Shadowing Practice: Adam Levine's New Girlfriend - Learn English Speaking with Video
Les maken...
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Just like the rest of us, our first guest was heartbroken to hear that Adam Levine got married.
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Take a look.
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- I don't want you to be too sad, but I was gonna tell you, Adam Levine got married.
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- No. - He did.
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- No way! No, he didn't, Mommy!
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Mommy, he didn't.
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- Oh, man.
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I know.
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So, please welcome three-year-old Mila and her mom Emily.
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So you've been wanting to marry Adam for a long time?
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- Yeah. - He's, like, your boyfriend?
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- Yeah. - Have you ever talked to him or anything?
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- Mm...no. - Well, you will, I mean, if he's your boyfriend at some point you will. - Yeah.
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- - Did you think-- How did you know that she was-- I mean, obviously, you knew she loved him, but when did you know that she'd react that way?
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- We were in the grocery store and I think I said, "Oh, Adam. Adam got married." And meltdown, so...
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"Okay no. Let's go over here-- change the subject." And then, I felt really bad, but I told her again and I filmed it.
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- You are s-- - And...and yeah, so...
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- But then she got over it really fast, right?
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- Yeah, we turned on the radio.
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We started singing and, you know, 3-year-old style...moved on. - Yeah.
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- You just moved on? - But she still loves him?
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- Yeah, you still love him a whole lot, right?
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- Yeah. - Do you like him or do you love him? - I love him.
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- You love him. audience: Aww.
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- Well, if he ever met you he would love you, too.
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Is he married?
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Or he's not married, right, Mila?
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- He--yeah.
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- He is or he is not?
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- Um...he's not. - He is married?
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He's not married.
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Good, okay. 'Cause--'cause, so...
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but you're gonna marry him. - Yeah.
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- Mm-kay, good. - - When do you think you will marry him, and at what age?
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- I don't know.
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- You're gonna wait for a little while?
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'Cause you're too young now, right?
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So you think you'll wait till you're like 7 or 8?
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Yeah, good.
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All right, well, I have an outfit for you that I think you're gonna love a whole lot, and it says...
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- - - That...yeah. - Look at what's on there.
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- And then you have pictures of him all over.
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- Yeah. - Oh, my gosh, Mila.
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- Isn't that cute? - Yeah.
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- It's adorable. - Yeah.
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- What do you say? - Thank you.
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- You're welcome. - - Okay, and I got you something else that--it's not in this bag.
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Where is it? It's over there, I think.
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- And I know I said it a million times But I'll only stay with you one more night Try to tell you no But my body keeps on telling you yes Try to tell you stop but your lipstick-- - Look who it is.
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What do you say to Adam? - Can I have a hug? - Thank you.
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- Give him a hug. - Can I have a hug?
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- Aw.
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- Thank you so much.
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- I still love you.
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I still love you.
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I think she's changed his mind. I don't know what happened.
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- She is-- - She is over it.
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- Yeah. It's, uh, you know...
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- It's--I mean, it's a lot.
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It's a lot to meet the love of your life all of a sudden. - Yeah.
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- - What'd you do--I called you, I asked if you saw the video and you said you'd seen it.
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What did you think when you saw it?
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- It was kind of heartbreaking, like-- But it was so unbelievably cute and every single person that I know in my entire life... - Sent it to you?
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- Sent it to me. - I think the first two people were my wife--sorry, earmuffs.
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And then my mother, and they're like, "This is so cute," and then we spoke...
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- Yeah. - And here we are.
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- And I think-- - And she's clearly transfixed.
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- Yeah. I hate to tell you, but I think it was Emily's plan to get you here for Emily to meet you, I-- That's what I think. - Aha.
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- All right. - But yeah, she's, like, the cutest person. - Well, this is very exciting, and she's gonna be excited later on.
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- Hi. - Hi.
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- How you doing? - - Who is it--Mila, do you know who this is?
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Who is this?
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- Usher. - All right. Well, we'll take a break, and do you-- - Oh, my gosh.
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- Do you still want this? - I have the same outfit.
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- I thought you did. - Go take your outfit.
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- All right. - Get your outfit.
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We will, uh--I think... audience: Aww.
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- No, Mila's seeing someone else, I think.
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- - She's--she has moved on, so...
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- All right. She's moved on.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “Adam Levine's New Girlfriend”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: laughs, married, Adam, Mila, outfit. Deze video bevat 80 zinnen en 800 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 4:46. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 168 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 84% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 29 van de 80 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 14 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| laughter zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlæftɚ/ | gelach |
| applause zelfstandig naamwoord | /əˈplɔːz/ | applaus, handgeklap |
| chuckle werkwoord | /ˈt͡ʃʌkəl/ | grinniken |
| gosh | /ɡɑːʃ/ | gossie |
| excite werkwoord | /ɪkˈsaɪt/ | prikkelen, opwinden |
| giggle werkwoord | /ˈɡɪɡl̩/ | giechelen |
| mumble werkwoord | /ˈmʌmbəl/ | mompelen |
| unbelievably bijwoord | ongelooflijk | |
| usher zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈʌʃəɹ/ | plaatsaanwijzer, ouvreuse |
| meltdown zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈmɛltˌdaʊn/ | kernsmelting |
| lipstick zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈlɪpˌstɪk/ | lippenrood, lippenstift |
| adorable bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /əˈdoɹ.əˌbəl/ | schattig, snoezig |
| cheers | /t͡ʃɪəz/ | proost |
| react werkwoord | /ɹiːˈækt/ | reageren |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- It's over there, I think.
- I think she's changed his mind.
- I don't know what happened.
- What did you think when you saw it?
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 25 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you're, gonna, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, usher /ˈʌʃəɹ/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: applause /əˈplɔːz/, cheers /t͡ʃɪəz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: laughter /ˈlæftɚ/, react /ɹiːˈækt/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: gosh /ɡɑːʃ/, giggle /ˈɡɪɡl̩/, grocery /ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/
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 laughter, applause, chuckle.
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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.