Shadowing Practice: 5 Common British English Expressions (Episode 3) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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hello
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and welcome back to English with Lucy today we have another
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episode of my fabulous five common British expressions now before we
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get started make sure you connect with me on all my social media
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and I've got my Instagram account obviously you can subscribe to my YouTube you can also like me on Facebook
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and for my Chinese followers I have my Weibo account as well okay
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so our first expression is a piece of cake
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and this is very similar to easy peasy lemon squeezy
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which we've discussed in a previous video and basically it means very easy
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so I might come out of a particularly easy exam saying
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that exam was a piece of cake that exam was really easy
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so number two break a leg actually looks really rather cruel
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but I promise you it's positive And break a leg means good luck, so before a race, before a job interview,
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before a test, instead of saying good luck, I might say break a leg.
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Do really well.
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So since we're talking about legs, let's bring arms into the equation as well.
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Number three is it cost an arm and a leg.
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And this basically means something was really expensive.
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If I say my bag cost an arm and a leg, I mean it cost a lot of money.
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Now the next one isn't particularly nice.
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It is to pop one's clogs and this actually means to die but we use it quite affectionately.
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It's like a nice way of saying that someone's died.
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So I'm going to a funeral this Sunday.
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My neighbour's popped his clogs.
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It's a way of saying my neighbour's died
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but we don't want to say the death word so we say they've got their clogs.
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And then we have number five, to call it a day.
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And this means to end a task.
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So for example, I'm feeling a bit tired, I think I'll call it a day.
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And that means I think I'll stop here, let's finish.
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So as we've come to number five, I think I'll call it a day now.
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Bye!
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Thank you so much for watching this episode of Five Common British Expressions.
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I hope you liked it
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and I hope you learned something make sure you connect with all my social media as I said before
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and have a very lovely week bye this wine is off
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 37 zinnen en 407 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 2:29. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 164 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
9 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — onderzoek. The act of examining.
- connect /kəˈnɛkt/ (werkwoord) — verbinden. To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
- funeral /ˈfju.nəɹ.əl/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — begrafenis. A ceremony to honor and remember a deceased person, often distinguished from a memorial service by the presence of the body of the deceased.
- cruel /ˈkɹuːəl/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — wreed, wrede. Intentionally causing or reveling in pain and suffering; merciless, heartless.
- lemon /ˈlɛmən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — citroen. A yellowish citrus fruit.
- equation /ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — vergelijking. The act or process of equating two or more things, or the state of those things being equal (that is, identical).
- subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/ (werkwoord) — abonneren. To write (one’s name) at the bottom of a document; to sign (one's name).
- follower /ˈfɒləʊə(ɹ)/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — volger, navolger. One who follows, comes after another.
- clog /klɑɡ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — klomp. A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole sometimes with an open heel.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 12 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'll, I'm, we've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, equation /ɪˈkweɪ.ʒən/, affectionately /əˈfɛkʃənətli/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: examination /ɪɡˌzæm.ɪˈneɪ.ʃən/, affectionately /əˈfɛkʃənətli/
Zo oefen je met deze video
- Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
- Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
- Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als examination, connect, funeral.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
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| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | we've discussed · we've come |
| Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zeker | might come · might say |
| Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspelling | I'll call · I'll stop |
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
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