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Landscape with the Fall of Icarus is a large painting from the 1560s that hangs in Belgium's largest museum, the Musée des Beaux -Arts,
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and is held to be a meticulous copy of an original work now lost by the Flemish artist
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Peter Bruegel the Elder.
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The painting shows a superficially bucolic scene.
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Ships are taking sail, a shepherd is tending to his flock, distant cities look prosperous and ordered.
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But in the bottom right -hand corner of the canvas, a tragedy is unfolding, all but unheeded.
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Reckless Icarus, the legendary figure from classical mythology, is in the final stages of one of the ancient world's most famous aeronautical disasters.
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Together with his father Daedalus, the young man had made himself a pair of wings glued together with wax.
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Daedalus had warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, in case its heat were to melt the structure,
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but the impetuous boy soared too high anyway and, in the painting, has just tumbled down into the waves to his death.
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Icarus' end is deliberately not the central focus of the painting.
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The eye is drawn instead to the glittering cities and smart ships in the distance.
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As if to emphasise the point, the ploughman at the centre of the painting references a popular proverb, no plough stops for the dying man.
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This neglect of Icarus' tragedy is at one level terrifying and sad.
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We read into it how little the world cares about our own pains.
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And yet, from another perspective, this neglect is deeply gratifying and importantly redemptive.
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It is one of the central sources of our unhappiness
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that we spend so much of our lives fearing for our reputations
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and wondering what others will think of us when we fail, as we inevitably will at points.
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The slightest change in our image in the eyes of others can obsess us.
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We lie awake at night wondering how we could cope without the approval of people we don't even like very much.
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We surrender our freedom to the verdicts of strangers.
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But the painter's stroke of consoling genius is here to show us how, when we really mess up,
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almost no one will be looking or caring very much.
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The farmer is too busy ploughing, the shepherd is too taken up with thinking about the weather, someone else is overwhelmingly intent on fishing.
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Our tragedies don't occupy society the way we fear they will.
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A few people might notice for a moment, then swiftly move on to the next thing.
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We are at the centre of the galaxy, only in our own tortured minds.
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The world is still filled with humans who haven't heard of us and never will.
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Those who might be angry or disappointed with you now will have forgotten all about you soon enough.
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Your disgrace will, in time, be subsumed within the larger amnesia of a consolingly indifferent world.
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It isn't just Icarus who is being swallowed up and obscured by the waves, some of the same obscurity awaits our greatest errors and embarrassments.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles is gebaseerd op de video “A Reason Not to Worry What Others Think”. Deze video bevat 32 zinnen en 513 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:11. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 161 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. Slechts 77% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| tragedy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/ | tragedie, treurspel |
| shepherd zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈʃɛpəɹd/ | herder, schaapherder |
| neglect werkwoord | /nɪˈɡlɛkt/ | verwaarlozen |
| reputation zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/ | faam, naam |
| disappointed bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/ | teleurgesteld |
| disaster zelfstandig naamwoord | /dɪˈzɑːs.təː/ | ramp, onheil |
| landscape zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlan(d)skeɪp/ | landschap |
| genius zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒin.jəs/ | genie |
| galaxy zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈɡæl.ək.si/ | sterrenstelsel |
| intent zelfstandig naamwoord | /ɪnˈtɛnt/ | bedoeling |
| stranger zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈstɹeɪnd͡ʒɚ/ | vreemde, vreemdeling |
| legendary bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/ | legendarisch |
| slight bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /slaɪt/ | onbeduidend |
| farmer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfɑɹ.mɚ/ | boer, boerin |
| torture zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈtoɹt͡ʃɚ/ | marteling, foltering |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| mess up werkwoord | verrommelen, in de war brengen |
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 | is held · is drawn · is still filled |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | has just tumbled · haven't heard |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 4 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals don't, haven't, isn't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shepherd /ˈʃɛpəɹd/, reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, amnesia /ˌæmˈniʒə/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: reputation /ˌɹɛpjʊˈteɪʃən/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, legendary /ˈlɛd͡ʒ.ənˌdɛɹ.i/, importantly /ɪmˈpɔɹ.tənt.li/, deliberately /dɪˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹət.li/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: shepherd /ˈʃɛpəɹd/, disappointed /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnɪd/, proverb /ˈpɹɑˌvɝb/, unfold /ʌnˈfoʊld/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: tragedy /ˈtɹæd͡ʒ.ɪ.di/, galaxy /ˈɡæl.ək.si/, classical /ˈklæs.ɪ.k(ə)l/, canvas /ˈkæn.vəs/, embarrassment /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: neglect /nɪˈɡlɛkt/, galaxy /ˈɡæl.ək.si/, glue /ɡlu/, disgrace /dɪsˈɡɹeɪs/, glitter /ˈɡlɪtəɹ/
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 tragedy, shepherd, neglect.
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.