Shadowing Practice: A2 T1 TEST1 PART2 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Questions 8 to 13 You will hear Joel Jones,
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an actor, being interviewed about a cartoon film called Basil the Bee,
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which he wrote and helped to make.
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For each question, choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
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You now have 45 seconds to look at the questions for part 2.
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Now we are ready to start.
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listen carefully you will hear the recording twice how did you feel
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when you first started working on basil the bee well at the start i thought it wouldn't take much time
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because it was a cartoon yeah but i suppose
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that even a simple story is a bit of a challenge i mean
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when you're trying to decide what's going to happen in it
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you spend longer than you realize Is the character you give a voice to, Basil the Bee, like you in any way?
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I think maybe in appearance.
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He does look like me, I suppose, although his head is rounder than mine.
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But he wasn't supposed to look like me.
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That wasn't the plan.
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The team of artists just designed a face that we all enjoyed looking at.
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We felt that he was cute and a bit funny.
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How did your family feel about hearing your voice in a cartoon?
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I'm not exactly sure about my children.
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The little one doesn't recognise it as me, but she loves bees.
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She always insists on seeing the DVD of Basil before she goes off to bed at night.
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Did you expect it to be so popular with children?
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Well, during the time we were making it,
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I occasionally showed my children and some of their friends little parts of it on the computer.
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They'd go crazy and watch it over and over again.
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It's so funny.
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There's nothing more fun than entertaining children, but I never intended it as a movie specially aimed at them or teenagers.
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I just wanted to make it as funny as I could.
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Why do you think that so many people see bees as good bugs?
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I think they have a complicated society, which is very scientific, and the organisation to produce honey,
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which of course is the whole idea, like what their life is for, is about making honey.
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So, we see them as almost human in their behaviour Doing a job,
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getting on with life, and so on And you yourself, do you feel you care more about bees than you used to?
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Bees are the bugs I've always preferred Apart from that,
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I'm not a great fan of bugs on the whole With bees,
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they live like we might do one day They fly around so fast, each with his or her own little flying machine.
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They visit flowers which are beautiful and they create something delicious.
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Somehow, I feel they're a quite different creature from other bugs.
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Now listen again.
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how did you feel
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when you first started working on basil the bee well at the start i thought it wouldn't take much time
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because it was a cartoon yeah but i suppose
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that even a simple story is a bit of a challenge i mean
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when you're trying to decide what's going to happen in it
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you spend longer than you realize is the character you give
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a voice to basil the bee like you in any way I think maybe in appearance.
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He does look like me, I suppose, although his head is rounder than mine.
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But he wasn't supposed to look like me.
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That wasn't the plan.
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The team of artists just designed a face that we all enjoyed looking at.
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We felt that he was cute and a bit funny.
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How did your family feel about hearing your voice in a cartoon?
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I'm not exactly sure about my children.
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The little one doesn't recognise it as me, but she loves bees.
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She always insists on seeing the DVD of Basil before she goes off to bed at night.
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Did you expect it to be so popular with children?
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Well, during the time we were making it, I occasionally showed my children and some of their friends little parts of it on the computer.
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They'd go crazy and watch it over and over again.
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It's so funny.
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There's nothing more fun than entertaining children, but I never intended it as a movie specially aimed at them or teenagers.
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I just wanted to make it as funny as I could.
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Why do you think that so many people see bees as good bugs?
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I think they have a complicated society, which is very scientific, and the organisation to produce honey,
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which of course is the whole idea, like what their life is for, is about making honey.
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So we see them as almost human in their behaviour, doing a job, getting on with life, and so on.
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And you yourself, do you feel you care more about bees than you used to?
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Bees are the bugs I've always preferred.
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Apart from that, I'm not a great fan of bugs on the whole.
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With bees, they live like we might do one day.
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They fly around so fast, each with his or her own little flying machine.
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They visit flowers which are beautiful, and they create something delicious.
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Somehow, I feel they're a quite different creature from other bugs.
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That is the end of part two.
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Waarom deze clip perfect is voor spreekoefening
Deze video met de interview met acteur Joel Jones is een prachtig materiaal om je Engels spreekvaardigheid te verbeteren. De dialoog is helder, conversatief en bevat veel dagelijks taalgebruik, wat het ideaal maakt voor schaduwspreken. Daarnaast gaat het over een leuk onderwerp (een tekenfilm over een bij), waardoor het leuk blijft om te oefenen. De tempo is niet te snel, dus je kunt goed volgen en de intonatie en klinkers nadoen.
Dieper in de taal: Natuurlijke zinnen ontcijferd
Laten we enkele zinnen uit de video bekijken en zien waarom ze zo natuurlijk klinken:
- "Well at the start I thought it wouldn't take much time because it was a cartoon." Deze zin gebruikt een informele structuur ("well at the start") en een contraction ("wouldn't"), wat typisch is voor spraak. Het maakt de zin toegankelijk en realistisch.
- "He does look like me, I suppose, although his head is rounder than mine." "I suppose" geeft een zekere terughoudendheid, wat veel voorkomt in conversaties. De vergelijking ("rounder than mine") is een eenvoudige maar krachtige manier om verschillen te beschrijven.
- "She always insists on seeing the DVD of Basil before she goes off to bed at night." "Insists on seeing" en "goes off to bed" zijn veelgebruikte werkwoordcombinaties die de zin leven geven. Ze laten zien hoe je dagelijkse handelingen op een natuurlijke manier beschrijft.
Oefenroutine: Herhaal en neem op
Een eenvoudige maar effectieve manier om te oefenen is met een schaduwspreken-routine. Volg deze stappen:
- Luister eerst naar een korte fragment van de video (10-15 seconden) en let op de intonatie en tempo.
- Speel het fragment opnieuw af en spreek direct na de spreker, alsof je zijn "schaduw" bent. Probeer de klinkers en accenten precies na te doen.
- Neem jezelf op terwijl je oefent. Luister daarna terug en vergelijk met de originele audio. Let op punten waar je tempo of intonatie nog kunt verbeteren.
- Herhaal dit met verschillende fragmenten. Als je het leuk vindt, kun je zelfs een shadowing app gebruiken om je voortgang te volgen.
Deze methode helpt niet alleen om je uitspraak te verbeteren, maar ook om je luistervaardigheid en taalgevoel te ontwikkelen. En vergeet niet: oefening baart kunst! Elke keer dat je schaduw spreekt, maak je een stapje dichter bij vloeiend Engels.
Wil je meer uitdaging? Probeer later de dialoog te herhalen zonder de audio te horen, of verzin je eigen antwoorden op de interviewvragen. Zo oefen je niet alleen spraak, maar ook creatief denken in Engels. Veel succes!
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | society, which is · flowers which are |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | I've always preferred |
| Vergrotende trap -er than / more … than — twee dingen vergelijken | longer than · rounder than · more fun than |
| Werkwoord + -ing enjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — werkwoorden die door de -ing-vorm worden gevolgd | started working · enjoyed looking |
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.