Shadowing Practice: A old man's advice - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Good morning.
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I made a video not too long ago called An Old Man's Advice.
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Wow, looking at me, it looks like I need to trim my beard a little bit.
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But I received several requests to continue on with that.
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And so I've decided to share a little bit about myself and my life and my hardships and my successes with you.
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You know, this world today is tough.
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It's tough for young people.
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And it's tough for people that for years have had jobs
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and security and made good money and been able to take care of their families.
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And some time ago, as you know, jobs were shipped overseas to improve the bottom line of big companies.
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And I thought I'd tell you a little bit about myself.
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I quit school when I was in a 10th grade.
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My mother and father left me standing on a street corner.
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And so it was up to me to make it.
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And I had a job working at a shell filling station.
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And I went to the owner and I told him my situation.
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And I was making a dollar an hour, and I asked him if I could work more hours.
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And so I began working 90 hours a week.
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And during that time, as I've said before, my home was the back of an old car.
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And I worked my 90 hours a week.
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And I took my baths in a polling station restroom.
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and I washed my clothes, my private clothes, in the sink.
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And once in a while, when I was really hungry,
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I would go to the grocery store and snitch an apple or an orange.
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Now this was in the 50s.
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Things were a lot different than they are now and I'm convinced
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that the owner of the grocery store knew what I was doing
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because it was about a half a block away from where I worked and he knew me.
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Now I've said before that good things nor bad things last forever. And that's true.
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And I began to learn different things.
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I knew in my soul that if I had nothing to offer,
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I was as far as I was going to go.
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now unemployment at
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that time was very high on the other hand in the 50s you could go into a corporation
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and ask for a job and get it
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and after I'd worked 90 hours a week for a long time I went into the service I was 17.
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In the service, I taught myself to read and write.
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The first book I picked up was a book written by Louis Slumore and had 196 pages in it.
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I'll never forget it.
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It was a cowboy story, a western.
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and there were words in there
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that I didn't know I didn't understand I had no idea what they were so I got a dictionary from
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the service library
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and as I would read if there was a word
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that I didn't understand I would look it up and I will tell you now it took me almost three weeks to read 196 pages
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but I read and I continued to read
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and in several months I was reading two
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and three books at a time and I knew where I was in every single one of them.
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So that's what you can do.
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A person's mind is incredible.
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Your mind is incredible.
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As a young person, regardless of what's happening in the world today, you have opportunity.
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And don't you believe for one single minute what they say in the media.
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because if you aren't getting ahead and you need to get ahead, position yourself to learn.
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Go to the library and learn.
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You are the backbone of this world.
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Young people, without you, this world is nothing.
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Nothing.
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You are the backbone of this world.
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You are the future leaders of this world.
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You are the ones that see the greed of the people that are running it now.
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You are the ones that see the waste of the people that are running it now.
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We need you.
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We need your minds.
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We need your hearts.
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We need your lives.
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We need your loves.
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We need you to care.
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And I know that you do care.
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Oh, I see young people stepping on a flag and throwing rocks and rioting.
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That's frustration.
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Frustration.
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It's frustration with the establishment, and I understand it. But that's not you.
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Don't let that be you.
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Rise above it.
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You're better than that.
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Rise above it.
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Anyway, I got kind of off track there.
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But anyway, as I went on and I got out of the service,
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I had begun to write and educate myself.
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I got a little bit of college.
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And I continued on through my life with that.
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And you can do the same thing.
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You don't have to have a doctorate or a PhD or a master's degree.
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What you have to have is determination.
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You have to have an inner will to get things done.
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You have to have a desire.
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And I know the desire is there.
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Because as I said before.
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Without your brains.
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Without your ambition.
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Without your drive.
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This world will be nothing.
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Nothing.
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Because old people like me.
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Die off.
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I have been successful.
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Not tremendously successful.
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But I have a decent retirement.
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I live with my lovely wife in Arizona.
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I've had financial problems.
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Everyone has those. But you can't stop.
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You can't quit.
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You can't say, I'm a failure.
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You're not a failure.
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You're not.
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You're a wonderful, strong, intelligent youngster.
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Take advantage of that.
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Trust in God.
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Trust in yourself. and step forward.
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Put one foot in front of another.
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Let me give you an example.
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I've had a couple of businesses.
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They weren't tremendously successful, but they were successful.
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I've written books.
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I have presently probably 13 or 14 books in a publication.
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My latest is Copper Penny.
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It's in paperback on Amazon.
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Look it up.
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so you can do it I did it
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you can do it I'm 76 and to my last breath I will encourage young people because I love them
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I will encourage young people because I know they are the future you are the ones
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that must save the oceans you are the ones
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that must save the air because those that are in power the bottom line unfortunately for many,
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many of those in power all over the world is wealth and power over others.
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So I'm going to close this now, but I just wanted you to know that people like me,
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old soldiers, old people, we understand.
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And as old as I am, I would pick up my cane and defend you to my last breath because I love you.
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So I'm going to stop now.
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But just remember, never quit.
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Never quit.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 131 zinnen en 1145 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 10:18. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 111 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. 84% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| frustration zelfstandig naamwoord | /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/ | frustratie |
| encourage werkwoord | /ɪnˈkʌɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ | bemoedigen, aanmoedigen |
| breathe werkwoord | /bɹiːð/ | ademen, ademhalen |
| cloth zelfstandig naamwoord | /klɒθ/ | doek, kleed |
| backbone zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈbækˌboʊn/ | ruggengraat |
| regardless bijwoord | /ɹɪˈɡɑɹd.lɪs/ | desondanks, niettemin |
| defend werkwoord | /dɪˈfɪnd/ | verdedigen |
| wash werkwoord | /wɑʃ/ | wassen, spoelen |
| hungry bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ | hongerig, honger hebben |
| publication zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ | publicatie |
| bath zelfstandig naamwoord | /bɑːθ/ | bad, badkuip |
| establishment zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/ | oprichting, etablissement |
| decent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈdiː.sənt/ | integer, fatsoenlijk |
| shell zelfstandig naamwoord | /ʃɛl/ | schelp |
| intelligent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/ | intelligent |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| pick up werkwoord | oppakken, optillen |
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've decided · I've said · have been |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | was making · was doing · was reading |
| Verplichting: must / have to / need to zeggen dat iets nodig is | need to trim · need to get · have to have |
| Toekomst met “will” will + werkwoord — een besluit, belofte of voorspelling | I'll never forget · will tell · will to |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 29 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I've, I'm, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De “th”-klanken: breathe /bɹiːð/, cloth /klɒθ/, bath /bɑːθ/
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: frustration /fɹʌsˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, wash /wɑʃ/, publication /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, establishment /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/, shell /ʃɛl/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: publication /ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/, establishment /ɪˈstæb.lɪʃ.mənt/, intelligent /ɪnˈtɛlɪd͡ʒənt/, unemployment /ʌn.ɪmˈplɔɪ.mənt/, determination /dɪˌtɜːmɪˈneɪʃən/
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 frustration, encourage, breathe.
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.