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Unit 4.
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Word List Appropriate.
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When a thing is appropriate, it is right or normal.
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It's appropriate to wear a suit when you go to the office.
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Avoid.
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To avoid something is to stay away from it.
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Avoid the broken bottle on the floor.
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Behave To behave is to act in a particular way, especially to be good.
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She always behaves well when her father is around.
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Calm When someone is calm, they do not get excited or upset.
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A nice warm bath makes me feel so calm.
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Concern Concern is a feeling of worry.
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I was filled with concern after reading the newspaper.
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Content To be content is to be happy and not want more.
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The baby looked very content sitting on the floor.
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Expect If you expect something to happen, you believe it will happen.
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I expect the bus to be here very soon.
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Frequently When something happens frequently, it happens often.
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We meet frequently, either at the beginning or end of the week.
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Habit A habit is a thing that you do often.
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Smoking is a bad habit that can kill you.
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Instruct To instruct is to teach.
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My teacher instructs us in several subjects.
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Issue An issue is an important topic.
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The man spoke about issues that were important to the people.
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None None means not any of something.
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He spent all his money.
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There is none left.
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Patient If people are patient, they don't become angry or upset easily.
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I had to be patient and wait until 5 o 'clock to leave.
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Positive If something is positive, it is good.
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She has a positive future ahead of her after finishing college.
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Punish To punish means to make someone suffer for breaking the rules or laws.
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To punish me, my teacher had me stand in the corner.
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Represent To represent is to speak or act for a person or group.
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My lawyer will represent me in court.
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Shake To shake is to move back and forth or up and down quickly.
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When people shake hands, it usually means they agree.
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Spread To spread is to move out to cover a larger area.
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I like to spread butter on my toast.
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Stroll.
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To stroll means to walk slowly and calmly.
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My dog and I strolled through the park today.
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Village.
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A village is a very small town.
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There are only a few houses in my village.
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The Dog's Bell John's dog was a bad dog.
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He bit people frequently.
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John was concerned about this.
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It was not an appropriate way for a dog to behave.
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His friends in the village always expected the dog to bite them.
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The news about John's dog spread through the village.
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None of the people wanted to go to John's house.
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John tried to instruct the dog to behave, but it never worked.
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He tried to be patient and teach the dog to be calm.
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That also didn't work.
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John didn't want to punish the dog.
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How will I stop my dog's bad habit?
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John asked himself.
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John's friend came to talk to him about the issue.
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During their important meeting, his friend said, the people in the village asked me to represent them.
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We want your dog to stop this habit.
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Why don't you put a bell around the dog's neck?
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This way, we would hear your dog coming down the street.
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John thought this was a great idea.
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Now people could stay away from the dog.
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It would not be able to bite anyone anymore.
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The dog liked the bell, too.
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People looked at him when they heard his bell.
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This made the dog very content.
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He liked the sound the bell made when he walked.
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One day, John's dog strolled through the village and met some other dogs.
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He expected them to want a bell like his, but they laughed at his bell.
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They said the bell made people avoid him.
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John's dog shook his head.
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No, they look at me because they like the bell.
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The other dog said, You have the wrong idea about what makes you popular.
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Of course they like your bell.
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It tells them where you are so they can avoid you.
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You aren't able to bite them anymore.
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You see, being popular isn't something positive when it's for the wrong reason.

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Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “4000 Essential English Words 1 Unit 4”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: dog, bell, village, behave, habit. Deze video bevat 81 zinnen en 716 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:31. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 110 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 90% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

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

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
habit zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhæb.ɪt/gewoonte
behave werkwoord/bɪˈheɪv/zich gedragen
shake werkwoord/ˈʃeɪk/schudden
punish werkwoord/ˈpʌnɪʃ/straffen, afstraffen
stroll werkwoord/stɹoʊl/slenteren, wandelen
bite werkwoord/baɪt/bijten
topic zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈtɑpɪk/onderwerp, thema
suffer werkwoord/ˈsʌfɚ/lijden
bath zelfstandig naamwoord/bɑːθ/bad, badkuip
clock zelfstandig naamwoord/klɑk/teller, kilometerteller
butter zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbʌtɚ/boter
toast zelfstandig naamwoord/toʊst/toost, geroosterd brood
calmly bijwoord/ˈkɑː(ɹ)m.li/kalmpjes, kalmweg
instruct werkwoord/ɪnˈstɹʌkt/instrueren

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • How will I stop my dog's bad habit?
  • Why don't you put a bell around the dog's neck?
  • You aren't able to bite them anymore.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 6 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals didn't, don't, aren't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shake /ˈʃeɪk/, punish /ˈpʌnɪʃ/

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 habit, behave, shake.

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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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