Shadowing Practice: B1 English Listening Practice - The Beach - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Hey everybody, welcome to this B1 English Listening Practice video.
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You can use this video to train your listening and comprehension as I speak.
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So today, I'm going to talk about the beach.
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This is a subject that most people like, because most people like the beach.
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But I would say that I'm actually in that small minority of people that don't really love the beach.
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I'd say that I sometimes like going to the beach, but honestly, I prefer other types of terrain.
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But I'll get back to that later.
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Let's talk about all the cool beach activities that you can do.
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First of all, there are a ton of cool sports that can be played in the sand,
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like volleyball, soccer, football, etc. I've gotta say that even though I'm not all that crazy about the beach, beach volleyball is one of the sports that I love the most.
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There's just something about moving and diving around in the sand that I really like.
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And I'm fairly tall, so I have the advantage of being able to spike the ball over the net, which is pretty fun.
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soccer and football can also be fun to play on the beach
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but for me I think I prefer to play those sports
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on normal grass it's just easier to move around it's flat
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and you can play on a bigger field
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so besides sports of course one of the other things
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that people do on the sand is sunbathe now this is something
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that I could never do in a million years
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because I burned super easily
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if you put me out in the Sun for a few hours I'd come back looking like a ripe tomato no joke.
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I'm sure some of you might say something similar.
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Some of us get a nice tan when we're out in the sun, and some of us burn badly.
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I remember one of my all -time worst sunburns was
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when I went on a pretty long bike ride wearing a sleeveless shirt.
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It was kind of cloudy outside, so I didn't think I needed sunscreen, and boy was I wrong.
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My arms were peeling for a long time after that day.
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Okay, so back to the beach.
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Let's talk about some of the different water activities now.
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Growing up, I did some boogie boarding, which I actually find pretty fun.
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It just doesn't look as cool as surfing.
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If you've never been boogie boarding before, it's when you have a rectangular board and you lie down on it, and when a big wave comes, it pushes you into the shore.
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It's pretty fun.
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I've actually been thinking about learning to surf recently
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because I've had a few different students who were surfers
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and they talked to me about it and made it sound pretty cool.
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So maybe, I might try it, but I don't think I'd be that good at it.
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Besides surfing and boogie boarding there are also some other more exotic looking activities like kite surfing
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and windsurfing and some boat activities like jet skiing or sailing.
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I have been sailing before but on the bay not in the ocean.
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Sailing is something that would be cool to get into
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but it takes a lot of practice training and dedication and so I don't think I'll ever go that route.
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Alright so I mentioned earlier that I'm not a big beach guy.
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And that's mainly for two reasons.
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The first is the sun.
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I burn easily.
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And the second is that if I have free time, I prefer to go to other places, like the mountain, the forest, the countryside, even the desert.
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So it's not that I don't like the beach, I just like other nature places better.
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But, despite that fact, I've lived close to the beach for most of my life, and I know I'm lucky for that.
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Alright so that's all for today.
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Leave a comment and tell me some of the things that you like doing at the beach.
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I'll see you next video.
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Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les
Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “B1 English Listening Practice - The Beach”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: beach, cool, activities, sports, boogie. Deze video bevat 52 zinnen en 679 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 3:16. De spreker praat snel, ongeveer 208 woorden per minuut, dus reken op verbonden en ingeslikte klanken. 83% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken.
Belangrijke woorden in deze video
De 15 moeilijkste woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:
| Woord | Uitspraak | Betekenis |
|---|---|---|
| surf werkwoord | /sɝf/ | surfen |
| sail zelfstandig naamwoord | /seɪl/ | zeil |
| volleyball zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/ | volleybal |
| sleeveless bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈsliːvlɪs/ | mouwloos |
| sunbathe werkwoord | /ˈsʌnbeɪð/ | zonnebaden, zonnen |
| sunscreen zelfstandig naamwoord | zonnebrandcrème | |
| surfer zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈsɜː(ɹ)fə(ɹ)/ | surfer, internetter |
| kite zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˈkiːtɛ/ | wouw |
| cloudy bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ˈklaʊ̯diː/ | bewolkt |
| comprehension zelfstandig naamwoord | /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/ | begrip, verstandigheid |
| rectangular bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/ | rechthoekig, rechthoekige |
| ripe bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɹaɪp/ | rijp |
| peel werkwoord | /piːl/ | schillen |
| tomato zelfstandig naamwoord | /təˈmeɪ.toʊ/ | tomaat |
| exotic bijvoeglijk naamwoord | /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/ | uitheems, exotisch |
Phrasal verbs die je zult horen
| Woord | Betekenis |
|---|---|
| come back werkwoord | terugkomen |
| grow up werkwoord | opgroeien |
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 continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is | I've actually been thinking · have been sailing |
| Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt | you've never been · I've had · I've lived |
| Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of ding | net, which is · students who were |
| Mogelijkheid met “might / may” might/may + werkwoord — iets is mogelijk maar niet zeker | might say · might try |
Uitspraak om op te letten
De spreker gebruikt 26 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, don't, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.
- De klanken “sh” en “zh”: comprehension /ˌkɑmpɹɪˈhɛnʃn̩/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/, shore /ʃɔɹ/
- Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: rectangular /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/, dedication /ˌdɛdɪˈkeɪʃən/
Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:
- Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: countryside /ˈkʌn.tɹiˌsaɪd/, dive /daɪv/
- /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: boogie /ˈbʊ.ɡi/, rectangular /ɹɛkˈtæŋɡjəlɚ/, exotic /ɪɡˈzɑtɪk/
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 surf, sail, volleyball.
Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?
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