Shadowing Practice: A 5½ minute video on accepting the effects of ageing. - Learn English Speaking with Video
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I wish people had told me what to expect when I was growing up because I'm still growing up.
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I grew up in Vancouver.
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I was born in Ottawa.
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I was raised in Toronto but I grew up when I got to Vancouver.
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We came here when I was 15 and a half and boy did I grow up.
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I got away from the family and the influences of stuffy Toronto, the stuffy Toronto that we lived in.
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I always depended on education.
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I valued it.
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It was valued in my family.
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To me it was success.
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It was visible success.
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I was living in the British properties, four little children born in five years.
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Built the house around us including me building a lot of it and digging and doing gardening with a
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shovel and pick seriously it was just ridiculous when you look back
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but I've always been a doer and I will not quit
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so I just did everything that had to be done and
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that I went back got my last child into school and went back to university to do a second degree.
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And what happened recently is that the shoulder is slipping, the actual shoulder joint.
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It's as though the glue had dried up in a carpentry sense.
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The glue's dried up and crumbled and my shoulder slips and
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when it slips it bites tissue and grabs the nerve and then it bleeds internally.
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So that's what I have and I have a limited shoulder.
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Part of the injury, I think, was the years of writing on the blackboard because I've university teaching for years as well as every level literally.
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And you'll notice that I can want to get my right arm up this high.
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Right up until this, I would be swimming three times a week.
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I live right down here, right downtown, so I walk everywhere.
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I walk to the opera, the symphony, I do all my shopping, I walk for fun.
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I really miss swimming because I can't, they won't let me right now.
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I miss tennis terribly.
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I miss skiing.
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These sports that were joy to me.
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I'm in my 84th year and this is something I want to share with people.
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This is a process of aging.
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It is nothing other than ordinary, I mean okay a bit extraordinary work with that shoulder
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but not much more than many other people but this is going to happen.
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I had a little wish about a week ago thinking I wish people had told me what to expect
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when I was growing up and I'm really mean growing up
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because I'm still growing up and if I had known
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that joints were going to go okay corners go knees hips I never knew my shoulder would.
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so this is this is a condition that I will live with
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and I couldn't be happier because if that's the worst I have to handle amazed
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because I can still use my hand if if I am very careful of my arm because I'm responsible for hurting myself.
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If I move that arm wrong I create the pain.
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It's nothing the medical profession can stop for me.
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I have to stop it.
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I'm the watchdog.
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I went down and I said to them, the physiotherapy, I want a supportive
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structure made out of elastic or leather or whatever like a football pad that holds my shoulder together so it doesn't slip.
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And the difference when it was on, oh, it's amazing.
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You can just feel the support.
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I think the thing that makes me happiest every day is the more I can interact with people, whether they be the kind neighbor that lives in my building
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or being able to come down here and find the walking group
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that we went out with on Tuesdays and laugh and sit with them here even for a half an hour.
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This is my neighborhood and it's part of my joy to be in a neighborhood
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and this is what keeps me bright, alert.
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and bothering because otherwise what is my purpose here?
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “A 5½ minute video on accepting the effects of ageing”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: shoulder, growing, slip, Toronto, arm. Deze video bevat 56 zinnen en 686 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:56. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 139 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 79% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| slip werkwoord | /ˈslɪp/ | slippen, uitglijden |
| stuffy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈstʌfi/ | muf, bedompt |
| swim werkwoord | /swɪm/ | zwemmen |
| blackboard zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈblækbɔɹd/ | schoolbord, krijtbord |
| crumble werkwoord | /ˈkɹʌmbəl/ | uit elkaar vallen, verbrokkelen |
| physiotherapy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌfɪziəʊˈθerəpi/ | fysiotherapie, kinesitherapie |
| shovel zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈʃʌv.əl/ | schop, schep |
| watchdog zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈwɑːt͡ʃˌdɑːɡ/ | waakhond |
| elastic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ə-/ | elastieken |
| neighbour zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈneɪbɚ/ | buur, buurman |
| bleed werkwoord | /ˈbliːd/ | bloeden |
| symphony zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɪm.fə.ni/ | symfonie |
| glue zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɡlu/ | lijm |
| supportive bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /səˈpɔɹtɪv/ | ondersteunend, behulpzaam |
| interact werkwoord | /ɪn.təˈɹækt/ | interageren, elkaar beïnvloeden |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| grow up werkwoord | opgroeien |
| dry up werkwoord | opdrogen |
| go back werkwoord | teruggaan |
| go down werkwoord | afdalen |
| look back werkwoord | achterom kijken, terugkijken |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 13 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I've, can't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shovel /ˈʃʌv.əl/, profession /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/, tissue /ˈtɪʃ.(j)u/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: physiotherapy /ˌfɪziəʊˈθerəpi/, internally /ɪnˈtɜːnəli/
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 slip, stuffy, swim.
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.