Shadowing-Übung: How To Speak Upper Class Eton - Englisch Sprechen Lernen mit Video
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Hello, it's John here.
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Today we have a very interesting topic for you.
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That is the Eton accent and vocabulary.
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Now, Eton is one of the most prestigious schools in the UK, if not the most prestigious.
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So where is Eton?
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Well, it's about 20 miles from central London, very close to the town of Windsor.
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Here is a sample of former pupils who all went to Eton.
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We have Damien Lewis, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Hiddleston, Bear Grylls and Ian Fleming all went to Eton.
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Plus two other prime ministers, British prime ministers who went to Eton
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and they're the ones we're going to focus on today because I have recordings of both of them,
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that being Boris Johnson, for many people this is an astonishing moment of hope, and David Cameron.
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And that is something we should all be grateful for.
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And we're going to analyse their accent.
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Then we're going to look at the specific vocabulary that's used at Eton College.
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So, by the end of the video, you should know how to speak Eton.
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So, let's start with Boris.
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Let's hear the way he speaks in this speech.
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Tonight we are leaving the European Union.
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For many people this is an astonishing moment of hope.
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A moment they thought would never come.
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And there are many, of course, who feel a sense of anxiety and loss.
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And then there's a third group, perhaps the biggest, who had started to worry that the whole political wrangle would never come to an end.
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So Boris certainly speaks with an RP or Received Pronunciation accent.
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He's got various features, pronunciation features to his accent.
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Let's go through them now.
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OK, so the first thing you'll notice is he's got quite a throaty way of speaking, really at the back of the throat,
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you know, a bit like this.
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Political wrangle.
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On top of that, he's got this sort of start -stop rhythm to it,
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like as if everything he's saying is actually a sound bite.
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Perhaps the biggest.
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Couple that with his highly melodic intonation and he's surely got your attention. Of hope.
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Now, he's obviously nurtured this accent to sound, I don't know, privileged or upper class.
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And you can really tell that he went to a private school.
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He's got that kind of feel about his accent.
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He uses words that RP speakers would use, like astonishing.
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And he's got the classic RP vowel sound, like thought.
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Yes, so he's got this sound just like in classic RP.
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Plus it's a version of RP that's quite rare these days, although you have to say it does stand out because of that.
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Now let's move on to David Cameron who is also an Old Etonian.
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Here's his speech, the first speech he made as PM of Britain.
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Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to form a new government and I have accepted.
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Before I talk about that new government, let me say something about the one that has just passed.
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Compared with a decade ago...
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So, he speaks very clearly.
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Again, you could probably tell that he's been to a privately educated school.
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Maybe not exactly Eton, but he does speak.. he takes care in what he says and he speaks very clearly.
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He also, you would say, has an RP accent.
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That's because the first thing you realise is he doesn't like to drop sounds, especially his T's.
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He always says his T's like in government.
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Government.
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Yes?
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Like that.
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Form a new government.
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The next sound we'll pick up on is the classic RP sound of the O.
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Now I say it a more modern way.
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I say O and he says O, O.
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Right?
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So, people who want to enunciate, who want to speak RP generally take care of their vowel sounds.
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He says this O, O, AGO, AGO, HOPE, right?
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So, that is a clear indication of speaking received pronunciation as well.
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OK, let's move on to the vocabulary.
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Now, the first word, where would the schools be without teachers?
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And this is a word that Etonians use for teachers.
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It is used in one or two other private schools as well, but it's also used at Eton.
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So, they call teachers beaks,
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as in a bird beak and you can literally replace the word teacher for the word beak in sentences in at Eton.
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Everybody, the beak's coming.
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Finish up your homework now, quick.
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Something like that.
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Next, when I was looking at the fees for Eton, which are obviously extremely high, I noticed that the year is split into halves.
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However, the halves are divided into three.
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So, there's three halves to the year.
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That's very strange, isn't it?
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The next two are connected with eating.
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The first one is chambers.
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And that's a break in the morning when you can have a snack.
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I guess at Eton you would say something like...
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OK chaps, it's 11 o 'clock.
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Time for chambers.
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The second one is messing, which means to prepare a snack in the afternoon at your boarding house.
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Because obviously all the kids at Eton live in boarding houses.
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OK.
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Shall we put everything that we've learnt into a sentence?
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so that we can speak Eton.
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So in this half we're having chambers at 11
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and then we're going to go back to the house at 3 for messing.
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But we have to be at the chapel at 3 .30 otherwise the beaks will come hunting for us.
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And there you have it, a crash course in speaking upper class Eton.
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Now I hope you've learned a few things about the Eton accent
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and I hope you can take it away and just for pleasure or for whatever, enjoy yourself with the accent.
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Remember to like and subscribe to the channel for more videos on accents
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and remember right here you can get a better British accent.
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My name is John and I'll say see you later, stay connected, bye.
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So I hope you thoroughly enjoyed this accent video today
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and I hope now you can speak a bit more Eton and a bit more RP.
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Wortschatz und Sprechhinweise zu dieser Lektion
Diese Sprechübung basiert auf dem Video „How To Speak Upper Class Eton“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: Eton, accent, speak, sound, word. Dieses Video enthält 96 Sätze und 1020 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 6:57. Der Sprecher spricht gleichmäßig mit etwa 147 Wörtern pro Minute – ein angenehmes Tempo fürs Shadowing. 83 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen.
Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video
15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:
| Wort | Aussprache | Bedeutung |
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| accent Substantiv | /ækˈsɛnt/ | Betonung |
| chamber Substantiv | /ˈt͡ʃeɪ̯mbɚ/ | Raum, Schlafzimmer |
| vocabulary Substantiv | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | Wortschatz, Vokabular |
| pronunciation Substantiv | /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/ | Aussprache |
| connect Verb | /kəˈnɛkt/ | verbinden |
| snack Substantiv | /snæk/ | Imbiss, Happen |
| prestigious Adjektiv | /pɹɛˈstiːd͡ʒəs/ | hoch angesehen, prestigeträchtig |
| topic Substantiv | /ˈtɑpɪk/ | Thema |
| anxiety Substantiv | /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/ | Unbehagen, Nervosität |
| compare Verb | /kəmˈpɛɚ/ | vergleichen, komparieren |
| clock Substantiv | /klɑk/ | Tacho, Tachometer |
| grateful Adjektiv | /ˈɡɹeɪtf(ə)l/ | dankbar, erkenntlich |
| bite Verb | /baɪt/ | beißen |
| throat Substantiv | /ˈθɹoʊt/ | Kehle |
| privilege Substantiv | /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/ | Privileg, Vergünstigung |
Sätze zum Wiederholen
Kurze, vollständige Sätze aus dem Video, die du im Alltag wiederverwenden kannst:
- Let's hear the way he speaks in this speech.
- Let's go through them now.
- That's very strange, isn't it?
- Shall we put everything that we've learnt into a sentence?
Grammatik in diesem Video
Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:
| Struktur | Im Video |
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| Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist | has asked · has just passed · he's been |
| Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut | is used · is split · are divided |
| Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sache | one that has · people who want · Eton, which are |
Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest
Der Sprecher verwendet 14 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel we're, doesn't, don't. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.
- Die „th“-Laute: throat /ˈθɹoʊt/, thoroughly /ˈθʌɹ.ə.li/, rhythm /ˈɹɪð.əm/, throaty /ˈθɹəʊti/
- Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, indication /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/, astonish /əˈstɑnɪʃ/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
- Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, indication /ɪndɪˈkeɪʃən/, enunciate /ɪˈnʌnsiˌeɪt/
Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:
- Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: privilege /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/, divide /dɪˈvaɪd/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/
- /æ/ — offener als „ä“: accent /ækˈsɛnt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/, snack /snæk/, anxiety /æŋˈzaɪ.əti/, chapel /ˈt͡ʃæp.əl/
- /dʒ/ — stimmhaft, nicht „tsch“: prestigious /pɹɛˈstiːd͡ʒəs/, privilege /ˈpɹɪv.(ɪ.)lɪd͡ʒ/, educate /ˈɛd͡ʒ.əˌkeɪt/
So übst du mit diesem Video
- Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
- Sprich Satz für Satz in normaler Geschwindigkeit nach und wiederhole jeden, bis dein Rhythmus zum Sprecher passt.
- Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie accent, chamber, vocabulary.
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Shadowing ist eine wissenschaftlich fundierte Sprachlerntechnik, die ursprünglich für die professionelle Dolmetscherausbildung entwickelt und durch den Polyglotten Dr. Alexander Arguelles populär gemacht wurde. Die Methode ist einfach aber wirkungsvoll: Du hörst englisches Audio von Muttersprachlern und wiederholst es sofort laut — wie ein Schatten, der dem Sprecher mit nur 1–2 Sekunden Verzögerung folgt. Anders als passives Hören oder Grammatikübungen zwingt Shadowing dein Gehirn und deine Mundmuskulatur, gleichzeitig echte Sprachmuster zu verarbeiten und zu reproduzieren. Studien zeigen, dass es Aussprachegenauigkeit, Intonation, Rhythmus, verbundene Sprache, Hörverständnis und Sprechflüssigkeit signifikant verbessert — was es zu einer der effektivsten Methoden für die IELTS Speaking-Vorbereitung und reale englische Kommunikation macht.