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Sometimes I really want to say no to a job.
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This was one of those times.
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The customer asked me straight up if I wanted to do it, and honestly, I told him no. So I quoted him $2,000 hoping he'd walk, but he didn't even flinch.
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It's his wedding band.
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Decades old, but hasn't been on his hand in over 10 years.
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It needed to go up two full sizes.
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Anyone can do that.
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The problem was he wanted it seamless.
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He didn't even think it was possible until one of my videos showed up in his feed.
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That's when he decided I'm the guy for the job.
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Normally I'm happy to carve a design from solid metal, But the braids on this ring are so open and full of voids that carving would never match.
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So I cut the ring, stretched it open, and soldered in a solid block of white gold.
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Then I spent an hour carving out a flat section before I even touched any wires.
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Some jewelers spend their entire careers doing wire work, but I ain't one of them.
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This was uncharted territory for me.
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I spun up the twists in a power drill.
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It went pretty smooth, but the braids took much thicker wire.
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I held them in place with a vise, bent them with pliers, and hammered down each one to get them as tight as possible.
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Then I sent it through the rolling mill, curved it in my ring bender, and spent a while figuring out where to cut it so it lines up evenly.
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Oh, and these are all my failed attempts.
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Real gold, by the way.
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I placed them in and laser welded the three sections from the top.
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The laser does a great job, but I still need solder to fill in the hard-to-reach crevices.
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So I coated everything with whiteout.
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It acts as a heat shield thanks to the titanium dioxide.
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Now the solder has nowhere else to go but down into the gaps.
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All that was left was cleaning up the welds, trimming the side rails, and polishing the ring inside and out.
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The ultrasonic gets rid of the demon energy.
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Standard procedure.
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Even though I never wanted this job, I got to learn something new, and I'm pretty thrilled that the seams are about as invisible as they can get.
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The ring's sitting right at 11 and 3 quarters now, and it better fit perfectly, because I do not want to do this again.

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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição

Esta aula de conversação de nível B2 usa o vídeo “The impossible ring sizing”. Este vídeo tem 31 frases e 417 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 1:34. Apenas 78% 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
solder substantivo/ˈsɒl.də(ɹ)/solda
braid substantivo/bɹeɪd/trança
weld verbo/wɛld/soldar
laser substantivo/ˈleɪzɚ/laser, lêiser
crevice substantivo/ˈkɹɛvɪs/fenda, fresta
flinch verbo/ˈflɪnt͡ʃ/estremecer
jeweler substantivo/ˈd͡ʒuːələ(ɹ)/joalheiro
pliers substantivo/ˈplaɪ.ə(ɹ)z/alicate
seamless adjetivoinconsútil
ultrasonic adjetivo/ʌltɹəˈsɒnɪk/ultrassônico, ultrassónico
titanium substantivo/taɪˈteɪni.əm/titânio
evenly advérbio/ˈiːvənli/uniformemente, planamente
thrill verbo/θɹɪl/emocionar, excitar
dioxide substantivo/daɪˈɑksaɪd/bióxido
trim verbo/ˈtɹɪm/cortar, podar

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

PalavraSignificado
clean up verbodar uma limpeza, limpar
figure out verbodescobrir, deduzir
go up verbosubir

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 8 contrações e formas reduzidas, como I'm, didn't, ain't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: ultrasonic /ʌltɹəˈsɒnɪk/, titanium /taɪˈteɪni.əm/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/

Sons difíceis para falantes de português:

  • Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: braid /bɹeɪd/, weld /wɛld/, ultrasonic /ʌltɹəˈsɒnɪk/, whiteout /ˈwaɪtˌaʊt/, bind /ˈbaɪ̯nd/
  • /l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: thrill /θɹɪl/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, drill /dɹɪl/

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 solder, braid, weld.

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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