Shadowing Practice: الصحفي الأمريكي "تاكر كارلسون" يتعلم الإسلام من مسيحي عربي!!! - Learn English Speaking with Video
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What's it like to be a Christian in an overwhelmingly Muslim country here?
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Well, Christians here in Jordan have always felt really one and the same with the Muslims in Jordan.
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and it goes back thousands of years really Tucker.
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So it's always felt like we're really one in the same.
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Islam is very much an integral part of our culture. As Christians here.
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Yeah, we feel very comfortable.
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As Christians here.
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As Christians, absolutely.
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So you went to school, a number of very prominent schools in the United States.
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You spent a lot of time living in the US, so that most Americans are going to be surprised to hear that. Of course.
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I mean, a lot of my American friends, when I first met them, they were surprised that I'm Christian from Enjoy them.
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And I'm like, what do you mean?
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I mean, this is where Christianity started, right?
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This is, we are the ancient Christians.
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Islam is an integral part of the culture for Christians here.
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What does that mean?
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Well, look, the faith traditions are so similar.
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You know, if you look at the Quran, for example, the Quran is Jesus was mentioned 25 + times in the Quran.
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And he was mentioned under different words, different names.
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So, Isa is what his name is in Arabic.
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the word of God.
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That's actually from the Quran, the Messiah.
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the Messiah.
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that's also Ibn Maryam, son of Maryam, The other thing that you might find interesting is also the Virgin Mary, right?
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I mean, she was mentioned 30 plus times.
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in the Quran, she's revered.
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Right?
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Actually, she was the only woman whose name was actually mentioned in the Quran.
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No other name of a woman has been.
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I mean, there was-- - Really?
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- Absolutely.
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Maryam's is the only name that's named my name in the Quran as a woman.
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- As the mother of Jesus.
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- As the mother of Jesus.
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There is a whole chapter in the Quran just dedicated for the Virgin Mary.
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So you can see, and of course the same prophets, many of the same prophets, It's Elijah or Moses or Abraham or...
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They're in the Quran.
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Um.. as they are in the New Testament and the Old Testament.
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So the faith traditions are very similar.
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So that's why the Muslims are actually very accepting of the Christian faith traditions.
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They are encompassing of the Christian faith traditions.
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So yeah, I mean - - And you're saying this as a Christian?
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- I'm saying this as a Christian here in Jordan.
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Absolutely.
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I'm at a disadvantage because I have not read the Quran, I'll just say that but we have been taught for 25 years since 9 /11,
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that Islam is inherently hostile to Christianity.
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but you don't believe it.
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I totally disagree with that.
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I think hostility is, you know, Is it a human thing?
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Yes.
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You find humans on all sides of the spectrum.
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that are compassionate or hostile, that's a common thing across humanity, across the world.
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But to demonize one religion to say everyone in that religion is hostile is is an atrocity, Tucker.
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It's absolutely not true.
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I agree with you.
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Did you experience discrimination growing up here as a Christian?
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I've never felt discriminated against as a question.
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That's true?
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That is true.
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- Yeah.
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There's another story on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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I think it's...
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I mean, it shows you just how old these traditions are in the region.
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and how welcoming it used to be to people from all across all faiths, a Jewish or a Christian or Muslim, right? in the past.
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- Wow.
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so since I think a thousand years ago, since Salah al -Din or Saladin, right?
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Yeah.
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The keys to the church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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did not belong to any of the Christian denominations, because they couldn't agree amongst themselves, right?
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The Armenian, the Orthodox, the Catholic, et cetera.
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Ethiopian, like who's going to have the key to the church, right?
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And actually that key was handed to, at the time, Salah al -Din.
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And even today, Those keys are handed to a Muslim family, it's I think the Ben Sebe family of Jerusalem.
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They opened the church in the morning.
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and they closed the church at night.
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So that's the kind of sort of I mean, these are the stories we grew up with.
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as Christians in the region, as Muslims in the region.
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even as Arab Jews, right? from the region.
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This is sort of the faith and the common faith and cultural tradition we grew up with here.
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Um, So a lot of the stuff that we see today is very new.
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These are lines drawn in the sand by colonial powers.
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that really sort of - Yeah.
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destroyed that social cohesion and the social fabric that existed here.
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My complete outsider perspective At the time when the official capital of the state of Israel moved from Tel Aviv, a city of recent creation,
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to Jerusalem, a city that, as noted, long predates the state of Israel.
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was that Jerusalem changed from an international holy site to a kind of government garrison run by a city state,
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run by a nation state.
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And that's probably not good for the Christians.
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Do you think it's fair?
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Yeah, I think Jerusalem belongs to all people, right?
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It surely doesn't belong to Bibi.
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It's not his.
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He didn't make it.
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None of those buildings was built by the government of Israel.
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Sorry.
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Ah.
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So but now it kind of feels like it belongs to BB.
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Again, this is my perspective from thousands of miles away, but - Okay.
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It's just interesting
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And you know this because you spend so much time in the United States that I don't think
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It would enter the minds of most Americans that a Christian could be better treated here in Jordan than in Israel.
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Yeah.
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I don't think it's just the Christians, I think...
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the occupation is an equal opportunity.
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Oh, for sure.
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I don't think it's primarily the Christians, but What makes it galling from an American perspective, I am American, I see everything through the lens of the United States and its own interests.
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is that, America is paying for this you know and America is a majority Christian country,
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So we can all have different views about what our foreign policy ought to be, I don't think many Americans are in favor of foreign policy that oppresses their fellow Christians,
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I hope not.
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I hope not.
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But you see the point.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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I think...
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I mean, my advice would be to the Christians that really care in the US is, Talk to us.
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Talk to the ancient Christians, you know, we've been here.
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Since Christ, we're here.
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Don't just listen to the DC experts, you know.
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So you don't? they don't reach out to you?
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No, in fact, this, I think what I'm sharing with you today is something that's novel.
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This is not a narrative I don't think.
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that you hear, right?
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in the US a lot, ever.
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I feel shame listening to you and I rarely feel shame, but I do feel shame listening to you
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that I didn't know more about this because I am a Christian and I think, we have an obligation to know what our tax dollars do to our fellow Christians.
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And I just haven't spent enough time thinking about it and I think it's very odd
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that Christians in Jordan and in Israel aren't receiving Help from Christians in the West.
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And this is important to mention, Tucker, but possibly the most destabilizing thing happening in the region.
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is the situation Israel -Palestine.
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without a just resolution.
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Yes.
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A just resolution.
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for the situation of the Palestinians there.
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It's just...
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It's just, it's going to be even more destabilizing for communities in Palestine, in Jordan, across the region.
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How about the United States?
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Mm -hmm.
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So.. you fund mass murder in Gaza and there's no blowback to you, I think there's probably going to be, wouldn't you think?
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “الصحفي الأمريكي "تاكر كارلسون" يتعلم الإسلام من مسيحي عربي!!!”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Christian, Quran, faith, tradition, Jordan. Deze video bevat 138 zinnen en 1345 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:47. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 153 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. 23 van de 138 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| hostile bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhɑstəl/ | vijandig |
| destabilize werkwoord | /diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz/ | destabiliseren |
| integral bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈɪntəɡɹəl/ | integraal |
| prophet zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈpɹɑ.fɪt/ | profeet, profete |
| atrocity zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈtɹɑsɪti/ | wreedheid, gruweldaad |
| cohesion zelfstandig naamwoord | /kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/ | cohesie, samenhang |
| demonize werkwoord | /ˈdiːmənaɪz/ | demoniseren |
| encompass werkwoord | /ɪnˈkʌmpəs/ | omvatten, bevatten |
| revere werkwoord | /ɹɪˈvɪə(ɹ)/ | vereren |
| dedicate werkwoord | /ˈdɛdɪˌkeɪt/ | inwijden, wijden |
| outsider zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/ | buitenstaander, outsider |
| hostility zelfstandig naamwoord | /hɑˈstɪlɪti/ | hostiliteit, vijandigheid |
| garrison zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/ | garnizoen |
| disadvantage zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/ | nadeel |
| obligation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɑ.blɪˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩/ | verplichting, plicht |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| go back werkwoord | teruggaan |
| grow up werkwoord | opgroeien |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- And I'm like, what do you mean?
- I've never felt discriminated against as a question.
- Do you think it's fair?
- This is not a narrative I don't think.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | was mentioned · was actually mentioned · have been taught |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | have always felt · has been · have not read |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 28 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, I'm, didn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: cohesion /kəʊˈhiː.ʒən/, denomination /dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/, compassionate /kəmˈpæʃənət/, obligation /ˌɑ.blɪˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩/, occupation /ˌɑkjʊˈpeɪʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: destabilize /diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz/, atrocity /əˈtɹɑsɪti/, denomination /dɪˌnɒmɪˈneɪʃən/, discriminate /dɪˈskɹɪm.əˌneɪt/, overwhelmingly /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: destabilize /diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz/, demonize /ˈdiːmənaɪz/, disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, pig /ˈpɪɡ/, lens /lɛnz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: blowback /ˈbloʊˌbæk/, compassionate /kəmˈpæʃənət/, garrison /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/, disadvantage /ˌdɪsədˈvæntɪd͡ʒ/, fabric /ˈfæb.ɹɪk/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: integral /ˈɪntəɡɹəl/, garrison /ˈɡæɹ.ɪ.sən/, obligation /ˌɑ.blɪˈɡeɪ.ʃn̩/, disagree /dɪsəˈɡɹi/, pig /ˈpɪɡ/
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 hostile, destabilize, integral.
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