Shadowing Practice: A day in Trinidad - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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The next morning now at our hotel and we're going to go see what they have for breakfast here at the hotel.
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And then after that we'll go swimming in the pool, right?
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Yeah.
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He has a sore on his chin that came out here.
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Hopefully it gets better soon.
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A little sore.
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It's actually pretty big.
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It's like a boil.
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Alright, let's go.
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Let's go eat breakfast.
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He wants to walk around with his new shoes.
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And we came across these beautiful trees.
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full of air plants all these long things on here are air plants or orchids a bee nest oh yeah so beautiful man
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if i wasn't going i would be taking the start these
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are actually not part of the tree they're air plants they're like cactuses
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or orchids just like the one i found at home Look at the beans.
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Look at how pretty.
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And there's a whole street of the same plants with the same orchids on them.
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Look.
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The orchids are not...
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Oh, look, they give little fruit.
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These are all air plants or orchids, whatever.
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But look, they have little white fruits.
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They're like cactuses.
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And they have so many plants just growing along the trunk.
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See how cool that is?
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Here, climb up it real quick.
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You can climb up that tree.
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Yeah, wow.
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You can climb up that tree just like it would be at home in the jungle.
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I need to have one tree like this in my yard.
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I need to find out exactly how they did this.
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They have these things growing on the stems.
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It's so cool.
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Imagine a tree house up on there.
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We found somebody passed out over there laying down.
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Let's just get out of here.
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So I need to find myself a dress for the wedding.
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I saw some really nice dresses in there.
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He's hiding his hands. Can I help you?
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Can I please?
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Please hold your hand.
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We found a beautiful park on our walk in search of breakfast, but it's so pretty.
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Look at all these plants.
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This is what my yard.
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This is a Thelma-style park.
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I need this for my yard.
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I need it to be so beautiful.
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I thought you were supposed to throw coins in here.
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I didn't know it was a trash bin.
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Now I know where to bring our trash.
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Here we are at the statues.
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We got some dolphins and we got some indigenous people.
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And a bunch of trash.
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Someone threw trash in here.
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Thought you were supposed to throw coins in.
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It says, Soldados, los enemigos que tenéis al frente, los veréis desaparecer como las nubes cuando las bate el viento.
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Presidente de Bolivia, José Valdivia, Balivian. Who was that?
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I don't remember that president
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So we're here in front of the church house The church is over there And that's an old church
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Maybe instead of looking for breakfast We should go to church We found some coconuts
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And this little guy saw the coconuts
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And he was not going to pass by without us buying some Do you want one too?
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Do you want a coconut?
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Well, it's probably the most healthy thing there's around.
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He's opening it for us.
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He's going to put a straw in it.
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One more, huh?
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Yeah.
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Coconut.
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He never drank a coconut with a straw before. Can mommy have some?
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Very refreshing.
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Thank you very much.
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All right, we found a spot for breakfast.
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Everybody go in.
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Buen día.
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Let's go.
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Nice looking tables.
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Over here there's a double table.
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Let's go all the way over here.
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Sit yourselves down.
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There's our coffee.
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And there we have some empanadas.
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Take a bite, don't put your
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hand in it that's not the way
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he knows empanadas and guess what i got fried plantains masako cheese
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and meat this is the meal i made sometimes in my videos look at
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that and an egg even a fried egg i didn't usually put an egg
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but look dried plantains even when i'm on the trip and some coffee and there's the boys shakes
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yummy and now we're all stuffed we couldn't quite finish the food
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but breakfast isn't breakfast without a little bit of milk right
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to remind us of home we found We found the cherry tree here.
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We're going to pick a few for the children.
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You want one?
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Look, just like back at home, there's fruits growing here.
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You want one?
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Cherries.
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Look at the cherries.
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Look at that.
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Similar to something.
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Are they yummy?
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You want more?
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This is just like back at home.
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Make our experience just like we were back at home, eating plantains and picking wild fruits.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “A day in Trinidad”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: breakfast, plants, tree, orchids, coconut. Deze video bevat 104 zinnen en 793 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:30. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 144 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| orchid zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɔɹ.kɪd/ | orchidee |
| coconut zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkəʊ.kə.nʌt/ | kokosnoot |
| plantain zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈplæn.tɪn/ | weegbree |
| cherry zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/ | kers, morel |
| climb werkwoord | /ˈklaɪ̯m/ | klimmen |
| cactus zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkæktəs/ | cactus |
| yummy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈjʌm.i/ | lekker, heerlijk |
| fry werkwoord | /fɹaɪ/ | bakken, braden |
| straw zelfstandig naamwoord | /stɹɔ/ | stro |
| sore bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /soɹ/ | pijnlijk |
| coin zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkoɪ̯n/ | munt, muntstuk |
| refresh werkwoord | /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/ | verfrissen |
| dolphin zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdɑlf.ɪn/ | dolfijn |
| boil werkwoord | /bɔɪ(ə)l/ | koken, aan de kook brengen |
| bean zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbi(ː)n/ | boon |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| come across werkwoord | overkomen | |
| come out werkwoord | /ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/ | uitkomen |
| find out werkwoord | ontdekken, onderzoeken |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- Let's just get out of here.
- Can I help you?
- I didn't know it was a trash bin.
- Do you want a coconut?
- He's opening it for us.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Toekomst met “going to” be going to + werkwoord — een plan of iets dat je ziet aankomen | we're going to go · He's going to put · We're going to pick |
| Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig is | need to have · need to find |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 16 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals we're, they're, didn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: refresh /ɹɪˈfɹɛʃ/, shoe /ˈʃu/, shake /ˈʃeɪk/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: empanada /ɛmpəˈnɑːdə/, indigenous /ɪnˈdɪd͡ʒənəs/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: orchid /ˈɔɹ.kɪd/, yourselves /jəˈsɛlvz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: plantain /ˈplæn.tɪn/, cactus /ˈkæktəs/, statue /ˈstæt͡ʃu/
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 orchid, coconut, plantain.
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.