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Hey Terrence, so how'd you spend your Labor Day weekend?
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I spent my Labor Day weekend not doing anything except wishing I was at Burning Man.
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I had plans to go, but they fell through.
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Oh man, that sucks because I know that you've really enjoyed it in the past.
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Yeah, as you know, I've gone quite a few years in a row, but this year I couldn't make it.
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You know, but I guess the saving grace about it is
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that I'm not in the heat and I really can't stand the dust.
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Oh, yeah, I know.
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I hear that the heat and the dust can be overwhelming.
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I've had some friends who have gone in past years
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and they didn't prepare enough and they said they were in over their heads.
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Oh yeah, it's definitely the kind of thing that
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It helps to know what you're getting into With the conditions and just what to expect
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Because no amount of description can really
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Help with what you're going to experience I was talking with a friend of mine who lives in Canada And I mentioned
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Burning Man, he'd never heard it
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And he was like, what's it about?
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And wanted me to describe it
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And I realized that I'm not really able to describe it to him
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Because I've never been Yeah, it's one of those things it's kind of hard to describe.
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I mean, the first time you go, you really can't, you really can't believe your eyes, what you see.
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I mean, just all of the people and all the effort they put into it, all the creativity, it's really something to behold.
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So, um, how would you describe it though?
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Like I would describe it just as a, just really large festival where basically anything goes,
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anything you want to do is accepted.
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Um, any way you want to express yourself, it's okay.
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Whether it's how you dress, what you say, the kind of music you want to play, anything.
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Yeah, I've heard there's some pretty wild outfits.
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People just dress up as crazy as they possibly can.
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Yeah, you never know what people are going to do.
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I never cease to be amazed with what I'm going to see there.
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Nice, that's great.
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How long is it?
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Oh, I'm sorry, go ahead.
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But like I said, I've gone five years, and the process of going does get a little old.
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The first time I went, I definitely had that first -time blown -away feeling.
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But then after a while, subsequent years, it's not quite as exciting and fresh.
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So you start to maybe focus a little more on some of the discomforts.
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You have no creature comforts when you're there.
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Yeah, and the traffic's out of hand, too.
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I hear you end up sitting in traffic jams for hours.
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You can.
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You can, especially towards the end of the week when everybody's in a rush to get there.
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It absolutely can be that way.
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When do people start getting there?
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Some people go as early as the week before.
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They really want to get there and maximize their time.
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You can be up there basically for nine days.
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Was that people who want to build structures and stuff?
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Yeah, definitely.
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There's some people that can actually go even before it starts and they can, you know, if you're building a special art project,
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you could get there as early as a month beforehand.
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But the people that are there setting up big camps, they tend to get there probably like nine days beforehand.
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It sounds like it's just like a really artistic event, like where everyone's just trying to express themselves and their artistic sides
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and showing off their art and stuff and just acting a little crazy.
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Absolutely.
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Absolutely.
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It's definitely an environment where it's in the fact that it's in the desert.
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It just adds to the just surreal atmosphere of it.
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I mean, you're there
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and you might as well be on the moon with the with the costumes and people just totally trick out their cars.
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Yeah.
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And then what do they do at the end?
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Like, I know they burn something, but I'm not even sure what it is, because, like I said, I've never been there.
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Yeah, it's kind of this it's kind of the culmination of the event.
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It's why it's called Burning Man.
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There's this giant man that's basically burned.
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I mean, it's kind of this tribal festival that reaches a fever pitch, lots of fire dancers, people just basically going crazy.
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What's the man made out of?
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Made of wood.
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Oh, okay.
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Made of wood.
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And then there's definitely some neon light on him
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because the event is kind of surrounding a middle area and the man is in the middle.
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and that Saturday night, which is on Labor Day weekend, pretty much the entire place kind of just surrounds it
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and that's when it all starts and then it finishes with him getting burned down
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and the place just reaches a fever pitch at that point.
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Yeah, I hear that it becomes, with the number of people there, it becomes one of the largest towns in all of Nevada for that weekend.
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Yeah, I know it's top 10.
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Yeah, definitely.
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It's a real good experience.
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Yeah, you know, I'd really like to go next year, but I'm going to plan for it, but you never know what can come up,
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so I'll just have to see how it goes.
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Maybe I'll see you out there.
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Yeah, well, if I go, you'll definitely be one of the first ones to know.
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Awesome.
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Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: definitely, describe, weekend. Deze video bevat 86 zinnen en 946 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:11. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 182 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 88% 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 woorden uit de video die het leren waard zijn, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| pitch zelfstandig naamwoord | /pɪt͡ʃ/ | worp |
| dust zelfstandig naamwoord | /dʌst/ | stof |
| fever zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈfivɚ/ | verhoging, koorts |
| artistic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɑɹˈtɪs.tɪk/ | kunstzinnig, artistiek |
| surround werkwoord | /səˈɹaʊnd/ | omgeven, omringen |
| beforehand bijwoord | /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/ | vooraf, op voorhand |
| rush werkwoord | /ɹʌʃ/ | afraffelen |
| atmosphere zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/ | atmosfeer, dampkring |
| suck werkwoord | /sʌk/ | zuigen |
| comfort zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkʌm.fət/ | comfort, gemak |
| desert zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈdɛz.ɚt/ | woestijn, woestenij |
| subsequent bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/ | volgend, daaropvolgend |
| outfit zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈaʊtfɪt/ | outfit |
| costume zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkɑsˌt(j)um/ | kostuum, klederdracht |
| jam zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈd͡ʒæm/ | confituur, jam |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| burn down werkwoord | platbranden, afbranden | |
| dress up werkwoord | verkleden | |
| end up werkwoord | belanden, terechtkomen | |
| set up werkwoord | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | bereiden, voorbereiden |
| show off werkwoord | zich aanstellen, pronken met |
Zinnen om te herhalen
Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:
- You have no creature comforts when you're there.
- What's the man made out of?
- Maybe I'll see you out there.
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 | you've really enjoyed · I've gone · I've had |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | friends who have · people who want · people that can |
| Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet | is accepted · be amazed |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 29 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I've, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: rush /ɹʌʃ/, culmination /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: creativity /kri.eɪˈtɪv.ᵻ.ti/, culmination /ˌkʌl.mɪˈneɪ.ʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: surround /səˈɹaʊnd/, beforehand /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/, behold /bɪˈhəʊld/, maximize /ˈmæksəmaɪz/, amaze /əˈmeɪz/
- /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: beforehand /bɪˈfɔɹhænd/, atmosphere /ˈætməsˌfɪɹ/, jam /ˈd͡ʒæm/, dancer /ˈdænsəɹ/, maximize /ˈmæksəmaɪz/
- /w/ — met ronde lippen: subsequent /ˈsʌbsɪkwənt/, overwhelm /ˌoʊ.vɚˈwɛlm/
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 pitch, dust, fever.
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