Shadowing Practice: Bài 4 - Người Chuyên Săn Thưởng - Learn English Speaking with Video

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This is 6 Minute English from bbclearningenglish.com Hello, I'm Rob.
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Welcome to 6 Minute English.
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I'm joined today by Neil.
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Hello, Neil.
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Hello, Rob.
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Now, Neil, I have a question for you.
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Do you think you're a winner?
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Err, you mean someone who has a lot of success in everything?
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Well, not exactly.
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I'm just talking about competitions.
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Do you have a lot of success or luck in winning them?
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Err, competitions?
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No, not at all.
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Oh, I don't think I've ever won a competition.
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Ah, bad luck.
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That means you're not a compa.
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That's an informal name for someone who takes part in, or enters, competitions on an almost semi-professional basis.
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They spend a lot of time trying to win something.
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You mean winning prizes or free gifts?
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I do.
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And Neil, you could win a prize if you can correctly answer today's question.
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So are you ready?
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I'm ready.
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OK, well, a lottery is one kind of competition where the prize is money.
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The biggest cash prizes can be won in the USA.
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But do you know what the biggest ever cash prize to be paid in America is?
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Is it a $590 million, b $890 million, or c $1 billion?
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Well, things tend to be big in America, so I'm going to go for c $1 billion.
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Hmm, I'd like to win that.
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We'll find out if you're right or wrong later on.
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So let's talk more about compers, people who regularly take part in competitions.
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We could say they're hooked on, meaning addicted, to taking part.
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Yes, the lure or attractiveness of winning big prizes means these people just can't stop answering quiz questions,
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writing slogans and captions or solving puzzles.
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Some people go to great lengths or put a lot of effort into winning something, even if it's just a box of chocolates or a coffee mug.
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It's just the excitement of winning.
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But sometimes there are big prizes to win – a new car, a speedboat or a holiday of a lifetime.
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The only problem is that these prizes are either not easy to win
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or there are millions of people trying to win them.
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I've certainly never won anything as fantastic as that.
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But one man who's had plenty of good luck is Martin Dove, who is a retired lecturer and an expert comper.
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He certainly is.
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He's won a yacht, a racehorse, and lots of smaller prizes too.
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Let's hear from him now.
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Listen out for the names he says people have called him.
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I've been a comper for 40 years.
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It's like I've admitted to some addiction, isn't it, really?
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Some people have called me the master of comping, the king of comping, the guru of comping, but it's just a word, it's just a phrase.
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It was just...
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I was fairly high profile.
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So, he says he was fairly high profile.
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That means he was often seen in public, mentioned in newspapers, or appeared on television.
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And because he was high profile, he got called a few nicknames.
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Names like the Master of Comping – so someone who's very good or skilled at it.
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And the King of Comping – not an actual royal king, but someone who is the best at doing something.
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And the Guru of Comping – that's someone who other people respect and go to for advice about comping.
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Well, he knows his stuff and he still checks out competitions on cereal boxes and crisp packets for the next big win.
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He's even written books on the subject and offered advice to other compers.
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But comping has changed, Rob.
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There are lots of competitions to enter on the internet now.
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Every web page you look at seems to tempt us with a fantastic prize to be won.
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Yeah, that's true.
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But Martin Dove doesn't think that is necessarily a good thing.
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Can you hear why?
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The thing is now, competitions are far easier to enter than they ever were.
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The only I could spend a fortnight crafting a slogan and really working hard and really being proud of it.
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Now all you have to do is click, click, click, click, click.
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And because they only take 30 seconds to do, 20 minutes, you can knock out 40 competitions.
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And you could get a million entries now, so it's a million to one.
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So competitions online are easier to enter – you just have to click.
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Martin said he could enter about 40 competitions in just 20 minutes.
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Ah, but because it's so easy, more people enter and so the odds, or chances of winning are less.
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Sometimes a one in a million chance of winning, a very rare or unlikely chance.
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I wonder what your chances are of getting today's question right, Neil?
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One in three, maybe.
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Maybe.
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Well, earlier I asked you what is the biggest ever cash prize to be paid out in a lottery in the USA?
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Is it a $590 million, b $890 million, or c $1 billion?
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I said it was c $1 billion.
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And you are wrong.
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It's actually only $590 million, OK?
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That was won by an 84-year-old woman in Florida last year.
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So, Neil, what's the biggest prize you've ever won?
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Err...
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I think I once, about ten years ago, won £10 on the British National Lottery.
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Wow, that's a big win.
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OK, well, for getting today's question wrong, you get the consolation prize of reminding us of some of the words that we've heard today.
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OK, we heard...
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luck compa prizes lottery hooked on the lure
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slogans high profile master guru the odds one in a million
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OK, thanks Neil, you really are a winner there.
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OK, well, we hope you've enjoyed today's programme.
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Please join us again soon for Six Minute English from BBC Learning English.
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Bye.

Woordenschat en spreektips bij deze les

Deze spreekles op niveau B1 is gebaseerd op de video “Bài 4 - Người Chuyên Săn Thưởng”. Deze woorden komen het vaakst terug: prize, competition, comping, won, Neil. Deze video bevat 94 zinnen en 951 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 6:02. De spreker praat in een natuurlijk tempo van ongeveer 158 woorden per minuut, dicht bij een alledaags gesprek. 82% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden; de rest kun je beter vooraf bekijken. 15 van de 94 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
lottery zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɑtɚi/loting, loterij
slogan zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈsloʊɡən/slagzin
guru zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈɡʊɹ(ˌ)u/goeroe
lure zelfstandig naamwoord/lʊə/lokmiddel, lokkertje
attractiveness zelfstandig naamwoordaantrekkelijkheid
racehorse zelfstandig naamwoordrenpaard
consolation zelfstandig naamwoord/ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/vertroosting
addict zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈæd.ɪkt/verslaafde
lecturer zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹə/lector
caption zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈkæp.ʃən/titel, hoofding
packet zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpæk.ɪt/pakket, pak
yacht zelfstandig naamwoord/jɑt/jacht
quiz zelfstandig naamwoord/kwɪz/kwis, quiz
nickname zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈnɪkneɪm/bijnaam
puzzle zelfstandig naamwoord/ˈpʌzəl/mysterie, raadsel

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

WoordBetekenis
check out werkwoordonderzoeken
find out werkwoordontdekken, onderzoeken

Zinnen om te herhalen

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

  • Do you think you're a winner?
  • Err, you mean someone who has a lot of success in everything?
  • I'm just talking about competitions.
  • You mean winning prizes or free gifts?
  • It's like I've admitted to some addiction, isn't it, really?

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 ever won · I've certainly never won · have called
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doetcan be won · be paid · was often seen
Betrekkelijke bijzinnen who / which + zin — extra informatie over een persoon of dingsomeone who has · someone who takes · people who regularly
Overtreffende trap the -est / the most … — het hoogste of laagste van een groepThe biggest · the best

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 22 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals I'm, I've, you're. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

  • De klanken “sh” en “zh”: consolation /ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/, caption /ˈkæp.ʃən/, addiction /əˈdɪkˌʃən/

Klanken die Nederlandstaligen lastig vinden:

  • Stemhebbende eindmedeklinker — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ niet verscherpen: quiz /kwɪz/, phrase /ˈfɹeɪ̯z/
  • /æ/ — opener dan de Nederlandse “e”: addict /ˈæd.ɪkt/, caption /ˈkæp.ʃən/, packet /ˈpæk.ɪt/, craft /ˈkɹæft/
  • /g/ — een harde plofklank, geen Nederlandse “g”: slogan /ˈsloʊɡən/, guru /ˈɡʊɹ(ˌ)u/

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. Begin op 0,75× snelheid, spreek zin voor zin na en ga terug naar normale snelheid zodra het makkelijk gaat.
  3. Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als lottery, slogan, guru.

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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