Shadowing Practice: 23.Talking about fashion - Learn English Speaking with Video
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bbclearningenglish.com OK Beth, I'm really excited about today's topic of conversation.
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OK, how come?
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Well, we're going to talk about clothes and fashion.
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Do you like to keep up with fashion, Beth?
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I would say not so much, but I try to think about what I wear and I try to not be old-fashioned.
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OK.
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What about you?
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I am interested in what I wear, but I don't spend a lot of money or time choosing stuff.
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Okay.
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Do you like to buy new clothes?
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Yeah.
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I don't do it very often, but I like to.
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I like to make the right choice.
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Okay.
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Yeah, I've started getting quite a few of my clothes second hand,
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but online, so there's so much choice and I can choose what I like.
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And as long as it's still quite new and it's not really used and falling apart, then I feel like I'm making a good fashion choice.
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So Beth, what kind of outfits do you like to wear?
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Well, I am quite casual in my clothes choices, I think, so I really like to wear trainers,
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maybe jeans or some loose trousers.
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I don't really like anything tight-fitting,
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I just want to be comfortable and I think I probably choose being comfortable over being fashionable.
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What about you?
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Yeah, it depends.
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Because I'm old...
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You're not that old, but carry on.
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Because I'm old, well, I like to be smart sometimes, it depends on the occasion, but I also like to be casual.
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So I like trainers, and I spend a lot of time choosing trainers, but not very often.
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So Neil, because you said you're old, I imagine that you don't really follow trends that much?
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Yeah, I don't try to wear the latest trends
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because I think it looks silly for somebody my age to try to look too young.
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but maybe general trends, like the type of jeans people wear during certain eras.
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Ah, I know what you mean.
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So, a lot of people now say that skinny jeans in the UK are not that fashionable,
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so they might wear some baggy jeans if that is a trend.
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I have to say I'm not very on it with fashion trends.
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So Beth, is there any item of clothing that you would really like to buy that you don't have?
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Actually yes, because at the moment we're getting into the winter here in the UK
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and I love the colour green and I don't have a green woolly hat
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and I love a woolly hat in the winter
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and I want a green one so I'm going to be looking out for one of those in the next few weeks.
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OK, let's recap the vocabulary that we used during the conversation.
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We had trends, new and popular clothing choices.
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And we had fashionable, something that is popular now.
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And we had old-fashioned, which means something that is not fashionable anymore.
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We had casual, which is used to describe clothes that are comfortable and practical.
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And smart, used to describe clothes that are formal and professional.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “23.Talking about fashion”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: wear, trend, clothes, choice, English. Deze video bevat 55 zinnen en 599 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:41. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 128 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 8 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| cloth zelfstandig naamwoord | /klɒθ/ | doek, kleed |
| fashionable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/ | modieus |
| trainer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɹeɪnɚ/ | trainer, trainster |
| depend werkwoord | /dɪˈpɛnd/ | afhangen |
| beginner zelfstandig naamwoord | /bəˈɡɪnɚ/ | beginneling, beginnelinge |
| vocabulary zelfstandig naamwoord | /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/ | woordenschat, vocabulaire |
| skinny bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈskɪni/ | mager |
| outfit zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈaʊtfɪt/ | outfit |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| fall apart werkwoord | uiteenvallen, uit elkaar vallen |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | fashioned, which means · casual, which is |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | I'm making · we're getting |
| Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomen | we're going to talk · I'm going to be |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 19 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, we're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: fashionable /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: jeans /d͡ʒiːnz/, depend /dɪˈpɛnd/, trousers /ˈtɹaʊzɚz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: fashionable /ˈfæʃənəbl̩/, casual /ˈkæʒ(u)əl/, transcript /ˈtɹæn.skɹɪpt/, vocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als cloth, fashionable, trainer.
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.