Prática de Shadowing: Why I Choose to Live a "Boring" Life - Aprenda a falar inglês com vídeo
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My name is Sophie and I live on the island of Maui.
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The perfect place to go surfing, hiking, go to the beach every day.
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And that's exactly how I should be spending my time, right?
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Actually, my day-to-day looks quite different.
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I'm a proud homebody, and it brings me
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so much joy to have a whole day to get lost in a good book, tend to my little patio garden,
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or dive into one of my hobbies.
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Every day looks more or less the same.
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Nevertheless, it's full of meaning and made of little moments of happiness.
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importantly, this ordinary boring life is what fulfills me.
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I mean, I'm the first to admit that I feel
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so blessed to live in this beautiful place and I can go see the ocean whenever I want to, but for the majority of us,
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including myself, we spend a lot of our times at home in some kind of a routine,
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whether it's eating, sleeping or working and I think there's absolutely nothing wrong with enjoying the ordinary side of our day-to-day lives.
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Just reflecting back on some of my happiest moments, I can really say with certainty that it doesn't take that much for me to be happy.
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I mean I look forward to walking my dogs every single
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day as much as I look forward to going out on the weekends with my friends.
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Trying out new recipe at home is just as exciting as going out and dining out at some resort.
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And maybe this is because I am an introvert and I am a homebody, but I can't deny
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that I feel the same kind of joy from these activities as those activities that society would label as fun and exciting.
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And I think I've resisted admitting this for the longest time
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because there is so much pressure to stand out and also to live our best lives, whatever that means.
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We're so often told to dream big, be bold, live large, and to stand out from the crowd.
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And everything else falls under this category of being boring or just being average, like that is the worst thing to be.
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We look to our friends and peers on social media
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and feel like we have to constantly do cool things or upgrade in lifestyles to be validated in some way,
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or just to look like we're also having a great time.
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Not only social media, but the constant noise of advertisements telling us to buy this, go on that trip, drive this car,
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and only then we can live this extraordinary life.
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Our society pushes this narrative that happiness is something to be pursued,
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that we have to spend our time and money to acquire happiness.
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Maybe there's some truth to that, but I just don't think it tells the full story.
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Definitely does not tell the other side of the story.
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As a very impressionable 20-year-old something girl, I was very influenced by social media, but also advertisements.
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Even if I knew that social media was just a highlight reel of
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and marketing was just big companies trying to do their jobs.
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I guess the constant exposure to it really changes the way
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that we think and can have an influence on how we define happiness for ourselves.
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So I bought those outfits.
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I went on those trips.
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I had a very full social calendar, but these things didn't make me any happier as a person.
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And I think it's because these were not my dreams.
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It felt like I was living someone else's life.
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And in fact, it actually distracted me from being satisfied with everything that I already had.
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Now living an ordinary or a boring life does not mean that I can never dream or have aspirations.
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I mean, I still dream of being able to move to the coast of Portugal or Spain one day.
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I dream of having a huge lot where my dogs can run around freely
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and maybe even live on an orchard with big mango trees and fruit trees.
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Yeah, I think I will always be a dreamer.
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But my dreams now don't interfere with what's happening right in front of me, my real life.
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And to be honest, if I can't find contentment in my day-to-day now, there's no way that I'll be able to feel it, no matter where I am or what I'm doing,
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even on my orchard with all my mango trees.
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This ordinary and simple life is what appeals to me,
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but I also notice that I gravitate towards others who share more real and authentic moments of their lives.
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In a world where it's becoming so easy to fabricate things,
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I think seeing life and people in the rawest forms is such a nice change.
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I love seeing what people eat for breakfast instead of what you ate at a Michelin star restaurant.
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I'm more interested in seeing what your home looks like instead of what your vacation looks like.
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I notice myself paying more attention to the person and their story because that is truly what makes you unique and interesting.
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Maybe you really enjoy living a fast-paced or eccentric life and there's nothing wrong with that.
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But there's also nothing wrong with not wanting that.
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In fact, I think there's so much value in embracing living an ordinary life.
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It really focuses on the deep and meaningful relationships, being rooted in our communities, getting to know the people that shape our lives.
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This is a life where we have the time and energy to be fully present with our families, friends, and partners, being able to celebrate the little wins
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and enjoying the getting there instead of but always wanting to skip to the result.
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Instead of meeting society's standard of good time, it encourages us to explore and figure out what we enjoy as individuals,
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no matter how lame it might be to others.
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And instead of putting so much emphasis on having a story to retell, it lets us focus on what's happening in the moment.
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I'm not claiming that everything ordinary is impressive in any way,
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but I am putting the message out there that we might be ignoring what's really beautiful about living an ordinary life.
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Thank you guys so much for watching today's video.
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I hope you enjoyed it, and until next time, take care, and I'll talk to you soon.
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Bye.
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Thank you.
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Vocabulário e dicas de fala para esta lição
Esta aula de conversação de nível B2 usa o vídeo “Why I Choose to Live a "Boring" Life”. As palavras que mais se repetem: ordinary, dream, instead, happiness, moment. Este vídeo tem 74 frases e 1087 palavras para praticar shadowing. A fala dura 7:44. O falante mantém um ritmo estável de cerca de 140 palavras por minuto, confortável para o shadowing. 84% das palavras estão entre as 3.000 mais comuns do inglês; vale a pena estudar o restante antes de começar.
Vocabulário principal deste vídeo
As 15 palavras mais avançadas do vídeo, com pronúncia e significado:
| Palavra | Pronúncia | Significado |
|---|---|---|
| bore verbo | /boɹ/ | chatear, aborrecer |
| excite verbo | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | animar, empolgar |
| homebody substantivo | caseiro | |
| mango substantivo | /ˈmæŋɡəʊ/ | mangueira |
| orchard substantivo | /ˈɔɹ.t͡ʃɚd/ | pomar |
| advertisement substantivo | /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/ | anúncio, publicidade |
| aspiration substantivo | /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/ | aspiração |
| contentment substantivo | /kənˈtɛntmənt/ | contentamento, satisfação |
| dreamer substantivo | /ˈdɹimɚ/ | sonhador, sonhadora |
| gravitate verbo | /ˈɡɹævɪteɪt/ | gravitar |
| impressionable adjetivo | /ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/ | impressionável |
| introverted adjetivo | /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/ | introvertido |
| validate verbo | /ˈvæl.ɪ.deɪt/ | validar |
| eccentric adjetivo | /ɪkˈsɛntɹɪk/ | excêntrico |
| reel verbo | /ˈɹiːl/ | enrolar |
Phrasal verbs que você vai ouvir
| Palavra | Significado |
|---|---|
| look forward to verbo | ansiar por, estar ansioso para |
| figure out verbo | descobrir, deduzir |
| go out verbo | sair |
| try out verbo | provar, experimentar |
Pronúncia para ficar de olho
O falante usa 16 contrações e formas reduzidas, como I'm, can't, don't. Diga-as na forma curta, do jeito que você ouve.
- Os sons de “sh” e “zh”: aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, impressionable /ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/
- Palavras longas — acerte a sílaba tônica: advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, aspiration /ˌæspəˈɹeɪʃən/, impressionable /ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/, introverted /ˈɪn.tɹəˌvɜːɹ.təd/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/
Sons difíceis para falantes de português:
- Consoante final — sem acrescentar um “i” depois: excite /ɪkˈsaɪt/, orchard /ˈɔɹ.t͡ʃɚd/, advertisement /ˈædvɚˌtaɪzmənt/, contentment /kənˈtɛntmənt/, fabricate /ˈfæb.ɹɪ.keɪt/
- /l/ final — a língua toca o céu da boca, não vira “u”: impressionable /ɪmˈpɹɛ.ʃən.ə.bəl/, retell /ɹiˈtɛl/, reel /ˈɹiːl/, fulfill /fʊlˈfɪl/
- /h/ — um sopro suave, diferente do “r”: hobby /ˈhɑ.bi/, hike /haɪk/
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 bore, excite, homebody.
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.