We still care about each other,
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but we don't exactly worship each other the way we used to.
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I'm just not sure whether we're moving forward or simply staying together because it's comfortable.

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Sobre Esta Aula

Nesta lição, você praticará suas habilidades de escuta e fala em inglês através do contexto de dilemas de relacionamento, apresentados por Emma e Sophia. Ao ouvir suas histórias, você poderá compreender como as emoções e as dinâmicas interpessoais se manifestam na língua inglesa. Esta prática é ideal para quem deseja desenvolver uma intuição mais aguçada sobre conversas cotidianas e expressões comuns em situações sociais. Além disso, você terá a oportunidade de trabalhar seu vocabulário e melhorar sua pronúncia através de técnicas de shadowing.

Vocabulário e Frases-Chave

  • Hit it off - Conectar-se rapidamente com alguém.
  • Carried away - Deixar-se levar pelas emoções.
  • Catch up with - Atualizar-se sobre a vida de alguém.
  • Flirting - Flertar; um comportamento que expressa interesse romântico.
  • Criticizing decisions - Criticar decisões; desmerecer as escolhas de alguém.
  • Negative and withdrawn - Ser negativo e reservado; tendência a se afastar.

Dicas de Prática

Para tirar o máximo proveito desta lição, recomendamos que você use a técnica de shadowing. Esta é uma excelente maneira de aprimorar suas habilidades de fala no inglês. Assista ao vídeo e tente repetir as falas de Emma e Sophia na mesma velocidade. Tente capturar a entonação e a emoção de cada frase. Por exemplo, quando Emma fala sobre se apaixonar rapidamente, perceba como a sua voz reflete a ansiedade e a empolgação. Isso pode ser feito através de plataformas que oferecem shadow speech, permitindo que você ouça e pratique de forma interativa. Experimente reproduzir o áudio em uma velocidade um pouco mais lenta se estiver tendo dificuldades e, gradualmente, aumente a velocidade conforme se sentir mais confortável. Assim, você se beneficiará do efeito shadowspeaks para solidificar seu aprendizado e desenvolver uma fala mais fluida.

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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