Shadowing Practice: A dog called money - Learn English Speaking with Video

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Unit 2.
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On the money.
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Understanding Ideas page 20 to page 21.
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A dog called money.
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One of the best ways to get money is to use a dream tin, said money.
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Take a spare tin, turn it into a money box and write your dream on it.
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Each dream needs its own tin.
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The tin can be any size.
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When the tins are ready, put all your money into them.
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But wouldn't it be better to get more pocket money?
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I replied.
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Money became more serious.
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You may not believe me, Kira.
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But ten times more money means ten times more problems.
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Because the more we get, the more we spend.
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This didn't make any sense.
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I'd surely go where I can have ten times more pocket money.
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That's my dreamland. But money went on.
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Look at your parents.
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They have over one hundred times your pocket money.
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But still they can't manage.
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The key is not how much money we have, but how we use it.
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First, we need to learn how to deal with our money.
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Then we will be able to have more.
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Now let's get back where we started, the dream tins.
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Why don't you simply make a start?
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But when I have so many tins, I'll mix them up," I replied.
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You don't need many.
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Just choose the most important wishes from the list," explained Money.
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I took another look at my list.
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Right.
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My first wish was to go on a trip abroad.
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The second was to buy a laptop.
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The third was to help my parents make a good budget.
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I could make dream tins for the first two and start saving.
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However, the third one seemed a bit difficult.
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Exactly, money read my thoughts.
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Two dream tins are enough.
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Can you manage that?
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Okay, I'll give it a try.
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No, I mean, I'll do it, I promised.

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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.

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