Shadowing Practice: 3.alking about friends - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Hello.
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Welcome to Real Easy English from BBC Learning English.
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I'm Georgie.
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And I'm Neil.
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We're here to help you improve your English with a real conversation in Easy English.
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If you want to read along, you can find a text version of this podcast at bbclearningenglish.com.
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Right, let's start the show.
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How are you today, Neil?
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I'm very well, thank you, Georgie.
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What are we talking about in this episode?
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Today is all about friends.
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We'll talk a bit about our friends and why they are important.
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Great, let's get started.
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So, Neil, do you have a lot of friends?
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Yes, I do have quite a few friends.
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How about you?
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Yes, I also have quite a lot of friends.
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I've lived in different places,
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so I have made friends in lots of different areas and times of my life.
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So, Georgie, you said that you have lived in lots of places and I know you have lived in Spain.
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So, do you have lots of friends in Spain?
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Yes, I have a few friends in Spain but now that I live in London, it's quite difficult to stay in touch with them.
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But, actually, one of them is coming to visit this weekend.
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Ah, so you try to keep in touch with some of your friends.
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That means to keep contact with them, to make sure that you stay friends by speaking to them.
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Yes, exactly.
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And if you have a lot of friends, it can be difficult to stay in touch with so many.
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What do you like to do with your friends, Neil?
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Well, I like to talk to them mainly.
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So I like to meet them maybe in a pub
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or a restaurant or we go to a sports match sometimes and we talk there and have a good time.
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That sounds nice.
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How about you?
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Yes, I'm the same.
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During the week I think a nice plan is to go out for dinner with friends.
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At the weekends, I like going for a walk or getting a coffee with friends.
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You can do both of those at the same time.
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Yeah, that's right.
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Sometimes I meet friends, we get a coffee to take away and then go for a walk around the park.
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And are you happy about the number of friends you have or would you like to have more or fewer?
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I always like making new friends.
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If you start a new hobby or you move to a different place, there are always more people and new people to meet.
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I like making friends.
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What about you?
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Yes, but I like to see my old friends and if I make new friends, I know it's something that happen slowly and that's OK.
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Now, we have used this word friends a lot, but there are other words for friends too, aren't there?
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Yes.
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One is mate.
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I use mate a lot.
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We also use pal.
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So, sometimes I refer to my friends that are girls as gal pals.
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Gal pals.
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That's a nice expression.
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So Neil, why are friends important to you?
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Ah, yes.
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Good question.
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Friends are important, I think, because you can be yourself with your friends.
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You don't have to pretend if they're good friends because they know you as you are.
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And that's not the same everywhere that you go in life.
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Yep, that's true.
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Let's recap the language we learned during the conversation.
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We learned mates and pals, which are other words for friends.
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We heard keep in touch with, which means see or speak to someone regularly.
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We also say stay in touch.
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And a few, which means more than two, but not many.
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So I have a few friends in Spain, but not many.
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Thanks for listening to Real Easy English.
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Visit our website for more activities and courses to help you with your English – bbclearningenglish.com Next time,
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we'll talk about holidays and places we would like to go.
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See you then.
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Goodbye.
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Bye.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “3.alking about friends”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: English, Neil, touch, pal, Spain. Deze video bevat 72 zinnen en 670 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:57. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 135 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 88% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen. 11 van de 72 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 13 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| refer werkwoord | /ɹɪˈfɜː/ | verwijzen, doorverwijzen |
| pretend werkwoord | /pɹəˈtɛnd/ | voorgeven |
| fewer | /ˈfjuː.ɚ/ | minder |
| goodbye | /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/ | tot ziens, tot weerziens |
| podcast zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɑdˌkæst/ | podcast |
| hobby zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɑ.bi/ | hobby, vrijetijdsbesteding |
| mate zelfstandig naamwoord | /meɪt/ | gezel, partner |
| restaurant zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɹɛst(ə)ˌɹɑnt/ | restaurant |
| everywhere bijwoord | /ˈɛv.ɹi.(h)wɛɹ/ | overal |
| holiday zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈhɑləˌdeɪ/ | feestdag |
| slowly bijwoord | /ˈsloʊli/ | traag, traagjes |
| mainly bijwoord | /ˈmeɪnli/ | voornamelijk |
| expression zelfstandig naamwoord | /əkˈspɹɛʃ.n̩/ | uitdrukking |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Right, let's start the show.
- What are we talking about in this episode?
- Let's recap the language we learned during the conversation.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've lived · have made · have lived |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | pals, which are · with, which means · few, which means |
| Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspelling | We'll talk |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 11 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, we'll, aren't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: pal /pæl/, podcast /ˈpɑdˌkæst/, recap /ɹiːˈkæp/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: goodbye /ɡʊdˈbaɪ/, regularly /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.lɚ.li/
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 refer, pretend, fewer.
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.