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Lady in red Is dancing with me Chief to chief
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There's nobody here What is it?
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Patrick.
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Yes, Jean?
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There's a Mr. Donald Kimball here to see you. Who?
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Detective Donald Kimball.
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Tell him I'm at lunch.
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Patrick, it's only 10.30.
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I think he knows you're here.
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Send him in, I guess.
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Now, John, you've got to wear clothes in proportion to your physique.
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There are definite do's and don'ts, good buddy, of wearing a bold striped shirt.
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A bold striped shirt calls for solid, colored, or discreetly patterned suits and ties patterned suits and ties.
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Yes, always tip the stylist 15%.
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Listen, John, I've got to go.
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T. Boone Pickens just walked in.
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Just joking.
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No, don't tip the owner of the salon.
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OK, John, right?
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Got it.
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Sorry about that.
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No, I'm sorry.
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I should have made an appointment.
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Was that anything important?
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All that?
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Just mulling over business problems, examining opportunities, exchanging rumors, spreading gossip.
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Hi.
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I'm Donald Kimball.
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Hi.
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Pat Bateman.
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Nice to meet you.
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Sorry to barge in on you like this.
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I know how busy you guys can get.
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So, what's the, uh, topic of discussion?
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I've been hired by Meredith Powell to investigate the disappearance of Paul Allen.
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I see, yeah.
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Paul's disappearance, yeah.
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Sir, it's nothing that official.
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I just have some basic questions about Paul Allen, about yourself.
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Coffee?
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No, I'm okay.
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Paul and ours?
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No, I'm okay.
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Can you bring Mr. Kimball?
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Mr. Kimball, a bottle of a...
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No, really, I'm okay.
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It's no problem.
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So, what's the topic of discussion?
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The disappearance of Paul Allen.
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Right.
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Well, I, um...
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I haven't heard anything about the disappearance or anything.
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Not on page six, at least.
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I think his family wants to skip quiet.
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Understandable.
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Lime?
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No, not really.
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I'm okay.
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You sure?
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I can always get you a lime.
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Just some preliminary questions that I need for my own files, okay?
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Shoot.
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How old are you?
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Twenty-seven.
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Where did you go to school?
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Harvard, then Harvard Business School.
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Your address?
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American Gardens Building, West 81st Street.
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Hmm, nice.
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Very nice.
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Thanks.
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What can you tell me about Paul Allen?
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I'm at a loss.
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He was part of that whole Yale thing.
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Yale thing?
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Yeah, Yale thing.
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What do you mean, Yale thing?
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Well, I think for one, that he was probably a closet homosexual who did a lot of cocaine at Yale thing.
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What kind of man was he?
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Besides the information you've just given.
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I hope I'm not being cross-examined here.
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You feel like that?
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No, not really.
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Where did Paul hang out?
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Hang out?
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Yeah, you know, hang out.
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Let me think.
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The Newport, Harry's, Flutie's, Indochine, Nell's, the Cornell Club, the New York Yacht Club.
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He had a yacht?
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No, he just hung out there.
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And where did he go to school?
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Don't you know this?
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I just wanted to know if you know.
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Before Yale, if I remember correctly, St. Paul's.
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Listen, I just, I just want to help.
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I understand.
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Do you have any witnesses or fingerprints?
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Well, there's a message on his answering machine that says he went to London.
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Maybe he did, huh?
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His girlfriend doesn't think so.
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But has anyone seen him in London?
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Actually, yes.
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Hmm.
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But I've had a hard time getting actual verification.
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A Stephen Hughes said he saw him at a restaurant there.
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But I checked it out.
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And what happened is he mistook a Herbert Ainsworth for Palso.
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Had his apartment been burglarized?
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No, actually, it hadn't.
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Toiletries were missing.
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A suit was gone.
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So was some luggage.
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That's it.
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I mean, no one's dealing with the homicide squad yet or anything, right?
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No, not yet.
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As I said, we're not sure.
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Basically, no one's seen or heard anything.
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So typical, isn't it?
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It's just strange.
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One day someone's walking around, going to work, alive, and then...
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Nothing.
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People just disappear.
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Earth just opens up and swallows them.
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Eerie.
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Really eerie.
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Listen, you'll have to excuse me.
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I have a lunch meeting with Cliff Huxtable Four Seasons in 20 minutes.
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Uh, the Four Seasons?
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Isn't that a little far uptown?
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I mean, aren't you gonna be late?
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No, there's one down here.
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Oh, really?
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I didn't know that.
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It's very good.
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Listen, if anything else occurs to you, any information...
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Absolutely, I'm 100% with you.
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Great.
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And thanks for your time, Mr. Bateman.
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Bye-bye.
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Goodbye.
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Thank you.

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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B2 is gebaseerd op de video “American Psycho - Office Interrogation - 1080 HD”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: Yale, Paul, Kimball, disappearance, Allen. Deze video bevat 141 zinnen en 739 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 5:45. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 129 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 76% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig. 37 van de 141 zinnen zijn vragen, dus het is goede oefening voor vraagintonatie en korte antwoorden.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

WoordUitspraakBetekenis
disappearance zelfstandig naamwoord/dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/verdwijning
eerie bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈɪɚi/vreemd, angstaanjagend
stripe zelfstandig naamwoord/stɹaɪp/streep
yacht zelfstandig naamwoord/jɑt/jacht
lime zelfstandig naamwoord/laɪm/limoen, limoenenboom
examine werkwoord/ɪɡˈzæmɪn/onderzoeken
fingerprint zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/vingerafdruk
barge zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈbɑɹd͡ʒ/duwbak, aak
homosexual bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/homoseksueel, van de verkeerde kant
rumor zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɹumɚ/gerucht
understandable bijvoeglijk naamwoordbegrijpelijk
definite bijvoeglijk naamwoord/ˈdɛfɪnɪt/eenduidig
luggage zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/bagage
homicide zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈhɑ.məˌsaɪ̯d/doodslag (unintentional), moord
swallow werkwoord/ˈswɑ.loʊ/slikken, doorslikken

Zinnen om te herhalen

Korte, volledige zinnen uit de video die je in alledaagse gesprekken kunt gebruiken:

  • Tell him I'm at lunch.
  • Where did you go to school?
  • Don't you know this?
  • Do you have any witnesses or fingerprints?
  • I mean, aren't you gonna be late?

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

StructuurIn de video
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog teltI've been hired · haven't heard · you've just given
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetI've been hired · been burglarized

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 28 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I've, don't. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: verification /ˌvɛ.ɹə.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, proportion /pɹəˈpɔɹʃən/
  • Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: disappearance /dɪsəˈpɪəɹəns/, verification /ˌvɛ.ɹə.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/, homosexual /ˌhɒməʊˈsɛksjuːəl/, preliminary /pɹɪˈlɪmɪnɛɹi/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: burglarize /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡləɹaɪz/, barge /ˈbɑɹd͡ʒ/, luggage /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/, homicide /ˈhɑ.məˌsaɪ̯d/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: examine /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/, salon /ˈsælɒn/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: examine /ɪɡˈzæmɪn/, burglarize /ˈbɜː(ɹ)ɡləɹaɪz/, fingerprint /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌpɹɪnt/, luggage /ˈlʌɡ.ɪdʒ/, gossip /ˈɡɑsɪp/

Zo oefen je met deze video

  1. Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
  2. Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als disappearance, eerie, stripe.

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.

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