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Learn English through stories with shadowing and conversation.
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In a small district in New York, many artists lived in a building.
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Two young women, Sue and Johnsy, shared a studio on the top floor.
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They had come from different places, but they both loved art and food, so they became great friends.
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In November, a cold and invisible visitor arrived in the city, pneumonia.
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It struck many people and poor Johnsy became very ill.
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She lay in her bed, barely moving, and looked through the small window at the brick wall of the house next door.
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One morning, the doctor spoke to Sue in the hallway.
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She has one chance in ten, he said.
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But that chance depends on her desire to live.
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Your friend has decided that she is not going to get better.
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Is she worrying about something?
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She wanted to paint the Bay of Naples one day, Sue said.
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but she has nothing else on her mind.
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Does she have anything worth living for?
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the doctor asked.
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A man, perhaps?
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A man?
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Sue said, sounding annoyed.
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Is a man worth more than the sun?
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No, doctor, there is nothing like that.
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After the doctor left, Sue went into the room with her drawing board.
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She was whistling, trying to be cheerful.
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Suddenly she heard a low sound johnsy was whispering.
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She counted backwards.
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Eleven, ten, nine.
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Sue looked out of the window.
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She saw an old ivy vine climbing the brick wall.
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The cold autumn wind had blown almost all the leaves away.
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What is it, dear?
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Sue asked.
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Six, Johnsy said, her voice weak.
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They are falling faster now.
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Three days ago there were almost a hundred.
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It makes my head ache to count them.
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But now it's easy.
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There goes another one.
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Only five left now.
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Five what, sweetheart?
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Leaves on the ivy vine.
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When the last one falls, I must go too.
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I've known it for three days.
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Oh, what a load of rubbish, Sue said, trying to sound firm.
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The doctor said you have a good chance of getting better.
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Try to eat some soup.
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There goes another one, Johnsy said.
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No, I don't want any soup.
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Only four left now.
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I want to see the last one fall before it gets dark.
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Then I'll go too.
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Sue went downstairs to visit Mr. Bearman, an old painter who lived on the ground floor.
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He was a fierce-looking little man who was a failure in art.
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For 40 years he had talked about painting a masterpiece, but he had never started it.
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Sue told him about Johnsy's silly idea.
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Behrman shouted, Are you mad?
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Is it possible that anyone could be so stupid as to die because leaves fall from a vine?
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I will not paint.
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I am going up to see Johnsy.
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They went upstairs.
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Johnsy was sleeping.
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They went into the other room and looked out of the window at the ivy vine.
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They looked at each other for a moment without speaking.
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A cold rain was falling, mixed with snow.
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Behrman sat down and started to paint.
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The next morning, Johnsy woke up and immediately asked Sue to pull up the curtain.
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Sue was afraid, but she did it.
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The ivy vine was still there and look.
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On the wall against the brick there was still one leaf.
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It was the last one.
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It was still dark green near the stem but its edges were yellow.
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It hung bravely from a branch, twenty feet above the ground.
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It is the last one, said Johnsy.
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I thought it would fall during the night.
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I heard the wind.
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But the day passed and even through the night the wind blew but the leaf stayed.
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The next morning, Johnsy looked out again.
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The leaf was still there.
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She called Sue to her side.
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I've been a bad girl, Sue, Johnsy whispered.
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Something made that last leaf stay there to show me how wicked it was to want to die.
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It is a sin to want to die.
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Please, bring me some soup.
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An hour later, the doctor arrived.
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You are doing well, he said.
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In a few days, you will be out of danger.
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Later that day, Sue went to see Behrman.
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He was in his room, very sick.
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He only had pneumonia for two days.
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The janitor found him in his room, helpless and in pain.
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His shoes and clothes were soaking wet and cold.
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They couldn't understand where he had been on such a terrible night.
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Then they found a lantern that was still lit A ladder
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that had been moved And some brushes with green and yellow paint on them Look out of the window,
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dear, Sue said to Johnsy Look at that ivy leaf on the wall
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Didn't you wonder why it never fluttered or moved when the wind blew?
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Oh, darling, it is Behrman's masterpiece.
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He painted it there the night the last leaf fell.
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District In the story, Sue and Johnsy lived in a small district of New York.
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A district is an area or neighbourhood within a city.
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Different districts often have different characteristics.
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This particular district was known for artists and small studios.
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They lived in a quiet district where many painters and writers worked.
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What a load of rubbish!
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When Sue says, what a load of rubbish, she doesn't mean actual rubbish or garbage.
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means that's nonsense don't be silly it's a very common British expression used
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when you strongly disagree with what someone has said example I'm
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going to fail the exam what a load of rubbish you've studied really hard.
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Fierce looking.
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The story describes Behrman as a fierce-looking old man.
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Fierce looking means someone looks tough, strict or a little frightening.
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However, it describes appearance, not personality.
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In many stories, a fierce-looking character turns out to be kind-hearted.
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The old man looked fierce-looking with his thick beard and serious face, but he was very kind to the children.
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In this story, Behrman looked rough and intimidating, but inside he was caring, brave and generous.
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O. Henry was an American short story writer famous for his emotional stories and surprising endings.
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His real name was William Sidney Porter.
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The Last Leaf is one of his most famous works and is still loved by readers around the world.
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And that brings us to the end of The Last Leaf by O.
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Henry.
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This touching story reminds us that hope can appear in the darkest moments
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and that even a small act of kindness can change someone's life forever.
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Thank you for listening and I'll see you in the next story.
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Goodbye for now.

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Este vídeo tem 123 frases e 1113 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 10:23. O falante fala devagar, cerca de 107 palavras por minuto, o que dá tempo para imitar cada som. Apenas 81% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês, por isso o vocabulário é exigente.

Vocabulário principal deste vídeo

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

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
leaf substantivo/lif/folha
fierce adjetivo/fɪɹs/feroz
rubbish substantivo/ˈɹʌbɪʃ/besteira, asneira
vine substantivo/ˈvaɪ̯n/cipó
brick substantivo/ˈbɹɪk/tijolo
soup substantivo/sup/sopa
silly adjetivo/ˈsɪl.i/bobo, tolo
arrive verbo/əˈɹaɪv/chegar
painter substantivo/ˈpeɪntɚ/pintor, pintora
masterpiece substantivo/ˈmæstɚˌpis/obra prima
pneumonia substantivo/njuˈməʊniə/pneumonia
thick adjetivo/θɪk/espesso, grosso
shadow substantivo/ˈʃædəʊ̯/sombra
remind verbo/ɹəˈmaɪnd/lembrar, recordar
reader substantivo/ˈɹi.dɚ/leitor, leitora

Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir

PalavraPronúnciaSignificado
pull up verbo/ˌpʊl ˈʌp/puxar para cima
sit down verbosentar-se
wake up verbo/ˌweɪk ˈʌp/acordar, despertar

Gramática neste vídeo

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

EstruturaNo vídeo
Present perfect have/has + particípio passado — uma ação passada que ainda importa agorahas decided · I've known · I've been
Voz passiva be + particípio passado — o foco está no que acontece, não em quem fazwas still lit · had been moved · was known
Past continuous was/were + -ing — uma ação em andamento em um momento do passadowas whistling · was whispering · was sleeping
Superlativos the -est / the most … — o maior ou o menor de um grupohis most famous · the darkest

Pronúncia para ficar de olho

O falante usa 11 contrações e formas reduzidas, como don't, I'll, I've. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.

  • Os sons de “th”: thick /θɪk/, cloth /klɒθ/
  • Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: rubbish /ˈɹʌbɪʃ/, shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, shoe /ˈʃu/, brush /bɹʌʃ/
  • Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, invisible /ɪnˈvɪzəb(ə)l/, characteristic /ˌkæɹ(ə)ktəˈɹɪstɪk/, intimidate /ɪnˈtɪmɪdeɪt/

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 leaf, fierce, rubbish.

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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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