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Learn English through stories, with shadowing and conversation.
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Mary Lennox was a very unhappy and angry little girl.
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She lived in India with her parents, but they were always busy and never played with her.
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When Mary was ten years old, her parents sadly died of a terrible illness.
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Mary had to travel all the way to England to live with her uncle Mr. Craven.
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Mr. Craven lived in a huge, dark and gloomy house called Mistlethwaite Manor.
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He was a very sad man because his beautiful wife had died ten years ago.
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Mary felt lonely in the big house.
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She didn't know how to dress herself or play because her servants in India did everything for her.
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But a kind young British servant named Martha started to help her.
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Martha told Mary to go outside and explore the gardens.
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Martha also told her a secret.
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There is a secret garden.
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When Mrs Craven died, Mr Craven locked the door and buried the key.
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No one has been inside for ten years.
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Mary was very curious.
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She walked around the large walls looking for a door.
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One day she met an old gardener named Ben Weatherstaff and a friendly little bird with a red chest called a robin.
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The clever little robin hopped on the ground and showed Mary something shining in the dirt.
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It was an old rusty key.
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The next day, the wind blew hard and pushed away some thick green ivy on the wall.
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Behind the leaves, Mary saw an old wooden door.
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Her heart beat fast.
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She put the rusty key into the lock and turned it.
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The heavy door slowly opened.
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Mary stepped inside and closed the door behind her.
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She was finally inside the secret garden.
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The secret garden looked dead and brown.
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There were dry branches and tall weeds everywhere.
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But when Mary looked closer, she saw tiny green plants pushing through the earth.
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She started pulling out the weeds to give the little plants room to breathe.
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Working in the fresh air made Mary feel happy and strong for the first time in her life.
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A few days later, Mary met Martha's brother, Dickon.
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Dickon was a kind outdoor boy who loved nature and could even talk to animals.
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Mary trusted Dickon and showed him the secret garden.
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They kept it a secret and worked together every day to bring the garden back to life.
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One rainy night in the big dark manor, Mary heard a strange sound.
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Someone was crying.
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She took a candle and walked through the long dark corridors.
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She opened a door and saw a pale thin boy crying in a big bed.
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It was Colin, her cousin, and Mr Craven's son.
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Colin was a very spoiled and angry boy.
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He never left his bed because everyone told him he was sick and would soon die.
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Mary was not afraid of him.
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She told him to stop crying and began telling him beautiful stories about the secret garden.
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Colin was so interested that he wanted to see it.
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When spring arrived, Dickon and Mary put Colin in a wheelchair and pushed him outside.
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They took him quietly into the secret garden.
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The garden was now completely alive.
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There were pink roses, green leaves and beautiful flowers everywhere.
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Colin took a deep breath of the fresh, sweet air.
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The magic is making me strong.
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I am not going to die.
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With the help of Mary and Dickon, Colin slowly stood up from his wheelchair.
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Every day they worked in the garden and Colin grew stronger and healthier.
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A few months later Mr Craven returned home from a long trip.
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He went to the garden wall and heard children laughing.
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Suddenly the door flew open and a healthy running boy bumped right into him.
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It was Colin!
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Mr Craven was shocked and cried tears of joy.
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The secret garden had healed them all.
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Now let's do some shadowing together.
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Listen carefully and repeat each sentence naturally with me.
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She found an old rusty key near the garden wall.
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She found an old rusty key near the garden wall.
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Mary opened the secret door and entered the garden.
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Mary opened the secret door and entered the garden.
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Mary and Dickon worked together every day.
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Harry and Dickon worked together every day.
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Colin felt stronger after spending time in the garden.
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Colin felt stronger after spending time in the garden.
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The secret garden brought happiness to everyone.
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The secret garden brought happiness to everyone.
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Now, let's listen to Olivia and Harry talk about the story and some of the key words from it.
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Hello everyone and welcome back!
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And wow, a massive, massive thank you to Margaret for that absolutely gorgeous narration.
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Yes, thank you so much, Margaret.
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You always manage to bring these stories completely to life.
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And guys, what a classic we have today.
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The Secret Garden.
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Oh, it's brilliant, isn't it?
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I mean, who doesn't love a bit of mystery combined with a really heartwarming ending?
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It's just a fantastic tale of transformation.
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Exactly.
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We start with these two incredibly miserable, angry kids, Mary and Colin, who are just… Well, let's be honest,
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they're not very likeable at first.
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Not at all.
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They're absolute nightmares.
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But that's the beauty of it.
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The fresh air, getting their hands dirty in the soil, and building a genuine friendship.
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It literally heals them.
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Makes me think I should probably spend a bit more time in the garden instead of playing video games on the sofa.
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You definitely should, Harry.
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Your house plants are barely surviving as it is.
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Hey, I watered them.
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Last month.
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Anyway, moving swiftly on.
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Let's talk a bit about the genius behind this story.
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The Secret Garden was written by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
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Yes, and it was published as a book way back in 1911.
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Can you believe it's over a century old?
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It's mad, isn't it?
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And yet it remains one of the most famous and beloved pieces of children's literature in the entire world.
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It's been adapted into films, TV series, theatre plays, you name it.
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I think the reason it's so globally famous is its universal theme, the idea that nature and human connection can heal sadness and trauma.
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It doesn't matter what era you live in, It's something everyone can relate to.
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Spot on, Liv!
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Now, I think it's time for our favourite part of the show, the language breakdown.
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For all of you learning English out there, this text is an absolute goldmine.
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It really is.
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Let's start with some of the specific vocabulary our listeners asked about.
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The first one is a great noun, corridors.
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Ah, yes.
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In the story, Margaret read, She walked through the long, dark corridors.
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A corridor is essentially a long passage in a building from which doors lead into different rooms.
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Exactly.
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You might also hear the word hallway, especially in American English.
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But corridor is very common here in the UK.
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Think of a school or a hotel.
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You walk down a corridor to find your room.
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Right.
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And the word itself gives a bit of a spooky, echoey feel in this story, doesn't it?
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Long, dark corridors.
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Very dramatic.
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Definitely.
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Right, our next word is an adjective – spoilt.
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The text says, Colin was a very spoiled and angry boy.
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Ooh, a spoilt child.
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We all know one, don't we?
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If a child is spoilt, it means they're allowed to do or have absolutely anything they want,
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and because they never hear the word no, they behave quite badly.
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Exactly.
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Because Colin's father was grieving and absent, the servants just gave Colin whatever he wanted to keep him quiet.
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They basically ruined his character.
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Oh, and a quick tip for our listeners.
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In British English, you can also write and say spoilt with a t at the end.
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Both are perfectly fine.
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Fun fact, guys!
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We also use spoilt for food.
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If you leave a bottle of milk out of the fridge for three days, it becomes spoilt.
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It goes bad.
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Just like a child's behaviour goes bad if you never set rules.
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Great comparison, Harry!
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Okay, let's look at a phrasal verb now.
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Bumped into.
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Near the end of the story, a healthy Colin bumped right into his father.
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This is a brilliant one.
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Literally, to bump into someone or something means to physically hit them by accident.
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Like, if you're texting on your phone while walking down the street and you hit a lamppost.
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Guilty as charged!
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But here's the really useful part for our learners.
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In everyday spoken English, We use bump into metaphorically all the time to mean meeting someone by chance.
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Yes!
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For example, I bumped into my old school teacher at the supermarket yesterday.
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I didn't physically tackle the poor man, I just saw him unexpectedly.
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Exactly.
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Such a natural phrase to use.
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Now, did you catch any other interesting language points in the text, Harry?
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I did, actually.
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I want to talk about a specific preposition.
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Early in the story, it says Mary's parents died of a terrible illness.
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Oh, good catch.
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Students often make the mistake of saying died from or died by, but when someone passes away because of a disease or illness,
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the most natural collocation in English is died of.
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He died of a heart attack.
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She died of cancer.
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Exactly.
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And before we wrap up, Liv, there's one more pronunciation goldmine in this text.
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It's the difference between a noun and a verb that confuses almost every learner.
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Oh, I know exactly what you're talking about.
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Breath and breathe.
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Spot on.
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In the story, Margaret said Mary gave the plants room to breathe.
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And later, Colin took a deep breath.
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Right, so B-R-E-A-T-H is the noun – breath.
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It has a short E sound, like in the word bed, and ends with a soft, quiet TH sound.
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You take a deep breath.
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But the verb is breach-E.
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It has an E at the end.
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We pronounce it breathe.
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It has a long e sound, like tree, and a vibrating, buzzing th sound, like in the words the or brother.
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I breathe the fresh air.
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Such a crucial difference!
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Well, I think that wraps up our vocabulary session for today, doesn't it?
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It does indeed!
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We hope you enjoyed diving into the secret garden with us.
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Make sure you practice those words – corridors, spoilt, bumped into, and the difference between breath and breathe.
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And try using bumped into the next time you see a friend unexpectedly.
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Thanks for tuning in, everyone.
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See you in the next episode.
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Cheers, guys.
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Bye.
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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição
Esta aula de conversação de nível B1 usa o vídeo “Slow English Listening Practice”. As palavras que mais se repetem: garden, Mary, secret, Colin, door. Este vídeo tem 192 frases e 1779 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 14:57. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 119 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. Apenas 81% 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:
| Palavra | Pronúncia | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| breathe verbo | /bɹiːð/ | respirar |
| spoil substantivo | /spɔɪl/ | pilhagem, saque |
| corridor substantivo | /ˈkɒɹɪdɔː/ | corredor |
| bump substantivo | /bʌmp/ | estrondo |
| rusty adjetivo | /ˈɹʌsti/ | enferrujado, destreinado |
| noun substantivo | /naʊn/ | substantivo, nome |
| verb substantivo | /vɝb/ | verbo |
| servant substantivo | /ˈsɝvənt/ | empregado, criado |
| heal verbo | /ˈhiːl/ | curar, sanar |
| learner substantivo | /ˈlɜɹnəɹ/ | aprendiz, aprendiza |
| listener substantivo | /ˈlɪs(ə)nɚ/ | ouvinte |
| unexpectedly advérbio | /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/ | inesperadamente |
| manor substantivo | /ˈmænəɹ/ | solar, mansão |
| vocabulary substantivo | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | vocabulário |
| wheelchair substantivo | /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/ | cadeira de rodas |
Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir
| Palavra | Significado |
|---|---|
| wrap up verbo | embrulhar, empacotar |
| pass away verbo | falecer, ir-se |
| pull out verbo | retirar, retirar-se |
| walk around verbo | dar uma volta, andar por |
Gramática neste vídeo
As estruturas que o falante mais usa, com as palavras exatas do vídeo:
| Estrutura | No vídeo |
|---|---|
| Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem faz | was written · was published · been adapted |
| Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agora | has been · It's been adapted |
| Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos da forma em -ing | started pulling · stop crying · enjoyed diving |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — uma ação em andamento em um momento do passado | was crying · was grieving |
Pronúncia para ficar de olho
O falante usa 14 contrações e formas reduzidas, como doesn't, they're, didn't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.
- Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, narration /ˌnæɹˈeɪ.ʃən/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, shine /ʃaɪn/
- Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: unexpectedly /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, collocation /ˌkɑ.ləˈkeɪ.ʃən/, preposition /ˌpɹɛpəˈzɪʃən/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/
Sons difíceis para falantes de português:
- Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: bump /bʌmp/, verb /vɝb/, servant /ˈsɝvənt/, wrap /ɹæp/, weed /wiːd/
- /l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: spoil /spɔɪl/, heal /ˈhiːl/, phrasal /ˈfɹeɪzəl/, candle /ˈkæn.dəl/, miserable /ˈmɪz(ə)ɹəbəl/
- /h/ — um sopro suave, diferente do “r”: heal /ˈhiːl/, wheelchair /ˈ(h)wilt͡ʃɛɹ/, hallway /ˈhɔlˌweɪ/, behave /bɪˈheɪv/, unhappy /ʌnˈhæpi/
Como praticar com este vídeo
- Ouça o vídeo inteiro uma vez sem falar e anote as palavras que você não conhece.
- Faça shadowing frase por frase na velocidade normal, repetindo cada uma até o seu ritmo ficar igual ao do falante.
- Grave a sua voz e compare com o original, prestando atenção a palavras como breathe, spoil, corridor.
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.