Prática de Shadowing: Storyfun 5 Unit 4 The king's colours - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo

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Students Book, page 28.
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4. The King's Colours My name's Oliver.
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I'm lucky because Dad and I do a lot of travelling together.
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I heard this story on the radio last year.
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I really liked it.
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Many thousands of years ago, in a country where the weather was always hot and dry, there was an important but sad king.
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The king was sad because there weren't many colours in his country.
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The sands and grasses everywhere were yellow, the skies were always blue, and the rocks and stones were all grey.
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All the animals were grey too.
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The camels in the sandy desert, the swans and the eagles, the horses in the hills and the hippos and snakes.
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I want more colours in my country, the king said.
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I want to see white,
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purple, orange, green, pink and black in my country.
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An old woman heard the king and walked for three days to speak to him.
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She was tired after her journey, but she didn't sleep.
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She sat down on a large rock, looked at the king and said, Don't be sad.
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"'I can't give you all six colours—white,
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pink, purple, orange, green, and black—but I can give you three more colours for your country.
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Which three colours would you like most of all?
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The king thought and thought, and then slept, and then thought and thought again, and then slept.
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On the third day, he had an answer for the old woman.
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Most of all, I'd like the colours orange, black and white, he said.
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Orange because that colour is like yellow, but it looks warmer and more interesting.
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Orange in my country could make me happy again.
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I'd like black because I never see black in the day.
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Black is an excellent, strong colour, and black in my country could make me feel stronger again too.
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I'd like white because white is the colour of the light from the moon,
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and I know that white in my country could make my heart sing.
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These three colours could make me the happiest king in the world.
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The woman looked at the king kindly, and, a minute later, a butterfly flew onto his shoulder.
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Its wings were a lovely orange colour.
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The king smiled.
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Amazing, he said.
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After another minute, a big black beetle climbed out from under a rock.
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The king was so happy he jumped up and down and waved his arms in the air.
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I feel stronger!
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Wonderful! he said.
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Another minute later, a beautiful white wolf ran down the hill towards them.
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When the king saw the white wolf, his heart began to sing.
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Excellent, he said.
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But this wasn't enough for the king.
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Please, old woman, make one of the animals in my country orange,
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black and white, he said.
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The old woman said,
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the highest hill, found the food, and carried it carefully back to the old woman.
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The orange butterfly, the black beetle, and the white wolf followed him on his long journey.
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The king put the food on the old woman's rock and waited.
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He waited for a week, and then another week, and another.
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I don't mind.
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I can wait, he thought each time the day ended and the night began.
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But at the end of the third week, he was tired and he fell asleep.
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The next day, the king woke up suddenly in the midday sun.
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He looked at the rock.
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The orange fruit, the black beans, and the white bread weren't there.
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Then something touched his back.
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Old woman, he whispered, is that you?
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But it wasn't the old woman.
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An enormous tiger, an amazing, wonderful, excellent tiger was standing behind him.
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It jumped in the air to show the king its strong orange, black and white striped legs and body,
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and then lay down in the yellow grass in front of the grey rocks under the blue, blue sky.
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Then it waved its tail and turned its head to look kindly at the king.
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Wow! the king said.
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Now I can smile my biggest smile Now my legs,
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arms and back feel strong and straight And now my heart is singing loudly again
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The king often went to wait by the old woman's rock She never came back But red,
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purple and green colours slowly began to appear in his country as well
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Red birds flew above large red strawberries that grew between the grey rocks
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Purple snakes slept between purple sweet potato plants that grew strong and tall from under the yellow grasses
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Green frogs jumped between the pink flowers
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and green pea plants grew high in the blue sky and waved their leaves in the wind
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soon the country was a much more colorful place for the king to smile walk and sing in

Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Esta aula de conversação de nível A2 usa o vídeo “Storyfun 5 Unit 4 The king's colours”. As palavras que mais se repetem: king, colour, orange, rock, purple. Este vídeo tem 71 frases e 800 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 7:20. O falante fala devagar, cerca de 109 palavras por minuto, o que dá tempo para imitar cada som. 85% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

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

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
purple substantivo/ˈpɝ.pl̩/roxo, púrpura
grass substantivo/ɡɹɑːs/grama, relva
wolf substantivo/wʊlf/mulherengo
tiger substantivo/ˈtaɪɡə/tigre
snake substantivo/sneɪk/cobra, serpente
kindly advérbio/ˈkaɪn(d)li/gentilmente
butterfly substantivo/ˈbʌ.tə(ɹ).flaɪ/borboleta, panapaná
beetle substantivo/ˈbiːtəl/escaravelho, besouro
carefully advérbio/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/cuidadosamente, cautelosamente
sand substantivo/sænd/areia
flower substantivo/ˈfloʊɚ/flor
desert substantivo/ˈdɛz.ɚt/deserto
asleep adjetivo/əˈsliːp/dormindo
tail substantivo/ˈteɪ̯l/rabo, cauda
enormous adjetivo/ɪˈnɔː.məs/enorme, gigante

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
come back verbovoltar
run down verboatropelar
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/acordar, despertar

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 12 contrações e formas reduzidas, como I'd, don't, wasn't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

  • Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: snake /sneɪk/, sand /sænd/, desert /ˈdɛz.ɚt/, asleep /əˈsliːp/, stripe /stɹaɪp/
  • /l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: beetle /ˈbiːtəl/, tail /ˈteɪ̯l/, eagle /ˈiːɡəl/, camel /ˈkæm(ə)l/
  • s + consoante no início — sem um “i” antes: snake /sneɪk/, swan /swɑn/, strawberry /ˈstɹɔˌbɛɹi/, stripe /stɹaɪp/

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 purple, grass, wolf.

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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