Shadowing Practice: Active Listening 1 Unit 5 - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Unit 5.
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Free Time.
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Page 25.
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Listening Task 1.
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How Often?
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Exercise A.
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Listen.
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People are talking about their free time activities.
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How often do they do them?
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Write always, often, sometimes, hardly ever, or never.
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One.
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Do you ever play sports in the afternoon?
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Me?
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Oh, hardly ever.
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I work from one to six during the week, so I can't play sports in the afternoon.
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Once a month, I have the afternoon off, then I go swimming.
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Two.
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How often do you go to the movies on weekends? On weekends?
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Well, sometimes I go to the movies on weekends, and sometimes I go during the week, especially if there's a movie I really want to see.
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I like to watch movies on the big screen.
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They're just not as exciting at home on DVD.
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Three.
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How often do you watch TV at night? At night?
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Well, I guess I always watch TV.
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I watch every night.
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I know I should study, but there are so many programs I like.
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So, I have to say I watch TV a lot, more than I should.
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Four.
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How often do you go to a club?
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Me?
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Never.
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I went to a club once with some friends, but it wasn't my thing.
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I haven't gone back.
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I didn't enjoy it at all.
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I hate dancing in front of people.
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As a matter of fact, I never planned to go back again.
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5. Do you ever go out for lunch?
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Do you mean out to a restaurant?
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Yeah, I do.
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Often, actually.
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How many times a week would you say?
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Oh, maybe three or four times.
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I like to eat lunch with my friends.
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Sometimes we go out to a fast food place.
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Sometimes we go to the student union.
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Yeah, I'd say about three or four times a week.
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6. Do you ever visit relatives on Sunday?
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Yes, my cousins and I visit my grandparents every Sunday.
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My grandmother likes to make a big dinner for us, and we talk about the week.
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I love my grandmother's cooking, so I always visit my grandparents on Sunday.
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Page 25.
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Exercise B.
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Listen again.
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Circle the reasons.
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Age 26.
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Listening task 2.
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What's popular?
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Exercise A.
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Listen.
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People in the U.S spend their free time in the evening in different ways.
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Number the activities from 1 to 9.
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1. What do you want to do tonight?
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Well, I'm not sure.
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I guess I was just planning to watch TV like we usually do.
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Well, a lot of other people are doing the same thing.
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What do you mean?
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According to this survey in the newspaper, a lot of people in the U.S choose to watch TV or DVDs in the evening.
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Really?
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26 percent of the people say that's their favorite way to spend their free time in the evening
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what else does the survey say what's the second most popular
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activity let's see here ah it says the second most popular activity is staying home with family Yeah,
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25% of the people in this survey think so.
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3. This is interesting.
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I mean, I like finding out what other people do in the evening.
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So, what's the third activity?
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Number three on the list is just resting or relaxing.
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Hmm, that's what I really like doing after a long day at work.
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Well, you're not alone.
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9% of the people chose that one.
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4. Okay, keep going.
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What do other people do in their free time?
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Let's see here.
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Aha!
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Here's my favorite way to spend an evening.
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Wait, don't tell me.
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Reading.
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Yes.
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Reading is number four, and another nine percent of the people said they spend their evenings reading.
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Five.
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Hey, all those activities are things people do at home.
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Doesn't anybody go out in the evening?
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Yes, they do.
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In fact, the next most popular choice was getting together with friends.
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How many people chose that?
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8% 8% huh?
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You know, we should get together with our friends more often.
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6 You want to know where else people go in the evening?
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Sure.
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Where else do they go?
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Next on the list is going out to the movies or a play.
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Oh, yeah?
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Do a lot of people do that?
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5% of them do.
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7. Hey, I'm getting hungry.
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What should we have for dinner tonight?
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funny you should say
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that the next thing on the survey is eating out five percent of the people in the US chose that one
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eight
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that seems like a lot of different activities I can't imagine
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what else people do with their free time well some people say they spend the evening playing a sport or exercising.
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That's a great idea.
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Let's get out there and join them.
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Whoa, wait a minute.
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It's not that popular of an activity.
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Only 3% say they do that.
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9. Okay, so what do all the rest of the people like to do?
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That's a good question.
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It doesn't really say.
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Ten percent of the people chose other.
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It could be anything, really.
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So, honey, what do you want to do tonight?
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You name it.
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Page 26.
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Exercise B.
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Listen again.
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What percent of the people do each activity?
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Write the percents in the chart.
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Notice that the important words in the sentences are stressed.
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I like shopping with friends.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze video bevat 130 zinnen en 874 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 8:09. De spreker praat langzaam, ongeveer 107 woorden per minuut, zodat je tijd hebt om elke klank na te doen. 89% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is goed te volgen.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
- relative /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — familielid, bloedverwant. Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
- hungry /ˈhʌŋ.ɡɹi/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — hongerig, honger hebben. Affected by hunger; having the physical need for food.
- cousin /ˈkʌz(ə)n/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — neef, nicht. Chiefly with a qualifying word: Any relation (especially a distant one) who is not a direct ancestor or descendant but part of a person's extended family; a…
- honey /ˈhʌni/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — honing. A sweet, viscous, gold-colored fluid produced from plant nectar by bees, and often consumed by humans.
- relax /ɹɪˈlæks/ (werkwoord) — losmaken. To make something loose.
- swim /swɪm/ (werkwoord) — zwemmen. To move through the water, without touching the bottom; to propel oneself in water by natural means.
- grandmother /ˈɡɹæn(d)ˌmʌðɚ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — grootmoeder, oma. A mother of someone's parent.
- grandparent /ˈɡɹæn(d)pɛəɹənt/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — grootouder. The parent of someone's parent.
- excite /ɪkˈsaɪt/ (werkwoord) — prikkelen, opwinden. To stir the emotions of; to cause to feel excitement.
- exercise /ˈɛk.sə.saɪz/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — oefening. Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill or ability.
- survey /ˈsɝˌveɪ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — enquête, inspectie. The act of surveying; a general view.
- lunch /lʌnt͡ʃ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — lunch, middageten. A light meal usually eaten around midday, notably when not as main meal of the day.
- task /tæsk/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — taak, opgave. A piece of work done as part of one’s duties.
- favourite /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — favoriet, lievelings-. Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
- hardly /ˈhɑɹdli/ (bijwoord) — nauwelijks. Barely, only just, almost not.
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
- go back (werkwoord) — teruggaan. To return to a place or state after having been there at a previous time.
- find out (werkwoord) — ontdekken, onderzoeken. To discover, as by asking or investigating.
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 13 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals can't, doesn't, I'm. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
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 relative, hungry, cousin.
Grammatica in deze video
De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:
| Structuur | In de video |
|---|---|
| Advies met “should” should + werkwoord — zeggen wat een goed idee is | should study · should get · should we have |
| Past continuous was/were + -ing — iets dat op een moment in het verleden bezig was | was just planning · was getting |
| Present continuous am/is/are + -ing — iets dat nu of in deze periode gebeurt | are talking · are doing · is staying |
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.