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Hello everyone!
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Let's continue practicing our listening skills.
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In today's video we will have three exercises for you.
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Part one, select the missing words.
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Part two, choose the best answers.
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And part three, fill in the blanks.
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Now we will start the first part.
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There will be missing words in this part.
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Listen carefully and then choose the correct words to fill in.
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Dean!
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Why are you always lying there?
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You do nothing at home.
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I work all day.
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I'm tired.
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You're always tired.
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But what about me?
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I work too.
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But I need to relax.
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Relax?
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The house is always messy because of you.
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I will clean on the weekend.
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You say that every week.
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Sarah, please.
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I am very tired now.
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You never help me.
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It's not fair.
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I work hard for us.
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I also work hard, but I still do more at home
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Okay, I will try to do more
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You always say that
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Let's sleep, I have to work early
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How can I sleep?
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I'm too angry
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Yeah, we can talk tomorrow.
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You just don't even care.
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I will sleep on the sofa.
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We'll talk tomorrow.
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Why?
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I don't want to argue more.
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I need sleep.
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Why don't you just listen to me?
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I'm listening, but we're both upset now.
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Because you never help me.
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I said I will try to do more.
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But you always say that.
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Nothing changes.
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Dean!
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Dean!
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Why are you like this?
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Talk to me.
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I'm too tired.
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Please, let's sleep.
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You just want to escape our problems.
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I want to rest and talk tomorrow.
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I can't believe you.
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I understand, but I don't want to talk now.
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Fine.
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Stay there, then.
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Finally, some peace.
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No way.
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Part 2.
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Choose the best answer.
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Listen to the conversation and then answer the questions.
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You still don't care about what I said.
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I care, but I am really tired now.
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You're always tired.
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What about me?
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Why are you going in such a hurry?
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I have to go to work.
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I'm already late.
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You always have excuses.
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Hey, are you blind?
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Look what you did.
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I'm so sorry.
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I was really sleepy.
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Are you hurt?
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I'm fine, but my car isn't.
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This is a mess.
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Let me call the police and my insurance.
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We'll sort this out.
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Hurry up.
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I have a meeting soon.
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This is going to cost me.
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I'm really sorry about this.
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Just make sure your insurance covers it.
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I need to take a taxi now.
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What a day.
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Can you please go faster?
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I'm late for my job.
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I'll try, but we have traffic.
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Just please go as fast as you can.
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You're late again.
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I'm sorry, sir.
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Why are you late?
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This is so not professional.
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I'm sorry, sir.
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I had a car accident and it delayed me.
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This is really unfortunate.
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Just make sure it doesn't happen again.
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Yes, sir.
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It won't happen again.
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Part 3.
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Fill in the Blank.
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Listen and choose the correct word to fill in the blank.
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We need to talk.
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I had a really hard day.
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Let's go upstairs.
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It's quieter there.
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I can't believe my day.
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First, I was so tired from our fight.
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Then I had a car accident.
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I'm sorry to hear that.
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Are you okay?
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Yes, but it's all because you wouldn't let me sleep.
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I was so sleepy while driving.
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I understand.
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I should have let you sleep.
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I'm sorry.
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And at work, I was late.
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My boss was really angry.
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It's been tough.
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I didn't realize how much I affected you.
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I promised to be more understanding.
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It's not just today.
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I've been feeling this way for a while.
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tell me everything I want to understand
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and help I feel like you don't appreciate what I do I'm trying my best I see
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that now I'll try to be more supportive and caring that's all I want we should work together not against each other.
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You're right.
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Let's make things better together.
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Thank you for understanding.
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I feel much better now.
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I feel like shouting to let out all this stress.
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Really?
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Now?
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It's late. That felt good.
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Now it's your turn.
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I don't know.
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I don't want to disturb the neighbors.
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Come on, just one shout.
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If you do, I'll buy you that coffee machine you wanted.
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Really?
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Are you serious?
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Yes, why not?
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You love it, right?
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Yeah, I would do anything for that.
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So, just a shout to relieve all of our stress.
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Okay, that's a deal.
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Dean, meet me after the meeting.
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That's the end of the video.
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Thank you for watching.
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Remember to practice English every day to improve your skills.
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Watch the video at least three times a week and repeat daily conversations to improve your listening and speaking skills fast.
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Try to mimic the intonation and pronunciation in the video to enhance your speaking fluency and pronunciation.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “10 Minutes English Listening Practice”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: tired, sleep, dean, fill, choose. Deze video bevat 156 zinnen en 840 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:52. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 77 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 85% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
dean zelfstandig naamwoord/diːn/decaan, deken
skill zelfstandig naamwoord/skɪl/bekwaamheid, vaardigheid
shout werkwoord/ʃaʊt/schreeuwen
relax werkwoord/ɹɪˈlæks/losmaken
sleepy bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈsliːpi/slaperig
pronunciation zelfstandig naamwoord/pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/uitspraak
argue werkwoord/ˈɑɹ.ɡju/redetwisten
carefully bijwoord/ˈkɛɹf(ə)li/voorzichtig
select werkwoord/sɪˈlɛkt/uitkiezen, selecteer
helpful bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈhɛlp.fl̩/behulpzaam
delay zelfstandig naamwoord/dɪˈleɪ̯/vertraging, oponthoud
taxi zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtæksi/taxi
unfortunate bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/onfortuinlijk
supportive bijvoeglijk naamwoord/səˈpɔɹtɪv/ondersteunend, behulpzaam
enhance werkwoord/ɪnˈhæns/vergroten, uitbreiden

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • Why are you always lying there?
  • Why don't you just listen to me?
  • Why are you like this?
  • Why are you going in such a hurry?
  • Can you please go faster?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groepthe best · my best
Advies met “should” should + werkwoord — zeggen wat een goed idee isshould have · should work
Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspellingwill have · will start · will be
Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig isneed to relax · have to work · have to go

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 41 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shout /ʃaʊt/, pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: pronunciation /pɹəˌnʌn.siˈeɪ.ʃən/, unfortunate /ʌnˈfɔː.t͡ʃə.nɪt/, intonation /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: supportive /səˈpɔɹtɪv/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, upstairs /ˌʌpˈstɛɹz/, relieve /ɹɪˈliːv/, disturb /dɪˈstɜːb/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: blank /ˈblæŋk/, relax /ɹɪˈlæks/, taxi /ˈtæksi/, enhance /ɪnˈhæns/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als dean, skill, shout.

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?

Shadowing is een wetenschappelijk onderbouwde taalleermethode die oorspronkelijk is ontwikkeld voor professionele tolkentraining en gepopulariseerd door polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. De methode is eenvoudig maar krachtig: je luistert naar native Engelse audio en herhaalt het onmiddellijk hardop — als een schaduw die de spreker volgt met slechts 1–2 seconden vertraging. In tegenstelling tot passief luisteren of grammaticadrills, dwingt shadowing je hersenen en mondspieren om echte spraakpatronen tegelijkertijd te verwerken en te reproduceren. Onderzoek toont aan dat het de uitspraaknauwkeurigheid, intonatie, ritme, verbonden spraak, luisterbegrip en spreekvaardigheid aanzienlijk verbetert — waardoor het een van de meest effectieve methoden is voor IELTS Speaking-voorbereiding en echte Engelse communicatie.

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