Prática de Shadowing: Slow English 🌙 My Nighttime Routine - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Hello everyone and welcome back to English Cozy Chat,
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a slow English podcast which helps you to learn English in a fun and natural way.
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I am Maria and today we are going to talk about my nighttime routine.
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Now, my nighttime routine is not very strict,
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meaning it's not very fixed.
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I don't always do the same thing every night.
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However, there are some parts of my nighttime routine that I think are very important and very positive.
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So maybe you get some ideas from this video on things that you could incorporate into your nighttime routine.
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And I know that many people have nighttime routines which are very consistent and they do the same thing every night.
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Maybe people drink a warm cup of tea
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or maybe people always watch TV or read
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or other kind of relaxing activities like listening to relaxing music.
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But since I have kids,
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I feel like mine is always a little bit more chaotic and very different.
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Chaotic means a little bit crazy.
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For me, my nighttime really begins with dinner.
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Every night I cook dinner for my family and we eat together.
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I really love having dinner together as a family and especially talking to my kids about what they did that day.
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Then after dinner, it's time to clean up.
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We always try to get my kids to help us clean up after dinner.
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And sometimes that works and other times they don't really clean that much.
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But we are always trying to all clean up as a family.
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But as I have explained in other episodes, I am a very messy cook.
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So unfortunately, I usually leave a big mess in my kitchen.
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So for that reason, I feel responsible to really clean up any mess that I made while cooking.
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After dinner is also a time
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that I really try to spend time with my kids and play with them since they are all day at school.
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after dinner is a very good opportunity to be with them.
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Then starting at about 7 30 I start helping my kids to get ready for bed.
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We brush their teeth and they put on their pajamas and And either myself or my husband will take them to bed.
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We always read one or two stories before bed.
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I always read in English and my husband always reads in German.
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After my kids go to bed, I finally have time to myself.
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And to be honest, I usually continue cleaning my house after they go to sleep.
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And I really try to make the house clean before I go to bed.
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It always feels better when I go to bed and I know that the house is clean.
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And when I wake up in the morning, I know that when I go into my house,
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it's going to be nice and fresh and clean.
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Once my house is clean, then I do one of my favorite activities in the whole day,
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and that is to wash my face.
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I don't know why, but I love washing my face at the end of the day.
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I really feel like I wash the day away
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and it just makes me feel so clean and fresh and ready for bed.
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Sometimes, depending on what I did that day, I will take a shower.
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In the mornings, I really like to take cold showers because they wake me up.
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But at night, I like to take a hot shower.
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This really helps me to relax and feel good and feel ready to go to sleep.
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And I can honestly say that washing my face before bed has been something
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that I've done every single night for as long as I can remember.
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I always have to wash my face before I go to bed.
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And if I don't, I just feel really dirty and I cannot sleep.
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After that, I put on my pajamas and go to the living room and talk to my husband.
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We try to have a conversation at night as it is sometimes hard to talk properly when my kids are around.
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So this is a chance that we can talk together before the day is over.
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Sometimes I really like watching TV or a series.
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Sometimes there is a show that I really,
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really like, but I have been really trying to go to bed early and to not stay up too late.
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So instead of staying in the living room and watching TV,
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I go back to my room usually about 10 o'clock or 10.30 p.m.
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I have found that even if I read in the living room,
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it makes it harder for me to go to sleep in my room.
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And I don't really know why.
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So that is why I just go straight to my room and get ready to go to bed.
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So once I get back to my room, I get in bed.
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And the next thing that I do,
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I have found to be so positive and something that really helps me to sleep.
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And that is, I lay down and I simply just think about the day.
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I think about what I did that day.
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I think about how I feel about what happened that day.
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And I think about how I'm feeling at the time.
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Sometimes there are days that I think, wow, today was really stressful.
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This really made me feel stressed or uncomfortable or rushed or something like that,
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a little bit more negative.
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And when I have a day like that,
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I also try to think about what I learned from that day and how maybe if something didn't go well that day,
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I tried to think of how I could do better doing whatever that was in the future.
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And then if I have a really good day,
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it's really fun to think about the things that I did
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that I enjoyed and think about how all of those things made me feel.
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I think it's really easy sometimes to just let the days go by
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and not even really think about how the day made you feel or how the situation
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made you feel.
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And I find it to be very relaxing to just think about these things before you go to bed.
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Because whenever you're about to go to bed, you aren't busy doing other things.
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You are just getting ready to go to sleep.
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So your mind doesn't feel as busy and you can really reflect on these things.
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And for me, my head feels much more clear and I can really think clearly.
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Sometimes during the day, there could be situations that didn't go well.
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And at night, I seem to be able to think more clearly about what really happened and how that situation
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could have been better.
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I also find it very fun to think about all of the positive things that happened during the day.
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I like going to bed thinking about these things.
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Sometimes I just smile or laugh in bed thinking about what happened.
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This is something that I have started to do probably in the past few months.
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and I realized that it really does help me to relax.
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And some days if I don't do it,
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I really notice that it's harder for me to relax and to sleep because if I just sit and think
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a little bit without looking at a screen, without looking at a book or listening to anything,
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if I can just sit there and think about these things,
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it kind of helps my mind to just clear out before bed.
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And I think that is very positive.
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Now, after I have done this and I have laid in bed
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and really thought about the day and how things made me feel and really how I feel at the moment,
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that is when I pick up my book and I start to read.
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I love to read before bed.
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Sometimes I may only read five minutes because I'm so tired.
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But other times, I may read more than 30 minutes before bed.
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But for me, it's very important to read even if I only read one page.
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Something about it really relaxes me and lets my body know that it is time to sleep.
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Now a few years ago, I started to listen to relaxing podcasts before I went to bed.
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And that is where I got my idea to start my English Before Sleep series.
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So I used to listen to podcasts before bed just
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because I found that listening at the time really helped me to relax even more than reading.
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So if you are looking for a nice, relaxing podcast in English to listen to before bed,
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then I suggest you check out my English Before Sleep series.
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And once I have been reading for usually about 15 to 20 minutes,
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that is when I turn off my light and go to sleep.
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Most nights I sleep pretty good, but there are always some nights
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that I wake up in the middle of the night and it's hard for me to go back to sleep.
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And when that happens, I really just try to pick up my book
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and read and try to relax to get back to sleep.
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So that is it for my nighttime routine.
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I would really like to know, is your nighttime routine like mine or is it different?
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please let me know any kind of things
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that you have in your nighttime routine in the comments
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and also just let me know if you liked the video thank you all
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so much for watching or listening I hope you have a wonderful day
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and I cannot wait to see you in the next episode bye

Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Este vídeo tem 128 frases e 1635 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 17:27. O falante fala devagar, cerca de 94 palavras por minuto, o que dá tempo para imitar cada som. 87% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês, por isso o vocabulário é fácil de acompanhar.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

15 palavras menos comuns do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:

  • relax /ɹɪˈlæks/ (verbo) — soltar, afrouxar. To make something loose.
  • routine /ɹuˈtin/ (substantivo) — rotina. A course of action to be followed regularly; a standard procedure.
  • podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ (substantivo) — podcast. A program, especially an audio program, produced on a regular basis, delivered over the Internet in a compressed digital format and designed for playback on…
  • wash /wɑʃ/ (verbo) — lavar. To clean with water.
  • chaotic /keɪˈɑtɪk/ (adjetivo) — caótico. Filled with chaos.
  • consistent /kənˈsɪs.tənt/ (adjetivo) — consistente. Of a regularly occurring, dependable nature.
  • rush /ɹʌʃ/ (verbo) — apressar-se. To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
  • reflect /ɹɪˈflɛkt/ (verbo) — refletir. To bend back (light, etc.) from a surface.
  • brush /bɹʌʃ/ (substantivo) — brocha, escova. An implement consisting of multiple more or less flexible bristles or other filaments attached to a handle, used for any of various purposes including…
  • strict /stɹɪkt/ (adjetivo) — apertado. Strained; drawn close; tight.
  • depend /dɪˈpɛnd/ (verbo) — depender. To be contingent or conditioned; to have something as a necessary condition
  • uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/ (adjetivo) — desconfortável, incómodo. Not comfortable; causing discomfort.
  • stressful /ˈstɹɛsfəl/ (adjetivo) — estressante, stressante. Irritating; causing stress.
  • messy /ˈmɛsi/ (adjetivo) — desorganizado, bagunçado. In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
  • incorporate /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/ (verbo) — incorporar. To include (something) as a part.

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

  • think about /ˈθɪŋk əˌbaʊt/ (verbo) — pensar em, pensar sobre. To ponder.
  • clean up (verbo) — dar uma limpeza, limpar. To make an area or a thing clean; to pick up a mess; to tidy.
  • look at (verbo) — observar, ver. To observe or watch.
  • pick up (verbo) — pegar. To lift; to grasp and raise.
  • put on /ˌpʊt ˈɒn/ (verbo) — vestir, pôr. To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
  • check out (verbo) — verificar, sacar só. To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.).
  • go by (verbo) — passar. To pass or go past without much interaction.
  • lie down (verbo) — deitar-se. To assume a horizontal position.

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 14 contrações e formas reduzidas, como don't, didn't, I'm. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

  • Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: wash /wɑʃ/, rush /ɹʌʃ/, brush /bɹʌʃ/
  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: uncomfortable /ʌnˈkʌm.fɚ.tə.bl̩/, incorporate /ɪŋˈkɔɹ.pɚ.eɪt/

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 relax, routine, podcast.

Gramática neste vídeo

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

EstruturaNo vídeo
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — uma ação que começou antes e continuahas been something · have been reading
Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agorahave explained · I've done · have been
Verbo + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbos seguidos da forma em -inglove having · start helping · love washing
Possibilidade com “might / may” might/may + verbo — algo possível, mas não certomay only read · may read

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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